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This was going to be a redesign of the Gizmondo

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You know the ill-fated Gizmondo console? Well, there were plans for a widescreen version back in early 2006 but it never materialised due to Tiger Telematics' bankruptcy.

This is officially the 1111th journal entry

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Palindrome number, right?

To dispute the designation of Doctor Who

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This is to do with the current designation of the show under the return of Russell T Davies. I couldn't care less on what Disney, Davies and BBC calls it, this year's series is series 14 of the revival, not season 1 and also it's the seventh soft reboot of the overall series: 1963: Black and white era 1970: Soft reboot as a result of change to colour television 1987: Soft reboot due to the change of direction after Trial of a Time Lord 1996: Soft reboot due to the Fox TV film 2005: Soft reboot due to being a revival 2010: Soft reboot due to the Steven Moffat era 2018: Soft reboot due to the Chris Chibnall era 2024: Soft reboot due to the RTD2 era

Every top flight football team in England

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This focuses on the football teams who have been in top flight of the English football league system, before and after Premier League. Accrington Location: Accrington, Lancashire Best result: Sixth - 1889-90 Ground: Thorneyholme Road Status: Defunct (1896) Owner: Self-owned Arsenal Location: Holloway, London Best result: Champions - 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1947-48, 1952-53, 1970-71, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1997-98, 2001-02 and 2003-04 Ground: Emirates Stadium Status: Active Owner: Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Aston Villa Location: Aston, Birmingham Best result: Champions - 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1909-10 and 1980-81 Ground: Villa Park Status: Active Owner: V Sport Barnsley Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Best result: 19th - 1997-98 Ground: Oakwell Status: Active Owner: BFC Investment Company Ltd Birmingham City Location: Bordesley, Birmingham Best result: Sixth - 1955-56 Ground: St Andrew's Status: Active Owner: Birmingham Sports Holdin...

A clip from Asterix Conquers America (1994)

Containing the song "Say Goodbye".

A snippet from Dynamo: Beyond Belief episode 1 (2020)

This focuses on the magician impressing a geisha with his skills while in Tokyo.

The two main models of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

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To this day, it remains Sega's best-selling console thanks to a certain blue hedgehog and this excludes other models such as the North American-exclusive Genesis 3, the Brazilian-exclusive models from Tectoy and the AtGames-made Firecore. First pic: Sega Genesis/Mega Drive (1988) Second pic: Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with Sega CD/Mega-CD and Genesis 32X/Mega Drive 32X (1991) Third pic: Sega Genesis/Mega Drive II (1993) Fourth pic: Sega Genesis/Mega Drive II with Sega CD 2/Mega-CD 2 and Genesis 32X/Mega Drive 32X (1994)

First Rangers to morph per each Power Rangers production era

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By production era, I mean during the time when the franchise was under a different ownership. First pic: Zack Taylor (Walter Jones) / Black Ranger ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , 1993) - Saban Entertainment era (1993-2002) Second pic: Dustin Brooks (Glenn McMillan) / Yellow Wind Ranger ( Ninja Storm , 2003) - Disney era (2002-2010) Third pic: Mike Parry (Hector David Jr.) / Green Samurai Ranger ( Samurai , 2011) - Saban Brands era (2010-2018) Fourth pic: Devon Daniels (Rorrie D. Travis) / Grid Battleforce Red ( Beast Morphers , 2019) - Hasbro era (2018-present)

Classic and modern version of these cars

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First pic: Chrysler Airflow (1934) Second pic: Chrysler PT Cruiser (modern version of the car, 2000) Third pic: Volkswagen Beetle (1938) Fourth pic: Volkswagen New Beetle (modern version of the car, 1997) Fifth pic: Morris Minor (1948) Sixth pic: MG Morris Minor (modern version of the car, 2005) Seventh pic: Fiat 500 (1957) Eighth pic: Fiat 500 (modern version of the car, 2007) Ninth pic: Austin Mini (1959) Tenth pic: Mini Hatch (modern version of the car, 2001)   Eleventh pic: Alpine A110 (1963) Twelfth pic: Alpine A110 (modern relaunch of the car, 2017) Thirteenth pic: Renault 5 (1972) Fourteenth pic: Renault 5 E-Tech (modern version of the car, 2024) Fifteenth pic: DMC DeLorean (1981) Sixteenth pic: DeLorean Alpha5 (modern relaunch of the car, 2024)

There used to be a pie fast food restaurant in New Zealand

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Called Georgie Pie, it was popular in the Oceanian country operating from 1977 to 1998 before new owner McDonald's shut down the restaurants and converted into their own name though the pies would return in 2013 until being discontinued in 2020.