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Thou shalt not covet ye Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses

June 8, 2003

I got new lenses fitted into my glasses yesterday, and whilst I was in the opticians I spotted the most gorgeous pair of sunglasses I have ever seen. I mean, they are just fantastic – all black and broody and with a slight air of Matrixness about them. And jeeze, I look damn fine in […]

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Part 2: A geek like Neo

June 6, 2003

The second question to take up residence in my mind after seeing the Matrix was “Why do I like this film?”. Apart from the obvious hawttttness of Keanu Reeves, who frankly hasn’t looked so good in a long time, what is it that has sucked me in so successfully? Answer: the geeks. To me, The […]

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The Library Hotel

June 6, 2003

Oh, pray that I come into a little money before October, when I'm off to see Eddie Izzard in New York, so that I can stay at the Library Hotel. As the name suggests, it's organised according to the ten sections of the Dewey Decimal Classification system: Social Sciences, Languages, Math and Science, Technology, The […]

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Gratuitous Matrix mention

June 5, 2003

I discovered yesterday that there's a Blogosphere page that ranks blogs that link to the official Matrix web site. So here's a completely gratuitous link, just to keep my listing nice and high. Here also is MatrixFans.net. Take a look at the symbolism pages if you dare, but don't have a mouthful of liquid or […]

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bfi IMAX

June 5, 2003

Further investigations show that the bfi IMAX in London will be showing it, but they don't know when. They'll be deluged when they do though, that's for sure.

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Truth and The Matrix

June 4, 2003

When I first saw the Matrix, a mere two weeks or so ago, the first thing I wanted to do was expound about it here on my blog. But I resisted, as I had the sense that I was somehow being premature. And I was right to wait. There’s so much analysis of the Matrix […]

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Shock horror! Salam Pax exists!

June 3, 2003

In a really sweet addition to my earlier rant about people who doubt the veracity of someone online just because they're online, Peter Maass sticks a nice pin in the naysayers' balloons. How does he know Salam Pax exists? He employed him. That should shut people up.

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Archives

June 3, 2003

I've just cut and pasted some archive posts over from Blogger, just to make me feel like my blog has some kind of depth to it. The rest I the I will leave there because I really can't be arsed to move them over. Blog-City will now be my new permanent blog home – I […]

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The Beagle's away, and the Celts are still everywhere, maybe

June 2, 2003

At long last, Mars Express and the Beagle II lander are safely away! Launched today in a Russian Soyuz rocket, it’s sending back telemetry and all systems are functioning normally. We now have only six months to wait before it reaches Mars, when we will find out if the ESA knows the difference between yards […]

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I've killed blogger

June 1, 2003

One poxy missed ” and now my blogger blog is completely screwed. Arse. This whole blog thing can be so much like hard work.

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More Matrix stuff…

June 1, 2003

I've been having an ongoing discussion as regards Mr Reeves over on Sweet Addy. There is one faction that believes that Mr Reeves is not quite the talentless jerk that some people would like to paint him as. There is another faction which believes that Mr Reeves is so thick that he coudn't find his […]

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What does the Matrix have against Welshmen?

June 1, 2003

What did the Welsh ever do to Messrs Wachowski? Huh? On the Matrix web site, under the heading 'On Set: The Matrix' is the following: Warning! Only really strong !!$@%!! can operate these doors. (No grips or Welshmen qualify) They wanna be careful saying stuff like that, else they could go the way of Anne […]

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Two headed tortoise

May 31, 2003

In South Africa recently was born a two headed tortoise. It seems that the tortoise is doing well, eating with both of its mouths and generally acting tortoisy. Unfortunately, one head seems to operate the front pair of legs, and the other head operates the back pair, which makes for a grand total of going […]

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Reality bytes

May 30, 2003

Salam Pax has been getting some shit lately, from people who don’t believe he’s real. The rumours are that Salam’s some sort of agent or spy, or maybe not even in Baghdad at all but quietly forging his blog from some comfy pad in Kansas. Then there’s a bevy of other pieces quietly affirming that […]

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Various snippets

May 29, 2003

Junior Senior Ooh, I like this. Oh yes I do. Another good idea According to Journalism.co.uk: Web guru Steve Outing has urged online publications to improve their journalistic 'talent' by scouting for bloggers. I think that’s a fine idea, yes! Someone somewhere should pay me large amounts of money to talk shit for a living. […]

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