Failure is the Key to Success

Tomorrow, Cre8Buzz changes to Public Beta which means that it is visible to non-members. You still need to be a member to post or comment and have to be invited by a member to join.

I was invited at the beginning of August and have found it a really great, vibrant community. Unlike some other social networks, where everyone is out to build their own little (or big) empire, everyone at Cre8Buzz is helpful and are growing and adding to the whole community. You can customise your profile page and this works really well, clean and not too gaudy.

There are somewhere around 700 members at the moment, some are friends from other social networks, like Carol who invited me, some are new like Pari, Finland_in_Eaton and Novembrance.

Some of the members have shared their experiances on the Cre8Buzz blog. It’s difficult to put my finger on exactly why it works, but it just does.

So, please take to time tomorrow to pop over and have a look. My Cre8Buzz profile is here. If you want an invite, you can let me know through my contact me page and I’ll send one over.

Tags:cre8buzz,creating buzz

OK, I’m a bit slow off the mark here, but I was reading tonight that Ridley Scott’s cult film Blade Runner has been restored and is being re-released for the 25th anniversary of its original release. ‘For the new director’s cut, the special-effects footage was digitally scanned at 8,000 lines per frame, four times the resolution of most restorations, and then meticulously retouched. The results look almost 3-D.’

I love this film and have lost track of the number of times I have seen it. I much prefer the earlier Director’s cut released in 1992 to the original version with Harrison Ford’s voiceover.

The film is based on Philip K. Dick’s novel ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?‘ and is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Harrison Ford plays a cop named Deckard who comes out of retirement to hunt down and eliminate four androids who have escaped from off planet colonies and have travelled to Earth to confront their designer.

Amazon have the new version available for pre-order as either a 2-disc version with some extras or the 5 disc ultimate collectors’ edition. The 5 disc version contains all
of the previous versions of the film. Both are due for release on 3rd December. My copy of the 5 disc set is on order.

Tags:blade runner,director's cut