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May 8th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Firsties
May 8th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Insert witty comment here —->
May 8th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Wow, checked my iTunes first thing and no Deadpan, but I find this page and check iTunes again and it is dl’ing…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:09 am
I’ll wait to hear about episode title before trying to work it out…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:32 am
Oooh, a fifth of Deadpan comments.
And, my Ipod is ready to carry my out my Deadpan needs through the morning commute.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:35 am
… and again I am to sixy for this post.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:58 am
I’m out magazine hunting (they can be really sneaky). Won’t be able to listen to the latest DP till I get home.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:30 am
I don’t think I’ve ever been this high in the list of comment before,,
Magazine? is that like one of those blog site things that come in pre-printed format?
May 8th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Perfect 10, yo!
Morning, Pan.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Or, maybe I can’t count . . .
May 8th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Alas no magazines, I really should purchase the ebook versions but I like having the physical version too much.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:09 am
andy - the list can do that to you.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:09 am
meh - podthroat
May 8th, 2008 at 7:06 am
I didn’t get up early enough to download the Pan for my commute. I’ll try to stealthily secure a copy on my work comp.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Anyone catch that piece of crap “Children of the Grave” last night? It was like Ghost Hunters, but really lame. With tons of visual effects and stuff. Not good for a “documentary” on ghost hunting.
Uhg.
I’ma gonna listen to Deadpan at werk too.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Jeremy - I watched 2 minutes of “Children of the Grave” and couldn’t stand it! Did you really watch the whole thing? My girl is a big “Most Haunted” fan, and I don’t really even care for that, so it was a bad bet for me from the get-go.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:15 am
k, Deadpan downloaded and digested, no pepto needed. Cheers to disgruntled scientist, Amy and Jack Jaffe for their contributions. Oh and Jack was funny too.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Ouch!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am
I do enjoy “Ghost Hunters” but all the others I could do without. I did like the GH spoof on Supernatural. “Ghost Facers!” LOL
May 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Damn! And Vanamonde! Crap, the A.D.D. must be kicking in pretty bad this mornng.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:20 am
lol
May 8th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Actually I have a good recent Dumb Ass Memory about having a friend purchase concert tickets and my A.D.D.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I prefer my ghosts to be fictional.
I’ve never seen a ghost.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:28 am
So my horoscope for the day starts off:
“The nutty behavior that’s been happening in your social circle might be driving you nuts, but it doesn’t directly involve you — so don’t insert yourself into the drama today.”
Well that’s a relief. LOL
I also think “insert yourself into the drama” could be a new euphemism for something.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:30 am
It’s times like this that I’m glad I don’t watch much television.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Yeah, me neither or heard one even. I have had some things happen that would fit into what I would call the paranormal though.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:39 am
I’ve had dreams that have come true, but the events were so trivial (plots in TV shows for goodness sake) that I suspect it says more about rehashing of plots than anything paranormal.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:41 am
My paranormal stuff is tame though, but the stories from my mother’s side of the family is straight out of the X-Files. The people telling the stories are all sincere, but not having first hand experience I can’t say what they thought happened actually happened. Strange tales to be sure though.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I am currently proving that I cannot listen to the Deadpan AND edit audio at the same time.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Everyone is familiar with the “stream of concious.” That is to say you have thoughts through out the day that lead you to different thoughts, but they are all connected. Well, when I was a teenager, I use to get these thoughts that were disconnected, like memories of events that hadn’t happened and they would be occompanied with the oddest emotion, like I wasn’t supposed to have them. But they always came true. I don’t know if my subconcious mind was just extra perceptive or what. In any event, I can’t explain it.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I did not watch the whole thing. I couldn’t. The guys were such tools too. Ech.
Speaking of Ech…WTF is up with Amy Winhouse??
*anti-swoon*
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/05_02/winehouseWENN_468×351.jpg
May 8th, 2008 at 9:04 am
huh, weird…try this page:
http://www.twelvestone.com/forum_thread/view/37115?offset=1000
5 posts down.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:10 am
“We’re all stars now, in the Dope Show.”
May 8th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Interesting that we have Children of the Grave and Iron Man movies right now. Is War Pigs next?
I saw that CotG was on, but watched a bit of the David Gilmour concert before I did the Pan. His new stuff sounds more like Pink Floyd than the last few Pink Floyd albums.
Morning mehsh.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:27 am
For whatever reason when I hear the name David Gilmour, I think of Paul Gilbert. Paul Gilbert had a concert on TV?!!! LOL
May 8th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Gilbert and Sullivan
May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ed Sullivan
May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Ed from Texas
May 8th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Debbie does Dallas.
or er
Texas Longhorns
May 8th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Longhorn Steakhouse
May 8th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Foghorn Leghorn
May 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Shoehorned Continuation:
Colonel Sanders.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Colonel Tigh
May 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Ty Cobb
May 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I don’t think I understand the rules.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Talking of Tetris, if you computer or phone can handle mid files, download some Gameboy tunes from:
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/gameboy/index-sz.html
May 8th, 2008 at 11:26 am
That Music A is catchy.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I don’t know how I feel about this:
http://manbabies.com/
May 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Cobb salad
May 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Okay, in another shameless attempt to boost nipples, computers I have owned, in chronological order:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Bought it in 1983 with a student grant. Was an issue 2 model that was prone to overheating. Finally failed and WH Smiths (who sold computers in those days) replaced it with a brand new issue 3 model.
