Archive for October, 2009

Holly Ghost vs Pendulum…. this is some funny stuff

Bought a new domain name http://audio-head.co.uk

I have used the name audio_head on the internet for about 10 years so its nice to have the domain name to match (Geek Squad). Not sure what i am going to do with it. Maybe it will be a place to put some test javascripts i will be working on for uni. Who knows?

I have always held a special place in my literary heart for books about post-apocalyptical times. Despite leaning away from the more fantastical Zombie style of dystopian futures they are sometimes still close enough to engage my interest here is a list of some of my current favourites.

Books

David Gemmell – The John Shannow series.

This series follows a gunslinger, the Jerusalem man, through a fantastical future vision of the world. As with much of Gemmell’s work this is a tale of hero’s and warriors however unlike his other work the world is based on a post-apocalyptic society. Expect a heavy western feel with this one.

Cormac McCarthy – The Road (Being released on film on the 16^th of October)

A disturbing trek through a realistic post-apocalyptica. Full of anti-heroes, cynicism and death this is a gripping book. Who needs zombies when cannibals are so much more realistic/frightening? I can’t recommend this one enough.

Max Brook’s – World War Z

In the sequel to “The Zombie Survival Guide” Brook’s really hit the nail on the head. The book is a loose collection of memories regarding a Zombie or “African Rabies” pandemic. Un-like his first book World War Z has much more plot and surprisingly a decent amount of realism.

Films

In no particular order:

Zombieland – (NEW) Humorous

Mad Max – Lots of people count this series as one of the best but it’s never been a massive favourite of mine.

28 days/weeks Later – Fantastic, loved every minute of both of these movies.

I am Legend – Contains what I like to call “modern” Zombies or realistic zombies unlike all the old “Living dead” style clichéd zombies. This is an excellent film.

Blindness – A great book/film that really comes to terms with the reality of human suffering during a pandemic type situation. Human weakness, greed, love and hate are all brought home in sometimes disturbing detail.

Resident Evil – This series of films was much better than I expected excluding the second film which seemed somehow wrong. The third film falls very neatly into my post-apocalypse catchment and was in my opinion done very well. Not a masterpiece but worth a watch.

Once again I have been very busy started two new Open University courses M255 and M257 which are Java modules for my “Computing and Systems Practice” degree and start another  in November called M253.

Also been working on P and M Cosmetics for my family, it still needs a lot of work on design but i am looking at it as an on-going project as i’ve got a lot on at the moment.

Its my birthday on the 12th of October so will be spending the weekend in sunny Wigan and Manchester visiting friends. This is obviously much better than my usuall weekend occupation at Next.

Shaved my head……

finally ….. you guessed it music….. This week i has mostly been listening to.. “Atmosphere”