Ginger DJ Rob

Playstation 3's Move - a bit like a Wii

2010-03-12T13:51:00.000Z

Google me to see where I am!

2010-03-12T10:17:00.001Z

Image by Ginger DJ via Flickr

The lack of real blog entries lately has been down to being either really busy on things that aren't that exciting or small things that only deserve a Twitter shout. I blame it on the Winter Olympics and decorating.

First off, something I forgot to mention that a friend who works for Brighton council said that my photo (right) had made their 'media briefing'. Not quite sure what this means but being a secret council informer/spy excites me slightly.

Kev, Karol, Sarah and James all celebrated their birthday at the end of February/start of March. After some pre-drinks at K and K's we bundled round to the Disco Dungeon and started the proper party. Since updating to Windows 7 and Virtual DJ 6 I'd hoped for a stress-free set. The only thing that went wrong was the time codes where the sound quality using the virtual vinyl was a watery-muffled sound. As soon as I switched to just using the laptop all was good and had another blinding set with loads of whoops from the girls. The only problem again is that I didn't record the set though perhaps this would jinx my DJ mojo.

Otherwise we've been decorating, losing the biggest pub quiz roll-over cash prize and watching some over-due DVD films like The Hangover and Something, Something, Something, Darkside (the Family Guy take on the Empire Strikes Back). Both very funny. I've been feeling crap as well with the longest stint of invisible cold (overcome by laziness and moaned all the time). Today is the first time I've actually felt normal for over a week.

We celebrated our anniversary Wednesday night. An interesting Chinese restaurant called Good Friends on Preston Street, Brighton. Web reviews were good and turned out to be accurate. Although the ambience was a little bright, the food and service was excellent. Nice touch with the menus. You got a proper authentic cuisine menu and one for tourists. The authentic one had dishes based on duck webs, fish lips, intestines, frog legs and pigs trotters (though spelt as troiters). None of that was ordered but slightly regretted one of the starters as the smell and burp taste was rank cabbage.

Finally, Google Streetview got fully launched covering the whole of the UK and not just London). Ever since seeing the Google camera car driving down our street last April I'd been expecting to see ourselves in the photo. It wasn't hard to remember when this happened as we were driving back from the vets after putting our furry friend, Sasha down before our Peru holiday.

Happy Anniversary

2010-03-10T13:53:00.001Z

Today is our 9th wedding anniversary. Kerry and I got married in Reading on this day in 2001 and believe it or not it's just a little before digital photography really took off (for me at least) so no digital photos. Will have to scan a few at some point.

Thought I'd revisit the places that made this day so memorable via the web:

Reading Register Office (photo to the right - back in 2001 it was covered in scaffolding and no garden)
Penta Hotel Reading (known back then as the Renaissance Hotel) for our brunch/lunch reception
Eurostar to Paris

As far as memories go for our honeymoon, I can't remember the hotel or any names of restaurants we visited but we did all the normal tourist places including: Eiffel Tower (Kerry's vertigo got the better of her); Notre Dame; Pompidou Centre; Arc de Triomphe (very windy and wet); Louvre; Sacre-Coeur (artist portraits still rolled up in their tubes)

Sad news on this day
On this day today, Corey Haim died of a drug overdose. He was the same age as me at 38! This YouTube clip is possibly his most classic scene of him from The Lost Boys.

New Tron Legacy film trailer

2010-03-09T11:20:00.000Z

Hot off the Twitter sources is the new trailer for Tron Legacy. This time you get see a lot more acting, characters and a bit of back-story. Bring it on!

Logorama - Oscar winner of Best Animated Short Film

2010-03-09T10:48:00.000Z

The mainstream media has been full of Oscar news but there was an award that slipped the headlines which deserved a little more exposure. Logorama won the Best Animated Short film beating Wallace and Gromit's A Matter of Loaf and Deaf.
Part 1

Part 2

Brighton Fringe 2010 preview

2010-02-26T17:32:00.000Z

With the Brighton Festival being launched this week I've tried picking out some Fringe events that might be worth their ticket price. Their printed brochure won't be published and on the streets until 17th March so we'll have to put up with their clunky website. Since I know a little about CMS run websites I couldn't help myself to email the Fringe people and moan about it as its so slow and takes forever to go through ever event.

