It was tricky getting my N73 to focus on the flies or the gate, even in macro mode. The following is a crop from the original resolution.
Copulation On Galvanisation
It was tricky getting my N73 to focus on the flies or the gate, even in macro mode. The following is a crop from the original resolution.
acapellas4u.co.uk
What you see is what you get. A forum full of vocal tracks from popular (and not so popular) music. A lot of them are home DIY jobs, either by selective filtering or that inverse cancellation technique using a instrumental version of the song. Still though, they are very usable and theres a lot of real studio soloed tracks in between. There's even singers on there kind enough to record themselves singing whatever you want for free.
[acapellas4u.co.uk]
Human Dynamo
Remember that blog post I wrote about how we should harness kinetic energy from exercising, specifically cycling? Well a company called Henry Works are bringing out a model of exercise bike which will convert pedal power into electricity. That's it in the picture if you're a bit slow. There will be two versions available, battery and grid-tie. The grid-tie one is what I'm most interested in.
If you have been paying attention to the tenses I've used you will guess that the units aren't available yet. Indeed, they are just vapourware at the moment but they are promising to ship by March 2009. They hope to ship non-electrical models in November. They are producing a whopping amount of 50 of these to begin with. All sounds a bit flimsy to me, I won't hold my breath.
The Skip Magazine
"The Skip Magazine is The Voice of the Skip Hire Industry in the UK and Ireland."Their blog has a selection of "Skip Chicks". The above image is of Sophie, July's Skip Chick. Along with a picture, "Skip Chicks" are given a little Question & Answer interview, here's an example from Sophies:
Q. What's the best thing you've ever seen in a skip then, Sophie?Back in October 2006 their Skip Chick was a lady named Eleanor, who is originally from Russia. The video is very "Jak się masz"... "ma hobbies include..."
A. Burt Reynolds
Ok, I have this ultimate fantasy: A digger load of plump ladies stuck in the middle of a landfill... can you help me Skip Magazine!
Never doubt the power of a magazine based on the Skip industry.
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The Guards In Oz
Someone in Australia decided to jazz up their van by [hand] painting a Garda Siochana livery onto it. According to the source:
"Apparently, the buck eejit who owns this vehicle is an Irish chippy working somewhere in Australia, who decided to decorate his work van like a Garda paddywagon. Just for the craic like."
[via Moo-Dog]
All I See Is "Osama Bin Laden"
I'm sorry, but when I see "Obama Biden" my brain processes it as "Osama Bin Laden", and it seems I'm not the only one to think so. Obama had enough trouble with his name to begin with, name-wise, he's made a terrible choice. Still, I guess it could have been worse, his mother could have named him "Piss Flaps" or something.
[UPDATE] and who the fuck is Mr. 0000? Mr. Dooo? Mr. Dodo!?
Adventures In Renewable Energy
I visit Maplins every so often, and usually I pick up some kind of item to cheer myself up if the weeks been bad (or reward myself if the weeks been good... I'm a winner either way lol). Here's three bits I picked up individually over a few months. 12v Solar panal. I got the 2watt one, you know, for the mega powerz! lol Wind up flash light with 6v in and out (very handy). Cheap maplins analogue multimeter (analogue meters rock!). Solar panals (especially the non-maplin types) work really well even if its cloudy. The problem is, they just don't provide all that much power even when the suns out.
Meet Dave (2008)
It has to be said, I love Eddie Murphy, so all reviews of his films by me will be biased, but people really need to lighten up about childrens movies. Personally I think Shrek is the greatest piece of shite ever made, but its a kids movie, so thats ok. Meet Dave is another film for the family.... so obviously its stupid as hell, with annoying fart jokes and an ott stereotyped gay character, but you either tolerate it or you don't. There's no point going onto the imdb pleading with Murphy to retire just because you didn't like the movie. For me, if its got Eddie Murphy in it, so that makes up for all failings. [I haven't seen Pluto Nash so I can't comment on that one. Norbit was fucking excellent though].
Gabrielle Union plays a character called "No.3". Another plus to the film.
