…but the cool ones bake you a cake! Check this out!

“My a good friend makes kick-ass cakes as a hobby. Last year she started dating my old roomate who plays World of Warcraft a fair amount around his job; for Christmas she acquired a “WoW stole my boyfriend” t-shirt.

She is good-natured about his love of Warcraft, however, as shown by the birthday cake she made him three weeks ago”

More pics of the World of Warcraft cake here.

After months and months (and months and months…) of speculation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that JJ Abrams is taking the helm and directing the 11th Star Trek big screen outing (he’d been attached as producing and possibly writing for a while).

The plot supposedly revolves around Spock and Kirk’s first meeting at Star Fleet Academy, and their first space mission. As for casting, there were rumours that Abrams was after Matt Damon for Kirk and has even gone as far as to get Shatner’s blessing for the casting… But who for Spock?… Well, there is the obvious choice…

Best picture
Babel; The Departed; Letters From Iwo Jima; Little Miss Sunshine; The Queen

I picked: The Departed
Oscar went to: The Departed

Best director
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima; Stephen Frears, The Queen; Paul Greengrass, United 93; Alejandro; Gonzales Inarritu, Babel; Martin Scorsese, The Departed

I picked: Scorsese
Oscar went to: Scorsese

Best actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond; Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Peter O’Toole, Venus; Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness; Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

I picked: O’Toole
Oscar went to: Whitaker (I knew i’d got this wrong when he won the BAFTA…)

Best actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver; Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal; Helen Mirren, The Queen; Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada; Kate Winslet, Little Children;

I picked: Helen Mirren
Oscar went to: Helen Mirren

Best supporting actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel; Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal; Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine; Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls; Rinko Kikucki, Babel;

I picked: Jennifer Hudson
Oscar went to: Jennifer Hudson

Best supporting actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine; Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children; Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond; Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls; Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

I picked: Djimon Hounsou
Oscar went to: Alan Arkin

Best animated feature film
Cars; Happy Feet; Monster House

I picked: Happy Feet
Oscar went to: Happy Feet

Best adapted screenplay
Borat; Children of Men; The Departed; Little Children; Notes on a Scandal

I picked: Children of Men
Oscar went to: The Departed

Best original screenplay
Babel; Letters from Iwo Jima; Little Miss Sunshine; The Queen; Pan’s Labyrinth

I picked: Pan’s Labyrinth
Oscar went to: Little Miss Sunshine

So, 5/9… not bad, not great. It was good to see Pan’s Labyrinth did pick up 3 oscars (Makeup, Cinematography & Art Direction) even if they weren’t the ones i hoped they would be. The Departed did really well too (congrats to Mr. Scorsese on finally getting the much over due Best Director award!) Roll on next year!

Okay, okay… I promise i’ll stop with the Sony bashing… just had to post this first though.

Here on GeekTown, there is an ongoing ‘discussion’ about the PS3, the 360 and the Wii. You see, one member of the team is very much a PS3 guy (ohh it’s so powerful… it’s a real ‘next-gen’ blah blah blah… zzzzzz *snore*) Where as i am quite happy using a PC for high end gaming and have the Wii as a different gaming experience… Personally, i think this clip demonstrates the argument rather well.

For their latest video, Barenaked Ladies decided to let the stars of Youtube do the hard work! Various of the more popular Youtubers come together to perform Barenaked Ladies’ “Sound of Your Voice” from the fantastic album “Barenaked Ladies Are Me” (not that i’m bias… huge HUGE BNL fan!).

The Performers include:
Where The Hell Is Matt?
Barats & Bereta
Geriatric 1927
Eepybird
New Numa
Album Cover Battle
Brookers
Boh3m3
The Winekone
Winston Spear
Evolution Of Dance