tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305030622024-03-13T12:07:25.325+11:00Ye Olde Fashioned Link Bloggeandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-83161144125435406972007-03-21T17:27:00.000+11:002007-03-21T17:31:46.346+11:00New posts and stuff are now <a href="http://andygeek.vox.com/">here</a>. Switching to Vox for a few reasons, but mostly that I can log into there from work, and I can't log into here. <br /><br />I won't be deleting this blog, so all the old posts will stay, but I probably won't be adding anything new here.andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-30315673903252751112007-03-02T18:22:00.000+11:002007-03-02T18:32:41.465+11:00<a href="http://www.kirstenspostcard.com/releases.htm">A Century of Covers (Belle & Sebastian Tribute)</a><br />20 covers of Belle & Sebastian songs. All of them pretty good, some excellent. [via <a href="http://www.reloda.co.uk/">Reloda</a>]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.buck65.com/secrethouse/multimediacontent.html">Buck 65 - Dirty Work EP</a><br />Good Canadian Folk/Blues/Rock/Hip-Hop. [via CBC Radio 3's <a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/">R3-30 podcast</a>]<br /><a href="http://www.indelicates.com/01%20Waiting%20For%20Pete%20Doherty%20To%20Die.mp3"><br />The Indelicates - Waiting For Pete Doherty To Die</a><br />[via <a href="http://www.indiesurfer.blogspot.com/">Indie Surfer</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-46027869526524897522007-02-28T18:33:00.000+11:002007-02-28T18:37:09.996+11:00<a href="http://www.foreignoffice.com/projekts/movies/movie_com.htm">Foreign Office</a><br />Children of Men was one of the best films I saw last year - this film reel's from the people who did the multimedia stuff. [via <a href="http://del.icio.us/url/25d62dbcf8484ca938da66bfc018c9da">del.icio.us</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-21834076147950400902007-02-28T15:54:00.000+11:002007-02-28T18:01:09.540+11:00<a href="http://www.jenstark.com/sculpture_01.html">Construction Paper Sculptures</a><br />Amazing colourful sculptures made out of paper [via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59015/A-new-meaning-to-rainbow-gradient">MetaFilter</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-33897230960887910722007-02-23T21:32:00.000+11:002007-02-23T21:40:15.629+11:00<h3>Hockey!</h3><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/392800586/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/392800586_328a361b4b_m.jpg" alt="Me &amp; the Stanley Cup" height="180" width="240" /></a><br />Me with the Stanley Cup (at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/399578613/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/399578613_b67b3fa3be_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Me at Rexall" /></a><br />Me at Rexall Place (in Edmonton)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/399579975/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/399579975_e11ba33cd4_m.jpg" width="240" height="177" alt="Oilers Warmup" /></a><br />Oilers warmup (before the game against the Florida Panthers)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/399589162/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/399589162_e09061ac9a_m.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="Oilers Warmup" /></a><br />Oilers warmup (before the game against the Anaheim Ducks)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/399583996/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/399583996_a72a41c0ca_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="The Gretzky Statue and Me" /></a><br />Me with the statue of Wayne Gretzky (outside Rexall Place)andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-85382987129647972262007-02-20T19:40:00.000+11:002007-02-20T19:41:56.742+11:00If you're viewing this blog through an RSS reader, could you update to this feed address plllllease?<br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/andygeek">http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/andygeek</a><br /><br />ta.andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-71143037492851392762007-02-20T19:24:00.000+11:002007-02-20T19:27:35.772+11:00<a href="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/02/marmite_guinnes.php">Guinness Marmite</a><br />You know what? That actually sounds pretty good. [via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/19/guinnessflavored_mar.html">Boing Boing</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-10198374517560186822007-02-18T16:01:00.000+11:002007-02-18T16:06:43.407+11:00<a href="http://download-v5.streamload.com/1bc900ab-0c52-4189-a799-cc00a507a9ca/yourinvisiblefriends/Hosted/Teddybears%20Stockholm/Unknown%20Album/Teddybears%20Stockholm%20-%20yours%20to%20keep.mp3">Teddybears - Yours To keep</a><br />This song was on an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-7zviIKblQ">ad for mobile phones</a> when we were in Canada. Got stuck in my head like nothing else.andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-43164937892039206462007-02-18T13:56:00.000+11:002007-02-18T14:29:51.054+11:00<h3>Eloped!