fgst http://fgst.org It's like 'fast' - with a tail! Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en On the way up http://fgst.org/2009/01/22/on-the-way-up/ http://fgst.org/2009/01/22/on-the-way-up/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:49:26 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=70

I should really stop taking/posting the view from the office, but some days you just can’t help it.

]]> http://fgst.org/2009/01/22/on-the-way-up/feed/ Me taking pictures of them taking pictures of me http://fgst.org/2009/01/10/me-taking-pictures-of-them-taking-pictures-of-me/ http://fgst.org/2009/01/10/me-taking-pictures-of-them-taking-pictures-of-me/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:37:16 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=67 There were literally hundreds of people out taking photos at Salzburg today. Got to admit, it’d be quite funny to find a picture from one of them of me taking these!

(The majority of them were further back in a big group, but there really were loads. Couldn’t really grab my camera at that point though since I had more important things to be doing =) )

]]> http://fgst.org/2009/01/10/me-taking-pictures-of-them-taking-pictures-of-me/feed/ oops http://fgst.org/2009/01/10/oops/ http://fgst.org/2009/01/10/oops/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:15:14 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=63 Still here, been busy.

Well, not really. I’ll throw pictures on sometime soon or something.

]]> http://fgst.org/2009/01/10/oops/feed/ Happy New Year http://fgst.org/2009/01/01/happy-new-year/ http://fgst.org/2009/01/01/happy-new-year/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:20:01 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=61 Here’s hoping it’s a good one

]]> http://fgst.org/2009/01/01/happy-new-year/feed/ Ten Thousand Pictures of You http://fgst.org/2008/12/23/ten-thousand-pictures-of-you/ http://fgst.org/2008/12/23/ten-thousand-pictures-of-you/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:14:55 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=59 Very well done stop motion video

]]> http://fgst.org/2008/12/23/ten-thousand-pictures-of-you/feed/ Stick with it http://fgst.org/2008/12/19/stick-with-it/ http://fgst.org/2008/12/19/stick-with-it/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:26:51 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=57

]]> http://fgst.org/2008/12/19/stick-with-it/feed/ flickr goes all festive http://fgst.org/2008/12/18/flickr-goes-all-festive/ http://fgst.org/2008/12/18/flickr-goes-all-festive/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:15:49 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=53 Duck!
Fox!
Lions!
Deer!

Easily done too! You can only do it to your own photos though…which is probably a good idea otherwise 90% of the photos would have hats (and beards if you like!) before Christmas

]]> http://fgst.org/2008/12/18/flickr-goes-all-festive/feed/ The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) http://fgst.org/2008/12/10/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008/ http://fgst.org/2008/12/10/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:10:32 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=50 Just got back from seeing the remake of TDtESS…it’s not terrible, but it certainly doesn’t match the original in terms of impact. I’d say it’s worth going to see anyway, it’s well made, with good performances and effects. Spoilers follow (for both movies) if you click on to read more.

The biggest problem I have with it (besides the limited use of ‘Klaatu Barada Nicto’) was the ending and the unanswered questions it leaves. Will the power ever come back on? What exactly is there to force the human race to change? (Klaatu only really delivered the message to a few people, how exactly do they spread the word amongst all the other theories that’ll be spread by the 99% of survivors…especially given that fact that there’s no longer any technology working)

Then there’s the question of what gave Klaatu the power to make that decision - the decision to spare the human race? Why can he make up his own mind about it when he wouldn’t accept the views of the guy who has been living on earth for 70 years? (To be fair, he did say we had to be destroyed though)

Maybe I’m nitpicking, but I don’t think there was any need to screw with the original plot, it’s not like the world has solved its problems with aggression/violence against each other since the 50s. Yes, it was a current topic at the time of the movie, as global warming/destruction is just now, but the ending message, delivered to every single person on planet earth in the original was far more powerful than anything ultimately delivered in the remake.

Overall ***

]]> http://fgst.org/2008/12/10/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-2008/feed/ Salzburg http://fgst.org/2008/12/09/salzburg/ http://fgst.org/2008/12/09/salzburg/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:32:00 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=44 Really is quite a pretty place

I just wish I got to stay in some of these places instead of just turning around and flying back, I’ll visit some day I’m sure…

]]> http://fgst.org/2008/12/09/salzburg/feed/ The important things http://fgst.org/2008/12/08/the-important-things/ http://fgst.org/2008/12/08/the-important-things/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:19:42 +0000 DB http://fgst.org/?p=41 This is the sort of thing that happens when I have too much time off. This should be reason alone to keep a lot of routes going, just so I have to go to work and can’t do stupid things…

Last week, I was quite annoyed when I realised that all of my Twiglets were shorter…I remembered eating longer Twiglets when I was small…was this because of the credit crunch? Were Twiglet supplies dwindling resulting in smaller, more compact Twiglets?? I had to know…so off went an email to Jacobs (see, I should be working instead of doing things like this)

Today, I received my reply:

Thank you for your enquiry, are you referring to the drum/caddy of Twiglets? If so, we know they are manufactured in a smaller size to enable the machine to fill the caddy/drum, the longer Twiglets get stuck. The packets contain the longer length Twiglets.

So there we go, long Twiglets still exist, but in bag form only, this is still good news though. I hope this puts your mind at rest…now go buy Twiglets.

Now…what other ‘important issues’ do people have on their mind?

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