Shady Goings On

Went to the cinema tonight as I’m working away and had nothing better to do.
Out of the selection available the most promising film was Children of Men:

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child’s birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Staring:

• Clive Owen as Theodore Faron
• Julianne Moore as Julian Taylor
• Michael Caine Jasper

Well not a bad film, at all, a simple story line that starts with the death of the youngest man on earth aged 18. This sets the scene for the rest of the film featuring plenty of terrorism, army occupied cities and police escorted public transport, all brought about by the desperation of people as humanity slowly dies.

Children of Men carries a message, a warning if you will, of what the future might hold and perhaps it tells a few home truths too, about Britains foreign policy or class system.

Theo (Clive Owen) stars as the unlikely (alcoholic, chain-smoking) hero set to save the first baby for 18 years and her mother, despite being the target of terrorist groups and being on the run.

I don’t believe in spoilers so I won’t give away the ending but it was a real let-down, espcially after the emotional highs and lows of the film.

Here’s a picture of my lovely sister-in-law Samantha, looking good for the camera!

Paul Maine has launched this wicked mini-site called EmailBlender.com. It takes whatever you type and mixes the letters up to make anagrams of the original words, you can then send your friends an email and see if they can figure it out.
The results are pretty funny!
Don’t worry if they can’t work it out though, as it can tell them the original message too…

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites
Further to the usual maps and Google Earth projects, Google has now come up with Google Moon. It’s an extension of Google Earth and Maps using imagary from NASA of the locations of landing spots.
If you zoom right in you can even see the detail of the moons surface.

If you’re bored one day, check out this list of amazing satellite maps:
The Edge of I-Hacked - 100’s of Interesting Google Maps Locations

And a few of my own:
The Millenium Dome
Wembley Stadium
Castle Donnington Racetrack (with East Midlands Airport to the right)
The Aswan Dam, Egypt
The Necropolis, Athens
Niagra Falls (look closely and you will the Maid of the Mist)

During this year me and Alison will be taking more photos than usual. The aim is to take enough photos to make a great looking calendar to give to our family and friends.
This photo made the shortlist!

Click here to see the full-size image.