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All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.
It's been YEARS since I read Animal Farm by George Orwell, so much so that I'd completely forgotten ...

http://brokenkode.com/all-animals-are-equal

Inglourious Basterds Comics - With the Tarantino dialogue I presume and the EXCELLENT RM Guerra (he of amazing Scalped series from Vertigo). Beware, this isn't safe for work (I'm linking ...

http://brokenkode.com/inglourious-basterds-the-graphic-novel

Lemonade - Documentary on some of the 70,000 people who lost their job in this, the latest great recession, within the advertising industry. What's interesting to me is the fact ...

http://brokenkode.com/lemonade

asterios.png In case you've not gone out and bought this, you owe it to yourself, really you do. Don't believe me, here are a couple (one, two) ...

http://brokenkode.com/asterios-polyp

Lone Wolf and Cub Reviewed - Epic series, epic series of posts reviewing every volume, with loads of images and explanations. Excellent work for those who have read and enjoyed ...

http://brokenkode.com/lone-wolf-and-cub-reviewed

Blacksad Gallery - Without a doubt, one of my favourite series, and a huge inspiration for me in the art department. If there is one thing that 'Aitus Moralis' is ...

http://brokenkode.com/blacksad-gallery

Safari 4 is now out of Beta. And you can definitely tell that they have been listened.

Tabs

First off the location of the tabs has changed. In the Beta, ...

http://brokenkode.com/safari-4

Bluebird - Yet another Twitter client. This however looks a little better than Twitterific, which has just stagnated, although not as good as my current twitter client of choice, Destroy ...

http://brokenkode.com/bluebird

MacHeist 09 - For those in the Mac community, you probably know about MacHeist. I bought last year's bundle which I believe was a hell of a lot stronger offering ...

http://brokenkode.com/macheist-09

Terminator Salvation / Trailer 2 - Oh now that is more like it. Is that NIN in the background?Maybe McG has created something worth watching, as long as I can ...

http://brokenkode.com/terminator-salvation-trailer-2

Saulius review Pixelmator Sprinkle's new feature - I've been using Pixelmator for nearly a year now and month in an month out the guys have been doing a bang up ...

http://brokenkode.com/pixelmator-sprinkle-features

Battlestar Galactica promo - Deadlock - And since we're talking about BSG, here's the promo from next week's episode. Can you imagine the conversation that Sol will have with you-know-who. ...

http://brokenkode.com/battlestar-galactica-promo-deadlock

Battlestar Galactica last supper Tricia Helfer Grace Park.png This was a HUGE Battlestar Galactica Episode. This post is rife with SPOILERS, so if you've not seen the episode go somewhere else, nothing to read here. No Exit answered ...

http://brokenkode.com/battlestar-galactica-no-exit

I seem to always reread Sidekicks by J.Torres and Takeshi Miyazawa whenever I come back to Greece. It's such a well put together book, which I find a crime that ...

http://brokenkode.com/sidekicks

In anticipation of the new Watchmen movie (hopefully coming to a cinema near you), there is actually a slew of great books on offer to enhance the whole experience. If ...

http://brokenkode.com/watchmen-essential-reading

Slumdog Millionaire was released this week and it's the latest effort form director Danny Boyle. I'd heard literally NOTHING about this movie but I knew from the way that it ...

http://brokenkode.com/slumdog-millionaire-review

That's two in two movies I've watched this year, both of which have been absolutely supreme. So much so I can claim that this one is also in my top ...

http://brokenkode.com/caramel-1

That's two in two movies I've watched this year, both of which have been absolutely supreme. So much so I can claim that this one is also in my top ...

http://brokenkode.com/caramel

For the last Battlestar Galactica season, I'll be reviewing each episode from this 3rd episode, 'The ties that Bind'. So if you've not seen the episode yet, I suggest you ...

http://brokenkode.com/the-ties-that-bind

In a word, RUBBISH. The newest MacHeist is up and running and basically it's a really poor showing this time around. See the last time was an AMAZING collection ...

http://brokenkode.com/macheist-retail-bundle

So went to Jongleurs yesterday for part of Reid's stag-do and I've got to say that apart from the compare (is that how you spell compare?) and the last act, ...

http://brokenkode.com/is-this-comedy

Late last year I made the move to a mac and while there was a bit of getting used to certain things I've been really very happy with everything that ...

http://brokenkode.com/the-fox-is-back

So the guys over at Pixelmator have just released yet another update on their excellent little image editor. Now the thing that has impressed me more with this little editor ...

