A charming revelation on ytmnd.

θmg = ωtF

Although, in explaining it the creator stated g (acceleration due to gravity) was measured in meters per second (m/s) which is a velocity. It’s obviously an acceleration (m/s^2). However, the mistake was made on both sides of the equation, so the revelation is basically still correct. (I’ll stop being pedantic now.)

The rough planning for the Northern Europe trip is finally finished, the destinations are currently: Dieppe, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Groningen, Odense, Copenhaven, Stockholm, Turku, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Berlin. All in 22 days. Going to be much fun, although quite a rush, especially when we realise we only have a day left on the ticket to get home.

Still need to book some ferrys and get an interrail ticket yet.
I’m quite glad we decided on travelling through the baltic states. Although they will all be by bus, as the train networks there aren’t fully established, i’m still looking forward to it.

East Dean.

After taking this photo and cleaning it up in Photoshop I thought I might have a quick try at the ‘fake tilt shift’ model effect using a few filters.

First day of new job today, it is irritating that it’s paying for rent, for accomodation I currently have no use for. It would be nice to be able to use the money for something else. Boo for silly 12 month house contracts.

I’ve spent a fair bit of time over the last few days playing around with Photoshop and CSS to make the basis of the new site design. The footer is far from finished, which is obvious glancing at the bottom of the page.

Hopefully it will all be completed by the end of the week. It would be nice anyway.

I completed the original Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars today after a long time of either forgetting to play it or not being able to get my hands on the game. It’s a fantastic game, and it can be picked up really cheaply. It’s by far the longest adventure game i’ve played, even comparing it to Grim Fandango, but I really enjoyed it. I do miss the days of the point  & click adventure game. I also found out a few days ago that due to the commercial success of the most recent title (Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death) a film is planned! I have to say I haven’t played the two most recent titles, but I’m definately going to now. However, to my joy, the film is based on the first title of the series.

Quote from ComingSoon.net:

“Specific details of the storyline are being kept under wraps, but filmmakers promise to stay true to all of the fan favorite elements. “‘Broken Sword’ is the kind of complex story every producer dreams about, rich with mystery and adventure, so for me, this is a real honor.” said Douglas.

As for who will helm and adapt the novel-like video game, initial talks have begun with leading directors and screenwriters from such films as “Harry Potter”, “Casino Royale“, “X-Men” to name a few.”

I think the first Broken Sword would make an amazing film adaptation, I just hope it’s done right.

More Info:

IGN: Broken Sword the movie
IMDB – Broken Sword (coming soon 2009)
CastleBright Studios (horrific) Myspace

According to the Washington Post, Polish government appointed childrens rights watchdog, Ewa Sowinska, is concerned that the BBC childrens telivision show promotes homosexuality. Although she’s not the first, I am not suprised that Poland’s right-wing government has come under fire by human rights groups, especially when, and I quote:

“Polish Education Minister Roman Giertych has proposed laws sacking teachers who promote “homosexual lifestyle” and banning “homo-agitation” in schools.”

Becuase homosexual propaganda is obviously what we should all be worrying about these days. Not global warming, child literacy rates, corporate advertising aimed at children, but fuzzy purple human-television hybrids. Poland, as a EU country, needs to rethink its attitude towards LGBT rights, especially when it only removed homosexuality from its list of diseases in 1991.

Maybe they should be concerned about the Teletubbies Cocaine bust back in September, although to be honest I believe that to be more of an homage.