With Rio Ferdinand not being called into the Roy Hodgson’s 1st England squad, all but ending a great England career, it’s good to see Rio has taken it with a sense of humour on twitter!
Thanks for your England efforts over the years Rio, hope you enjoy the summer off.
So many ex Villa midfielders in the England squad…. again…. hopefully we might be able to keep hold of that sort of quality in the future!
I’ve been wanting to read about Nicola Tesla for some time and last night I came across this infographic that made me start his biography Tesla: Man out of Time that’s been hidden on my iPad Kindle app for some time!
(this is only part one….)
So many of the things he invented seemed me appropriated to others, or ideas that were plain stolen! If you do get chance take few minutes to read the whole the complete comic that is on The Oatmeal as it’s really good! (Maybe a little ranting about Thomas Edison but entertaining none the least!)
Epic Games have given gamers some really great video games over the last 20 years, my personal favorites being Unreal (and Unreal Tournament) and Gears of War. Both of which really pushed boundaries when released.
These days Epic is also know as a middleware supplier with licencing the Unreal Engine technology to some of the biggest game studios like BioWare (Mass Effect)
To celebrate it’s 20th year in existance Epic have released 20 of it’s finest musical tracks from it’s past, some I recognised within a few bars, others are new to me. All are good though!
Epic Games 20th anniversary soundtrack.
Unreleased Theme Unreal Tournament 3 Rom Di Prisco (2007)
Dan Jill of the Jungle Dan Froelich (1992)
Main Theme Unreal Alexander Brandon/Michiel Van der Boss (1998)
Armored Prayer Gears of War 2 Steve Jablonsky (2008)
Vault of Tears Infinity Blade II Josh Aker (2011)
Space Epic Pinball Robert Allen (1993)
Main Menu Unreal Tournament Alexander Brandon (1999)
Menu Song Jazz Jackrabbit Robert Allen (1994)
They’ll Be Coming For You Now Infinity Blade Josh Aker (2010)
Hope Runs Deep Gears of War 2 Steve Jablonsky (2008)
Main Theme Tyrian Alexander Brandon (1995)
Hyperblast Redux Unreal Tournament 2004 Kevin Riepl (2004)
Hanover’s Favorite Son Gears of War 3 Steve Jablonsky (2011)
Main Theme Shadow Complex Josh Aker (2009)
14 Years After E-Day Gears of War Kevin Riepl (2006)
Lockdown Unreal Tournament 3 Jesper Kyd (2007)
Theme Bulletstorm Krzysztof Wierzynkiewicz/Michal Cielecki (2011)
Pull Back the Bass Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Alexander Brandon (1998)
Transistor Unreal Championship 2 Kevin Riepl (2005)
Finally A Tomorrow Gears of War 3 Steve Jablosnky (2011)
So grab yourself the downloads from the Epic Website.
I like free things and the excellent Dropbox service is giving away an Extra 1GB of space if you complete a series of quests… The quests are fun, but some are a little complex and it could take you a fair few hours! Dropbox is the best way to share files across your computers and mobile devices that I’ve ever used.
Well Louise and I are officially exhausted after a great day out in London. Lunch at Carluccios and Malaysian & Caribbean curry Street food for dinner, watching the London Symphony Orchestra rehearsing in Trafalgar square and lost a few hours in the British Museum. Of course we purposely got lost a few times as we do like to explore and find getting lost the best way!
Italian Lunch for 2 The British Museum roofShadows and CurvesKindle. Egyptian styleWhere skateboards go to die.The Red offices
It’s the weekend tomorrow and as it looks like being the 1st sunny and dry weekend for what seem like 6 months I’m planning to head into London town with my fair maiden and stroll around a free museum or 2, have some lunch and take in the sights, sounds and smells… but which museum?
Spoilt for choice!
The Great Court of the British Museum, with the new tessellated roof designed by Foster and Partners arching around the original, circular, Reading Room of the British Library. The sculpture on the pedestal on the right hand foreground is A youth on horseback from 1st century AD Rome. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1. The British Museum
The world’s oldest and greatest public museum. It has a spectacular great court and circular reading room (where Karl Marx studied). The Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, the Egyptian mummies, the Benin treasure, the Assyrian Friezes and the Sutton Hoo treasure. Should keep us busy!
2. The Tate Modern
One of the world’s greatest modern art collections housed in a marvellous converted power station. Top attractions include works by Dali, Rothko, Matisse, Cezanne, Degas, Jackson Pollock, Stanley Spencer and Modigliani.
3. The Victoria and Albert
Quite simply, the world’s greatest collection of applied art. Be sure to see the Raphael cartoons, the Cast Courts, Tippoo’s Tiger, the Morris room, the great bed of Ware and the Bollinger Jewellery gallery.
4. Sir John Soane’s Museum
A small and little-known museum packed with wonderful items. It consists of three adjoining Georgian houses containing a collection of art and antiquities. Highlights include the sarcophagus of Seti I, Hogarth paintings, and a clutter of ancient statues and artifacts.
5. The Imperial War Museum
A former madhouse now containing a fantastic collection of items from military history and a permanent holocaust exhibition which is very moving. Walk through a recreation of World War Itrenches and London in the Blitz.
6. The National Gallery
One of the world’s greatest art galleries containing works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Raphael, Veronese, Titian, El Greco, Velazquez, Goya, Rubens, Rembrandt and many other great masters. It is located on the North side of Trafalgar Square and next door is the National Portrait gallery containing magnificent portraits of many famous figures.
So which one? I think I will let fate decide tomorrow, but I do know my route to it will not be the most direct, I love to wander off the beaten track! Expect some photo’s tomorrow!
that’s been hidden on my iPad Kindle app for some time!
