OFF-TOPIC: Sky Dive and Tower Jump

Just an off-topic blog post which I thought would be quite intersting for people to read!

Last Friday, my friend and I went to Bedford to take part in a Sky Diving experience day. We were taken into the worlds largest wind tunnel and floated around for a while, learning the basics in Sky Diving before being taken up a 120 foot building, to jump off the top and land on our feet at the bottom.

It was such an amazing experience, to feel weighlessness was nothing I've ever felt before really and jumping off the side of a building with nothing but a small cable to save you felt very strange.

The hardest part was actually stepping off the building into nothing, because you know the only way forward is down!

I was made to be the first one to jump, great!

The Onion

Taking Unencyclopedia and spinning it on its head, this fantastic website gives the citizens of America (and the rest of the world) a good laugh at almost anything you could imagine in the news.
From the war on terror to Google's dominance, the Onion website is a great place to log on to for a quick laugh.

The site has been made very well and the content passes a very high standard, looking very professional with the use of video clips and it's strong branding.

One of the best video's I've seen on this site was about Google taking over the world, and the only way to get out of Google's tracking is to join an opt-out scheme, where people who don't want Google to get them can be placed in a mini village where there's no computers or hospitals etc. A brilliant spoof idea that works very well in convincing the audience that Google really are taking over and it's getting beyond a joke now.

The Onion website will not only make you laugh, but make you think, and I believe that's one of the most important aspects of web design.

The Onion website

8/10

Gone In 60 Seconds

Watched this film for the first time last night.

I was expecting a lot of car chases, guns and sex... what I got was lots of guns, a couple of car chases and not much sex, but that, for me, was a good thing.

Not being into action films that much, it was quite refreshing that the story line wasn't too in depth and complicated, it was simply "Steal 50 cars and your brother lives". Easy enough to follow.

The car chase at the end was a great sequence, if not a tad over done but I enjoyed watching it and actually found myself quite intently watching it.

The relationship between the main character and his love for cars is frequently refered to, especially at the end when his brother buys him the car he loves just as a thank you for saving his life. A very warm and pleasent ending to an emotional and comic film.

There are various stereotypes that are fulfilled, what with the token black man saying stuff like "my black ass" and "what up?", and of course, the pin-up Angelina Jole working as the bad girl and sex interest.

Over all, I enjoyed the film and found it not too much to take in on a Sunday night with your mum.

6/10

WEBSITE: Completed

Finally my website is complete!

It has taken several months to design, redesign, edit, adjust and complete this site what with my other projects and being busy enjoying my time off, but it's finally here!

Check it out now at kidinacandystore.co.uk