links on friday

– Dropkicks Podcast – If you haven’t already, check out the Dropkicks podcast, a run through of the week’s sporting action in a ‘mates sitting around talking shit’ kinda way. Last episode saw the lads engage in a Mee Goreng eating competition while making their picks. Recommended, both spicy noodle dishes and the Dropkicks. You can even thrash them in the Super 14 picking if you fancy it – I’m ‘richirvine73’ if you need another easybeat on your list
– Rugby Dump – I found this link on the above website – it’s basically a blog of youtubed high tackles, stiff arms and fights, the web equivalent of legendary 80’s VHS Footy Brawls
– Shane Warne in SloMo – ‘cos we miss that peroxided scallywag already
– Matt Sinclair’s catch – super stuff
– Billitees – They’re a little pricey, but. I just got the Hamiltron one, it’s rather nice
– Glen & Garry & Glen & Ross – Har
– Talking on the phone while driving is now banned in the UK. Tough to enforce? Nah…

Links on Friday

– Is it only me or is this ad for the Skycity Starlight Symphony just utter, utter filth? You know what I’m talking about. Some copywriter guy is just LAUGHING at us all
– After Macca’s 67 ball century on Tuesday, check out Afridi’s all time record fastest century – in THIRTY SEVEN balls, no less
– German baby boom nine months after Football World Cup. This makes me so happy. Will we have a crop of All Black babies after France 2007 RWC?
– I thought these shots from Tiger were pretty good but then I saw this – Holy Shit
– Hot Fuzz’s Simon Pegg interview – NZ release date is 15 March I CAN”T WAIT THAT LONG
– A football halftime pep talk given by someone who knows nothing about football—namely, me – this is about possibly the most humour free sport going, American Football, but it’s still funny

Links on Friday

– Four minutes of Glenn Hoddle – yes he might be a religious nutter these days and a not very good manager, but he could really play. Relive those Sunday mornings watching Big League Soccer with the English Platini
– ANOTHER stadium plan for Auckland – I like the cheeky Paris mention – but then Paris-style planning on a large scale would be a step in the right direction
– Graham Reid’s Auckland walk – very thoughtful piece lamenting the tumble-weed infested area the above lot want to stick a stadium on. And yes, Queen St is a hole at the moment
– Brial v Bunce – This little incident from way back when the Tri Nations was new and exciting always makes me laugh – “Hey! Frank! I’m hitting you! Pay attention!”
– Hell on Wheels – is a documentary on the Tour De France – highly recommended
– Competitive Horse Riding Rule Book – it’s funny ‘cos it’s true

Links on Friday

Only a coupla quick links this week – It’s been a great week in Wellington, but I’m really looking forward to getting back home– Cricket catches – here, here, here and here
– Let’s laugh at Will Carling – it’s fun
– Kevin Keegan loses it – I might as well call this bit Youtube on Friday
– Phone Guy – there’s one in every airport
– Imagine a world without advertising – it’s easy if you try. This would be pretty cool, actually
– Kill Zombies – Haven’t had a Zombie link in a while…

Links on Friday (on Thursday)

I’m leaving for our nation’s capital this arvo, and heading along to the Sevens tomorrow – should be fun – stay tuned for a report and some photos. Any advice on pacing oneself beer-wise and dealing with over enthusiastic Wellington-ites gratefully accepted…
– Telecom Virtual Rugby – I’m ‘richirvine73’ if you’d like to play along. I’m really crap, honest, and usually forget to make picks at some stage of the season
– David Boon, Australian legend – the walrus-like great man explained
– B3ta Sick Joke Book – Rob Manuel and those clever B3ta bastards got the Internet to write a book for them. Then they got it published. Now they’re giving it away for nix!
– 20 Greatest Guitar Solo videos – I like George’s little guitar line in ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ from Revolver, but that’s just me. Although if you’re after, for proper legs-apart, lean-back, guitar-god solo action, you can’t really go past Jimmy Page or Slash. You can take the boy out of Hamilton etc etc
– I’m Like A Chocoholic, But For Booze! – Heh
– I want to live here – it looks like the Future

Links on Friday

– First pictures of Top Gear’s Richard Hammond crashing – Glad he made it out OK. Top Gear is the BBC’s car show that, in the words of host Jeremy Clarkson, “…features three middle-aged men who are actually nine years old.”
– Classic 80s Games online – This is fairly extensive. Bonus link: C64 games. Go nuts
– Album covers battle – A whole lot of ALBUM (remember those, iPod weenies?) covers battle it out. Scarily clever, see how many you recognise from flipping through the bargin bins
– List of Films by gory death scene – Cross referenced by dismemberment, beheading, etc. What DID we do without the Internets, eh?
– Cullen v. Scotland – Fark he was good
– George Meyer interview – the guy who made The Simpsons funny

Links on Friday

– PJ O’Rourke on the Bicycle Menace – There’s nothing stopping Auckland becoming an Amsterdam-like cycling haven. Apart from the hills, humidity, and the “OMYFARKINGOD GET OUT OF MY WAY I NEED TO HIT 70 KPH BEFORE THE NEXT RED LIGHT ARRRGHH ARRRGHH” attitude many motorists share
– Paul Gasgoine retrospective – You forget how good he was pre-knee injury
– Movies listed by ‘F’ word count – Tarantino scores highly here, of course. Bonus link – Pulp Fiction with everything but the swearing taken out
– Bob Mack vs The ‘Nuge – the greatest Rock and Roll interview ever (click the links further down)
– Thermonuclear Texas Chili – I add Chicken just to round it out to three meats, and don’t bother farking around with the Chilis like these guys. Just chuck them in and be done
– Ali Williams dumps George Gregan on his arse – Everyone can enjoy this. Only three weeks ’til Super 14 rugby, team. Sheee-yit, we’ve not even had SUMMER yet

Links on Friday (on Thursday)

– Warney retrospective – some early wickets here
– First 90 days – I’m starting a new job next week, and Rands, possibly the sharpest blogger in the world comes in with typically wise advice
– What does 200 calories look like? – Worryingly, all my favourite stuff is at the bottom of this list, at the ‘really bad’ end. Peanut Butter! Bacon! M&Ms! Who knew?
– B3ta image challenge – 2007 obituaries
– Jason Kottke’s best links of 2006 – hours of holiday reading if you’ve run out of books already
– Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Why? Because you’re Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly… (Aussie band Smudge do an awesome version of this)

Links on Friday

– Office Supplies Trebuchet – might as well do SOMETHING today before heading to the pub
– Grammar Quiz – 100% for me, beat that!
– Chainsaw wake up – Parenting at its best
– The Wilhlem Scream – film geekery, move along
– Project Manager Leaves Suicide PowerPoint Presentation – Har, scary thing is I can imagine it happening
– www.mypetzombies.com – can’t not have a zombie link

Links on Friday

– Breaking News:Today’s Spurs v Bucharest Uefa Cup goals are on this page (Needs Quicktime and a minute or two to load). Class goal from Berbatov, who can’t stop scoring at the moment. I love him.
– Top 10 Matt Le Tissier goals. Should have come to Spurs and been the next Hoddle. Typically, he was hardly picked for England when they could have built a team around him.
– UK Graffiti prankster Banksy hits New York’s museums.
– My Aussie Cricket cartoon – don’t forget to re-size if it looks small and funny, like David Boon.
– Har.
– Star Trek Inspirational Posters. Beat procrastination with Kirky + the chaps.