The detritus of a Button Monkey

Amongst the all the coverage of Michael Jacksons death, I saw one thing that was a let down.  The Independent on Saturday had a small peice on how to do a moonwalk.  The Independent is meant to be a serious news paper, I expect that kind of thing from The Daily Star!

I saw this on twitter.  Needs a wider audience…..

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/major-uk-isp-video-streamings-free-ride-is-over.ars

If they are going to act in this manner, I can’t see myself using them.  Why not scrap the monthly broadband fee and go back to dial up?   BT and other broadband providers have been pushing broadband for access to videos and other high bandwidth usages.  They are now moaning that people are actually using them!!!  You can’t have your cake and eat it.

Mrs Button Monkey suggested we take Version 2 to the beach.  So went took advantage of the good weather and went today.  It was great to wear shorts and T shirt without hetting goose bumps from the cold!  Even though we were only on the beach for a short time, I thought I would only use sun screen on my bald head.  My head is fine but the rest of my face is red and I also have numerous tan lines across the rest of my body…….. Will people ever learn?

http://www.43folders.com/2009/03/11/kutiman

Thursday 23rd April 2009

I have seen the advert for the Mazda 2 on the telly for a while now and have not been impressed.  But today I saw it on the big screen.  It has a really different feel to it.  As the advert has a lot of black in the advert, it really fits in within a cinema setting.  As the black areas move accross the screen, it almost blurs the edges of the screen making you think the advert is being shown on a bigger scale than it actually is.  Still won’t buy the car but an enjoyable 30 seconds!

Watched push this afternoon. Thought I would let know about the film and the trailers.  First up trailer wise was Race to Witch Mountain.  Not a intellectual film but could be a good family film.  Next was Traitor.  This is more interesting, its about an undercover agent in a terrorist cell.  Has he gone rogue or is he still doing his job? Third trailer was for Knowing.  This trailer does divide me.  It could be a good mystery or a slightly rubbish Cage film like Next… They saved the best for last…. Star Trek!!!!  Not much given away in the trailer but I am looking forward to this!!!!

Push is similar in substance to Heroes.  People with special powers doing stuff.  I won’t say anything about the film plot, you can go to IMDB for that.  I will say the setting in Hong Kong was really good.  It captured some of the feel of the real Hong Kong, far from the tourist trail.

I did enjoy the film and will watch again.

I don’t mean the new feature on Jo Whiley, I mean the new diet coke advert.  What is this advert about?  I don’t understand what they are trying to tell me.  I see no compeling connection between product and advert.

I found this on stumble and will give it a good look when I get some spare time.