Folks, don't mess with your life like this.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Stuck Under A Train.
Folks, don't mess with your life like this.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
It's Fight Time! Scorpion vs. Black Widow
Two highly venomenous insects, a scorpion and a black widow.
Want to place a bet on your fave killer? The time is now!
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Personal Jetpack is Here! Man Flies Near Liberty Statue!
"The dream of personal flight took a great leap forward last week as Jetpack Aviation unveiled its JB-9 jetpack in spectacular fashion.
Lifting off from a boat, inventor and aviator David Mayman flew the powerful, agile JB-9 around the Statue of Liberty, pausing to salute and pirouette before touching back down. Running on kerosene and using two vectored jet engines, the JB-9 can reach high speeds and altitudes and offers a flight time over 10 minutes, depending on pilot weight. We spoke at length with Mayman to discover how the JB-9 works and how long it'll be before we can buy one."
More information on Gizmag.
Everything about jetpacks on Jetpackaviation.com
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Leave Facebook, Be Happy: Copenhagen Research Institute
I totally agree with this.
I pretty much left Facebook nearly a year ago (though content is still being posted to my timeline), and I definitely feel much better and productive.
Drop Facebook and be happy: Danish study
The Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute has a simple formula for increasing your happiness, social activity and concentration, but it might not be something you’re willing to do...
Checking Facebook gives us instant gratification in the form of new likes and friend requests and provides a virtual one-stop shop for keeping up with the people we care about and the news we’re interested in. But does it also make us unhappy?
A new study from the Happiness Research Institute suggests that it might.
The institute conducted an experiment on 1,095 people in Denmark, asking half of them to refrain from using Facebook for one week. The participants were asked to evaluate their life satisfaction on a scale of one to ten both before and after the one-week experiment and the researchers found “a significantly higher level of life satisfaction” amongst those who did not visit the social media behemoth.
The control group, which continued to use Facebook as normal during the week, gave an average 7.67 ranking to their life satisfaction before the experiment. At by week's end, that had barely changed to 7.75. The other group, however, saw life satisfaction shoot up from 7.56 to 8.12 after their Facebook-free week.
Not only did they feel happier with their lives, they also reported an increase in real-world social activity and were significantly less angry and lonely than the Facebook users.
Full article on Denmark's The Local.
I pretty much left Facebook nearly a year ago (though content is still being posted to my timeline), and I definitely feel much better and productive.
The Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute has a simple formula for increasing your happiness, social activity and concentration, but it might not be something you’re willing to do...
Checking Facebook gives us instant gratification in the form of new likes and friend requests and provides a virtual one-stop shop for keeping up with the people we care about and the news we’re interested in. But does it also make us unhappy?
A new study from the Happiness Research Institute suggests that it might.
The institute conducted an experiment on 1,095 people in Denmark, asking half of them to refrain from using Facebook for one week. The participants were asked to evaluate their life satisfaction on a scale of one to ten both before and after the one-week experiment and the researchers found “a significantly higher level of life satisfaction” amongst those who did not visit the social media behemoth.
The control group, which continued to use Facebook as normal during the week, gave an average 7.67 ranking to their life satisfaction before the experiment. At by week's end, that had barely changed to 7.75. The other group, however, saw life satisfaction shoot up from 7.56 to 8.12 after their Facebook-free week.
Not only did they feel happier with their lives, they also reported an increase in real-world social activity and were significantly less angry and lonely than the Facebook users.
Full article on Denmark's The Local.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
R.I.P. Gunnar 'Leatherface' Hansen
Hansen was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, but moved to the US with his family at the age of 5. He studied at the University of Texas in Austin, where Hooper and his Texas Chain Saw Massacre cowriter Kim Henkel were based. Hansen secured the role of Leatherface after, literally, filling the door with his tall, massive physique when he met to audition for the part.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Stolen footage? No, just borrowed.
Some moviegoers point out, occasionally, that they've seen that shot or that other shot in other movies. That sure is possible. Film studios, much like any creator out there, tend to borrow some elements they already created for other projects (especially in our digital age where recycling and reusing is easier - and cheaper - than creating).
Sometimes, it's shots 'traded' between two friend companies. Some other times it's purchased between studios. When it's not litterally stock footage, of course.