Here's some interesting comedy events I've found so far:

How To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
1, 2, 4 and 5 May at Komedia, £8
In 2010 the Sell-Out Cult Hit of the 2009 Edfringe is destroying brains across the UK! Join Dr. Dale and his team as they teach you inventively insane ways to survive the inevitable rise of the undead in this 'Brilliantly Bizarre' (Broadway Baby) & 'Wonderfully Weird' (ThreeWeeks) life saving seminar. Four stars from British Theatre Guide, Broadway Baby and Zombiecommand.com

Phil Kay
3, 4 May at Freerange, St Peter's Church Gardens, £8
Multi award winning Scotsman Phil Kay brings his marvelous freewheeling ever effervescent comedy show to the glorious streets of Brighton. "One of the greatest comedic odysseys ever witnessed... 'Hysterical' in every sense of the word - Kay truly is a mesmerizing headf**k genius" - Time Out

The Milky Drink Kids Ride Again
1, 2, 21, 22, 23 May at Laughing Horse, The Quadrant, £Free
Three people who started comedy at an age when most people join The National Trust and between them are 139 years old, tell jokes early so they can get to bed. Richard Rycroft tells tales of his misspent youth, Jane Hill has a comically jaded view of life and relationships and Rob Coleman offers a stream of one-liners.
I only put this one in as it mentioned my name! This isn't me by the way!

Brian Gittins' Fringe Friends
29 April, 6, 13, 20 May, Upstairs at Three and Ten, £
Pyecombe's finest roadside cafe owner Mr Brian Gittins welcomes you to another evening of entertainment. Every week, Brian will introduce us to his "pick of the fringe" friends who he has somehow co-opted to perform alongside him. “Breathtakingly funny” - The Guardian "A supremely funny oddball. The next big cult on the comedy circuit" - Time Out
I follow this guy on Twitter whose almost hourly output is 140 character friendly puns. Hopefully his material will be more than just (sometimes) one liners.

Barbara and Yogashwara's Safe Space
7, 8, 9 May (almost hourly) at their caravan on Kensington Street
Mother-and-daughter partnership Barbara and Yogashwara offer a refuge from the Festival fray with healing, rituals and mindfulness. Ruthless adult comedy horror that explores power, abuse and New Age spirituality. “Their development of classic archetypal comedy characters is on a par with the likes of Steve Coogan.” Simon Casson, Duckie Shows this brilliant come along only too rarely. Limited capacity - Book early!
susannahhewlett.com

The Dog-eared Collective's JOYRIDE
7, 8, 9 May, Upstairs at the Three and Ten, £8
Sketch comedy. Join fun-junkies The Dog-Eared Collective for a full throttle thrill ride through the turnpikes of pleasure. Edible insults, hurdling, falafel – whatever flips your switch and fires up your funny bone, sit back and strap in as the DEC set a comedy crash course for Cloud 9! “It’s Mighty Boosh meets League of Gentlemen” Fest, ***** Threeweeks Brighton 2009
www.dogearedcollective.co.uk
Anyone who quotes Mighty Boosh and League of Gentlemen is playing a dangerous game!

Late Night Gimp Fight!
8, 9, 11 May, Upstairs at Three and Ten, £8
The World's first Gimp-based sketch comedy group make their Brighton Festival Fringe debut! Come and see why 2010 is The Year of the Gimp. Uproarious sketches, music... and gimps. The new show combines hilarious songs with their trademark off-the-wall sketches that'll leave you feeling violated, in a good way. “Lively, slick, and above all, funny” - Three Weeks
www.latenightgimpfight.com

Brighton Festival 2010 preview

2010-02-24T13:23:00.001Z

Finally, a glimpse of Spring and Summer entertainment that's coming to Brighton. Can't wait to see the back of Winter. Both the Brighton Festival and Fringe websites have gone live with this year's events. Brian Eno is the big name for the festival but I'm struggling to find anything accessible that's not up its own arse. The Brighton Festival Fringe website is completely useless as you have to search by date or category with no real idea of the highlights. Getting the printed brochure this weekend will be one of my priorities.

Here are some Festival events that appeal to me at the moment:

Electric Hotel - 14 and 15 May
Described as:
Electric Hotel is a bizarre and beautiful outdoor spectacle; a uniquely designed, fly-by-night residence brought to life through dance and sound. Sitting on the outside looking in, you snatch glimpses of the do-not-disturb lives unfolding behind the floor-to-ceiling windows. Wearing headphones to eavesdrop on the internal spaces of the building, you witness the residents in their private rooms: their natural habits, unnatural fantasies and housekeeping of wildly varied quality. Electric Hotel is conceived and delivered by an ensemble team: director and co-founder of Shunt David Rosenberg; choreographer Frauke Requardt (Pictures from an Exhibition at Sadler's Wells/Young Vic); and designer Börkur Jónsson (Woyzeck at Barbican; Metamorphosis at Lyric Hammersmith).