Still have that one in it’s original box.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Okay, in another shameless attempt to boost nipples, computers I have owned, in chronological order:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Bought it in 1983 with a student grant. Was an issue 2 model that was prone to overheating. Finally failed and WH Smiths (who sold computers in those days) replaced it with a brand new issue 3 model.
Although I bought a lot of games I only added one bit of hardware. A box that provided a joystick port and the ability to hit a button and save memory contents to tape.
Still have that one in it’s original box.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum
May 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Okay, in another shameless attempt to boost nipples, computers I have owned, in chronological order:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Bought it in 1983 with a student grant. Was an issue 2 model that was prone to overheating. Finally failed and WH Smiths (who sold computers in those days) replaced it with a brand new issue 3 model.
Although I bought a lot of games I only added one bit of hardware. A box that provided a joystick port and the ability to hit a button and save memory contents to tape.
Still have that one in it’s original box.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX_Spectrum
May 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
http://tinyurl.com/3pcbwl
May 8th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Next one was an Atari ST, the STFM model with a single side 3.5 inch floppy. Later upgrade the ram to one meg and the internal floppy to dual sided. Also added an external floppy drive. Bought it in 1987, first computer I bought with my second job.
Sold it to so I could afford to buy a Supra modem, imported from the USA (v32bis…oooh the speed).
http://tinyurl.com/qquwx
May 8th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Next one was a PC, a IBM compatible with a 386DX (33Mhz) processor from a now defunct company called Micorsurgeons. No sound card, 2 megs of ram and a 20mb hard drive. Later added a soundcard.
Had an intermittent fault which would make it reset for no apparent reason. Eventually give it away to my brother-in-law.
http://tinyurl.com/yu9r8j
May 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I had an Atari ST emulator on my last PC. Some great games on that machine.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Next one was another IBM compatible, a 486DX (33Mhz). Improved the playing of Doom no end. Later stuck a DX2 upgrade chip in.
http://tinyurl.com/h3fog
May 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Here is a list of all the computers I’ve owned.
1985 Atari 800XL
1987 Atari 130XE
1989 Amiga 500
1991 IBM 486-33
1994 IBM 486-100
1996 P1-200MMX
1998 Celeron 333
2000 P3 750
2003 P4 2.8Ghz
2008 AMD X2 4000
Starting with the 486-100 forward were computers I assembled myself.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Next one was a Pentium 133Mhz IBM compatible. I added a voodoo 1 card to that which had a pass through cable for the old videocard as it didn’t support 2D graphic operations.
GL Quake looked sweet.
http://tinyurl.com/f87vp
May 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
The next one was a 450Mhz Pentium 2, top of the range for 2 months, then Intel released the Pentium 3.
First PC for me with an Nvidia card (a TNT).
http://tinyurl.com/365sz6
Give both Pentium machines to a friend as I upgraded.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
The next machine was my first to use and AMD CPU, 2700XP. Came with an ATI card with the 9700 chipset.
Broke down last year and I had to get a new PSU. Still got the computer, but use it rarely now.
http://tinyurl.com/2k6xrh
May 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Latest one is a dual core PC from Dell….zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
http://tinyurl.com/yumd5u
May 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
The zzzzzzzzzzz was for Vista.
I’m now officially over getting high spec PCs, been using the Eee PC for a few months now, very low spec, but does almost everything I need a computer for now these days.
New games I leave to consoles, although the PC is still great for playing old games via emulation.
http://tinyurl.com/ypry8s
May 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/centrifugal_force.png
WIN!
May 8th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Oh and great games for the Atari ST (in my view):
Dungeon Master
Oids
Carrier Command
Damocles
International Karate +
Nebulus
Rainbow Islands
Xenon
May 8th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’ve never used an abacus…the shame.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Although there is an emulator:
http://jpswycaffer.com/downloads.html
Just a pity the games are crap…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
poDANGo is being a bitch at the moment.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
any news on Dub? I wanted to know how his Sister was?
May 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
That was funny but boy I sound crazy…
May 8th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Oh crap - OK, time’s up - NHL Conference Finals predicitons:
Flyers over Penguins in 7. (But go Penguins)
Red Wings over Stars in 6. (But go Stars)
No idea - these are 2 tough series.
OK, mullet wig off. Back to other Deadpan topics
May 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Well if the Red Wings get beat, I guess it would be okay if it was by the Stars. I lived in Dallas for almost a year once.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I dunno…… the Penguins are so damn good, I probably should pick them. I just think that they’re young enough to get flustered and frustrated by Biron.
OK, switching my pick. Pens in 7.
Oops - sorry, putting the mullet away.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Alright guys (and gals) fess up!
What are you doing for mother’s day?
May 8th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
having an affair
May 8th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Going to see my mom and sanding/painting her patio chairs. JOe?
May 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Sending an e-card from Neopets, probably. And making a good, long phone call, because typing the e-card idea made me realize just how lame it sounds.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Oh, hi Jack. I should email you. Are you on the road?
