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Son of Man stuns Sundance

SA The Good News: “Accolades are pouring in for Son of Man, a new South African film that sets the life of Jesus Christ in contemporary Africa, after its world premier at the Sundance Film Festival in the US state of Utah on Sunday”… more

Black Jesus film aims to start talk

CNN.com: “Billed as the world’s first black Jesus movie, ‘Son of Man’ portrays Christ as a modern African revolutionary and aims to shatter the Western image of a placid savior with fair hair and blue eyes.

The South African film, which premieres on Sunday at the Sundance festival in Utah, transports the life and death of Christ from first century Palestine to a contemporary African state racked by war and poverty”… more

First SA film for Sundance

SouthAfrica.info: “Andile Kosi plays Jesus, who is born in the state of Judea in southern Africa, where violence and poverty are rife. As civil war breaks out, Jesus demands that his followers foreswear warfare and follow a life of peace”… more

Sundance: Film info

My ex-boss at Designate Advertising – David Bee – has always created front-end designs that are simply inspirational to me. They aren’t only exquisite to look at but a lot of strategy goes into the site usability tailored specifically for the target audience as well. I was lucky enough to work under him for so many years and to have learnt an infinite amount of valuable skills and techniques that put me well on my way to run my own successful business.

His latest group of designs are for the South West Wales Tourism Partnership and were produced by the team at Designate.

• Wild West Wales
  www.aswildasyouwantit.com offers activity breaks
• One Big Garden
  www.onebiggarden.co.uk features all things green
• Inspirational South West Wales
  www.inspirationalwales.com highlights cultural offerings such as food and drink, literature and entertainment.

The last two even have unique designs every time the season changes. Check them out and explore what Wales has to offer. Wales is breathtakingly beautiful with holidays and adventures for everyone.

A fantastic job all round Designate!

The Independent: While it is well known among men that women are attracted to funny men even if they look like boiled frogs, apparently, research shows men find female wits a turn-off.

Research to be published this week in a leading academic journal “Evolution and Human Behaviour” confirms what many female comics – and funny women – have long suspected: men are frightened by their brand of humour. While men might chuckle at the odd gag, when it comes to finding a long-term companion they do not want a partner who will fire a stream of witty repartee at them. And this is according to the study carried out by academics at some of the world’s top universities. “Men see being funny as a male thing,” explained Dr Rod Martin, who led the project.
If you’re interested, there’s more…

The Independent: Russia has staked out plans to recapture its Soviet-era space-race glory and start mining the Moon for a promising energy resource that scientists say could meet the Earth’s power needs for more than a thousand years.

Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of Russia’s giant Energia Space Corporation, has unveiled plans to build a permanent base on the Moon within a decade and to start mining the planet for helium 3, a sought-after isotope, by 2020.

Guardian Unlimited: “Stonehenge may be vital for national security but, as a world heritage site, it is a national disgrace. Consultants have made millions but achieved nothing in 20 years.

I have attended many Stonehenge consultations. They are raving madhouses. The sanest people present are the pendragons, druids, warlocks, Harry Potters, sons of the sun and daughters of the moon. They have a clear use for the stones and speak English. Weirdness sets in with Wiltshire county councillors, health-and-safety officers and archaeologists, all of whom think the stones are theirs as of right. But for total extragalactic dottiness, nothing tops the Ministry of Defence. It moves only in twos, each official with a soldier doppelganger at his side.” ~ Simon Jenkins

BBC News:“No amount of coaxing can make him leave his tree house,” says a local resident. Even during a devastating cyclone in 1999 when winds of 300 km/h destroyed large parts of Orissa and killed thousands, Kapila continued to live in the forest.

Little Baruchito has passed away…

mimobots are little friendly data fiends! Feed the 2″ monsters all your essential data (tunes, pics, presentations, videos, etc.) and transport your files wherever you go. mimobots are what happens when designer toys meet USB flash drives – a marriage of art and technology.

Listen to the full CD soundrack from the movie as a streaming mp3 off winamp.com. You’ll need the free winamp player if you don’t have it already.

• HI 64
• LO 32

“L.A.’s Crystal Method have been referred to as America’s answer to the Chemical Brothers. A dance-based electronic duo with a definite rock band feel, the comparison would seem appropriate, although it tends to erase what makes the group distinct: a solid base in American hip-hop, rock, soul, and pop.”

