Be Excellent To Each Other

I haven't done a mighty throughsilver catch-up post in a while. So, given that I'm just back from Spain (yes, Zardoz and I are an international tag team), here's a week-long one. Exciting...


A woman in a shop told me I'm a 'girly boy'.


Damn, man. I need a VGA box. Using the GC through component was a revelation.


I'd love to wake up, singing and laughing.


Well you know something, brother. I think that may have been a good idea, dude. Whatcha gonna dooo, etc.


Aye. More weddings need to be populated with fun people.


Maybe I only read the good magazines at the time, but I was never under the impression it was a classic. Just mildly controversial.


Binary hadn't been invented yet.

15 inch guage steam railway! Choo choo! From Eskerdale to Ravenglass! Awrsome!

I went on that about 25 years ago. Was awesome. I was, however 10, so may have changed a little.

Then we went to the pencil museum. Not so awesome.

Only 4 more working days and 10 more nights in Australia.

I'll be home soon!

Youtube spam messages, nothing new there, but it did amuse me.

Ꮃеll Hey!

Nіϲe work! I just finisһеd ԝatchіnɡ оne оf yοur vіdеos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTdH9wR4M-4) аnd have to admit І was рretty imрrеssed.

І really tһіnk your videо could be the nехt big thing on ΥοuТuƅе, but І noticed thаt not many people had seen it уеt.
Іt rеallу ƅloԝs mе away tһat sοme of tһе ϲrар that's on here gets sο рοрular, and thеn the truly ɡοοd stuff like уоurs ɡеts lost іn the ϲrοԝd.

Υour videоs are sο muϲh more entеrtainіnɡ thаt mоst οf crаp you fіnd on sοme people's cһаnnels, thаnks а ton for tһat!

I һavе to say that уοur vіdеos are really some of the best Iˊvе seen on ΥοuΤubе. Sо mаny of tһe vіdeοs οn tһеrе arе suϲһ craр, and sο many реoρlе watch thеm. I just don't undеrstаnd it.

This was the video in question...

The Pencil Museum is decidedly awesome

There's a reason that the Pencil Museum stayed open & the James Bond museum next door closed!

To be fair, he has a point, that video is quite possible the best I've seen.

I think i have finally worked this heart rate thing out so it will beep if i go above 70% maximum heart rate. That is right, no?

Ironically a similar system was used for game reviewers on Amiga Power. Except with them if they scored above 70% they got an electric shock.

Heh. After discussion, it will now beep if i go under 70%. The 30 mile loop now looks terrifying. RULE 5.

Ooh, one of my fav books, The Road, was apparently made into a film with The Lord of the Rings guy, zabbazabado, as the protagonist. It's pretty good so far. On the second Beeb right now.

Advanced MaliA Simulator:

http://java.cpc-live.com/applet/cpc.php?game=milkrace

Pick up milk for energy + use the correct gears to go up and downhill or you'll lose energy.

Leeds was awesome.

Lots of booze, fun, and lovely ladies.

Also, some cool shops and places and whatnot. Disappointed to walk past 'Friends of Ham' without being able to go in, but maybe next time.

Elapsed time between getting back into the office and starting to look at websites to find another holiday - approximately 18 minutes. I think that's a record.

Sorry I didn't get to say hello. Come again, soon.

Would love to, as I had a great time. Didn't manage to go to Nation of Shopkeepers either, but did have a slew of drinks in the Revolution opposite it.

FTFY.

Took me two minutes, but nobody wants to talk about 15 inch guage steam locomotives with me.

Be more entertaining everyone.

Sheesh! One good YouTube comment and you're now the arbiter of entertainment?

2/10

Good use of story arc, but needed more drama.

I am rather tired today. And my chest hurts. Also Trooper isn't being very entertaining.

individual consultation on Wednesday to see where I fit in with the new structure at work. Ho hum.

MD, obv.

I survived my first day back at work. New coffee get. And very satisfying chest/shoulder day at the gym, after a week of thinning out abroad.

one for Chinny and Zaphod (and other DB fans)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 36849.html

Malc

Husband puts up with shopping trolley beating from his wife
He's a very patient husband .... and she's a a very angry wife.

The middle-aged couple were spotted arguing in the street in Mansfield, Notts., on Tuesday afternoon before the unidentified woman launched the unusual attack.

Mobile phone footage taken by a local resident shows the disgruntled wife emptying her grocery cart – and hurling milk, potatoes, and other groceries at the man, presumably the husband.


Liveleak website, probably best not to watch at work.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=acb_1370058889

About 5 seconds after that photo was taken, the photographer fell backwards into Baker's garden pond. CHINNYTRUFAX!

Oh, at work today, my colleague's phone went off while he was away from his desk. He has some form of dubstep (I want to say Skrillex, but I'm not 100%) as his ringtone. Rob (who's a classic rock/NWOBHM guy) stated that this sounded like 'two dolphins fucking in a water-filled cement mixer'.

What is it with the young people now? I witnessed one chap with giant earrings creating holes in his ears like some South American tribe, and another with a comb over but with no need of a comb over.

What the fuck is wrong with society? Self mutilation and voluntary comb overs. These are the end days people!

I agree. I will point this out.

My Barbarian poster has arrived. It's come out a bit dark.

Do we get to see a picture?

Dark but acceptable , or too dark ?

"Eaten by a Grue" dark?

/light lamp

"what is a grue"

The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.

Darker in inference, or darker in shade? Have Wolf's eye taken on a more sinister feel? Has Maria developed some unexplained bruising?

Technically difficult at the mo as its rolled up and you probably wouldn't see the issues on an iThing camera.

The darkness basically means you cannot discern Maria's hair from the background.

I'll tweak and will try again. If not it will be plan B of getting hold of a less damaged poster and a higher quality scanner

Well Wolf has had some touching up on the groin area thanks to a previous owner drawing a ('member' - Ed) there.

Page 67 of this very topic has the exact file I sent off.

GRABOIDS!

Every month this house purchase drags on it is costing us cash.

Not sure if possible (or something you'd be interested in) but i had the same poster on my wall - just not from the game , mines was with a computer magazine of the time (so had their logo in the corner) - I *think* it was C&VG , if your having difficulty finding the original poster from the game could you get that instead ?

(I can find the C&VG poster for Barbarian II on google image search but not Barbarian 1 and since I'm at work I cant tell if its just safesearch getting in the way)

The trials of making The Teletubbies

In the French version of Knightmare, when the quest was complete the dungeneer pulled a sword from a stone and they won some Sega games consoles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VgwVTve-T90#t=738s

Ugh. Julie 'Idiot' Bindel's latest column for the Graun is a definite contender for Stupidest Thing Ever.

It criticises the BBC radio show Fighting Talk for saying that Claire Balding could be cured of lesbianism in a variety of ways. Apart from in her seething righteous indignation, she neglected to notice it was in the 'Defending the Indefensible' section, which is about intentionally saying indefensible things, and begins every time with an obvious disclaimer saying that these are indefensible opinions that the participants do not hold.

It's so bad I can't even be bothered to link to it. Bloody hell some people are idiots.

Julie bindel is an idiot. And inconsistent with her stories, too which a smaller minded person might say "made up".

There's a brilliant article on Eurogamer today all about Gamesmaster. Worth reading and I would post a link, but I'm on my phone.