How Do You Like My Landscape - 17 - 19 May
Described as:
And God felt great and powerful and He thought some animation would be cute and He ordered little animals.'
(Genesis). In How do you like my landscape? Manah Depauw and Bernard van Eeghem use sharp imagination, miniature topography and fake plastic animals to redefine the role of the human body within the history of the earth. This four-episode spectacle plays out across a time and terrain where apparent tranquility only serves to camouflage the terrible beast of desire within. Produced by Margarita Productions, Brussels

Best Before - 19 - 24 May
Described as:
Last year Rimini Protokoll made its UK debut at Brighton Festival with the première of Breaking News. Now, the ground-breaking German collective presents its latest slice of 'reality theatre'. Best Before pulls the multi-player video game out of the virtual realm and plugs it into an intimate theatre setting. A simulated city evolves on a giant screen as each of 200 spectators adds their personal touch, game controller in hand. At first you are an anonymous avatar but then you take on human dimensions as audience members clash, collaborate and negotiate the forces that define reality in the third millennium. A gamer's dream, this thrillingly inventive production asks you to help shape the future ... before it's too late! Rimini Protokoll has blurred the line between reality and fiction in over 20 immersive theatre experiences, putting 'experts in daily life' at the heart of its bold new vision.

Lali Puna, John Hopkins - 20 May
Described as:
In their only UK date this year, cult German quartet Lali Puna join forces with fellow electronica artist and producer Jon Hopkins. Lali Puna have helped map out the musical landscape for modern, experimentally minded electro pop. Originally conceived as a solo project by Valerie Trebeljahr, the Weilheim outfit have produced four beautifully crafted albums of vibrant electro riffs and jubilant pop hooks. Jon Hopkins is a musical shapeshifter. His soundworlds - bold, euphoric and often unsettling - have seduced the likes of Brian Eno, Herbie Hancock and David Holmes. Here he presents a live audiovisual encounter with VJ Myogenic.

Banksy in widescreen

2010-02-23T19:26:00.000Z

Here's a film to get excited about after a two month lull of cinema entertainment. Banksy is the star of Exit through the Gift Shop (linked to Guardian review) and will be showing at the Duke of Yorks, Brighton and other independent cinemas from 5th March.

Trailer below:

A few more Banksy YouTube moments to get you in the mood including the Paris Hilton CD artwork:

And a more political stunt at Disneyland:

Reach for the lasers

2010-02-11T12:08:00.000Z

Image by Ginger DJ via Flickr

Thanks to my Twitter sources I found out about this art meets landmark meets silent rave event and drove down to the West Pier armed with camera. According to the Brighton Argus it was to celebrate the Chinese new year of the Tiger as a Tiger beer promotion. They could have at least given out free promotional beer as I didn't see any connection until I read the paper. More photos on my Flickr site.

Argus article: Brighton's West Pier lit up by green lasers

Massive Attack at Brighton Dome

2010-02-10T00:04:00.001Z

The last couple of times we saw Massive Attack were slightly disappointing. Although they deserve huge arenas being the legends they are, their recent past output had Robert '3D' del Naja fully at the controls using his almost whispery voice getting lost within a huge moody soundtrack. I hadn't heard any of their new album, Heligoland as it has only just been released plus after 100th Window not really repeating the winning formula of Mezzanine I hadn't made an effort to preview it. Unfortunately Kerry couldn't join me for the gig so Kev stood in.

The band set up consisted of two drum kits, the guitar player who looked like Derek Acorah who's been around since Mezzanine, a keyboardist looking like Heston Blumenthol, a bassist and the vocalists of 3D, Daddy G (can you believe he's 50 years old!), Horace Andy and a couple of ladies, one to do the Shara Nelson songs and the other, recent addtion, Martina Topley-Bird who was the previous support act. No Cocteau lady this time. Behind the band was a slighly familiar sight of their digital light and text display show for the band's political messages, facts and quotes.

The performance overall was excellent with the band playing all the songs you really wanted to hear and about 4 or 5 new album tracks interspersed throughout the set. I'd say about 2 or 3 tracks from those played that I hadn't heard before were worthy but never capturing the classic hooks of the first 3 albums. The only real low point of the whole performance was a new track straight after their encore which didn't really go anywhere and left the crowd to talk amongst themselves.

