Delicious LiveJournal Links for 1-16-2009

[anuran]

• MS Paint Tricks
  
  
  I had no idea most of these existed!
  
  
  (tags: tutorial)
  
  
• As the crow flies: birds flee Tehran's polluted air
  
  
  The only living things left in the city of Tehran are the people.
  
  (oh, and probably rats and roaches. But still.)
  
  
  (tags: doom pollution news)
  
  
• Jet Engine Wind Turbine Design Could Halve Wind Power Electricity Costs
  
  
  Prototype wind turbine with a design like a jet engine could revolutionise wind energy
  
  
  (tags: windfarm renewables news)
  
  
• Residents vote to take ownership of Scottish island of Rum
  
  
  Previously owned by SNH and run as a tightly controlled nature reserve, the Island of Rum now belongs to the inhabitants. Time until some idiot decides it's a great spot for a water sports centre: 18 months
  
  
  (tags: news SNH island)
  
  
• Tags reveal birds' ocean odyssey
  
  
  6 tagged Manx Shearwaters from Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, have revealed the migration route of an incredible little bird
  
  
  (tags: manxies birds ornithology news)
  
  
• MP suspended from Commons after picking up mace in Heathrow protest
  
  
  At least one MP attempted to make a stand. This is the only comment I'm making on Heathrow because of AAAARGH FFS!
  
  
  (tags: news doom)
  
  
• Top 10 Science Fiction Flicks For The Thinking Man
  
  
  Can we get some of these on DVD and watch them please?
  
  
  (tags: Cinema)
  
  

Comments

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

I have Stalker, A Boy and His Dog and Gattaca on the Mac. Can probably burn them if you want

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

haven't seen it yet, but I'll bear that in mind :-)

[gnomatron.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the list being shit 'cos I've only seen one film on it, but his logic is definitely flawed. Still might be worth seeing some of those films, though i suspect in the case of stepford wives and handmaids tale reading the book would be a more rewarding experience.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

I have an incredibly good R1 version of The Fly on dvd with silly amounts of extras and worthwhile discussion. Lots of Jeff Goldblums dialogue was ad-libbed, and in one particular instance (when he's ranting about the experience of teleportation) it's incredible to watch. One of the extras has the script on one side of the screen with the film on the other and you can see when the script actually ends and he just goes off on his own and Cronenberg just kept filming! Also good to see Jeff and his then girlfriend Geena together.

The film of The Handmaids Tale is nowhere near as good as the book, which I'm sure I have somewhere if you'd like to borrow that too.

(Also have you not seen The Stepford Wives??? :o )