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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
posted by
dtra on
14th-mar-2010
Finally got around to watching it, and have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The only real insight I had into the film was that it was made by Stanley Kubrick, and that at some point some cowboy may ride a nuclear missile (from The Simpsons of course). Anyway, it turned out to be much funnier than I was expecting, for whatever reason I was expecting it to be some boring film, but when I was told it was only about 90 minutes long, it couldn't have been too bad....
last edited at 3:08 14th-mar-2010
Photos from Malaysia
posted by
dtra on
2nd-mar-2010
Okay, so it's taken almost a bit over seven weeks (maybe) but the pictures I deemed worthy of uploading to flickr, are all up now. I provide here, a few samples of the photos that didn't make the cut because I thought they were interesting but maybe I didn't like them that much, or I already had too many of the subject. The subjects are varied, from beaches, wildlife including orangutans, proboscis monkeys, rainforest (or cloud forest), mountain views, sunrises, sunsets, city scapes, panoramas, etc, etc (those two etc's basically stand for nothing else)....
last edited at 2:54 3rd-mar-2010
wp-fxf50: underwater photography
posted by
dtra on
9th-feb-2010
ok, so i found one of these on ebay the other day, and since i am a certified open water diver, i thought why not. i was also looking into a case for my k200d, but after some research it looked like that would be very expensive, and since diving may be a once a year (or less) thing for me, i thought better just go the cheap option (for now). well, it arrived today, and i've tested it out, in a bucket 
, and it did seem to keep the water out, so here's hoping it works out in the wild....
black dynamite: can you dig it?
posted by
dtra on
6th-feb-2010
ok, well i watched black dynamite last night, never previously heard of it, so it was good, a completely fresh viewing. basically, it's a spoof on blaxploitation films of the 70's, with a bit of bruce lee style mixed in. i'm not going to spoil it, cos i think people should watch it fresh, and have some fun watching it....
hardcore cycling
posted by
dtra on
29th-jan-2010
well, all my cycling stuff has come together, and i've now got the whole package. my indoor trainer (which i won't be using indoors) came in yesterday, and my pedals last week, got some new shoes to go with the pedals earlier this week, and now i am looking like a pro. i managed to get the pedals on (despite the ridiculously narrow nut) and they seem reasonably tight, so i've been practising engaging and disengaging (i wanted to sound special) from the pedals using my new shoes with cleats....
muscle scales
posted by
dtra on
25th-jan-2010
so i saw these muscle mass scales on the 1 day site, and because i'm in a real health and fitness stage right now (ha!!), i decided to get them, only $30 bux or something with shipping. according to the scales i have about 16.7% body fat, 59.4% water, 79% muscle, and 7% bone. don't ask me what the icons mean, apart from male and female, i don't know....
senor chang: el caracter numero uno
posted by
dtra on
19th-jan-2010
ok, so i just caught up on community, and i'm all up to date now, while it's not the office, or even 30 rock, more like on a scrubs level, it's a funny show. and as the title suggests, my favourite character is senor chang (damn no unicode it should be the squiggly n), maybe i'm over-rating him, but i'm putting him up there as the best character on tv right now. who else is there?...