Safe From Harm was undoubtedly the best using the guitar based Mezzanine sound to really blow the roof off and Horace Andy's Angel really captured the crowd's attention. Teardrop was also good though I've heard better live versions with different singers. Obviously, Unfinished Sympathy was played with not to much different from the original, though for me its always a slight surprise as whether the band could possibly tire from playing it everytime.

Holiday news: Vietnam for Christmas

2010-02-08T15:33:00.001Z

Its been a busy few weeks which have mainly consisted of stripping horrid lime/disabled car green paint the past house owners had. Slightly gutted we missed out on a surprise Pirate Paul's Disco Dungeon special guest of one half of the Filthy Dukes.

A couple of nice highlights over the past few weeks were snowboarding at Xscape in Milton Keynes and finally mastering my technique without falling over. I'm desperate to update my 10 year old boots and bindings now.

But the best highlight is booking our next big holiday which will be cycling in Vietnam! We'll actually be taking it over Christmas and New Year flying out a few days after my birthday. We're using a company called Exodus and including their Cambodia extension to see Angkor Wat (see pic) and Phnom Penh. We'll be using rented cycles even though they allow you to bring your own and for about a week we'll be cycling between 60 and 90 kilometres a day!

Ignoring the presenters, the Top Gear Vietnam special gives you an idea of the beauty (and city traffic chaos) of the country.

Daft Punk unmasked

2010-02-08T15:26:00.002Z

Just found this YouTube video interview of Daft Punk, unmasked and looking very, very young.

Daft Punk's Daft World

2010-01-25T22:56:00.000Z

With Daft Punk making a very brief, blink-and-you'll-miss-them appearance in the latest Adidas Star Wars viral video promotion and Tron Legacy popping up here and there to stoke the fires of anticipation I've since come across what seems to be the best fan based Daft Punk blog. They've posted an official looking image to say Daft Punk confirming the tune called Fragile is a fake Tron soundtrack but further reading has revealed some tasty artwork combining them and Star Wars. The one below is my favourite:

There's dozens of Tron artwork as well so I'll be keeping a close eye on this French site. Using Google's Translate service you can view the English text version of Daft Punk's Daft World.

Sunday sunset

2010-01-24T22:34:00.001Z

The above sight rounded off quite an easy going weekend. Friday night we went to Audio for their charity night. Not a bad night though, disappointedly, I missed a dance-floor punch-up and the DJs were ok. It seemed like a 30 minute slot schedule until the last hour when they played one on, one off descending into despair with donk and really old 90's 'dance' music. Time to go.

We dragged ourselves out of bed to look at some double-glazing showroom. We'd been visited by two salesmen in the week with Everest quoting stupid money and a local guy giving us an honest opinion. The showroom visit was a waste of time and after a bit of TV recovery we returned to stripping the horrid lime green paintwork from the upstairs woodwork. The evening was a mixture of watching Spaced series 1 repeats on Dave (is it fair to say Series 2 is never watched again as much as the first?) and downloading some demos and games on the PS3. The demo of Mini-Ninjas was cute at first but made itself a bit too complicated than necessary. Ghostbusters came across well but the gameplay was a nightmare. An interesting 'game' was .detuned which was more like a strange art-meets-music experience. We set it up to play an imported Richie Hawtin album for an eerie experience. Boredom set in after 15 minutes.

With a rare glimpse of sunshine we headed out to the seafront and marched over to the Marina for a Sunday roast, well Italian...with Paul and Sarah. We timed our return walk just right as the sunset dropped into place behind the pier. More photos on my Flickr page.

Some French House classics

2010-01-22T09:41:00.001Z

For the benefit of Sukey who had discovered Alan Braxe etc.

Snow 2: Vengence is a dish served cold

2010-01-13T14:16:00.000Z

Just as we thought a thaw was on its way, the weather strikes back! Working from home today because of the snow. Brighton transport in a shambles again, roads deep with 3 more inches and our recycling rubbish hasn't been collected for about 6 weeks.

After the peacefulness of no students last week, they're back and they're eager to get into uni clogging up the buses and trains, with bus stops over-spilling and trains being a sardine's canned nightmare. Tried cycling into work yesterday and although the main roads are passable, the cycle paths are like riding through a ploughed field. Maybe the article below will help.

Kerry couldn't drive to Sailsbury today so also working from home. Above is the result of a lunchtime.

The next blog entry expected will be about windows - both the Microsoft and double-glazed kind. Hopefully the installation will go ok and we won't get subjected to selling technique similar to water-torture.

