Archive for November, 2005
Nightspeed Dragwars Starts Tonight!
Nov 4th
Don’t forget people. The initial Nightspeed Dragwars, the first of the new season, starts tonight at Meremere in the Waikato. Situated about half way between Te Kauwhata and Mercer, the drag strip is the only place North of Taupo where you can legally watch street legal cars go extremely fast in a straight line. You…
No Cellphones while Driving
Nov 4th
Police want a new law to catch “distracted” drivers who take their mind off the road. The “driving while distracted” offence would include cellphone use and cover habits such as reading a map, putting on make-up, changing a CD and tuning the radio. At least four road deaths a year are estimated to be caused…
Wax on… Waxhoff.
Nov 4th
Some days I really question whether I really want certain feeds in my aggregator. I guess the worst part about this particular entry is that it was posted to C|Net. ;-) Here is a tribute game to David Hasslehoff with the voice of K.I.T.T and sound bites of Michael Knight from the TV show Knight…
Tazer Trials
Nov 3rd
David Farrar linked to this absolutely hilarious story by Alistair. Simply brilliant. I was laughing so hard by the end of it, I couldn’t wipe the tears from my eyes fast enough. (Note: If you ever feel compelled to mug yourself with a Tazer, one note of caution. There is no such thing as a…
On the fly…
Nov 3rd
This is just a quicky. I just wanted to get a few things covered. Firstly, those of you in the Auckland region, do NOT forget that on Friday evening is the first of the Meremere Nightspeed Drag Wars. It is definite not an event you want to miss as there will be an absolutely huge…
Mad King Thom Returned
Nov 3rd
Well, Halloween has been and gone. The remnants of it are still being felt throughout the Guild Wars world, but for the most part things are starting to settle down and the daily grind of saving the world is returning. ;-) The Mad King came and killed us all. I took a video of the…
Mood in a Song
Nov 1st
Been blasting Staind today. Been ages since I listened to these albums. I think there is one song that truly covers my mood today. I don’t give a fuck About all of your problems I could give a rats ass How your feeling today Take your wordly advice And shove it straight up your ass…
Help Creative Commons!
Nov 1st
I don’t know about you, but Creative Commons licensing is probably the first copyright license for non-software media that has helped me significantly. Not only have a lot of the movies I’ve done lately been released as Creative Commons, a lot of the audio I’ve used in the soundtracks has been Creative Commons licensed as…