http://www.weateallthepies.com Free media, movies, music, books, comics, games, science fiction and anything that won't fit in my head. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:08:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't say I'm a huge David Byrne fan although I have listened to Eno's stuff occasionally but it is interesting to see more big names getting behind the idea that 'free' or at least 'sort of free' can be a good thing. :) OK you can't download the album for ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/26/free-streaming-album-david-byrne-brian-eno-everything-that-happens-will-happen-today/ *Chuckle* http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/24/tim-minchin-10-foot-cock-a-few-hundred-virgins/ There are quite a few online 'zines covering speculative, scifi and fantasy short fiction but this week I am reading and thoroughly enjoying Darwin's Evolution. I'm only a few stories into the first issue but so far my attention has been held and more importantly I've found them entertaining. There can ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/18/free-short-fiction-magazine-darwins-evolution/ Gotta love Pat Condell. :) http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/17/the-tyranny-of-scripture/ Transmissions From Beyond is a short fiction based podcast from TTA press, the people who produce in my opinion the best short fiction magazines available (Interzone, Black Static, Crimewave). Three episodes are already available, each containing one story read from each of the publications mentioned above. I really can't stress enough ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/13/podcast-pick-transmissions-from-beyond/ ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION See this bonfire? Therefore, God exists. http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/13/proof-of-gods-existence-of-the-day/ http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/12/an-atheist-meets-god/ Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies) Proclaiming itself as "One of the Best Free Dating Sites for Zombies", ZombieHarmony has everything you need to find that special undead partner. Are you a slow-moving zombie who likes chasing injured people whilst groaning, searching for that fast-moving zombie with missing limbs and a taste ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/10/free-zombie-dating-zombieharmony/ I've been usng Wowio.com for a while now as they had a nice service which provided free PDF downloads of ebooks and comics with embedded advertising and user information so you didn't go spreading them around. It worked well and they have a decent selection of books and comics with ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/05/free-ebooks-and-comics-at-wowio/ Went down the river without my little distracting friend and caught a nice big batch of crayfish. Boiled them up in some salted water for about 6/7 minutes and they were delicious. Thought they might taste a bit muddy out of the river but once the gut is removed you are ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/08/04/eating-crayfish/ Took Sophie down to the river today for some cray fishing. The river near us is teeming with the American "Signals" so it didn't take to long to grab some little monsters. Our high tech equipment inculded a plumb line I found in a draw with some bacon tied to it, plus ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/31/catching-crayfish/ Just spotted this nice free hip hop album from the always reliable rapper MURS and producer 9th Wonder. If you've not heard MURS and you want something a little more intelligent than the normal chart crap they call hip hop, then you really should check this album for a taste. it's ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/28/free-album-murs-9th-wonder-present-sweet-lord/ Back from the wilds of Suffolk and there are still builders in my house hitting things with hammers. Normal service will resume. http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/28/back-3/ Just one quick post whilst I have enough coal to keep the internet running here. For those of you who didn't sign up for the Tor ebook giveaway to promote the quite spangly new site, they have now made all the ebooks available to download until Sunday July 27th. Go and grab ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/24/loads-of-free-science-fiction-ebooks-from-tor/ Currently enjoying a couple of weeks away from the house whilst builders create mess. Posting will resume next week hopefully. http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/23/holiday/ Can't afford expensive shiny cars to drive at stupid speeds? Why not head over to Mercedes-Benz and grab a copy of their CLC Dream Test Drive game, released to promote celebrate the launch of the new something or other I couldn't ever afford. Project Gotham it ain't but it is a ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/11/free-mercedes-benz-clc-dream-test-drive-racing-game/ Yahoo has announced a plan to make many of their games free to play by having them ad-supported. It's good news for those who like their games 'casual', and by casual they usually mean simple yet as addictive as a crack sandwich. [via Reuters] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/11/yahoo-to-offer-freead-supported-games/ Damn, wish I could do anything in photoshop! Learn how to paint digitally Albert Einstein http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/06/einstein-photoshop-digital-painting/ If you fancy learning something or simply watching some interesting documentaries, then head over to johnlocker.com. Not entirely convinced by the domain name (read up on John Locke) but I love the site which indexes loads of good educational and documentary type programmes from a wide variety of sources. JohnLocker.com was started ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/04/free-documentaries-at-john-locker-the-online-learning-network/ Argggghhhh, the house is filled with builders and there is dust everywhere... Who thought having an extension was a good idea, I'm sure it was nothing to do with me. :) Sorry for the lack of updates but I'm struggling to get anything done round here as you need to remove a ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/07/04/dust-everywhere/ Being a huge fan of both pulp fiction (the writing kind not the movie) and audio drama, I really can't resist the lure of a full cast audio drama of a Conan the Barbarian story. You can find most of the Conan stories online as ebooks, along with the rest of ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/30/free-audio-drama-conan-queen-of-the-black-coast/ The Guardian, rather than donning wellies and throwing up in a tent are getting in the festival mood by giving away a free compilation album of music from acts at the festival. I've not listened yet and obviously being out of touch with "tha youth" I've not heard of half the ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/27/free-glastonbury-festival-2008-album/ Apparently this machine can cook a pizza in two minutes... <Homer Simpson Mode>But I want it now!</Homer Simpson Mode> [Via slashfood] http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/23/vending-machine-pizza-anyone/ OK...nursing advice is probably not what you were expecting to read here but I just had to post something about these books. I'm not sure what strange thread I was following which led me to the free ebook "emergency nursing unscrewed" over at impactednurse.com but I'm quite glad I ended up ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/22/free-nursing-advice-ebooks/ Another freebie from the ever generous Cory Doctorow. This one has been out for a few weeks now but I still haven't had a moment of that oh so elusive spare time to read it yet. Nevermind I enjoy short stories in general and Cory's short stories have always been an ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/22/free-graphic-novel-cory-doctorows-futuristic-tales-of-the-here-and-now/ From the mind that brought us the superb Crayon Physics comes the brief little match-3 type puzzle game, Planet of the Jellies. There isn't a great deal to the game but I just love the presentation and it does have that strange hypnotic effect that these sorts of games have. Most of ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/18/free-game-planet-of-the-jellies/ Fantastically humble album titles aside :) this is a lovely chilled collection of ambient piano improvisations which reminds me of listening to Brian Eno at university. I'm no audiophile but I love the warm sounding recording and it's just the sort of thing I like to listen to very late at ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/16/free-album-a-towering-achievement-of-indescribable-beauty/ Another very interesting looking book being provided for free download. It's nice to see more and more authors fighting obscurity rather than piracy. How do you start a movement with a marker pen? What’s the connection between the nun who invented disco, and file sharing? How did a male model messing with ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/14/free-ebook-the-pirates-dilemma-matt-mason/ EDIT: Argggghhhhh why isn't this working properly. :(.... Atheist Anonymous Comic 6 by ~Devain on deviantART http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/12/atheist-anonymous/ Escape the pyroclastic wall of doom and find your dino sanctuary. Love this great browser game from Pixeljam Games. Old school graphics and gameplay but really nice presentation and dinosaurs...what more could you want. It's a kind of speed platformer/race game where you play a lovely pixelated dinosaur, trying to escape the big ... http://www.weateallthepies.com/2008/06/10/free-game-dino-run/