There aren't many games that say "You Must Buy Me" to me. GT5 happens to be one of those games. I've got the Prologue edition and it's a nice taster whilst waiting for November 3rd to come around. Come to think of it, I haven't played it since I bought the new TVs. I shall have to rectify that later; after my course work.
Anyway, here's some footage of the Jaguar XJ13, which never actually raced, racing around the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring:
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Cop Out:
Vanishing On 7th Street:
Inferno Of The Dead (Short Film):
The Tetrapharmakos (τετραφάρμακος), or, "The four-part cure," is the Greek philosopher Epicurus' (341 BC, Samos - 270 BC, Athens) remedy for leading the happiest possible life. The "tetrapharmakos" was originally a compound of four drugs (wax, tallow, pitch and resin); the word has been used metaphorically by Epicurus and his disciples to refer to the four remedies for healing the soul.
Original Greek:
Άφοβον ο θεός,
ανύποπτον ο θάνατος
και ταγαθόν μεν εύκτητον,
το δε δεινόν ευκαρτέρητον
English Translation:
Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get, and
What is terrible is easy to endure
Black Lightning:
Skyline:
I Spit On Your Grave:
It's been over 2 months since I actually posted a proper entry to the blog. Whilst I've blogged about the World Cup and linked to a number of trailers, I haven't actually written a post about myself or similar for a while now.
At the start of June it seemed extremely likely that by mid-July I would be out of work. However, a dip into some funds that we had available has enabled the centre to fund my position up until Friday 10th September 2010. We've been doing some work on trying to secure further funding but it's likely that we won't have anything in place by then. I'm hoping we can get a positive response from Lloyds TSB but I have a feeling that I'm going to be out of work for acouple of months. If September 10th comes and I do have to leave then I intend to continue to volunteer at least 1 day a week and hope to secure funding to get a full-time job back. Whilst talking about work we have arranged a day trip to Mabie Farm Park for later in the month. There's going to be 70 of us going in total; about 20-25 adults and the rest will be children. Should be a really fun day out.
After upgrading from Sky+ to Sky HD in the back room I decided to take advantage of the spare connection on the LNB and replaced my normal Sky Digital box in the front room with the Sky+ box that I had replaced in the back room. Nice and easy job. One quick call to Sky and the viewing card was paired up with the box.
The middle of June saw my godson have his first Holy Communion. Whilst I'm an atheist I realize how important such an event is for him and took my place in the congregation to support him; although I made a point of not looking at, or singing any of the hymns, The buffet/party afterwards was quite enjoyable.
In the land of technology I am now the happy owner of a networked HP 4700 Colour Laserjet printer and have upgraded the optical drive in my PC to an LG BluRay writer; which happens to come with a blue activity led. The leds on my PC are all blue, my keyboard is backlit in blue, the mouse has blue led piping, the usb clock has blue leds and the power led on the monitor is also blue. I've also just ordered a new 40" Toshiba LCD TV with Freeview HD which will be going in the back room, replacing a 37" Toshiba LCD TV which is going in the front room to repace a 32" Sharp CRT TV; which I'm giving to one of my sisters. HTC were nice enough to roll out a FroYo (Android 2.2) based update for the Desire; which I managed to upgrade to without any hassles. I just continue to be blown away by how good the Desire really is; and it also makes phone calls...
In terms of movies, over the last 2 months I have watched Kung Fu Hustle, Inglorious Basterds, Whiteout, The Losers, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Solomon Kane, Tromeo and Juliet, Transformers, Soldier, Gabriel and The A-Team; twice. I've enjoyed each to some degree or other. I still need to get around to watching films such as Sherlock Holmes, Book Of Eli, Predators, The Road and about a dozen or so others...
Piranha 3D
Sucker Punch
Green Lantern
Vampires Suck
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Kirot (The Assassin Next Door)
Reign of Assassins (Jianyu Jianghu)
A triple helping of trailers this week.
The Expendables
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
Red
Some trailers to whet your appetite...
Inception:
Eva:
Centurion:
Machete:
The Disappearance Of Alice Creed:
Megamind:
Netherlands 0 Spain 1
An Andres Iniesta goal 4 minutes from the end won the game for Spain.
Five minutes into the first period of Extra-Time and Cesc Fabregas is denied when one on one with Maarten Stekelenburg in the Dutch goal. Just after 100 minutes and Jesus Navas surged into the area but his shot takes a deflection off van Bronckhorst and flies into the side-netting.
