I wanted to create a simple friendly design for MiceFest so I thought I’d make a start with the logo. To be honest the idea came quite quickly while messing around with the title text (MiceFest.com). It is not quite finished but I thought I would record my progress as I design each part of the site.
Bungie Studios, director Neill Blomkamp, Weta Workshop, Origami Digital LLC and HT Limited have collaborated to make 3 short Halo clips.
Part One
Part 2
Part 3
Let me know what you think of them. It looks as though Weta Workshop have worked hard to create most of the props such as a fully functioning four wheel drive Warthog, with a working machine gun, digital displays, airbags and the ability for the Warthog to crab crawl as well as four wheel steer. Pretty awesome, if you check out their site also you can see many weapons they made as well as USNC body armour including Spartan.
The videos are a good in-sight into what could be done with such an amazing project. After Lord of the Rings I think Weta are keen to get thier creative teeth into the whole Halo franchise.
‘True Story’
I met and spoke to Richard Taylor (Director of Weta Workshop) briefly at the Return of The King Film premier in London a few years ago and asked him if I could get a job there?! As I expected our conversation abruptly ended with him looking at me horrified at the thought of this and walked off haha! Owell I would have been wasted there anyway!
Check this out aswell
If you are into all of the history of Halo then check out this site for a virtual tour of a replicated battlefield model with videos and detailed descriptions throughout- Halo3.com it is pretty damn amazing.
After 3 weeks now of handling Gizmo he is becoming more and more tame. When I call his name he now comes to the front of the cage and will crawl onto my hand when placed in his cage. Allowing me to take him out. He now happily sits on my shoulder as I walk around the house and even falls asleep in my hand and falls asleep when I watch a movie.
He still becomes nervous at times so I still need to spend more time handling him but he has become very tame in a short space of time. Researching up on mice housing I found if you want to tame your mouse quickly you need to make his cage layout as simple as possible i.e. less tubes and things to do. This makes you it’s biggest toy and place to play. I have provided Gizmo with a wheel for obvious health reasons which he seems to spend an unatural ammount of time running round in. Mice do seem to have an endless amount of energy!
Keeping there cage out of the sun is better for the mouse. I keep it on a shelf around waist height aswell just so it’s easier to place my hand in. I have built a platform for Gizmo to roam around in and learn new tricks outside of his cage.
I was shocked to find out over the weekend that the VW singing dog ad has been pulled off tv!!! Supposedly hundreds of complaints from viewers (Idiots) suspecting animal abuse. The advert has a dog singing when inside the VW Polo and shivering when outside of the car. The advert was very successful on the internet hitting over 500′000 hits on Youtube.
The owner of the dog had trained him to stand on a vibrating plate for the advert. Hollywood animal trainer Steve Berens said:
“I’d train him to stand on the plate, and then have it vibrate lightly until he got used to it, and by the time we came to film the ad he was happy on it. People who think he is distressed are very much mistaken.”
What the hell is wrong with people?! The dog (Bear) was treated fine he is a proffesional acting dog. Have people got nothing better to do than write in and get great adverts taken off tv?! For no reason whatsoever!?
The RSPCA ultimately concluded that no dogs were harmed. So put it back on TV!
I feel priveleged having grown up listerning to such bands as The Stones, The Who and artists like Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. I remember dancing around the kitchen every weekend party we had at home to T-Rex, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Presley and so many more.
I find the lack of really good artists and songs nowadays very strange. Such songs as ‘These arms of mine’ by Otis Redding had such simple lyrics but were so powerful they physically moved you.
I listen to Virgin Radio every morning on my drive to work and heard a relatively new artist Duffy. Her music reminded me of many different artists of the Soul era, male and female. To me she is a breath of fresh air among all the Indie bands and R&B songs I hear constantly.
Her album Rockferry wasn’t all that great the songs all feeling a little too similar. One song in particular stuck in my mind with it’s minimal lyrics and great southern soul style.
Try it out Syrup and Honey…
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