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Murano Glass Pen

So here’s something I received in the post recently, from Venice. It’s a dip pen, entirely made out of glass, also known as a “Murano Glass Pen”. Thanks to a good friend I recently learned about the existence of these… yes, I had never seen one of these before, which given my general obsession with odd writing/drawing equipment, says something about the rarity of these pens. Apparently they’re quite old, and even less popular than normal dip pens. 

I must say this is definitely the smoothest dip pens [or generally drawing / writing equipment] that I’ve ever used. The numerous cuts around the tip allow the pen to hold onto enough ink to fill a page with, without any need for re-dipping. And the glass tip simply draws like a dream… Honestly the pen feels like magic in my hand. I’m generally a huge fan of dip pens, but this is just mind blowing. 

Demodays 2012

So, that was Demodays 2012. The crowd was much bigger than last year, which was fantastic. The quality of the demos however still needs a bit of work. Altogether, it was a fun weekend. [Of course the fact that the Expat Expo was on the same weekend didn’t make my life any easier… but oh well, they were both great. =) ] You can check out all the prods here.  


[Few more pictures here]

P.S.: A whole lot more pictures [even a couple including the back of my head 😉 ] here!

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Finally had a chance to watch “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” last night [yes I’m aware of exactly how late I am with this one] and totally loved it. The plot was quite good, and the actors were great for their roles. Stephen Fry as Mycroft was just beyond perfect. It was very interesting seeing Jared Harris as Moriarty, since I’ve basically been enjoying watching him portrait the exact same character under a different name: David Robert Jones in Fringe! Does anybody else think that these two are basically the same person? =) Jared Harris is just brilliant in the roles of this evil mastermind professor who intends to end the world somehow. And of course it was fun to watch the girlie side of Mr. Holmes. 😉
The only thing that I’m not a 100% happy with, is that we still don’t know what happened or is going to happen with Irene Adler. She was apparently deadly sick, the guy who made him sick is now [maybe] dead, and Sherlock threw “the” handkerchief in the sea… so? I guess we will know when the next instalment shows  up.
 

London Olympics 2012

So that’s it for London 2012. My favourite opening and closing ceremonies so far. Oh, and some of the best sabre fights that I’ve ever seen, especially in the finals. That guy Aron Szilagyi is absolutely amazing!

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  • Full video. This was simply awesome.

    Comic-Con 2012 and the Guardians Movie

    So Comic-Con 2012 was pretty cool in the way that there was more actual sci-fi and comic related exciting things to see, in comparison to the previous couple of years. I specially loved everything related to the Firefly 10 year anniversary. The panel for that was just brilliant.

    One piece of news that I find myself particularly interested in is this one, about the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Check it out!

    SDCC 2012: Guardians & Ant-Man Films on the Way | News | Marvel.com

    Bones & Castle

    I just feel like mentioning this, because recently I was talking to a couple of friends about it… 😉

    Bones and Castle are both TV series that I like and I watch [whenever I get a chance, which usually means so many episodes at once…]. But seriously, how can anyone not see that Castle is totally a Bones rip off?

    gurney shot

    I’ve been a fan of Bones since it first showed up in 2005. I find the series to be a very interesting one, and generally not brainless entertainment. The story lines are complex and sophisticated. Also full of interesting scientific facts, and I can even see a touch of sci-fi in there rather often. I do consider myself a fan of the series and I try to catch all the episodes even if it means late night marathons.

    Castle on the other hand… well… let me see how to put this. Castle seems to have borrowed much of Bones’ structural elements. The cop and the novelist, the touch of romance, the adventurer and the conservative, the single parent… and many more details of Bones can be seen in Castle. But of course all of that does not in any way mean that Castle’s story lines are EVER as interesting as Bones’. Castle is a very usual mystery/crime/cop TV series. It’s rather entertaining and often enjoyable to watch, but I watch it for smiles only, and I don’t find any thrill what-so-ever in it’s plots. So all in all I don’t think I’d really call myself a fan of the series, and I don’t mind missing episodes here and there.

    So yes, that’s how I compare the 2. I sort of like Castle but I very much see it as a rather weak Bones rip-off.

    Oh, and I must say that I’m so looking forwards to seeing Bones season 7. The way season 6 ended was pretty insane… 😉

    Fasnacht 2011

    Oh, right, I forgot to mention…. the pictures and movies from Fasnacht 2011 parades are online! You can check them out here. =)

    I was at the venue both in Biberist and Solothurn this year, so there’s photos and videos from both. It was quite a lot of fun being there, and I’m still collecting confetti from my clothing, shoes and the flat’s floor. =P As you may notice in a couple of Solothurn videos / pics, I was given a bit of an up close and personal confetti shower so when I got home, I was looking like a very colourful clown of some sort, specially since confetti has a way of sticking and staying in my curly hair. =P

    A few examples:

    World Cup 2010, So Far!

    Here it is again, not being able to get any work done [at least in any decent manner!], south-africa-2010-world-cup-logo[1] due to “The Beautiful Game” being OOON. Gosh I luv the World Cup. =D It seems like everyone loses a big piece of their logic and sanity, and give themselves away to the frenzy that takes over the entire globe for an unfortunately not very long period of time. Everyone’s talking about the same thing… everyone’s screaming… everyone’s cheering… everyone’s looking for ways to get out of work/class to watch the games. =D So here’s my confession, that even when I’m working / studying, I have the games running on my notebook / iPAQ screen, and at least half of my mind is there. And I’m not ashamed to say that I feel that so far, it’s been worth it. =P I mean look at this… the year of miracles so far! I’m totally loving it! =D And here’s my favourite games so far. [Oh ummm… yes, please keep in mind that this is the football opinions of a fencer, so don’t ever make the terrible mistake of taking them seriously. ;D]

    – The Switzerland – Spain match. God I loved that! =D Switzerland simply managed to create a miracle. They came to the field with a certain game plan, and they did a perfect job executing it. Spain made the mistake of not taking Switzerland seriously, and they paid for it. And hey, it looks to me like Switzerland quite possibly has the best goal keeper in the world at the moment. 😉

    – The Germany – Australia match. Wow, this was a beautiful game, specially on the German side. I’ve always liked the German team, but this is the first time I REALLY REALLY liked them! Everyone says Germany plays too calculated and too boring. Well, in this game Germany was anything but boring. They were a ball of fire, and even though Australia also played very well, but they simply couldn’t do anything against the kind of game Germans were playing! [Makes it even a bigger shame that Germany messed up their 2nd game… =/]

    – The France – Mexico game. Go Mexico! Surprise surprise! They managed to beat France 2-0! =D Loved Mexico’s performance and hope to see them keeping it up!

    I also have to mention that I was extremely disappointed at Italy’s performance in the game against Paraguay. They simply didn’t play. =P I hope they’re going to do a MUCH better job tomorrow. Another disappointment was of course Germany’s 2nd game against Serbia. I don’t know how or why this happened, but they seemed like they were extremely nervous the entire time and losing 1 player really left a hole in their wall. Ah well, I hope they can fixe whatever’s wrong for the next game. =P

    On another note, is it just me thinking this or is something severely wrong with at least half of the referees of this world cup?? I mean, red card for the South African goal keeper? Or the USA goal that was dismissed for no reason? Or another unjustified red card to the German player? There seem to be too many questionable decisions being made at this world cup. Anybody has any ideas why??

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