OH WOW

I use photoshop quite a lot but this preview of its new content aware tool is just freakin amazing!!




ht: Geeks

DOCTOR WHO

Oh c'mon it's a week away...
Anyway, courtesy of Jonathan Ross and Youtube, here'e the extended trailer and a clip from Vampires in Venice





HT: Rich

WELL THAT'S HONEST

There's a job spec up for a press officer for the Superleague formula - that's Formula Ford with national teams.

Nothing unusual about that but there was an extremely honest spec which I've never seen (or even been told) before.

Leak unofficial SF news and rumours to media partners and local press officers

Like I say, well that's honest!

SUPERMAN

It seems that there has been a twist in the ongoing legal saga over who owns Superman with the finding of an old silent film...




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HT: Rich

MP:V

Speaking of Old Holborn, he has decided to stand for the Jury Party in Cambridge. Now I think he will lose his deposit, his private life will be open for examination, and he will end up exhausted and despondence, which is more than I would put up with!

But...


Give him credit for trying to do something. And, if previous shows are to go by, his campaign will certainly liven up the doyens of the river Cam so fair play.

Fair play indeed OH.

ITMA

And my favourite copper has made a reappearance on OH:

THE BUDGET

No, there are plenty of commentaries going on about the political budget yesterday but one thought did occur to me...

What sort of joke has this country come in international terms where the Exchequer signs tax transparency deals with other territories solely to make a cheap political dig at the opposition?

BONKERS BUT BRILLIANT PT2

From the utterly bonkers Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets

BONKERS BUT BRILLIANT

Ht: David Bishop

JOHN HICKLENTON RIP

I was saddened to hear of the death of John Hicklenton.

He was an incredible artist who tragically was diagnosed with MS and died at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland last week.

Johnny was a rapacious, punkish, talented man who had a cutting barb for anyone and everyone but was also a great laugh.

I last saw him at the launch of Here's Johnny at the Science Museum - the documentary about how he was dealing with MS.

The film was greatly received and won the Grierson Awards for best newcomer and best arts documentary in 2008.

Pat Mills, long-time friend and collaborator of Johnny's, will be writing a short piece for an upcoming 2000AD/Megazine memorial issue.

Great artist, will be missed

AND WE'RE OFF...

Remember me talking about a survey on smoking in cars?

Wellll......

Leading doctors call for ban on smoking in cars

Twenty of Britain’s most senior doctors call today for a ban on smoking in cars as part of a sweeping expansion of laws to protect children against the effects of inhaling smoke.

And a link to their letter

And so it begins...

DOCTOR WHO - spoilerish

Yeah, I know but it's only a week and a bit away!!

Want to see the new console - those enterprising people over at Gallifrey Base has grabbed a high-def grab of the console

Look away now if you don't want to know the results...

I mean it, look away


Go on



OK here we go












I like it but others are saying that it will probably only last one season as it caused practicality problems while filming. And other's are saying that it is the Blue Peter competition winner.

Shame, I like the idea of a big console room, like Paul McGann's...



Update: Yeah, it's real if the Guardian is anything to go by

At the centre is a console now made up of bric-a-brac – a typewriter, a 1980s touchphone, a gramophone speaker, a petrol pump, taps, dials and pistons all surround a central "time rotor" made of blown glass.

Moffat explained the clash of ancient and modern by explaining that, because it is a time machine, "there is no such thing as modern to the Tardis" and that it complements the 11th Doctor in being "elegant but kind of a mess".

END OF DAYS

Sometimes you can find one of those brilliant Apocalypse 'documentaries' on the History Channel where some somber narrator enjoins you to watch dubious theories without much backed-up evidence and last night was no exception - apparently Isaac Newton believed in a bible code that predicted 2060 as the end of days.

My favourite though has to be the Mayan Calendar.

According to the theory, because the calender ends in December 2012, then that is when the world will end...

I reckon it was simply some junior civil servant finally having enough of the pointless task in front of him:

"Why are we doing this calendar? We're already up to 2012, it's ridiculous. That's it, I've had enough, I'm off to the Slaughtered Llama for a beer!"

OH...MY...GOD

Actually I could have seen this really happening back then



Courtesy of: Unenlightened commentary via Obo

DOCTOR WHO (again)

I make no apologies - the trailer for the new season from BBC America



ht: SFX

WHO'S THAT?

For my more local readers...you may recognise the bloke in the silly costume (and I'm not talking about Old Holborn

ONE FOR MR SHARP

I was amused to see this in the Standard on Friday -

Nightclub entrepreneurs Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling are soon to launch Maggie’s, a new Eighties-inspired club in Chelsea, in honour of Lady Thatcher... Lucky club-goers will hear famous speeches from the Iron Lady playing in the loos. Thatcher memorabilia will vie for space on the walls, along with such paraphernalia as A Team action men and A-ha platinum discs. Timmy Mallet, John McEnroe and Bananarama will be depicted in a giant mural.

Gilkes, who is also behind the clubs Barts and Kitts, explains: “Duncan and I love the general style and music of the Eighties but have always found Eighties nights to be cheesy and naff. We wanted to create somewhere which totally encapsulates the period, from its history to its music, drinks and style, where people can relive or indeed live this amazing decade for the first time. We want to open a nightclub that transcends politics but it will be open in time for the general election.”

Pic ht: Tory diary