That new organisation, UFOCUS, has been putting went learnt lessons into practice. The paper has a story about a weird "cloud", unlike anything these people had seen before. (mmm...must be a UFO!!!!) Not to long ago, there was an article about a wee blurry pixilated image. (UFO, honest, guv!)
In both of these, Ufocus has been speaking their opinion. Nice of the papers to contact them... or was it the other way around? Call me cynical, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Ufocus pitched these articles to the papers as easy "here, we've written these stories for you, and the 'weirdness' angle will get readers in" pieces.
Why? Well, I won't comment on that, because it's the obvious motive.
Now if only the New Zealand Skeptics would get together enough to do stuff like this.
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Thursday, 6 September 2007
Look over here, there's nothing to see!
Pictures galore!
Still got a few pictures left, so here are some more! From pages 18, 25 and 34.
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Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Say Sarah Sarah
I see that they are really pushing the merchandise, which is good in a way in that I don't usually feel the need to buy any of this stuff, but now they are putting out stuff I do normally get!
In particular, I'm talking about here the Sarah Jane Adventures. Doctor Who and Torchwood have their books, and now so does SJA.
There is, of course, the Invasion of the Bane, and the other books are Eye of the Gorgon, Story 2 (classic title there!) and Warriors of the Kudlak.
But that's not all! There are also "exclusive audios", the Thirteenth Stone and the Glittering Storm, as read by Elizabeth Sladen.
Toys I can ignore, but these I want!
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Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Your mission
This may seem like a gratuitous link to a YouTube video that shows a neat old record player, but the real task I set you is to explain why I sought out Boccherini's Minuet in A Major, why I've put it in the Doctor Who label, why this answers a long standing question, and bonus marks for the Muppet Show connection that gave me the clue.
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Monday, 3 September 2007
See the Pulzar!
So I'm working on TSV, listening to the beats of DJ Pulzar, thinking about the blog, thinking about opting, yet again, for the easy out of YouTube videos, when these thoughts coalesce into looking on YouTube for Pulzar videos. While it turns out that there aren't any mixes of his sets (not that surprised) I do find out that... well... read the blurb for yourself:
In July 2007, DJ Andy Pulzar flew to Thailand to get Lasik surgery performed on his eyes. He did this because it was cheaper than getting it performed in NZ ($5800 in NZ, $2800 in Thailand), and he got a holiday in Thailand & Singapore thrown in for good measure. Of course, being insane he travelled to Thailand by himself, with no one to watch out for him. Would he lose a kidney, a testicle or some other body part? Who knew. Here are his own blog's about the experience.
They are short clips, linked to below (the rest are below the fold).
Part One.
Part Two.
Part Three.
Part Four.
Part Five.
Part Six.
Part Seven.
Part Eight.
Part Nine.
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Sunday, 2 September 2007
Moon over Wellington
While I didn't manage to get any pictures of the bloody moon last week, Foo and a colleague did, and since Foo refuses to have his own blog, I get to present an exclusive set of eclipsed moon pictures! (Click for larger versions.)
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Saturday, 1 September 2007
I'm scared of the night!
Or, at least, I will be, in two months!
As the nightmare that is Halloween approaches, I'm taking part in an RPG event the weekend before: Fright Night!
Two rounds, four games in each round (although, of course you only get to be in one round per game): 20 people go in, and only... 20 people come out!
I wouldn't immediately say I got my first pick of the games... still, Cabin Fever looks like it will be a lot of fun, and I can't wait for Truckstop.
And, as I write, there are still two places open. It's only $20, so if you're in Wellington then, come along!
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