It's true. I did.And I loved every moment of it.
Hollywood & Vine Posted: 2 hours ago by pocksucket
This photo was taken in 1906. It would later become the intersection of Hollywood and Vine.
In 1913, when scouting for a location for the western The Squaw Man, Cecil B DeMille sent the following telegram:
FLAGSTAFF NO GOOD FOR OUR PURPOSE. HAVE PROCEEDED TO CALIFORNIA. WANT AUTHORITY TO RENT BARN IN PLACE CALLED HOLLYWOOD FOR $75 A MONTH.
He received the reply:
AUTHORIZE YOU TO RENT BARN BUT ON MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS. DON’T MAKE ANY LONG COMMITMENT.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 104 [+].
Britain's Oldest Dad Posted: 2 hours ago by pocksucket
Gerry Bursk is 75. He is married to Dawn who is 40. Dawn is pregnant and Gerry is the father. When Dawn gives birth in March 2010 Gerry will hold the record for oldest father in Britain.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 93 [+].
Translation Spectacles Give The World Subtitles Posted: 3 hours ago by pocksucket
NEC have revealed a headset worn like glasses that projects translated subtitles of the conversation you are having directly onto the retina.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 289 [+].
Indecent Exposure? No, Explosive Diarrhoea. Posted: 3 hours ago by pocksucket
David Todd Napodano was accused of exposing himself to two women in a car park but he claims that wasn't the case.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 200 [+].
Joss Whedon Bids For Terminator Franchise Rights Posted: 1 day ago by pocksucket
Joss published an open letter to make his bid. EW phone him up and asked him what it was about. What it is about is that Joss still believes that The Terminator is a very cool thing and would love to make it Joss-Cool.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 169 [+].
Best Headline I've Seen In A Good While Posted: 2 weeks ago by pocksucket
Feeling childish and want to laugh at something immature? Then I have the link for you. Go on. Give it a click. You know you want to.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 743 [+].
Parisienne Walkways Posted: 2 weeks ago by pocksucket
Why bother learning the guitar when you can sing the tricky parts? Oh yeah, because that's damned impressive and probably only this guy can do it.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 328 [+].
Nokia To Sue Apple Posted: 2 weeks ago by pocksucket
Nokia have launched a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone breaches 10 of their patents.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 186 [+].
Golden Age Of Video Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
We accept her. One of us.
Gooble gobble.
Gooble gobble.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 316 [+].
Cevarix "Victim" Was Killed By A Tumour Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
School girl Natalie Morton died less than two hours after being given a vaccination against HPV, a common cause of cervical cancer.
The results of her autopsy revealed that this was not related to the vaccination but that she had a malignant tumour affecting her heart and lungs so far advanced that her death was inevitable.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 768 [+].
Stephen Hawking Steps Down From His Chair Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
No. Not like that, and you know it. This is not a take up thy bed and walk style miracle but instead is leaving his position as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 557 [+].
In Australia, "Tourist Trap" Means Something Altogether Different Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
In South West Darwin, near the Finniss River it means a trap for catching tourists. A spiky trap.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 577 [+].
Drinking Bird Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
These things fascinated me as a child. I remember sitting watching one of these for hours while the grown ups talked.
And now here's the exact mechanism.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 242 [+].
No Signal Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
Something of a movie cliche, it seems. It certainly crops up a lot.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 194 [+].
Was Megrahi Framed? Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
Not the first place it's been suggested but this site pulls together a lot of the conjecture that the real reason Megrahi was released was to stop the release of the evidence that would have not only proved his innocence but also show the justice system that convicted him in a damning light.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 174 [+].
APB Character Customisation Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
Forthcoming game APB features some rather advanced character customisations.
Sure what will happen is everyone will make big-titty women to play with, but it's good to know that in theory you could look like yourself in a game.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 217 [+].
Mott The Hoople Set To Return Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
After a 36 year absence from the stage, Mott The Hoople are all set to go on tour again.
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 343 [+].
Autumn Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
Autumn #3 is one of a collection of four images depicting autumnal scenes and is part of a larger body of work from Tim Simmons. Click the pic to see more.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 318 [+].
Sydney Sand Storm Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
On 23rd September Sydney woke up to a strange red light. A dust storm had descended on the city. This is what it looked like
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 135 [+].
Sonic Weapons Deployed In Pittsburgh Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
Protesters at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh were confronted by police using sonic cannons.
Comments: 27 Score: [-] 675 [+].
Dear Lily, Posted: 1 month ago by pocksucket
Lily Allen started a blog (now with all content deleted) slamming music piracy and claimed there was no future for her in music. She has since then retracted her resignation but that doesn't stop the counterpoint being well worth a watch.
This is worth a read too.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 191 [+].
Could Microsoft Pip Apple To The Post With A Tablet Device Posted: 2 months ago by pocksucket
For the longest time rumours have been rife about an tablet computer from Apple with nothing concrete confirmed. It seems that all the while Microsoft have been quietly developing their own and now it's at an advanced prototype stage theyv'e started to share details.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 200 [+].
If James Dean Had Lived Longer Posted: 2 months ago by pocksucket
Advertising agency Velocity Films have their own idea as to how it would have turned out and over 14 months they created an advert for South African investment company Allan Gray featuring Cape Town mechanic Des Erasmus in the roll of Dean.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 311 [+].
One Of The Lesser Known Survival Techniques - Drinking Water From Your Hair Posted: 2 months ago by pocksucket
Cynthia Blair-Hoover survived when her car fell 350 feet down a cliff. That was just the beginning of her ordeal as she then had to survive freezing temperatures, no food, snow, mountain lions (no tigers) and bears. Oh my.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 66 [+].
iPhone In A Coma Posted: 2 months ago by pocksucket
I know, I know, it's serious - as the words of the song almost went.
Got an iPhone? Not upgraded to OS 3.1 yet? Probably best you don't as Apple have now acknowledged the reports that have been flooding forums for the last few days - that many users who have upgraded have discovered the phone now slips into an unusable state that's being called "Coma Mode".
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 322 [+].