Crazy Japanese Ads

I was looking at some tech news in the course of the day's work and found this article full of crazy Japanese ads. Some funny(lots crazy) stuff.

Feature length movies ruining trailers!!

I love the Onion and this one was too good not to share!


Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

This didn't take long...

And it looks like I missed a name in my list of Bertie Ahern's potential successors...

Bertie to resign

Breaking news this morning that Bertie Ahern is set to resign as Taoiseach on May 6th. It seems the pressure of recent investigations over personal finances and irregularities have driven this move.
He was never going to last until the end of this term anyway so I'm more interested in the succession race. The new leader of Fianna Fail will most likely have a couple of years to bed in as Taoiseach prior to facing a general election.
Front runners are yet to be confirmed but my money is on one of Michael Martin, Brain Cowen and Brian Lenihan. Either way Enda Kenny is going to have to find something else to talk about.

Voting for bullsh*t

Previously in posts about 2008 US presidential candidates we looked at who voters most want to get in a bar fight with.
Now it's the turn of bullshit and the important role that it plays in election politics ;-)

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

News on 'The Hobbit'

Excellent news in today's Guardian, which contains an interview with Ian McKellen, where he indicates his interest in reprising the role of Gandalf for the upcoming Hobbit movies. Guillermo del Toro is set to direct with peter Jackson producing.

This is an exciting develpment and one I look forward to seeing on the big screeen.

Six degrees of separation #27

So the Heroes Edition has been on the go for a bit now and it did elicit 2 successful responses. The anonymous first answer in five followed by Simon (a six degrees regular) nailing it in three: Ali Larter to Luke Wilson in Legally Blonde, Luke to Brother Owen in The Royal Tenenbaums. Owen to mcdowell i spy. There is always value in linking the Wilson brothers.

I also got it in three moves, like so:
1. Ali Larter to Scott Caan in Varsity Blues (hee-hee); 2. Caan to Topher Grace in Oceans 11; and 3. Grace to Malcolm McDowell in In Good Company.

Back to a straight link up this week:
#27 - Donald Sutherland to Jamie Lee Curtis

Hacker follow up...

So, previously I blogged about the hackers who were getting in the face of Scientology and thought it a bit of a lark. Little did I know the Machiavellian lengths to which these dastardly types were going. Their hack attack used Rick Astley no less! A harsh punishment for anyone.

Iron stomach anyone?

Not for the fainted hearted, but a friend sent me this post, which takes the iron stomach to an agonising new level - it lasts a week!

Six degrees of separation #26: The Heroes Edition

The Smallville edition was solved in 4 moves by Erica in my office who said: "Tom Welling was in Cheaper by the Dozen (ha) with Steve Martin, who was in The Out-Of-Towners with Goldie Hawn, who was in The First Wives Club with Diane Keaton, who was in Annie Hall with the freaky assed John Glover".

The above views are not those of this blog or its proprietor!

#26: The Heroes Edition - Ali Larter to Malcolm McDowell