http://brokenkode.com/pixelmator-release-schedule

This past month and a half have allowed me for some reason to watch more movies than I watched nearly all of last year. I just finished watching 'Stardust...

http://brokenkode.com/stardust

So went and saw I am Legend with Willy Smith on sunday, without really thinking about it too much. First movie of 2008 I go to, so it's good that ...

http://brokenkode.com/i-am-legend-review

radiohead.jpg It's been nearly 4 years since the last Radiohead album 'Hail for the Thief'. While I enjoyed that album as I've generally enjoyed most of what they've produced, The Bends ...

http://brokenkode.com/radiohead-in-rainbows

tfearthsea.jpg Tales from Earthsea by Goro Miyazaki (the son of Hayao). File this under "I hadn't heard anything about this until yesterday" sections. This movie seems to have all the right ...

http://brokenkode.com/tales-from-earthsea

tf.jpg Just got back from watching the Transformers with Yanni. To be honest, I really don't think I could have watched this movie and enjoyed it as much as I did with anyone but Yanni. See we both grew up watching and playing with the Transformers. We've had countless arguments about them , with them and because of them.

http://brokenkode.com/transformers-movie-review

You know when you're in the dark about something and then someone wakes you up and you get that realisation that things could have been better, you just didn't know any better, because nobody bothered to tell you about it? What am I talking about? I'm making less sense than normal? I'll tell you what I'm blathering about. I'm talking about how fonts are displayed on the four major web browsers, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari 3 and Opera 9.

http://brokenkode.com/font-rendering

Okay, just to confirm to everyone that I neither care nor have I ever watched any of these stupid reality TV shows that try to make singing stars. I think ...

http://brokenkode.com/british-idol

The new London 2012 branding was unveiled today and seriously, it's very funny how the organisers have got this soo spectacularly wrong. I don't even know what the fuck ...

http://brokenkode.com/london-2012-bad-design

Ok if in case you didn't read the title of this post, it has the word spoiler in it for a reason, not interested in finding out what has happened ...

http://brokenkode.com/battlestar-galactica-season-3-finale-spoilers

300_1.jpg Frank Miller's 300 had my money several times over from the moment I heard it was going to be made. Then came the trailer and I nearly came in my pants several times over (I know not a pretty vision but at least I'm being truthful). Then I shared the trailer with Stathi and Christos and while I thought I was excited, these guys were even more excited about this movie than I was. Honestly between the three of us we've probably seen the trailer like 3000 times.

http://brokenkode.com/dining-in-hell-300-reviewed

prisonbreak.png Anna kept telling me to watch this series again and again. I do actually remember the TV spots for this series, which preceded the actual series being broadcast over here in the UK. I remember really thinking the idea was very intriguing however as you can imagine I completely missed it, since I'm honestly not very good at keeping to a schedule brought about by the TV box. It's funny but I've watched more TV in the past couple of months than in the last few years, mainly because I can download and watch whenever I actually choose to watch them.

http://brokenkode.com/prison-break-season-one

Continuing in my series of the best of 2006, just finished my post on the best graphic novels of 2006 over at Splash Panel.

http://brokenkode.com/best-graphic-novels-of-2006

I started writing a best of 2006 about a week ago, however I've had to break that down into several posts because it got far too large and I didn't ...

http://brokenkode.com/best-of-the-net-2006

The Prestige, the new Christopher Nolan movie is like getting Christmas early. I mean how could the following ingredients possibly disappoint. You get Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, ...

http://brokenkode.com/the-prestige

I've reviewed Frank Miller's 300 over at Splash Panel. It's most definitely one of the few graphic novels that every red blooded male should have on their shelves.

http://brokenkode.com/frank-millers-300-review

I've been trying to find ways to increase my productivity and effectively take my life back by the horns, which for the past couple of months has spiralled out of control. Gmail is a staple in my life. I use it and don't think about it. I've not gotten to the stage where I really use the folders as I can, however that might be about to change. So I've been looking into other online solutions that might be able to reach that status. Traditionally I've tried my very best to shy away from online services except those that are backed by one of the major players, mainly because they're not going to be charging me cash to provide a task that while isn't necessary to have online is nice to have. You could say it's a bit of an antithesis to Web 2.0, and in a way it actually is. You'd also expect someone like me to jump for this sort of thing, however I don't move into this arena without a little bit of caution, simply because I don't like to be dependant on others that can pull the plug on me at any time or worse, decide to change the terms and conditions.

http://brokenkode.com/productivity