Sister is doing ok I guess. They took the catheter out so she’s peeing on her own. They never did tape her ribs, or do surgery on the lacerations. Never got a definite diagnosis on the shoulder, she still can’t feel her arm. But she pretty much still looks like a smurf, and I guess it might be a month or more before they release her from the hospital.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Just finished recording raw audio on FPR 9. Man if I had any less energy it would be a huge Steven Wright joke.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Alright, did anyone else read that Van had the STFM model of an Atari ST and try to figure out what the M stood for after “Shut The Fuck….”
Or am I just weird?
May 8th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
As for Mother’s Day, my parents are coming in to visit and my mom gets to see her grand daughter’s karate tournament.
Still my favorite picture of all time:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultimate_ed/1812508388/
May 8th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
sports- meh! Between hockey and basketball I tell you… Although I was watching LeBron today *swoooooon* he is purtey.. he strong like bull.. even though he was playing sub par. Hugh isn’t here to make any predictions. I will leave that to him
Mothers Day- Saturday we are taking my mom to dinner then over to my brothers house to be with her grandson, Sunday we are driving his mom out to the burbs and meeting up with the other siblings and her grandkids.
anyhoo. I didn’t come here to talk sports or mothers day…
May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I am giving you a ear bud via comments.. yeah yeah I know I should call it in.. Jack read this for me if you want
Our current music obsessions
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts and The Slip
The Kills - Midnight Boom
Estelle- shine
Portishead- Third
Madonna - Hard Candy
The Presets - Apocalypso
Ladytron - Velocifero
goodnight pan
May 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
oh wait, a final thought…
May 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
My sugar is raw, sticky and sweet.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Think I will need a cold shower after that comment.
As for Mother’s day, it’s been and gone in the UK.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Best wishes for your sister Dub.
RE - Mothersday. I get a little more time. Mom is going with Dad to see his mother for mothersday. Sometime next week I’ll probably take her to lunch and then help my sisters plant some flowers or something at her house.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:28 am
oh … and a “meh” for today and the rageing sinus infection I have seemed to have woken up with.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Oh no, JOe! Take care of that.
Happy Friday, Pan. I don’t know about y’all, but I sure as shit am happy I don’t have to come to work tomorrow.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:08 am
I wish you sister a speedy recovery, Dub.
Ed, that’s awesome your daughter is doing well in karate.
I sure don’t want to come to work tomorrow, but I don’t think there is anyway to avoid it. Too many things stacked up around me. =P June should shape up to be a lot less taxing on me.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Seems as though I bruised my left index finger. I think that’s God’s way of punishing me for practicing black metal. LOL
May 9th, 2008 at 7:27 am
okay … I went back to bed after that last post and now I feel much better. Good enough to at least make some coffee.
Now, to deal with the fact that I am hours behind for the day.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:37 am
I need a shower and a shave but I don’t really have time.
I’m either going to have to get a waterproof lap top or an assistant.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:47 am
http://www.electricmotorsport.com/store/ems_electric_motorcycle_gpr-s.php
An interesting commute option for those of us in warmer climates.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:00 am
The red version looks cool.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:02 am
But the price is a bit step.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Steep even.
To many drivers who don’t look for motorcyles on the roads these days.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:16 am
That’s a sweet looking bike.
A quick glance at the site didn’t reveal a 0-60mph time. I wonder about that and how far it can go on a charge.
Say, maybe one of you bored, World Wide Internet surfers can find some plans for turning my Honda CB200 into an electric vehicle.
Back to work for me.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:33 am
It says 35/60 miles range for power/economy settings on the website.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:39 am
It’d be better if it had twice the range and half the cost. I’m hoping future releases will provide that, but who knows?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Here’s what you’re looking for, Rhett:
http://www.gsmotorworks.com/
I think it even comes standard with a Devo hat.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Not so cool, unless you have mod tendencies.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:03 am
“Whip it good!”
Back in the late 80’s I bought a 50cc Honda scooter, because all the cars in the same price range had reliability issues. LOL It’s tank held less than a gallon of gas and I would fill it up for 50 cents every 9 days or so. The gas station attendant used to joke with me about why I even bothered coming in to pay. But it got me thinking if gas prices really do go up to $15 a gallon, what recourse does the average American have to save money on his/her commute. Right now, I don’t think the economy of scale would save you money with the electric motorcycle, but an 80cc scooter could pay for itself in two years at current gas prices. Just doing a bit of brain storming.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:07 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia
Scooters and more scooters..
May 9th, 2008 at 10:08 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia
Scooters, scooters everywhere.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:10 am
http://tinyurl.com/h5t2t
Scooters, scooters, everywhere.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Dammit Van, you killed the page with Quadrophenia!
(kidding, of course)
Here’s Jaromir Jagr in drag:
http://japersrink.blogspot.com/2008/02/its-funny-because-its-true.html
May 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I have “mod” tendencies.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I think I have just about hit nirvana. A few months ago I purchases a book as audio CD’s with the plan to import then and listen to them via my Ipod. I started off with the dumbass approach and just imported each CD as a set of tracks, which proved annoying.
I later learned about joining all the tracks on a CD into one file for importing. Definitely a big step up.
Today, I’ve learned that, with a bit of file manipulation, I can actually get my Auidobook CDs to show up in the audiobook section of Itunes/Ipod instead of mixed in with all my music. This is a pretty good link (though, I skipped a bunch of the steps as I thought they were overkill) to get you through it.