There's a line of dialog where No. 3 develops a bout of jealousy over Dave's interactions with the main female character "Gina" (Elizabeth Banks). She comments that "Gina's butt is the size of their moon" (in the pejorative sense). We later get a side on view of No. 3. Damn, thats a lot space-junk she's got going on there herself... "Mr. Crusher, intercept course at maximum warp... engage!"
So whats the movie about... emm.. some space thing comes to earth looking for stuff or something... look its got Eddie Murphy and Gabrielle Union, what more do you need to know.
Some Pix Of the Beijing Olympics
8 Legged Friend
I told you it was big. Over 3.5" long at full leg extension. It galloped towards me last night across my living room floor. It's a right sign of Autumn approaching when these things start running around indoors. I always get them at this time of year anyway. Last week I had a smaller one do a "Mission:Impossible" off the ceiling onto my shoulder while I lay in bed.
I don't mind spiders really, but I certainly don't like big ones running around the place unsupervised. They have to be dealt with on the spot. If you study the movement of spiders, especially the big ones, you can begin to see animal qualities within their behavior. They're quite inquisitive and so obviously frightened of us. I once told a girlfriend not to be afraid, that if she just took the time to look she would begin to see them as just playful 8-legged kittens... she used to like cats before I said that.
[Giant House Spider Wiki]
"Bronze Is For Losers"
"They can keep it... Bronze is for losers"
Paddy Barnes, Irish Olympic Boxer.
[EDIT] The spellingz! Fucking brain...
Bosch Pipes
Shot with a Nokia N73... But what does it all mean... Say it fast and it sounds a bit like Posh Spice... man thats a big spider that just ran across the floor...
Unpublished Doodle #193
I think I summed up a lot of things perfectly with this one.
Maybe I already published it though. There was a time when I knew exactly what I had and hadn't put up.
Anonymous Comments Disabled
Due to a sudden influx in anonymous spammy comments (109 overnight), I am disabling anonymous commenting. It annoys me because I like letting anonymous people have their say, good or bad.
Yesterday, I disabled commenting on three posts that always picked up the odd spam comment every now and again. Then today I get comments on over a hundred of my posts. I guess someone got pissed off. Word verification was on too.
Yesterday, I disabled commenting on three posts that always picked up the odd spam comment every now and again. Then today I get comments on over a hundred of my posts. I guess someone got pissed off. Word verification was on too.
Phil Lynott - Birthday Celebrations
Birthday celebrations may be a bit of an overstatement, but I held off on this post till today to coincide with his birthday. Lynott, front man of Thin Lizzy, needs to mentioned every now and again lest anyone forget just how great he was. For me, he and 'Lizzy will always represent Dublin, in musical form.
I recently happened upon an album by a "European Prog-Metal" group called Ayreon. "01011001" was the name of the album. I don't have a clue who's involved in it. It's not really my cup of tea. Actually, I think its woeful but each to their own. While skimming through it, I came across a section that seemed familiar. On a repeat listen I realised it sounded a lot like something Thin Lizzy used to do. There's no direct song to compare it to, its more of a rhythmic style, and the singer is deffinately doing his best to sound like Lynott. I lashed together a video of the excerpt in question with an excerpt from Southbound by Thin Lizzy. You either hear it or you don't, 'Lizzy fans hopefully will.
Becuase of the day thats in it, and because of the recession looming. Heres the full (live) version of Southbound.
"The boom time it is over
A ghost town is all that's left here
The gold rush it is over
And depression days draw near"
And to wrap things up, here's the last TV interview he gave in December 1985, 3 weeks before his death. When he starts talking I swear he's like a black Bertie Ahern! An insult to Lynott I guess. Anyways, if Phil were still alive today he'd be celebrating his 59th Birthday and probably still sporting an afro :)
Crumlin Road, Dublin
Crumlin Road, last Thursday. I threw on a bit of pseudo-HDR to jazz up the image. That is all.