So there's no scandal here when you see the same stuff in different movies. For instance if Michael Bay's studio paid two hundred thousand dollars for a certain shot, why not re-use it in another movie, and spend five thousand in tweaking it to match the requirements of a new project...
Do they think no one will notice? Of course not. At best, it will cause people to discuss their films, and re-watch them to spot the scenes. Free advertising!
Sometimes, it's shots 'traded' between two friend companies. Some other times it's purchased between studios. When it's not litterally stock footage, of course.
So there's no scandal here when you see the same stuff in different movies. For instance if Michael Bay's studio paid two hundred thousand dollars for a certain shot, why not re-use it in another movie, and spend five thousand in tweaking it to match the requirements of a new project...
Do they think no one will notice? Of course not. At best, it will cause people to discuss their films, and re-watch them to spot the scenes. Free advertising!
Realms Of Fear #2 is OUT!
It's finally out!
Realms Of Fear no 2 is shipping to subscribers in the next couple of days, and you'll be able to pick up your copy at my stand during the Ottawa Pop Expo, November 21-22nd!
Of course it will also be listed in the store section of my website, as well as for sale at some retailers' stores.
A couple of things have changed from the 1st issue. Comics are now 28 pages as I got rid of all the other content the other issue had, stuff like convention photos, advertisements, editorial content and so on. I only kept the comics pages, which is roughy the same count as the first issue.
And, finally, as you'd expect the last change is the cover price! With less pages and printed in black and white, comic books now go for $4.99. How cool is this now?!
See you all at the Ottawa Pop Expo!
Friday, November 6, 2015
We Love Them Raccoons! R.I.P. Toronto Raccoon.
Dead raccoon was found on the sidewalk in Toronto. Someone sent a tweet to municipal services with a pic of the poor fella, but citizen were faster to react!
Thursday, November 5, 2015
R.I.P. George Barris, creator of the Batmobile, KITT and many other legendary cars.
Sad to hear the passing away of George Barris, at 89. George was the creator of many memorable movie and TV cars such as the original 1966 Batmobile, Knight Rider's KITT and many others.
His son Brett posted the following:
"Sorry to have to post that my father, legendary kustom car king George Barris, has moved to the bigger garage in the sky,” Brett wrote. “He passed on peacefully in his sleep at 2:45 a.m. He was surrounded by his family in the comfort of his home.”
“...My father lived his life they way he wanted til the end. He would want everyone to celebrate the passion he had for life and for what he created for all to enjoy.”
More information here.
Total destruction! Here's Ultraman X (2016) trailer!
Kaiju fans will LOVE this!
"When monsters rise from the deep sea it's up to the XiO squad to protect the Earth. XiO member Daichi Ozora (Kensuke Takahashi) finds the X-Devicer and becomes Ultraman X to help save humanity!"
Additional informations on:
Dread Central
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
An Evening With William Shatner at Ottawa Pop Expo!
Tickets are selling FAST! Get yours NOW before the sell out! The Ottawa Pop expo is only a few weeks away, November 21-22!http://ottawapopexpo.ca
Ottawa Pop Expo on Facebook
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Social Media Star Essena O'Neill Quits Social Media - And Reveals The Ugly Behind-The-Scenes.
That's exactly it. Social Media is all about corporations using people and their content to generate money on their back.
It's all about fake!
Launching YOUR OWN web site is the way to go. Want to know how corporations made users to abandon their own domains to move to social media? It's all in this book named "Social Media Is Bullshit".
Article on The Guardian.
Brutal And Violent Fight Scene: Into The Badlands
Monday, November 2, 2015
The Six Billion Dollar Man gets a release date!
The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films announced that the action film The Six Billion Dollar Man, starring Mark Wahlberg, is set to be released on December 22, 2017.Screenwriter and filmmaker Damián Szifron (Wild Tales) wrote the screenplay and has been confirmed to direct as well. Principal photography will begins in September next year.
Steve Austin is back!
The Six Billion Dollar Man is based on the classic TV series “The Six Million Dollar Man” and the novel “Cyborg” by Martin Caidin. The story follows astronaut and military officer Steve Austin, who becomes part of a top secret government program after a plane accident leaves him near death. With the help of cutting edge robotics technology, Steve is brought back to life with superhuman abilities, making him the world’s first truly bionic man.
Classic TV series opening, The Six Million Dollar Man
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