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/itunsabk.htm
I’m definitely going to have to see what my library has now for audiobook CD’s available.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Today’s mildly related, NASCAR trivia bit.
The amount of fuel the NASCAR Cup series uses in a year at races and test sessions.
175,000 gallons.
for perspective … that is about how much fuel the rest of America uses … every 4 hours.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
And now, to make your brain hurt:
http://www.humorsphere.com/fun/8787/colortest.swf
May 9th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I don’t get a consistent score..lol
May 9th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Went through a number of time till I got it 100%.
There is a similar test in Brain Games on the NDS.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Never commented on this cast before. I like this cast. A whole helluva lot.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I have too much time on my hands. Putting SP3 into google, brings up the following map reference:
http://tinyurl.com/6o79h9
Coooeeeeeeeeee!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Breaking scary news:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFlSjtUIBDMVj9iFqsaSYEypMdpAD90I9BJO0
May 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
got 75% first time…lets take it again!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I am the MASTER!!
May 9th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Ed! This is a virtual KISS for you. I am so happy to have that link re: audiobooks.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
*justaJ0e dashes into the bar and steps between EssBee and Ed *
WOOHOOOO!!!!
*then he dashes off down the hall of doors*
May 9th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
In what way is an “Audiobook” file different from a reg. file. That seems like a whole lotta trouble to make a sound file.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Thanks, Dickey! Welcome to Deadpanland.
Did I just see Justa J0e run through here?
May 9th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
*jaj emerges from the trap door behind the bar.*
Hi Dickey!
Welcome to the party.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Hi Dickey, welcome to the insanity.
Uh-oh, my masters are looking my way. Got to put the chains back on. *whip crack*
May 9th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
So the Avengers is playing on the TV and Emma Peel is looking as delightful as ever.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
It was a real downer that day I found out most of her fight scenes were done by a man in a wig.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Oh and a young John Wood (Falken from War Games) is playing an obsessive keeper of birds.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I find Emma very aPeeling.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Ah Emma is wearing her jumpsuit, a fight scene will be happening soon.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Mmmmm, jumpsuit…
May 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
You see some famous actors in the Avengers, Ron Moody (Fagan in the Oliver musical) is on screen now playing an eccentric prof.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Not sure what I’m gonna do with my night. Fox has a bit of a cold again, so Darcy went to the premiere of her play alone. She’s going out with some friends and staying in Little Canada overnight, so the men run the house tonight.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Ah Emma has just karate kicked one of the bad guys into a pool.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
that right I am “TO” on this site. not Jack Jaffee.
There can be only one Jack…
Hey Dub… I having Sam do a reading of Bob. I haven’t heard from you so. I did want to hit you up for a reading with you sister in the still bad off. I glad to hear she is slightly better.
Are you happy the the clockwork ornge bit? I don’t think I got the lines just right?
Yes, I am on the road until Balticon… It is a full 4 weeks out. I start to o loopy after two weeks. I start making weird calls to Slice and Winging it… Going to try not doing that this time.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Another short fight sequence and the bad guys are defeated…wahoo!
May 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Dimmu Borgir is hard on the index finger.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
… and the tongue!
May 9th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
That last post was meant to be “tongue in cheek”
May 9th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
FPR 9 is now online. Given my new setup I basically decided to wing it. Hence the name of the show…
I dunno what to say about it, you guys are gonna have to tell me. *lol*
May 9th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Tell you what to say about it?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
There, I have completed my ADFD segment for Rachel Ruzzo, one of my Ten Things I do Without Pay over at my LJ, which is johnboze DOT livejournal DOT com
‘toopid WP LJ hater…
May 9th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Not for the faint of heart:
http://gizmodo.com/389198/pleo-gets-thrashed-at-the-hands-of-a-battlebot
May 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Ah, hardscape plans, only 30 more minutes of work then I’m outta here.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
So something weird happened today:
I realised that my right hand has visibly aged more than my left hand.
Bloody UV.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Sigh:
http://tinyurl.com/42v4he
May 10th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I missed the oppotunity to link the aged hand to a Sinbad movie and Doctor Who….
May 10th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Are we going to hit 500 comments on this?
May 10th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Well you never know.
It was Tom Baker.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
It’s Kurt from dark age. I’m really enjoying that podcast. I don’t know what it is. But I’m hooked. I think it’s just the fact that there is utterly no pretension. It’s just a simple, fun popcorn novel. Congrats!
I’m really getting caught up in the characters.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Anybody got a link to where I could download Southland tales?
May 10th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
After today’s live wingin it taping I needed a place that was free of drama. I need a place for free expression of intelligent ideas came forth an abundance. A place resplendent in diverse thinking. I couldn’t find it so I’m posting on the deadpan.
I like boobs
May 10th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Well, one nugget of wisdom that Wingin It (or at least Mennenga) has been right about - everything’s better with boobs.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
So, my parents are in town for the weekend, which means free baby sitting for the wife and I. So naturally we went out on a date for Mother’s Day.
After dinner, we decided to check out the new Iron Man. I have essentially zero knowledge of the comics, so came in with only the trailers and various positive recommendations from pod and email land.