Five minutes into the second period Heitinga is sent off for pulling back Andres Iniesta. There was contact but was it enough for Iniesta to go down? Four minutes before the end and Cesc Fabregas finds Andres Iniesta in the area. He steadies himself and volleys past Maarten Stekelenburg. There was a hint of offside in the buildup but it wasn't given.
It wasn't a brilliant game of football, but most big games don't tend to be in the end.
Spain become the eighth team to lift the World Cup; the first time a European nation has won outside of Europe. It also marks the first time that the reigning European champions have gone on to lift the World Cup. The Netherlands are now three time losers in World Cup finals.
Netherlands 0 Spain 0
Just after the hour mark Arjen Robben is put through when Wesley Sneijder's pass eludes Gerard Pique and Robben is one on one with Iker Casillas, who makes a brilliant save with his right boot.
On 70 minutes David Villa, meets a Jesus Navas cross but his shot hits the leg of Heitinga and flies over the bar. Seven minutes later and an unmarked Sergio Ramos heads over from six yeards out.
With 7 minutes left Arjen Robben outpaces Carles Puyol but Iker Casillas races off his line to gather. Robben races after Howard Webb and demands a free-kick. Still protesting a minute later, he picks up a yellow card for dissent.
It ends 0-0 after 90 minutes and we're headed to extra-time for the sixth time in a World Cup final.
Netherlands 0 Spain 0
Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas are both highly rated in England but neither of them have made the starting lineup for Spain tonight.
Five minutes in and Xavi whips a free-kick in for Spain right and Sergio Ramos sends a header goalwards but Maaretn Stekelenburg does well to turn it away.
Just before 35 minutes the Dutch almost score when the ball takes a horrible bounce as they try and give it back to Spain after Iker Casillas had put the ball out for Carles Puyol to receive attention; which wasn't needed after all. Casillas at full stretch just gets fingertips on it. Netherlands sportingly give the corner straight back to the Spanish captain.
It hasn't been a brilliant first half and we can only hope the second half is more open.
Germany clinched third place in the 2010 World Cup with this win. Although, Diego Forlan could have sent the game to extra time. However, his free-kick in injury time rattled back off the bar.
Germany took the lead after 18 minutes. Bastian Schweinsteiger's 30-yard shot was blocked by Fernando Muslera, and Thomas Mueller, following up, coolly slotted it home from eight yards out.
10 minutes later and Bastian Schweinsteiger is dispossessed by Diego Perez on halfway and Luis Suarez passes to Edinson Cavani who slips the ball past Hans-Joerg Butt in the German goal.
6 minutes into the second half and Uruguay take the lead when Egidio Arevalo plays a one-two with Luis Suarez and Diego Forlan acrobatically volleys home from the edge of the box.
5 minutes later and it's back level. New Manchester City signing Jerome Boateng crosses and Marcell Jansen heads into an empty net after goalkeeper Fernando Muslera's flaps helplessly at the cross.
With less than 10 minutes left Sami Khedira loops a header into the corner of the net to put Germany 3-2 up and break Uruguay's hearts.
Uruguay 2 Netherlands 3
Giovanni van Bronckhorst broke the deadlock after 18 minutes when he hit an unstoppable 35-yard left foot shot into the top corner.
But going ahead did not help the Dutch work out how to break down a well-organised Uruguay defence, and they also seemed unwilling to commit players forward in search of more goals.
Four minutes before half time Diego Forlan grabbed his fourth goal in six games when his swerving strike from 25 yards out beat Maarten Stekelenburg and leveled the game at 1-1.
The Netherlands were back in the lead after 70 minutes when Wesley Sneijder's shot hit Maxi Pereira and deflected into the net off a post. Three minutes later and Arjen Robben made it 3-1, when he met Dirk Kuyt's cross and headed firmly into the bottom corner.
Uruguay pulled it back to 3-2 in the 92nd minute when Maxi Pereira latched on to a quickly taken free-kick and curled a precise shot into the bottom corner of the net.
Unrelenting pressure in the final moments failed to find that all elusive equaliser and the Dutch ran out 3-2 winners and move on into a World Cup final for the first time since 1978.
Germany 0 Spain 1
Spain reached the World Cup final for the first time thanks to a second-half header from Carles Puyol who headed home Xavi's corner after 73 minutes.
Spain dominated the game possession-wise and Germany seemed unable to strike on the counter; a tactic that they had done so magnificently against England and Argentina, and as the game wore on they seemed to be playing from an ever deeper position.
Spain will now meet the Netherlands in the final of the 2010 World Cup at Soccer City, Johannesburg on Sunday evening. Germany and Uruguay will contest the third place match in Port Elizabeth on Saturday evening.
The final will be refereed by Englishman Howard Webb.