Taken somewhere along there
Atheist Asked To Be Godparent
I've been informally asked to be a Christian Godfather to a recent addition to the family, a nephew to be exact. I fear the conflict that will arise when I am finally confronted with the request. While it should be no secret to my family that I am at the very least, non-religious and non-theistic, I don't go around with a banner over my head everyday declaring Atheism. Even though I have described myself as an Atheist to them on numerous occasions, it seems to have always fell on deaf ears. When I described myself as an Atheist this time around I was met with a backlash. My declaration of Atheism was accused of being just a means to cop out of responsibility.
What annoys me most, is the irony in the fact that I have spent years of deep examination and contemplation over religion to finally come to a position where I now reject it completely, while those "Christians" around me, who have blindly bumbled through their life probably never thought about their beliefs once.
I have no idea what I will say or how I will react. I wonder if things will get heated and I describe my true feelings about baptism, that to inflict a religion on an infant is immoral. Maybe I'll come out a closer definition of what I am, a "Non-Theistic Agnostic" and just maybe they'll realise I've thought about this for a long time. Or maybe I'll just go ahead with it... adopt some kind of nihilistic viewpoint that nothing really matters anyway, and declaring devotion to a falsehood negates ones actions automatically. It would be the same as signing myself up as a heretic during the inquisition though. Sure, I'd save myself a load of hassle but I'd be betraying myself and the truth.
Maybe I should lean on Jesus for some guidance...
"The Joker" a la The Simpsons
Springfield Punx is a graphic project by Canadian blogger Dean Fraser. He draws characters from various comics, films and TV series in a Simpsons cartoon style. Sometimes they are based on characters that already appeared in The Simpsons and other times he starts from scratch.
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Russia Searches Georgia For WMD's
"Russian Prime Minister Putin has today announced that the reason for Russia's invasion into Georgia was to make the world a safer place. He said that he strongly believes that Georgia have been developing WMD's (Weapons of Mass Destruction) and that the evil Georgian government will use these against everyone of the free world...."
What... you mean it sounded more believable when the Americans said it? America thinks they can fix this by throwing in a few words. America would be better off if they fucked back to Iraq and sorted out their own mess first before getting involved in anyone else's. America had to get involved though, theres an important oil line they need to protect.Gavin has been doing a great job on keeping us upto date on the conflict. He's managed to spot himself a great video of Turkish press members under attack in the conflict area. As you watch this video, remember all those great shots yerman in Cloverfield managed to get even while a big scary monster was chasing after him. Now you know why I don't like those types of movies all that much.
With the downturn in the global economy, isn't it time we started thinking about dusting off our copies of "The Communist Manifesto". Communism wasn't given a fair chance. Iron the wrinkles out of the Iron Curtain and lash it up again. You've seen where capitalism has gotten you; the small house with the big mortgage; Commuting to work like drones, stuck in traffic for hours; Your job tied around your neck like a noose; bosses like tyrants. Fuck that! A single wage for everyone! Vive La Lenin! And this is coming from an ex-Nazi remember!I'm siding with the Russians on this, for no other reason than because Putin looks like a Russian that could finally take Rambo!
Vladimir Putin, playing Ed Harris, playing John Rambo.
nonstop2k.com
"Nonstop2k, The Producer's Resource is a website dedicated to the production of electronic dance music. Our friendly community offers lots of useful information, MIDI files and patches, all contributed by our users! So get involved too, log in or sign up now!"
Seem's like a decent place for the techno's... must check it out later.
The Obvious Joke About The Singing Chinese Girl
Yang Peiyi was replaced by Lin Miaoke who mimed "Ode to the Motherland" as her face was "not suitable" for the Olympics opening ceremony. Photographs: AFP/ AP
Has anyone heard the obvious joke being used for the story about the switchero done with the two girls in the opening ceremony of the Olympics? I haven't yet, but its the first thing that popped into my head when I heard about it first. I thought it too obvious to mention then but I'm really surprised I didn't hear it used even once.
Something along the lines of: "The real singer was Yang Peiyi, the other girl was only Mi-Ming".