The wife and I had a blast with it and we had a crowd that was cheering and laughing out loud through the film - it was quite festive.
And, thank’s to FPR #9, I knew to stay to the end of the credits. Most excellent.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Like Jack says, everything is better with Sam Jackson.
As today’s WI… It appears the situation isn’t good. Supposedly there will be an announcement soon.
All I can say is, thank god for Jack Mangan.
May 11th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Missed the live feed due to work.
Care to give details about what is wrong?
May 11th, 2008 at 4:28 am
If you have a bittorrent client, then you can take your pick at:
http://tinyurl.com/3h2kp5
you can even watch it in German.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Southland Tales that is.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Nice interview with Ted Chiang at Starshipsofa:
http://www.starshipsofa.com/
May 11th, 2008 at 4:50 am
An articles by Richard K Morgan about infighting in the scifi genre:
http://www.richardkmorgan.com/article_soundfury.htm
May 11th, 2008 at 4:50 am
-s
May 11th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Happy Mothers Day to all the Deadpan moms, and all wives/mothers of Deadpanites
and the dads who have to be moms sometimes,
and the people who step in as moms sometimes
and the people who mommy us constantly out of love
Hugh sez: and the wife who knows when I need her to mommy me even when I don’t
and the husband who can defuse the situation and make mothers day with my mom so pleasant
and the mother-in-law who loves me like her own
un beso grande
*mwa*
Feliz día de madre panitos de muerte
May 11th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Yeh …what she said, I second that!
Especially that last part about “Felix with the mad pants”. I don’t know what it was but it had a nice ring to it.
May 11th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Google translates TSH’s last line as:
Happy mother’s day of death panitos
Which sounds rather ominous.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Well, Vanamonde, that was definitely an interesting read from Mr. Morgan (who I admit I’ve never heard of). I am thankfully that I’m not plugged in enough to such things to even know that there’s so much bickering among Sci-Fi/Fantasy writers.
I don’t read nearly as much as I used to and it seems most of what I do read these days tends to be continuations of works from authors that I started with years and years ago. I tend to rely on friends who are more plugged in to show me something new. I find, probably as a matter of coincidence as much as anything, that I tend more toward fantasy, though I’ve read plenty of Trek and Star Wars novels as well as “hard”(er) scifi. At the end of the day, it has to come down to the story and the characters, though. If those are missing, then I don’t care if you have “fantasy” FTL drives, or superconducting magnet driven rail guns.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:17 am
And, Happy Mother’s Day!
May 11th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Morning Deadpan!
The sun is shining brightly.
We’ll be seeing Iron Man later today.
Don’t forget to call your mummies and apologize for being the brats I know we all were when a kid
May 11th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Now to catch up on the comments.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:54 am
OH, and a big thank you to Jack. (He knows why.) The gesture was appreciated even if it didn’t seem like it at the time.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Going waaaay back in the comments. My first computer was a Radio Shack Colour Computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Computer
I had a lot of fun with that thing.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Jack, why for did WP eat my comment on my first computer?
Does it not like what I had?
Here is the wikipedia link (again). But I spaced it out so maybe it will keep it (which means you’ll have to put it into your browser instead of linking
)
http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Color_Computer
May 11th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Followed by the Tandy 1000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000
May 11th, 2008 at 7:02 am
Still eating my comments with links (boooooooo). I think I’ll try it again.
Followed by the Tandy 1000
http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Tandy_1000
May 11th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Besides the fact this song was done first and best by Harry Nillson, not Mariah Carey, what else is wrong with this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgL2MKfWTo
May 11th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Hang one of these on a window, then see what the comments are…
http://www.bloggerheads.com/happy/
May 11th, 2008 at 7:24 am
You know, I think I could watch this thing for hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42hgPLL8IrA
May 11th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Since I’m obviously alone in the pan, here is my tribute to Mother’s Day…
A pack of hungry wolves had suronded the skunk family. Mother skunk said, “Let us spray.”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:26 am
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean a mother.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I once knew an electrician, whenever he screwed up, his mother grounded him.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:28 am
If your mother’s sister is against poker, does that mean your auntie is anti-ante?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:28 am
When I talk about the insides of my computer, I think it makes my mother bored.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Do you think the mother of an English Philosopher’s was a simple person? Maybe it’s because she was Ockham’s raiser.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Why isn’t Mother’s Day and Labor Day celebrated at the same time?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:32 am
The mother of the famous Mongolian leader used to read him The Little Engine That Could. He liked the part that said “I think I Khan, I think I Khan….”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:34 am
One year, when I went out on Halloween night, I was upset when all I was getting were oats. I blame my mom for telling me to yell “trigger treats”
May 11th, 2008 at 7:36 am
When she caught me playing with matches, my mother was flaming mad
May 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
After Jack sold the cow, he had to come home to his mother and spill the beans.
May 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
When you become a new mother, are you given roses and baby’s breath?
May 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Ok, I have things to do.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Ah the Coco, in the UK they released a computer that was based on Motorola reference design called the Dragon 32:
http://tinyurl.com/2oby8s
Useless information No. 101 - Matthew Smith wrote Manic Miner on a TRS-80.
May 11th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Manic Miner in javascript:
http://tinyurl.com/6pgh62
Switch the music on…Hall of the Mountain King..nice!