</h3>(Niagara Falls, Canada, 15/12/06)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/327671502/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/327671502_e047f63990_m.jpg" alt="DSC_0026" height="160" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/327682461/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/327682461_5e71581020_m.jpg" alt="DSC_0044" height="160" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/392825599/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/392825599_fc2bcd3f43_m.jpg" alt="View from our hotel" height="48" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/392828136/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/392828136_a927b9db44_m.jpg" alt="Niagara Fireworks" height="180" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/392822365/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/392822365_627eb040d9_m.jpg" alt="Niagara Falls Hotels" height="49" width="240" /></a>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-70008817341676939362006-12-02T17:40:00.000+11:002006-12-02T19:21:36.823+11:00<a href="http://www.zidane-themovie.com/">Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait</a><br />I picked up the soundtrack to this (scored by <a href="http://www.mogwai.co.uk/">Mogwai</a>), and it is simply amazing. Haven't seen the film yet, hopefully <a href="http://www.electricshadows.com.au/">Electric Shadows</a> will put it on in their fancy new cinema. Here's a sample of the soundtrack, and some videos:<br /><a href="http://www.filelodge.com/files/room40/1150655/mogwai/01%20Black%20Spider.mp3">Mogwai - Black Spider</a> (via <a href="http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2006/11/03/mogwai-zidane-a-21st-century-portrait-pias/">mapsadaisical</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.zidane-themovie.com/video/Zidane_Medium.mov">Trailer</a><br /><a href="http://www.zidane-themovie.com/video/Movie_Clips_Medium.mov">4 minute excerpt</a>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-56678701866706385382006-11-30T17:23:00.000+11:002006-11-30T17:28:16.979+11:00<a href="http://www.hansvandermeer.nl/">European Fields</a><br />Great football photos by Hans van der Meer [via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/remainder/06/11/12315.html">Kottke</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-63926175354547750592006-11-30T17:13:00.000+11:002006-11-30T17:19:58.978+11:00<a href="http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&amp;z=19&ll=45.123766,-123.113775&amp;spn=0.001459,0.002511&t=h">Firefox Crop Circle</a><br />On Google Maps. Nice Work. [via <a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Maps_Firefox_Logo_Crop_Circle">Digg</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-84559367824873057342006-11-18T18:52:00.000+11:002006-11-18T18:56:18.750+11:00<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=182605444&amp;s=143460">Jarvis Cocker Podcast</a> (iTunes link)<br />Podcast of Jarvis Cocker (formerly of the most excellent band Pulp) reading short stories. [via <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/23984">NME</a>, via my sister who sent me a <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/jarvis-cocker/25088">review of the gig</a> she went to so as to make me jealous)andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-46240862245772024332006-11-17T18:46:00.000+11:002006-11-17T19:00:27.931+11:00A couple of weeks ago I bought some close-up filters for my camera. Results of my experimentation are below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/299276357/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/110/299276357_03e66ec4d4_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Beulah CD cover" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/299277142/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/107/299277142_58576fdce8_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Dalek" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/299277722/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/112/299277722_b16f4215e1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Embroidery" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarce/299277965/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/117/299277965_992c0fc276_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="DS Power Button" /></a>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-25524676087803687032006-11-04T12:53:00.000+11:002006-11-04T12:58:06.723+11:00<a href="http://video.google.com/nhl.html">NHL on Google Video</a><br />Entire games for free, looks like they put them up a few days after the game. I tend to download all the Oilers games via bittorrent (and hopefully I'll be watching