RIP Ray Harryhausen

7 May 2013 ·

Looks like another case of: “Getting caught was all part of his plan!”

1 May 2013 ·

I had computer problems today (Windows 8, natch), and had to resort to using ‘C Prompts’. I felt like Samuel L. Jackson in Jurassic Park.

“Hold on to to your butts!”

12 April 2013 ·

That isn’t a statue of Jesus; it’s Prince Albert.

That isn’t a statue of Jesus; it’s Prince Albert.

10 April 2013 ·

Rupert Grint is a war hero now?

Rupert Grint is a war hero now?

9 April 2013 ·

That new documentary about The Shining is weirder than I thought it would be.

8 April 2013 ·

John Rylands Library - Deansgate, Manchester

8 April 2013 ·

4

I’d like to play Bioshock Infinite, but I think it’d be better if I first played numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,3 4, 35, 36, you get the joke

2 April 2013 ·

It’s Christopher Walken’s 70th birthday!

To celebrate, here’s a clip of Will Ferrell talking about how he ruined Walken’s life with THAT Saturday Night Live sketch.

It’s from Jeff Garlin’s brilliant new podcast ‘By The Way’, from the Earwolf network.

(Source: earwolf.com / misophonic)

31 March 2013 ·

Manchester photographs - various.

31 March 2013 ·

Most people don’t realise that the characters from Star Trek symbolise different operating systems:
Kirk = OSX
Spock = Windows
Uhura = Ubuntu

Most people don’t realise that the characters from Star Trek symbolise different operating systems:

Kirk = OSX

Spock = Windows

Uhura = Ubuntu

27 March 2013 ·

This building (Beetham Tower, Manchester) always reminds me of The Citadel from Half-Life 2.
“Welcome to City 17. It’s safer here.”

This building (Beetham Tower, Manchester) always reminds me of The Citadel from Half-Life 2.

“Welcome to City 17. It’s safer here.”

27 March 2013 ·

This is the best picture I’ve been able to take so far with Instagram.
Is anyone else having trouble on the Galaxy S3?

This is the best picture I’ve been able to take so far with Instagram.

Is anyone else having trouble on the Galaxy S3?

26 March 2013 ·

I thought Quakers would be too conservative to support gay marriage. Wait, I’m thinking of Mormons. Or maybe Methodists.

I thought Quakers would be too conservative to support gay marriage. Wait, I’m thinking of Mormons. Or maybe Methodists.

26 March 2013 ·

Looking out over the Rhine, from the Hohenzollern Bridge, Cologne (Koeln).
Visible are the Crane Buildings and the Groß Sankt Martin church.

Looking out over the Rhine, from the Hohenzollern Bridge, Cologne (Koeln).

Visible are the Crane Buildings and the Groß Sankt Martin church.

26 March 2013 ·

About Me

You can call me Al.

I'm a guy from Manchester with an unhealthy interest in music, comedy, films, language, advertising, and all things creative.

I'm also a VERY amateur photographer.