May 11th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Wow, are we ever going down memory lane..
Well, must call my mother, then off to the movie
Bye!
May 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
So TEB, did you stay after the credits and what did you think of the movie?
May 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
On the WI thing, those of us listening got freaked out as it appeared Brian walked out in the middle of recording, and just before the live feed was cut off he was heard saying “I’m done, this isn’t fun anymore.”
I said there I wasn’t for sure but it sounded planned to me, and everyone said if it was planned it was awefully damned convincing and not very funny.
Supposedly there will be an announcement next week about what is going on. But I did get an email from Brian last night, and I dunno if he’s trying to hold the suspense or not, but he sounded pretty damn happy, I would say ecstatic. I dunno what’s appropriate to let out, but he’ll be at the pool party and he’s not quitting Farpoint Media, but his involvement with Wingin’ It and beyond that… I actually don’t know. He didn’t say.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Just a quick hop in as I’m making dinner.
Hi Van, Yes we stayed until the end and saw the 30 second bit. As for the movie itself, I enjoyed it. Not a heavy thinking movie but a good popcorn movie.
Now must check on my roast. Don’t know if I’ll be in tomorrow as I have to go into the office.
Later.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
So, perhaps all isn’t well in FPM land after all. Most unfortunate.
You know, honesty, if WI was just the gang sitting around for an hour geeking on various topics for the week, I’d be just fine with that.
I think they’re placing too much importance on listener generated content. They’re fine when they come along, but they’re not why I listen to WI3D.
May 11th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I agree with Ed.
May 11th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Umm…. 196thies!!!!
May 11th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
It’s been a busy week, so sorry I haven’t dropped by until now.
Go Pengins!!!
May 11th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I’m there for the listener generated content.
Well ok, just one listener in particular and her content…
May 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I saw Iron Man and liked it. I was speed at all the hype over the last sceen. Told people not to leave and people stay just because I told them not to. We all waited though the 10 mins of credits just to see a Sammy walk on roll.
Still the movie was better then F4
May 12th, 2008 at 2:16 am
200 is 2/5 of 500
Remember to “grease up” by the end of today.
May the best Van win.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Indeed. We are going to need some inspiration to make the goal this week.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Looks like it was a pretty brutal weekend for Speed Racer. Its a disaster no matter how you slice it ($20 million open for a $120 million movie).
Iron Man is #1 again with over $50 million. Someone sagely commented that Iron Man made more in week 2 than most movies make in week 1.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:28 am
Next week brings Prince Caspian and then the new Indianna Jones movie.
Later we’ve got Batman and some others that I can’t remember. It’s been a while since I’ve found myself looking forward to going to the theater in the summer.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:33 am
You know, it has been quite enjoyable to see the media’s dissapointment that Jenna Bush didn’t have a big spectacle of a wedding in DC. Best of luck to her and her husband.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Man, I’ve had breakfast, driven to work, and now sit ready to start my day and the Deadpan is still sleeping in.
Don’t make me get the bucket of ice water!
May 12th, 2008 at 3:51 am
morning pan!
ditto was here!!!
Ah yes Ed, how much local coverage did that wedding get there in Texas?
Her dress sure was pretty. I wish her and her husband much happiness too. Lord knows marriage is a job
Hugh sez: I would think being married to me was like a vacation
We had a goal this week? Why did no one tell me? Whats our comment goal?
Maybe we can help later, right now we gotta go.
l8r pan
May 12th, 2008 at 3:52 am
Ed you get your ass to work yo!
have a good day
May 12th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Morning, Pan!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Still need to listen to the latest ep…
May 12th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Listening now…
May 12th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Morning Ed,
Morning ASH,
Morning EssBee,
Morning ditto,
Morning John Boy.
Another whirlwind weekend. Saturday I worked at the office for a few hours, put some items up for sale at iSoldit, bought flowers and gifts for my wife for Mother’s Day and took my son out to the store so he could buy a gift for my wife. On top of all that did all the laundry. Then on Sunday, my wife’s company hosted a Mother’s Day outing at Waterworld and we spent five hours swimming, sliding down water tubes, etc. LOL It was a good time. But the weekend flew by and I have a mountain of work to get done.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I didn’t know there was a lot of drama over at WI. Based on what I’ve read here about Brian and the last conversation I had with MRM, I have a notion of what may be coming. LOL I hope I’m right.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Dumb Ass Memories!!!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am
I’ve been trying to see if I both my schedule and finances will allow me to go to the Pool Party. I have no idea at this point.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:34 am
kiss ass!
golden nugget!!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:38 am
JACK! Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Savior of the Podiverse!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:45 am
My favourite Narnia book is ‘The Magician’s Nephew’ (the parallel worlds denoted by puddles appealed to me) so not looking forward to Prince Caspian..may give that one a miss.
Indy 4 I will see no matter what the reviews say.
So the cinema choice for tomorrow is Speed Racer or Doomsday…even though Doomsday looks like a UK version of ‘Escape from New York’ the combination of former Lara Croft model Rhona Mitra and Speed Racer looking a bit crap is leaning me towards Doomsday.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:46 am
I have accepted your mission, sir!