Lego Harry Potter game

2010-01-11T22:52:00.003Z

Proper trailer

Bonus video below:

Board of the snow yet?

2010-01-11T13:39:00.000Z

So, that was an interesting week. I wish I was feeling better to appreciate it more to make snowmen and other things. A snotty cold I'd picked up couldn't be shaken off so grumpiness was at maximum. Cabin fever also increased as the week progressed particularly with Kerry as I was (un)lucky to be able to get into work. Lucky as it was warmer than home!

Caught up with a lot of TV recorded over the break as well as some good DVDs borrowed. Can recommend The Wrestler and Step Brothers. Forgot to mention we saw Avatar 3D between Christmas and NYE which was excellent, though a little too long.

Tried to move the car from its frozen position on our road Saturday but failed which scuppered my plan to go snowboarding at Stanmer Park. Saturday night was a catch up with good friends at the Globe then a carry-on at Sukey's. Sunday was more successful with the car as temperatures seem to be rising. I found our old shower duckboard and re-constructed it as a sledge. Packed the snowboard and sledge picking up Julian along the way and hit the Stanmer Piste! Here's the best video of the day:

Feedly - the best RSS reader yet?

2010-01-11T13:27:00.001Z

My latest web tool discovery and best mate is Feedly. All thanks to my employer's director who'd been nagging me for a better RSS Feed Reader other than Google Reader and Netvibes. Even if you're not that familiar with RSS or you're just a bit lazy, you can add sources by just pasting in the web address. It integrates all the news, blogs and other sites' feeds into a magazine-style format. It also integrates with your Twitter account and Facebook if you want to share an interesting link.

The set up and menu are a little confusing at first and Feedly has to be a browser add-on meaning you can only view it on your own PC. Also, no Internet Explorer option either so Firefox or Chrome only. Feedly will also recommend other blogs that match your interest and I've since discovered some great content.

Have found some handy videos on YouTube. The video below is possibly the best to explain Feedly. Otherwise you try this one for better quality images.http://www.flickr.com/photos/gingerdjrob/4266079644/

So that was Christmas and 2009

2010-01-02T12:38:00.001Z

My holiday break started with a bump on the Wednesday before Christmas. The combined icy conditions and previous evening's rain turned the roads into highly polished glass. Without checking the university website, I stupidly cycled into work coming off worse from a) cracking my arse after slipping off my bike and b) wasting my time after discovering the university had closed due to the conditions. The catch-up drink at the Eagle pub on Gloucester Road cheered me up with my Elf t-shirt going down well. Christmas Eve was a restrained one with the core (K n K and P n S) though never got to play our new Buzz game on the PS3.

Another missed opportunity was watching the Christmas Day swimmers down at the pier. After unwrapping the presents we ran out of time and scrambled into action for a last minute tidy up for my dad's arrival at 1pm. As well as unwrapping his present to us (see picture), I kept him entertained (and sent him to sleep) with a recording of Channel 4's Queen in 3D until Kerry had served our amazing seasonal feast. The rest of the day was a more relaxed affair, though we didn't quite appreciate my dad's choice of DVD, Jeremy Clarkson's The Duel. We ended the evening watching an old Only Fools and Horses episode where Delboy sells bottled water from the Peckham Spring. Hardly worth mentioning in the blog you'd think until we discovered that the allotment used in filming was in fact two streets away behind our house in Brighton. See Moulescoomb Estate Allotments, Natal Road Flickr photo. Brighton featured quite a bit in this episode with the The Grand Hotel on King's Road, the Old Shoreham Road recycling depot and a farm shop in Hedfield which is only a few miles away in the countryside.

We didn't escape the house until after Boxing Day with no buses running. Instead we started the excellent Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the PS3 and caught up with the many hours of TV recordings eating chocolate, sausage rolls and nuts until bursting point. We met up with the Brighton regulars with some Brighton Pier attractions (Haunted House is pathetic, a zombie sneezing hardly qualifies as scary though the bumper cars made up for the excitement), a hearty meal at Cafe Rouge and a serious booze binge back at Kev and Karol's with Ibizian Nick and bro turning up later.

As well as Mr. Christ's birthday to celebrate, it was Hyperrealandsupercool blogger, Mr.Wilde's this week of which (for the benefit of everyone else) he avoided the train strikes in favour of some seaside fun until after the New Year. Another boozing session after a Wagamama meal which may have gone on too long for some as New Year's Eve saw a few early causalties.

