All Hail Eris

Arkham

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:56:14 GMT

I think anyone who has been even remotely paying attention knew this would happen at some point.

http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=405

Monitor

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:23:16 GMT

I have a oldish 14" crt monitor that has been living in a corner of my room for the last year. My charity has run out and it needs a new home, pronto. It's a bit grubby, but still in fully working order. Would anyone on here like it? First refusal will go to Rich, since I think I got it from him originally. If not, i'll freecycle it in a couple of days.

Let me know asap, I'm keen to be rid of it.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:54:54 GMT

I may not be easily available for the next few days, anyone wanting to talk to me would be advised to try calling but if that does not work then to send an email. I may not have reception a lot of the time.

Thanks, to everyone. You know who you are.

Made of win

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:18:49 GMT

I'm sure many of you have already seen it, but this is awesome.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc

Pimpin

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:07:36 GMT

I have been given a two week free trial account for Lord of the Rings Online to give away to a friend. Anyone interested?

On a not entirely unrelated note, me and my friends are in the market for one or two more people to gang up with in the game. While we're doing fine in most cases there are a couple of instances which are giving us some grief. A dourhand dwarf overseer, which is kind of okay because he's hard as nails. And a bunch of bloody goblins, which is less so because they're fucking goblins dammit.

Come on you lot, save me from ignominious defeat at the hands of the lowest ranking monster on the food chain.

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:42:20 GMT

I'm not quite sure whether to be pleased or slightly alarmed that the apple I bought in Sweden to eat on the flight back here, ie a month ago, was still fresh and crisp and juice when I ate it earlier today.

A recent conversation

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:18:38 GMT

sentientfiction: I don't understand why I don't have any space left on my C drive, the computer is brand new and there shouldn't be much on it.
Irrumator: Honey, like I said earlier please just wait until I get home and can take a proper look at it.
sentientfiction: But I don't understand because I hardly have anything on it, just a few pictures and some music and word files.
Irrumator: Honey, I have to tell you that I think a badger has got into your computer and eaten your hard drive.
sentientfiction: What?? Oh my god, oh my god, do you think I said the wrong thing to my antivirus?!
Irrumator: Um, honey, you did hear what I just said about a badger..?
sentientfiction: Isn't that some kind of virus or something, like a worm?
Irrumator: No dear, a badger is a big furry thing in the forest.
sentientfiction: ...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:35:43 GMT

They are making a movie of Zelda. It looks like it's going to be really really bad, as in D&D the movie bad, possibly even worse. Judge for yourselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGR6eeB37cw

The Machine Girl trailer on the other hand (there should be a link in the related videos). Now that looks like it's going to be made of WIN! In the words of the trailer - Yakuza, ninjas, tempura, sushi, chainsaws, flying guillotine, drillbra, revenge!

Whedonverse

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:27:36 GMT

http://www.drhorrible.com/index.html

Supervillain musical. Well worth the watch.

Worth noting that it's only going to be online for a few days.

Propagation

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:32:57 GMT

http://www.notoagebanding.org/

I do have to say that this seems like an appalling idea (as in what they're protesting not that they're protesting it).

Anyone passionate about literature and getting people/kids to read more should probably have a look at this, then maybe sign up and pass the word.

Free stuff

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:14:32 GMT

http://www.oxorinoco.org/

One of our customers, who is exceptionally cool, runs a recycling centre in Headington. This Saturday he's having a giveaway of books. I don't know what the volumes are but they must be reasonably large cause he's advertising all around the local area. Reference books, novels, childrens books, all manner of stuff.

They're all brand new, and they're all 100% free.

See the website above for details.

At a loss for words

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:00:48 GMT

http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/main.html

Holy fuck.

Well shit

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:29:32 GMT

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/01/heath_ledger_1979_2008.html

Hooray!

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:20:51 GMT

..for sentientfiction who just got her results back for last term and aced everything! Two straight A's. Whee!

Cheap karma

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:28:10 GMT

http://www.ettklickforskogen.se/
http://www.therainforestsite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=4
http://www.care2.com/click2donate/

The first two are forests, the third one's a list of various causes. It doesn't take much, and assuming they have any effect at all it's so worth it.

Clickity and propagate.

Beyond awesome!

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:00:12 GMT

http://www.nordiskfilmsales.com/movie.aspx?id=100240

The creatures mentioned are Lordi in full makeup.

Query

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:59:49 GMT

I have a new computer system which appears to be working reasonably well (thanks be to those who helped bring this about - you know who you are), with one rather worrying exception. I used a USB flash drive on it, which proceeded to get unusually hot, and has since then refused to work. This happened twice before I realized the connection, the first one I used was a bit shit anyway and I thought it might just be being a bit more crap than usual, but the second one has always been very stable and reliable. I'm more than a little reluctant to try it out with another one, but am not sure what to do. Advice anyone?

Joss and Eliza sitting in a tree!

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:50:29 GMT

Squee!

http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=972f7d73-e0a2-43ea-abad-0abf6afba1f3

Tentacles!

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:38:42 GMT

http://tolweb.org/Promachoteuthis_sulcus/19531/2007.05.30

WoW amusement

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:13:16 GMT

Any WoW players out there will probably like this even more than I do.

http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/latest

Including the link would of course be useful. Entertainingly surreal as it is not to do so.

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:46:18 GMT

This is quite possibly the coolest thing ever. Even if it's a fake, it's still probably the coolest thing ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

Pictures

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:12:57 GMT

http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/Aylic/?action=view¤t=PICT3555.jpg

Everyone say hello to Pixel (probably going to be called that it looks like). She has just moved in with Sentientfiction's mother, and I think you can expect to see more pictures of her. Currently she is small enough to hang quite comfortably in the palm of your hand, and as you can see she is still a little nervous about everything and has a predilection for things she can hide under.

-

http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t85/Aylic/?action=view¤t=PICT3536.jpg

This is for everyone who wasn't able to watch the scene of the nextdoor allotments flooding INTO the canal.

Update - Of the Awesome (part: the second)

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:09:25 GMT

..etc

- The dvd season 1 set of Rome has THE awesomest packaging ever, it comes in a fricking wooden box for crying out loud. I mean.. Come on!
- We're moving soon (the end of August) and the new place has prospects. We can't remember anything about it mind you, except that we "liked" it when we viewed it. And when I say "liked" I mean we hyperventilated, felt faint, and had the urge to smoke a cigarette. So that's awesome right? Even if we can't remember why? Well yes, however while the place itself is awesome (we hope, there's an offchance we were all just barking mad/on drugs when we saw it which would account for the memory loss) it's location is a bit more dubious. At least for me. So I'm reserving judgement on this until I've lived there for a while and seen how an extra ten minutes walk every morning impacts on my quality of life. Petty I know, but I hate mornings.
- We're going to Sweden next week. Two weeks of not being at work, of hanging out with the people I grew up with, and of pure unadulterated sloth. This is my favourite kind of awesome.

And that, I think, will do.

Update (of awesomeness)

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:28:26 GMT

The news in brief.

- As I'm sure pretty much everyone knows by now, we didn't flood. This is a GOOD thing.
- The past weekend rocked, thanks to everyone involved, I had an awesome time. A particular thanks goes out as always to Sentientfiction for making it all happen.
- I now possess many new awesome things. Among others, but not limited to, everything for Battlelore ever. Well, maybe not but it sure feels like it. This provided me & Uncle Griff with many awesome hours of entertainment on Sunday. I'd say about 10 hours. Give or take a few. Awesome!

More to come

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:06:58 GMT

Considering the amount of suitcases that come into my possession I really should start up as a suitcase salesman.

Anyone need a suitcase?