I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of... Blah Blah Blah

Well... the show is back again. I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here 2009! Excuse me why I prevent myself from yawning.

While the show may have once been new and fresh on our television screens, this is now the Ninth series of, what is essentially, exactly the same show. The format is starting to look very tired indeed.

You pretty much know what to expect now. There are no surprises at all as the B-List celebs compete in various tasks (that you've already seen countless times before) in order for food and treats. You know the sort... some one will be covered in bugs, some one will have to eat bugs, some one will have to swim in some snake lake, some one will have to go and find Reward Stars in the Dark or overcome their fear of heights and on and on...

Yes, the show was good initially, but just like Big Brother, it doesn't have much more, if anything to offer the viewing public. I hope in Series 9, that I am wrong.

The reported Celebrities going into the Jungle this time are,

Lucy Benjamin - Former EastEnders Actress
George Hamilton
Camilla Dallerup - Dancer
Gino D'Acampo - TV Chef
Samantha Fox - Former Model
Russ Owen - Actor
Colin McAllister
Justin Ryan
Sabrina Washington - Singer
Jimmy White - Snooker Player
Kim Woodburn - From Kim & Aggie, How Clean is your House

Admittedly, some of these, I have never heard of, but that's pretty consistent with every year. No Celebrity has yet to be eaten by a giant genetically modified Crocodile so perhaps that could be the twist.

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The Simpsons- Online Character Creator

Here's me outside Moe's bar... standing in the middle of the road for some reason... reading a book with no words on. By the look on my face, I think a large Truck is coming along. Hmmm, I guess there's an outside chance that Moe will rescue me at the very last second.

Who am I kidding? I'm a gonner. Curse you Moe Szyslak !



On previous Blogs I have mentioned a Mr Man & a South Park Character Creator. It's only fair then, I also mention a Simpsons character creator I come across at http://www.buzzhumor.com/games/5822/The_Simpsons_Character_Maker

It does what it is designed to, but I think it needs a lot more Choices of design as it's a little limited.

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X Factor Carnage - Jedward sing Ghostbusters

It's X Factor carnage. A mockery of the whole competition. How long can John and Edward go on in this contest?

Forever, I hope!

Jedward are the most entertaining act that have ever been in it and the whole public are seemingly behind them! This week was Movie songs and mentor Louis Walsh selected the theme song of Ghostbusters. It was later revealed to be an idea of pure genius as the below footage proves.

Hats off to these boys. Without a doubt, by far the worst singers in the contest, but so so much fun to watch. They've got to win haven't they? A joke act like this has got to eventually win one year.

If you ask a person on the street to name an Act in this years UK X Factor, they are probably going to say John and Edward. X Factor is quickly becoming the John and Edward Show!

Who you gonna call? Well, it's got to be John and Edward hasn't it?

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Micheal Jackson - 'This Is It' - Movie Trailer

What a series of concerts this would have been. Micheal Jackson was back and seemingly returning to the top of his game.

'This is It' is a movie put together of all the film footage of preparation for the planned 50 Show extravanganza at the O2 arena in South East London.

So far, the movie is said to have grossed $109 Million. It is currently the highest grossing concert movie in history.

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Video hosts of the Internet

What is Video hosting?

Ok, well I'm sure you already know, but to give this amazing entry a proper starting point for a change...

Video hosting or sharing refers to websites or software where users can distribute their video clips. So basically, a website where users can upload their video clips for others to view. Generally they are free of charge, but require you to open an account so all your clips can be properly indexed together.

Of all the Video hosts, YouTube is by far the biggest and most popular. When mentioning Video clips on the Internet, YouTube will be the website that most people have heard of. They also provide a HTML code which enables you to put the clips onto other Websites you own or Internet Forums you are a member of.

Look, on YouTube, here's a Lego animation I once did...

Er yes, so moving on. Besides YouTube what other hosts are there?

Well there are quite a few actually. Here are some of the main ones you might want to try if you're looking to get your clips watched by even more of the Earth people.

Dailymotion, Flickr, MegaVideo, Metacafe, Myspace, MyVideo, Photobucket, Truveo, Tudou (Chinese), Veoh, Vuze, Yahoo! Video.

Happy uploading!

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Driver wages in Formula 1

No matter how much we earn in life, something in our mind always dreams of having just that bit more. Things would be great if I had X amount more of money. Well, in reality that dreamed Utopia isn't strictly a real one. You see, as humans, we will always live to our means no matter how much we have and so therefore, in the long run, will end up feeling exactly the same no matter. As long as you have enough to pay your bills each month and have a decent life then what the hey. Yes, but we are human so... more more more!

When it comes to the wages of Formula 1 drives, this need for more seems to be hugely amplified. The driver wages earned for the 2009 F1 season has just been published. Some of the money flying around, especially near the top, is absolutely crazy.

The wages displayed are in US Dollars.


1. Kimi Raikkonen $45m

2. Lewis Hamilton $18m

3. Fernando Alonso $15m

4. Nico Rosberg $8.5m

5. Felipe Massa $8m

6. Jarno Trulli $6.5m

7. Sebastian Vettel $6m

8. Mark Webber $5.5m

9. Jenson Button $5m

10. Robert Kubica $4.5m

11. Heikki Kovalainen $3.5m

12. Nick Heidfeld $2.8m

13. Timo Glock $2m

14. Giancarlo Fisichella $1.5m

15. Sébastien Buemi $1.5m

16. Rubens Barrichello $1m

17. Jaime Alguersuari $0.5m

18. Vitantonio Liuzzi $Nil

19. Adrian Sutil $Nil

20. Romain Grosjean $Nil

21. Kazuki Nakajima $Nil

Kimi Raikkonen was paid by Ferrari a staggering 45 Million Dollars. No driver can surely be worth this amount of money. 45 Million? No wonder they're getting rid of him and no wonder he has yet signed a contract for 2010 with another team. Nobody is yet prepared to pay his wages. 45 Million Dollars? Still can't believe this. That's over twice as much as 2nd man Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton has to make do with just 18 Million Dollars... poor chap, hope he survives the winter.

Think I should have got into Formula 1. I wonder how much money Ferrari pay their filing clerk?

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South Park - Online Character Creator / Designer

As I mentioned the fabulous Mr Men Character creator yesterday, I suppose it would be pure folly of me not to also mention the South Park Character creator too. There are a few of these on the web, but my favourite is, http://www.sp-studio.de/



I don't know who these two characters are that I created, but they are probably up to no good.

The Character creator is quite advanced in the level of design options it gives you. Choose Male or female, body skin colour, hat, accessories, clothes, eyes, jewellery, mouths, legs, hands and probably some other features I haven't found.

The designer is very easy to use and you should be able to come up with some cool new characters within minutes, if not quicker.

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The Mr Men - Character Creator

Who are these two fellas?


It's Mr Idiot and Mr Burglar of course... surprised you didn't recognize them from the popular kids series. Shame on you!

Erm ok, these two aren't actually official characters... they were brought to life about 10 minutes ago using an Online Mr Men character creator.

Great fun. It can be used to create a new Mr Man or new Little Miss character. I very much doubt though that many of your new creations will be fit for the children's series... be careful with those names. :oP

Following the small success of the basic Eric Cartman animation I tried in a previous blog, I'm quite tempted to try the same with Mr Idiot and the Burglar. Wonder what trouble they'll get up to?

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