NYE
Joining Emma and James was old chum Giles who later transformed himself into a Norman Cook double sporting an Hawaiian shirt on our last night of 2009 at Paul and Sarah's. We had planned to do Life with the Go-Bang disco crew but with the so-cold-it-hurts temperatures and Kev's laptop playing up I was forced to DJ earlier. It seems that VirtualDJ likes to synchronise with other laptops to f*ck up too as the left hand deck timecode went nuts. After a tune or two I had to abandon one side of vinyl control in favour of mouse clicking but this didn't prove a problem as I played one of the best sets yet.

With the party running out of energy by 6:30am I decided to go home just as the Life clubbers/gatecrashers turned up without an invite. Apparently, headliner Idjut Boys did the worse, unprofessional set ever with a shambles of a set. Plus after 2am, a lot of people went home leaving just the hardcore of regulars. I hope Pual and Sarah got some well deserved rest after this.

Happy New Year everybody!

Merry Chav-mas

2009-12-21T13:31:00.003Z

Remember the poor this season.

Merry Christmas peasants!

(Image found on the L magazine website)

Norfolk 'n' chance of an easy journey

2009-12-20T18:12:00.001Z

Like everything pathetic about the UK, my work closed because of the deep snow and imaginary travel chaos (even though the main routes were open and buses up to the University of Sussex were still running). A relief for those with hang-overs and great for my plans of visiting my dad in Norfolk. I say working from home but checking emails and adding a web page to the site that I manage hardly qualifies as a full day's work. In the background, the TV news was permanently on checking for the weather and travel. Could I even make it to Norfolk by car? I had to check out my mum's old house, which the tenant had moved out, and to see my Dad but with at least 6 inches on our street and Norfolk being affected by the snow it was a tough decision. With no one else 'working from home' I left at 3pm and ignored the media doom-sayers.

Getting to Norfolk was actually easy with the main motorways clear. Norfolk was just as bad as Brighton though the temperature was getting lower and more snow coming down. My dad's house had been left empty whilst he was travelling back from Malaga. It actually felt warmer outside with no heating been on in the past week. With an night's kip under two duvets, an electric blanket, snowboard long johns, a long-sleeved t-shirt and the heating on I woke up to more snow and having to dig the car out of the drive.

My dad's place is in the middle of rural Norfolk so roads were pretty dicey and the air temperature refusing to shift up from minus 2C and actually reached as low as minus 6.5 degrees C at night. These conditions made some fantastic icicles especially where the drainpipes and guttering had broke around my dad's workshop. See my Flickr photos for more.

White Quizmas

2009-12-18T12:40:00.002Z

Yesterday was an interesting one. It was my work's Christmas meal and night out with luke-warm meat and veg (I blame it on the half-cut catering staff who could double as Victorian cockney ladies of the night from the language they use) followed by a charity raffle. Prizes ranged from a night's stay at a Lewes hotel (half the staff live in Lewes!), some dodgy wines, pulp fiction books to the strange contribution of an AC/DC in concert blu-ray video.

The evening was held at the upstairs of the Open-House near London Road station starting with a well put-together quiz then into a disco. I made my excuses quickly and didn't stick around for the music as the last Pond pub quiz of the year, nay decade was also on. Bit of a crap turn-out really with only three teams entering. My out of the blue team name won us the fake, stick-on moustaches with "I ain't getting on no B.A. plane fool". Unfortunately, this was the only thing we won as our arch-enemies who always seem to win were also in. Whilst the questions were being answered, outside North-easterly wind had picked up and snow was falling.

After some seasonal fluffy ducks at Paul and Sarah's we stepped out to a couple of inches of whiteness with a blizzard of snow laying on more. Some people had already made snowmen whilst others in their mischievous drunken sense were attacking innocent others (i.e. us!) with balls of white fury. As fun and amazing as it was for the first 5 minutes there were no buses or taxis around for our journey home so hiked it back from town with the snow pelting our legs for another 25 minutes. Eventually I got to bed about 1am with the expectation of working from home the next day.

Latest Tron movie picture

2009-12-18T11:59:00.001Z

Picked this up from following Daft Punk on Twitter. They seem to be breaking new photos and the odd bit of news about Tron:Legacy which comes out next year.

Ginger vs. Tescos at Christmas

2009-12-15T19:44:00.001Z

I see the retail version of Beelzebub, Tescos has got itself into trouble over the Christmas card pictured above. Too right I'd say. BBC news story explains all.

Ginger DJ Rob

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