them live at Rexall in 2 months time), but this looks like a good way to watch games from other teams I wouldn't normally see.andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-54124349215739932252006-10-23T17:29:00.000+10:002006-10-23T17:34:17.361+10:00<a href="http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/trailers/menu_hotfuzz.htm">Hot Fuzz</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pathe.co.uk/">Big Nothing</a> (all flash site. Go <span style="font-style: italic;">Coming Soon</span> ⇒ <span style="font-style: italic;">Big Nothing</span> ⇒ <span style="font-style: italic;">Trailer</span>) [via <a href="http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/007954.html">Twitch</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-24409822229539715872006-10-23T17:22:00.000+10:002006-10-23T17:28:27.451+10:00<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061020.NOTE20-2/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Television/">Douglas Coupland trying to make a move into TV</a><br />A series based on his now novel <a href="http://www.jpod.info/">jPod</a> (which I haven't read yet), and an original Sci-Fi series. [via <a href="http://canadiantv.wordpress.com/2006/10/20/in-the-news-douglas-coupland-aims-for-tv/">TV, Eh?</a>]<br /><br />Also, a remarkably depressing <a href="http://www.engr.psu.edu/sts/Courses/walton/readings/EotW.html">short story</a> from AdBusters magazine [via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/55485">Metafilter</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-19578645430357727362006-10-14T18:35:00.000+10:002006-10-14T18:44:05.810+10:00<a href="http://599productions.com/TimelapseLarge.html">Time Lapse</a> (via <a href="http://del.icio.us/popular/">del.icio.us</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://grasscollective.com/php/rol.php">Rivers of Light</a> (via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/50312">Metafilter</a>) (worth the huge downloads)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lobsterpictures.tv/webcom/lonbri.php">London to Brighton in 2 Minutes</a> (via <a href="http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue248/">b3ta</a>)andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-92113672568225720092006-10-10T20:21:00.000+10:002006-10-10T20:23:19.240+10:00<span class="newswirehed"><a href="http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/6353/">A Short Interview With Evan Dorkin</a><br />I'm looking forward to the new issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Dork</span>. [via <a href="http://slg-news.livejournal.com/144891.html">Slave Labor Graphics news</a>]<br /></span>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-19880564109471411682006-10-07T16:35:00.000+10:002006-10-07T16:38:23.460+10:00<a href="http://www.b3ta.com/links/Kitten_plays_the_keyboard">Kitten plays the keyboard</a><br />Best video I've seen all day, perhaps all week. Oh, sod it. Best video I've ever seen anywhere, ever. Funny and cute. [via the latest <a href="http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue249/">b3ta newsletter</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-72021430778652488792006-10-06T20:20:00.000+10:002006-10-06T20:25:43.015+10:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KI78874qbU">Ben Folds - Such Great Heights</a><br />On Like a Version, from <a href="http://abc.net.au/jtv/">JTV </a>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-11918271868872743822006-10-06T20:05:00.000+10:002006-10-06T20:07:05.421+10:00<a href="http://www.dailygusto.com/jukebox/Magnetic_Fields_Its_Only_Time.MP3">Magnetic Fields - It's Only Time </a>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-88058176602732567372006-10-06T19:36:00.000+10:002006-10-06T19:38:21.341+10:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulkq-aTx_Uw">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=604mN-fq8Yo">Part 2 </a><br />From Comic-Con [via <a href="http://digg.com/videos_animation/Leaked_Simpsons_Movie_Clip">Digg</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-28031736985876306762006-10-03T20:02:00.000+10:002006-10-03T20:06:37.840+10:00<a href="http://homepages.tesco.net/%7Ejanefisk/discworld/discworld.htm">Discworld wedding cake</a><br />An amazing cake. I can't imagine actually cutting it up to eat it. [via <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/55202">MetaFilter</a>]andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30503062.post-39475382594598634432006-09-23T18:05:00.000+10:002006-09-23T18:09:04.755+10:00...were it not for Sonic Youth playing the video when they programmed <a href="http://abc.net.au/rage/rage.htm">Rage</a> many, many years ago.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.harpold.com/bonus/indierama/Palace%20Music%20-%20Horses.mp3">Palace Music - Horses</a>andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15157848112558750414noreply@blogger.com0