John Mortell’s blog

I have a feeling I shall be listening to a lot more of this woman. Absolutely class. And any song that has the lines ‘feminists don’t have a sense of humour’ is always good…

A few things I really noted from this video – firstly, that Jacob finds it strange that how you act influences your behaviour shocking is something I find surprising. I mean, that idea doesn’t really shock me, I mean, what does he think that cults do to get you to behave? His final point in the video I also find very odd – on one hand he says that if you actually try to live by what the Bible says, you’ll find it impossible, yet on the other, that is not a good enough reason to dump using it. I mean, personally, if its the word of god, its the word of god and you can’t ignore all the things that you find personally unpleasant surely? Finally, how does one ‘cut the corners of beards’?

This is a comic based on an upcoming video game. Yet it’s surprisingly enough actually quite good. I’m not quite sure why they decided to animate the comic (though that is something that seems to be becoming a trend) but the music and Ben Templesmith’s art actually combine to make quite a creepy experience.


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This BBC advert for the Olympic games was created by Jamie Hewlett and Damon Alburn of ‘Gorillaz’ fame. I really want to see the opera based on this that they created:

Continuing Marvel Comics current stance of good works which they keep a fair bit of control over, here’s a sample video for a new ‘Black Panther’ cartoon. Heavily based off the new version of the comic that came out a few years ago, you can really see the John Romita Jr. artwork. There’s some interesting interviews here with some of the cartoon’s creators.

… is an event being run by a friend of mine Fearghal O’Nuallain. Here’s how the website describes it:

This November, Simon Evans and Fearghal O’Nuallain will begin the first Irish circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle. Their unsupported expedition will cover over 30,000km, passing through 30 countries and some of the highest, lowest, driest, coldest, warmest and loneliest places on earth. In doing so, they will be promoting the positive contribution that cycling can make to mental health and the environment, raising €100,000 for Aware and highlighting climate change

To get a feel for what the guys will be doing here’s their flickr site and a sample of their videos:

Aswan to Alexandria from revolutioncycle on Vimeo.

Just a couple of links that are pretty interesting. The first is a new Stephen King series ‘N’ which has been made into a combination animated comic/cartoon in association with Marvel Comics. Seems pretty good from what the first episode shows anyway.

Next is ‘wrestling mania‘ which is more for my own entertainment, a handy blog with most of the big American shows on video.

Finally up, is a blog by my mate Harry from TCD. Definitely one of the more interesting characters I’ve met debating, his blog hasn’t a whole lot on it yet, but is worth the look.

Al Gore speaking in DC at an environment conference 7.17.08:

Classic celebrity deathmatch:

Librivox is an volunteer organisation devoted to putting up various public domain books in audio form. While I know that audio recordings aren’t for everyone, its still quite useful for the like of me who travel a bit and yet can’t always read while doing so. Currently I’m downloading their H.P. Lovecraft collection. Obviously,given that these are recorded by ‘the man on the street’, some of the audio recordings could be of a slightly better quality, but the vast majority of them are pretty cool so take a look…