Interlude...

As requested here is the CD Tracklisting for my Culture Vulture CD. I had noticed whilst listening to it that most of the songs are from Soundtracks so I will also add where they are from.

1. Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
2. Battle in the Forgotten City - Uematsu Nobuo - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
3. Stop the Rock - Apollo 440 - Gone in 60 Seconds
4. He Wasn't - Avril Lavigne
5. Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts - Cars (Disney Pixar)
6. The Bartender and the Thief - The Stereophonics - Gran Turismo 2
7. The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage - Resident Evil: Apocalypse
8. Trouble - Shampoo - Power Rangers: The Movie*
9. Canadian Idiot - "Weird Al"
10. The Night Santa went Crazy - "Weird Al"
11. Feed the Addiction - Ils - NFS Most Wanted
12. Signal Fire - Snow Patrol - Spider-Man 3
13. Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós
14. Those Who Fight Further - Uematsu Nobuo - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
15. Chase of the Highway - Uetsu Nobuo & Kawamaori Keiji - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

I really like the last two tracks which are instrumentals and they are from the best parts of the Advent Children film. 14 is from the scene where Cloud & Co. are fighting the Aeon Bahamut and 15 is from the scene where Cloud is involved in a highway chase on motorbikes whilst sword fighting Loz and Yazoo.

*Yes I am ashamed to know this...

CS3 Scandal??

Looking on the Amazon.co.uk website for a legal copy of the CS3 Master Collection (looks brilliant and extra software could come in useful) found to cost £2,029.98. A lot? Definitely, Worth it? So far...

Having read a couple of reviews it appears it would be better to buy this from the Amazon.com store as it is $2,342.49.

Thats just over half the price in converting to English Pounds Sterling but Amazon.co.uk sell it for just under the same value but in £££. So A lot? YES, Worth it? No from there...

Just a warning for anyone intending to buy the legal version.

Colours. As Nature Intended

Colours play a significant part in our lives. There are two colours that stand out for me and these are "Blue" & "Green". There are many colours but only some that go together in harmony and none better than "Nature's Finest".

These colours can be seen everywhere in nature green grass and blue skies. Green trees still blue water.

I can't think of single more successful or more seen colour scheme and works well anywhere. Blue for example is the colour of trust and honesty and green is the colour of rest and relaxation. So together your viewers can have a calm and relaxing experience and can be safe in the knowledge that they are viewing a safe and trustworthy website.

On a final note one Marvel-ous example of this colour scheme would be the powerhouse that is the Hulk, often seen wearing blue shorts on top of his green skin. So this is my favourite colour scheme and quite possibly the best one to use.
(Image from Windows XP)

A Day in the Sculpture Park

Today we went to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Having never been to a sculpture park I was slightly sceptical about the productivity of this excursion. I have to admit I truly enjoyed walking around taking pictures and taking in the culture.

The exhibit I liked the most was one made entirely of logs self-supporting each other in the shape of a hut. Unfortunately I could not get a photograph of this as photo-taking was banned in that block. It looks like a tremendous amount of time has gone into it and just proves that some art is actually really good. I am now more appreciative of art and methods and thinkings behind it and it is not just thrown together in a couple of hours. It does however provoke the question is it art or was it designed prior to making it. I think that there is some design to it but it is truly creative.

I was really inspired by the art work/sculptures in most of the exhibits but me and Julian spent more time outside taking photographs of the natural surroundings. All in all we had an inspiring day taking lots of photographs of the surroundings, trees, sculptures etc to try and to get some textures for the Culture Vulture assignment. Below are a few of the pictures that I have taken today.

I thought this was an interesting sculpture as the sides repeatedly say haha. What you cannot see from this particular angle is that it curves inwards at the middle of the bridge giving it an almost hourglass shape.
I think this personally reminds me of Retro Futurism. It is the overall design and the straight edges and cylindrical elements that, to me, make it look as if it belongs in an old space film.

I am aware that this is a lamp/light but I till think it has an "Arty" quality to it. once again it reminds me of what the future was always conceived to look like by now. I like the curvy design and personally it looks like a huge light bulb.

Up close these are very impressive and really tall. These were a set of three and by the looks of it made out of individual blocks of stone. It was quite scary stood underneath as you never quite know how safe things are, although I guess they'd have to be or it wouldn't have been displayed. I think I spent more time photographing the surroundings instead of the sculptures but thoroughly enjoyed pointing and clicking with a different device. Even if some do not get used for this assignment I have a starter library of stock photos.

I think this was a welcome contrast to this morning's presentation which went a lot better than I thought it would. When it comes to presentations I tend to get nervous but not this time, I did stumble on a few words but managed to present what I thought a good presentation which lasted the 5 minutes including one question.

As I have previously stated the Icon I chose was the Nintendo Game Boy. When I asked Steve if he had any questions it was a bit of a surprise as he asked why I chose that as an icon and did I have anything else in mind. To be honest I chose the Game Boy as it has had nearly a 16 year lifespan and no other games console range has lasted that long.

Another icon I was thinking about was the Shelby Mustang GT 500 which is Eleanor from the film Gone In 60 Seconds. I do really like this car, in fact my dream car which I will never be able to afford but will always long for it to be parked on my drive way. I decided not to do this as I do not really have any knowledge of cars or why it was such an Icon.

So in the end the Game Boy Classic won!

A Spot of "Trouble"

As per Steve's request in the previous post comments I have a some what special song choice to add to my CD.

This is due to the fact that in reading week I woke up a bit late on the Wednesday (9:30am) and was told as a punishment I had to add a song because I was in Trouble.

As you have probably guessed I am required to add Trouble by Shampoo to my CD! This cost me 78p from iTunes (sourced as requested by Steve).

Apologies in advance.