The world’s smallest Windows XP computer

“its basically a pocket sized computer with full winXP professional onboard, firewire and usb ports. With capability of plugging into regular keyboard/mouse and screens.
• 1GHZ processor
• 512mb ram
• 30GB harddrive
• Built in network or WIFI
• can install any regular programs as it works as a regular winXP machine.
• 4.9inches long, 3.4inches wide, and only 14ounces in weight!!!

can fit in pocket…” ~ Ken

You may or may not want to check out this video of David in what seemed like the start of a promising new music career, or as the blog’s owner put it “pressing ‘Play’ may or may not cause you to die from an overdose of awesome.”

A coordinated flash mob of 160 passengers took off their pants and rode the New York subway on Sunday. It even made MSNBC Countdown’s top news story (11MB mov). 25 people were arrested halfway through but that didn’t stop the fun.

More info:

• This stunt was coordinated by Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere
• Photos from the event

Disturbing but strangely beautiful photographs from abandoned buildings and ruins. Verden Psychiatric Hospital is particularly creepy…

Knitta
“Bombing the neighborhood with fresh, aerosol-free knit graff!”

Okay, I’ve finished my knitted blanket and now I want to crochet a wide border around the edges. I dont want anything too frilly or fussy though. Can anyone recommend some really good “learn to crochet” sites and perhaps some more with amazing patterns around the same quality as knitty.com?

Ooh I want one sooooo badly!! Usually when im stuck working at night I can hear all these fun TV sounds and laughter coming from the next room.

This cute little thing has a built in DVD and would plug into my cable for all day fun. If I had one of these to entertain me while working, I’d never need to leave my desk again!

www.equerryhomesearch.co.uk
Yay! A new addition my portfolio. I really enjoyed designing and making this site, and hopefully it shows. It went live yesterday. There will be two more portfolio updates coming soon! I just have to wait for the sites to go live.

Reuters: If you’re stuck for entertainment in New York on a Friday night, and as long as you’re man enough, try learning to rib at “Boyz Nite” at a Greenwich Village venue from 9 until late.

Knit New York, a wool and craft store in Lower Manhattan, is fighting the stereotype that knitting is the province of women. “Are you strong enough to knit and man enough to purl?” says an advertisement for Boyz Nite on the shop’s Web site. A sign on the street outside invites passersby to come in and bring their own beer: “Boyz Nite. 9 pm – ?? BYOB.”

The store draws dozens of men to its weekly men’s night where beginners and experts gather to exchange tips over beer and hot dogs. more…

I have so much work to do today it’s not fair that I should be the only one feeling guilty about doing this instead. So suffer!
Blame Shawn

“It’s the Google Zeitgeist of crime” says Wired.

Nathan told me about The Pirate Bay – the world’s largest, legal, BitTorrent tracker. You can pretty much find any bit of software, games, music as well, even full version software with cracks, serials and activation keys, without worrying about those pesky popup windows or porn ads while browsing your options. Simply search for what you need and use any one of a number of free pieces of BitTorrent software to download the files. Of course actually downloading and enjoying copywrited material without paying for it or asking permission is completely illegal… but knowing where to find it isn’t.

In case you were wondering, Bittorrent is a filesharing protocol that in a reliable way enables big and fast file transfers. As you can imagine, Pirate Bay have received legal threats from big corporations like Microsoft, Dreamworks, SEGA, Apple etc, but since only torrent files are saved on their server, no copyrighted or illegal material are stored by them, so its not possible to hold them responsible for simply linking to servers that do store the material. Proprietor Fredrik Neij insists that Pirate Bay is perfectly legal under the copyright law in Sweden, where it’s based, and its continued existence lends credence to that claim.

The site has a clean look, advanced search and support for 10 languages, its open to everyone and it’s free. Tempted?

Do you have a WordPress blog but frustrated with your lack of html and css knowledge required to personalise the default Kubrick theme? This fantastic little tool lets you replace that giant blue default header at the top of your blog with a nice photo from Flickr. Type a tag you want to search for, select your favourite image from the results page and crop to the area you like best. Try it!

Found on limn, my new daily hangout these days.

Here’s a cute little list of 50 things you can do with your iPod.

The good people at AskMen.com, along with my dearest mother, tell me that Teflon is a bad idea. Reportedly, Teflon’s miracle coat contains “ammonium perfluorooctanoate (more commonly known as C-8), which has been linked to cancer, organ damage and other negative health effects in laboratory animals.”

Besides, a good iron skillet doubles as a defense mechanism in the event that a cartoon rabbit might try and break in to your house.

Wow this film looks amazing…

GRIZZLY MAN is a docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell who journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears for 13 summers. Acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of Timothy Treadwell who lived unarmed among the bears, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons. In October 2003, Treadwell’s remains, along with those of his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Reserve. They had been mauled and devoured by a grizzly.

Check out the unbelievable trailer and here’s the official website.

Thanks to Shawn for telling me about it.