I’ve been quite quiet the past couple of months, mainly because of a combination of working hard and being sick (I bumped my head pretty bad 4 weeks ago, but I’m fine now). I’m trying to get back into the habit of blogging, but it’s so much trickier now that I a “proper” job. Still I’ll try to post at least once a week.

Now on to the cool stuff! Here is a roundup of interesting things I’ve come across:

• Hackathon Survival Guide: I got interviewed 2 weeks ago by the awesome Jamillah Knowles about surviving hackdays. The article turned out great!
• Fictional Character Birthday Calendar: With which fictional character do you share your birthday with? I share mine with Dana Scully!
• Wear Sherlock: A blog about the fashion and props used in Sherlock. I so want Irene Adler’s white dress:

• Spice Effect: For all you Garrus fans out there.
• The Indoctrination Theory (Mass Effect 3): I still want to believe that this theory is true, but that it backfired on Bioware completely. Even if it turns out to be right, I think the fan backlash would be awful. I’d rather believe that it was a plan that went wrong, rather then it being a really crappy written ending.
• The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores In The World: Library porn. Drool.
• My Little Geek ABC Book: Awesome idea!

• Cheese or Font?: Trickier than you’d think!
• Pokemon or Startup?: I have to admit this was pretty easy for me, but only because I could pick out the pokemons…
• An Extra Life On… Martin Scorsese’s Hugo: Cool post about what it is to be an extra.
• Map of Italy: This is such a cool way to prettify your walls:

I love the Portal necklace I got for my birthday (this one), but you can never have too many geeky necklaces. And this one is super pretty!

The Companion Cube pendant is available in the etsy store The 17th Bit for $39. Cute, right? The store has a couple other Portal inspired jewellery too:

Aperture Science pendant – $39

Companion Cube ring – $49

The Avengers is finally out today! I know I should call it with the actual name it came out under here (Avengers Assemble), but it just doesn’t sound right. I’ve been looking forward to a movie called The Avengers, not a movie called Avengers Assemble.

I was lucky enough though to see the movie 2 weeks ago, and it’s awesome! It’s exactly what I was hoping it would be. I loved the banter between some of the characters, and there are some brilliant one-liners and funny dialogue. Plus of course the action scenes are amazing.

To tie in with The Avengers opening Mondo has created some gorgeous character posters. All of them are sadly sold out already, except for the Iron Man poster which hasn’t been released yet. They’re a bit pricey, but I so would have loved to have these hanging on my walls. I love the colour scheme of the Hawkeye poster, but my favourite is the Iron Man one. Which one is your favourite?

I always like seeing the different funny stuff people come up with for April Fool’s; it’s amazing how creative some people will get. It’s been a while since I fell for something during it, but it’s so much fun just to see what people have created. Here are my favourites of this year:

1. Assassin’s Creed for Kinect

This starts off as pretty plausible, but slowly gets less and less likely. I love the Assassin’s Creed games (although the last one was a bit disappointing) and the moves here are just as recognizable.

2. Mass Effect Cartoon

Ridiculous, but funny:

3. ThinkGeek’s Admiral Ackbar Singing Bass

Like most ThinkGeek’s April 1st announced products I actually think they might make this if there’s enough interest (it’s $39.99 on ThinkGeek).

4. CatBlock

The AdBlock browser extension announced they were making a special CatBlock version of their extension that would replace all ads on a page with photos of cats. The thing I find really funny is that the creator used photoshopped photos of my cat Casey!

5. Google Street Roo

The Google Australia blog reported yesterday that the Australia Street Car team (that drives around taking photos for Google Map’s Street View) would be expanded with kangaroos with cameras strapped to their heads. This way they’d be able to collect photos of Australia’s outback.