[Guardian Online Story]
Lightening, Slow-Motion Video
An excellent video thats been making it's way around the net. It shows clearly how the electrical storm finds the path of least resistance (like a type of Breadth-first search) before discharging. If you watch the video a second time keeping your eye on the actual path used, you can see how its formed and how its the first to touch the ground. I love how the discharge resembles the filament in a light bulb :)
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Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
Ok so, its taken a bit longer to review the film than I first imagined but I'm doing it now because you know what, "I'm a man of my word!" yehaw etc.
When did I go and see this thing, it must be two weeks ago by now. Well enough stalling, what did i think of it? Yeah, it was alright. I cant say I was totally amazed by it though. Don't get me wrong, it was entertaining alright but just another run of the mill summer movie.
Heath Ledger got/is getting a load of praise over his portrayal of the joker. Many people were looking forward to his performance, me included. Unlike most people however, I felt a bit underwhelmed after finally seeing it. It was a fair effort by him, but a little too "Rob Zombie" for my liking. I think the black eyes didn't help. I did like the part where he was explaining the scars on his face though (movie still, above), all that lip smacking and stuff, very tense.
What else... Hmmm... what the fuck was up with Batmans voice!? Were the film makers trying to get two cowboys in the film or something: Brokeback Mountain cowboy and Marlboro Man cowboy? Jeez, Master Wayne would want to lay off the bat-fags, or the next villain we'll see is "Dr. Chancer, and his Magic Cancer"
Maggie Gyllenhaal played Rachel, the main love interest in the film. I'm not going to join the barrage of haters by saying she was fat and ugly but I will say she looked positively ancient. There was one scene where she and Christian Bale were on a balcony over looking Gotham and she looked like his mother! One reviewer said it looked like her face was attempting to slip off her head.
The car still looks stupid in this movie. Two exposed rubber tires and with each wheel attached at only one side... ridiculous! It gets even worse this time around however when the bat-bike comes out. If I had time, I'd draw exactly what would happen to Batman driving this thing in the rain but without a front mudflap, I think you can imagine. [EDIT: I did a quick mock-up below]
What was up with Harvey Two-Face's makeup! Please, I nearly started laughing when I saw it. This still perfect round eyeball out on its own on the burnt side of his face. I've never seen dry burns like that either, severe burns are always very juicy, even years after the inital burn. It would have looked a lot better if they made the eye white, like a boiled fish. Could have been metaphorical even... turning a blind eye to injustice and cruelty. Ah well, it was all silly looking anyway.
It's a pity the movie didn't live upto the opening 6 minutes that were leaked onto the net earlier in the year. A "realistic" Batman movie this is not. "Sonic Bat-Vision via mobile phones" heehee, oh my that was bad.
So, The Dark Knight, not brilliant for me but not too bad nonetheless. The strange thing is, like other people, I want to go and see it again. Weird since I didn't think I was too fond of it. Subliminal Bat-Messages perhaps? I think I'll have to let the "in the long-run" sort this one out for me some time in the future.
Boards.ie, Interesting Search Tag
After doing a search on boards.ie I noticed the tag cloud for most common search terms at the bottom of the page. It's ironic that an obscure statement about the small size of ones genitalia should appear as one of the larger tags.
Queen - New Studio Album
Queen + Paul Rogers have produced a new album, "The Cosmos Rocks". Here's a
Ravers, 15 years later.
This is crying out for a remix. He's got a great swing going on in his rendition. In case youre still lost, Its "Boss Drum" by The Shamen.
And this is what ravers looked like back in '93. Classic stuff!
As a by the by, the youtuber who owns the above video (mickyflyuk) is now a UK trucker and has some excellent "in-cab" videos of his travels. Check out his video of the Humber Bridge near Hull, UK.
When Gays Go Bad
This new "Mr. T." Snickers add has been removed globally because it was deemed too offensive to homosexuals and promoted gay-bashing, according to the Human Rights Campaign in America. Well thats interesting, I never knew that the Olympic sport of Racewalking was made up solely of homosexuals. Thanks HRC, while I watch the speedwalking in this years Olympics I will make sure I won't say anything bad about the "homosexual" racers... unless they're niggers of course.
Rights groups, spreaders of hate, ignorance and intolerance.
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