I know this is a strange thing to blog about or even review, but what the hell - here goes. I’m bored. If the title of this post doesn’t interest you, you’ll probably be bored very quickly too. Otherwise if you’ve got one of these, or thinking about getting one, please feel free to read on.
A while back, a company called Steorn claimed to have invented a free energy device. If their claims were true, it would’ve changed the world. Sadly, they’re not. At least it’s distinctly looking like it’s all been a bit of a sham / balls-up.
Nearly two months ago, they planned on demonstrating this amazing technology to the world, only it didn’t work. Why? Because the demonstration room lights were too hot. Doh!
Since then, someone’s taken the trouble to make an exploded view of Orbo based on photos that’ve been taken of the device so far:
There’s already quite a good write up and set of comments about the drawing above - here, if you’re interested. There’s also a poor quality, very dark video of a spinning Orbo - which makes everything seem decidedly amateur.
Steorn are apparently planning another demo at some point in the future, so what are the chances of there being more to their magnetic motor than meets the eye? Will they have the last laugh? I doubt it. Shame. :-(
Why is it that the coolest movie spies both have the initials JB? Should I change my name to “Jim Bob” just to be equally cool?
Hmmm, dammit I think I could pull that off.
Anyway. I’ll have to say, I rather enjoyed The Bourne Ultimatum.
True, it has Maaaaatt Daaaaamon in it.
True, it’s Hollywood computerizationification a gogo.
True, it’s not hugely different to the previous two films.
And true, there’s a certain amount of product placement in it.
But all that aside, the “spy style” itself is something Bond should have adopted way back in the Dalton years and I’ll happily admit that the product placement is much less distracting than in Casino Royale. Not many movies are free of it these days anyway - dagnammit.
If I’m honest, I’ve become slightly paranoid after watching this film. Since there’s apparently CIA agents within two minutes of everyone in the entire world, I’ve started to think that perhaps my bosses are also CIA “assets”. At least that’d explain the interrogations I get at work - even if it doesn’t explain the “Intelligence” part.
8.5/10.
Oh by the way, did I ever mention that I had a little factoid about The Bourne Ultimatum?
I installed Wordpress about 18 months ago. I always meant to install a slightly nicer theme than the default “out-of-the-box” one, but I always seemed to find something more fun to do (like trim my toes nails and clean out my belly button fluff).
But I’ve finally taken the plunge and changed it to a much tweaked one based on “Clean Blue”. It uses a lot more of the screen width, so it’s a bit more spacious. What do you think? Is it too blue? I can’t help but think it needs a picture of some sort in the header at the top?
On an unexciting related note, I’ve also upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress and all it’s plugins. What a faff that was… when are we going to get a button that does it all automagically?
I saw Rush Hour 3 the other week and totally forgot to write anything about it. I know, shame.
It seems so long ago now that my tiny brain has forgotten most it. I do remember thinking that at the very beginning, the ’sniper’ would never be able to see his target as the angle was totally wrong.
Check out my sexy picture of that to the right.
Chris Tucker shouts A LOT and the movie has the most unbelieveable ending since, err, those big giant trees were in that Lord of the Rings film.
Anyway, it’s basically a rehash of the previous two Rush Hours only with more Chris Tucker and less Jackie Chan. It’s still quite funny but I don’t think I’d want a RH4.
6/10.