500 here we come!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Rhona Mitra
*swoooon*
I’ll skip Speed Racer.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Cooooooool Whip!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Oh and nice plug JB for the movie Palooza on the sliceofscifi voicemail show.
Just a pity Crazy Joe hated Southland Tales with a passion.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Van SHALL NOT WIN AGAIN!!!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Muwahahahahahahahaha
Muwahahahahahahahaha
Muwahah
*grk*
*cough, hack*
*thud*
May 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Now that sounds painful.
Egg and chips and onion rings..mmmmmmmmm!
May 12th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I’d say odds are good that I will see Iron Man, Speed Racer and Indy 4 in the theatre.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am
I don’t think I’ll ever bother to watch Speed Racer. But I will go see Indy 4 and Prince Caspian.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:04 am
226 not even close to the beast
May 12th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Past the half way mark though.
Can anybody explain why probiotic yoghurts taste so much better when consumed several weeks after the expiration date?
May 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am
I’ll probably put Speed Racer in the Blockbuster queue. My 3 year old is interested in it.
Based on news and previews, I think I’ll be spending a fair number of weekends at the theater this summer.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Pictures of Rhona Mitra as Lara Croft:
http://tinyurl.com/2jz9ak
May 12th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Hi ditto, hi Rhettro, hi Vandamonde, hi Ed, hi Smarty Hotties!
Is the Southland Tales alooza the next episode?
May 12th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Damn, I still need to put Southland Tales in my queue!
That was a nice plug on the Slice VM show for the next Panapalooza event. Though, Crazy Joe’s desire to punch someone after seeing it has left me a bit skeert.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:28 am
You know, coverage of the Bush wedding down here was actually quite subdued. Frankly, most of the local news that I saw was favorable to the notion that they were making it a small private affair. Definitely a contrast to the grousing I saw from the national news media.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:28 am
That’s exactly how I felt after watching “A Boy and His Dog.” But I’m still glad I saw it.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Isn’t the paoolza DP 96 or is my memory playing tricks on me.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:33 am
So, went to the office for a few hours this morning.
It’s a four block walk from the train station to my office (and back of course).
I wore new shoes.
Bad idea. Am now limping around the house in bare feet trying to decide if I should put band-aids on the blisters or not.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I saw Southland Tales, and don’t agree w/ Crazy Joe if that helps y’all.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Ain’t it the truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIUQw1w5OqM&fmt=18
May 12th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Haven’t been able to find Southland Tales yet. Will check out the local HMV tomorrow.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:40 am
OK - been off the grid all weekend….. the last posts I read were Van’s about the Avengers. Time to play catch-up.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:41 am
my head is in a fog today.
Can’t focus. Like sitting on the beach all day drinking your favorite alcoholic beverage … only without the beach… or beverage - and with all the stress of a “normal” day.
meh
May 12th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Okay, fav Atari ST games, NOT in alphabetical order.
First up is Defender of the Crown:
http://tinyurl.com/66ur9q
The original box opened up to look like a cinema popcorn containing..red stripes.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:46 am
You can play a flash version at:
http://tinyurl.com/6q4hro
May 12th, 2008 at 8:51 am
The classic Dungeon Master:
http://tinyurl.com/5dww2k
The screecher plants were frightening as your torch burnt out…especially if playing in the dark.
May 12th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Oids:
http://tinyurl.com/683fbt
A combination of Gravitar and Choplifter.
Brilliant game.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Holy cow! I remember playing Dungeon Master. It wasn’t on an Atari though…
May 12th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Blood Money:
http://tinyurl.com/p5xf4
Great tune (if a bit tinkly) on the ST, I’ve seen the painting used for the box cover on a Larry Niven book.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Wow, you’ve got a better memory than I, Van. I don’t think I remember any of the games I played on the Coco.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Found this list. Now that I look at it, I do remember some of them.
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/coco_game_list.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Prince of Persia:
http://tinyurl.com/5e4wzv
Played this game on the PC, Atari ST, SNES, Megadrive, and Gameboy.
Still got the sequel POP2 (for the PC) upstairs somewhere.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Played this one
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/3dghost.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:12 am
And this one
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/adtrench.html
(really, just helping to bring the numbers up
)
May 12th, 2008 at 9:12 am
You can play a flash version at:
http://tinyurl.com/6dabam
May 12th, 2008 at 9:13 am
OK, caught up.
I had lots of active plans with the little ones this weekend, but then got sick on Friday, made the best of it by seeing Iron Man and Speed Racer.
Iron Man had good performances, great action scenes, good acting, a great cameo (thanks for the scoop to stay through the credits!), and a tired, formulaic story. But hey, it was still fun.
Speed Racer is getting bad reviews? If you have a kid of your own or someone else’s to take, then absolutely go see it. It’s a fantastic kids’ movie - and you’ll be able to shut off your brain and be dazzled. Just remember that the movie was not aimed at adults.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Morning pan. Deadpan numma 94 wuz teh good.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Apollo was ok (for its time)
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/apollo.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Who didn’t play Astro Blast?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/astro_blast.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am
This was a series I enjoyed playing on my Atari 800XL back in the day.
http://damianov.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/phantasie3front.jpg
May 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I remember Blood Money, Van. Holy cow. Dungeon Master too.
