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Dom

www.dominicnoble.com

About Me

My name is Dominic Noble. I grew up in North East London. I love cycling, chess, Tae Kwon Do tenpin bowling, expanding my general knowledge, my family, my friends, functional design, Tottenham Hotspur, videogames, sport, science, monkeys, dark humour, honesty, courtesy, integrity, perseverance, the evolution of species and technology, beating Chris Reay at anything, porridge, philosophy and Daft Punk.
When I really think about it, I have absolutely no idea why I love any of these things. Nor do I recall exactly when my love for most of them started. I don’t claim that any of them are innately a part of me, all I know, is that at this moment in time, for whatever reason, I think they are all fantastic.
Animation falls into this category too.
The only way I think I can explain my love for animation is that it merges two conflicting sides of me; on the one hand, the utterly anal side that has to correct pointless facts and made sure everything is “just so” and the more creative side, the side of me that occasionally goes “fuck it, I’m going to jump off this ledge, if it hurts, it hurts.” I can’t think of any profession other than animation that so aptly ties these two facets of my personality together with such seamless ease. It’s not the only reason I enjoy animation, but it is probably the core.
I’d like to say I’ve always wanted to be an animator, but that would be a lie. Until I was 5 I wanted to be a dinosaur.
My Flickr Account
Bicycles like to rock the party.
You can take medical science, the space program, quantum physics and shove it all up your arse, THIS is the pinicle of human achievement.
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Everything I wish I was.
One of the best music videos ever:
My World Visitor Map!

My Interests



I'd like to meet:

Someone who will give me money to make cartoons.

Also;

Music:

I like fairly mellow bands and whatnot, that or silly/ happy, Bob Dylan, Belle and Sebastien, Jimmy Cliff, Jack Johnson, The Shins, The Killers, The Mountain Goats, M. Ward, Colin Hay, Buena Vista Social Club, Beck, Jeff Buckley, B.B. King, Ben Harper, Billie Holliday, Booker T and the MG's. The Coral, Daft Punk, Curtis Mayfield, The Zutons, Electric Six, The Strokes, Ray Charles, The Eels, The Postal Service, Outkast (well some of it), N.E.R.D., Manu Chao, The Magic Numbers. That's all I can think of right now, well at least all those that I'm not embarrised to admit. AHEM some Steps, Girls Aloud and Kylie Minogue songs AHEM, and yes, admiting to it doesn't make it any better.

Movies:

Ping Pong, Kids Return, Sympathy for Mr. Vengance, Blade Runner, Star Wars: A New Hope/ Empire Strikes Back, The Good The Bad and The Ugly,The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Seven Samurai, Metropolis, Singin in the Rain, Once Upon a Time in China, The Big Lebowski, The Birds, Pi: Faith in Chaos, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Raging Bull, Trees Lounge, Cool Hand Luke, Jaws, Gattaca, City of God, Tron, Dr. Strangelove, Stray Dog, Alien/Aliens, Delicatessen, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Three Kings , Ghost in the Shell, The Thing, Dirty Harry, The Guns of Navarone, Amelie, When We Were Kings, Trainspotting, Ice Cold in Alex, King Kong (1933), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Kasparov Man Against Machine: Checkmate, Logans Run, The Deer Hunter, Bowling for Columbine, Full Metal Jacket, Buffalo 66, 28 Days Later, The Elephant Man....And Breathe

Heroes:

Master T. A. Codner

My Blog

A moment a large group of people went "YEAAHHH!"

I just looked back at my last blog, in the hope of re-watching that fantastic video, but the fuckers at NFL have decided they own it, and have taken it down... Fair enough, they do own it... But what ...
Posted by Dom on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:48:00 PST

In reference...

Regarding my last blog, it all went a bit tits up, it started as well as it possibly could have: But it all went downhill from there. 20 pounds down, but it made the game more more i...
Posted by Dom on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:45:00 PST

Money, the potentially fickle beast.

Gambling is an odd thing. Tonight (or rather the early hours of tomorrow morning) some people I have never met, and in all likelihood will never meet, to perform actions in a place I have never been n...
Posted by Dom on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:34:00 PST

Escapism

I apologise in advance for how utterly self indulgent this post is, but then again, that's pretty much what blogging is about. I just finished reading an online article about online gaming by my favo...
Posted by Dom on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:17:00 PST

It. Just. Doesn't. Work.

I came across this on the internet travels, I like that someone else has similar views on democracy to me. It irritates me that democracy has become a synonym for something that is "right". Not that ...
Posted by Dom on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:13:00 PST

Parallel universes, and my dislike for their face(s)

I was watching TV today, and something came up about parallel universes. A staple of most sci-fi, I'm sure you'd agree. But I was thinking, surely they are poorly named. The term parallel universe bas...
Posted by Dom on Sun, 14 May 2006 05:55:00 PST

Its not a skyhook, its a small crane

I attempted to blog once before, but never really followed it through. Anyway I thought I'd start off this one with something that has been irritating me for more than a little time recently. The pass...
Posted by Dom on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:48:00 PST