I’d better get my ass in gear for Southland Tales. That’s slated for Deadpan 96.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am
And the closest I ever get to doing anything athletic
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/athletyx.html
That’s it for the A’s. Time to think about lunch, then must do a dump run.
Maybe will come back and do B’s if not, then tomorrow.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Barbarian next, in there were two games for the ST called that, the Palace game first:
http://tinyurl.com/59w2f9
Nice music and an icky sound effect when you performed the decapitation move.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Now for the Psygnosis one:
http://tinyurl.com/5s5ymb
Nice graphics, but the mouse/icon control method was crap for an action game.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Carrier Command:
http://tinyurl.com/5o3xeq
Bloody Amazing for the time, invading an island was great fun.
Never heard the theme music until I installed a doubled sided floppy drive in my ST.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Barbarian! Where the little guy came out and kicked the head!
OK sorry, go on.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Shouldn’t forget Populous:
http://tinyurl.com/29mwqd
THE game that kicked started the popularity of the god game.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:30 am
I remember playing Populous! That was a lot of fun.
Ok, now back to cooking lunch.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
The Secret of Monkey Island:
http://tinyurl.com/kev2r
Disk swapping was a pain on the ST, but I can still hum the theme tune..in fact I’m humming it now!
May 12th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ok, a quick rundown of the B’s while I wait for my Boo to get her butt out of bed for lunch…
Bagitman
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/bagitman.html
Do you notice how COCO games were all ripoffs of others?
May 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Operation Stealth:
http://tinyurl.com/69goe3
A good adventure game spoilt by somewhat by silly arcade segments.
The theme tune was very catchy.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Body Parts
It was interesting seeing if it came up with the same wording you did
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/bawdyparts.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Bedlam
As Yes, the good old text adventures
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/bedlam.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Blackbeard’s Island, just a half step up from the text adventure
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/blackbeardsisland.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
A lot of the early computer games were ripoffs of arcade machines TEB.
Loads and loads of Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pacman and Galaxian clones.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Blockhead… hmmmm, another ripoff?
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/blochead.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Last year my wife, bless her heart, bought me a pretty snazzy little guitar amp. A 75watt guitar amp known as the Spider 3 from Line 6.
http://tinyurl.com/4k5c5q
It’s a nice little amp. It simulates a wide variety of tones and is easy to use. It’s also one of the best selling amps on the market today. However, I soon found out that in the “guitar community” it is somewhat considered the Herb Tarleck of guitar amps. The tones it produces are fairly synthetic sounding and a little hissy after you get used to it. It’s a good introduction to a wide variety of tones, but once you’ve identified the tone you want, it’s better to get the actual amp being simulated. Plus you won’t be using any of the other tones. LOL
On Saturday, I put the Spider 3 as well as a few other items up for sale on Ebay. The proceeds of this sale along with part of my stimulis check will go to purchase this bad boy: http://tinyurl.com/4et6wj
When I posted my intentions on one of the guitar boards I frequent this was one of the responses I got. LOL
“Man, you’re going to shat your pants just from the white noise that comes from that Krank after coming straight from a spider 3. o.o
Congrats on it! =]”
So I’m just waiting on my check. Based on my guitar skill this is sort of like buying a Bentley for a chimp to drive, I’ll try to keep my poo flinging to a minimum.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am
That’s true, Van.
Buzzard Bait was another game I played that was very close to a game that’s been discussed to death lately…
http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/buzzardbait.html
May 12th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Falcon:
http://tinyurl.com/6ee24w
Flight sim, came with a door stopper of manual and I could never land the plane.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:44 am
That’s cool Rhettro. My husband uses a Roland Micro Cube for practice and to take to the school when he’s roped into playing for concerts and such
http://www.roland.com/PRODUCTS/en/Micro-CUBE/index.html
It really gives good sound for such a little thing.
I’m not sure what his other amp is, though
May 12th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Blochead looks like a Q*Bert clone TEB.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Ok, really, really going to have lunch now
May 12th, 2008 at 9:48 am
F29 Retaliator:
http://tinyurl.com/5vpw74
More arcadey than Falcon, but great fun, Even played two player dogfights over a modem link on the PC version.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Another World:
http://tinyurl.com/l3u5m
The use of vector graphics was innovative at the time, and it had quite a long intro which was unusual for games of that period.
May 12th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Ok I’m off out for a walk, so the last one for now.
Balance of Power:
http://tinyurl.com/54vjrz
Nice case, and unusually for the ST, the game too played in medium resolution (just 4 colours) rather than the usual low res (320×200 16 colours).
May 12th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Although judging from the screen shot on the wiki page, it could also be played in the high res mono mode (640×400).
May 12th, 2008 at 10:03 am
That’s cool TEB. The Roland Cube gets favorable reviews over at Ultimate Guitar.
According to UG, amps to avoid are the Spider 3 and the Marshall MG.
Practice solid state modeling amps the Roland Cube (for metal players) and the Vox AD series (for rock, blues and punk players) get high marks.
Entry level tube amps like the Peavey Valveking and Crate Palamino get thrown around a lot.
I’m not going to be playing an arena anytime soon, so my needs for a tube amp in the 100 watt range is way overkill. What I wanted was a high quality low wattage tube amp that had insane gain. The Krank was about the only one that fit the bill, everything was way to big an