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Barad-dûr; or the first random posting since NZ

Mar 24, 2008
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This is a very quick post, as I am dashing off to Covent Garden, but hopefully the first of many now that I have actually obstracted the digit and started putting my pics on flickr.

So, random interlude number one - it seems Barad-dûr, the infamous tower of the Great Dark Lord Sauron, (Lord of the RIngs) does in fact exist, (...or its body double) in the form of a rather evil and ugly looking water tower in a little town called Hawera on the North Island of New Zealand.

We had one of those "What the hell is THAT!!?? Stop the car!!" moments, and went to investigate.

Now where id my black paint.

As per usual follow the imagelinks to get the full size versions, on flickr the thumbnails don't do it justice. I have also uploaded a ton more pics to flickr in the last few hours, but dont have time to put much info into them.

More to follow.

Magic Numbers

Jan 4, 2008
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Happy 4th January 2008 everyone: => 04/01/2008.

Anyway, I babble on.

Hypnosis

Dec 18, 2007
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Many, many more pics to follow, but I loved this husky's eyes, so a taster of the images to come (when I get time and am not jetlagged) Click image to open fullsize 1536x1024)

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not dead, hunting Aurora Borealis

Dec 15, 2007
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I'm currently in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada at the moment, with absolutely no phone signal.

I'm hunting the Aurora Borealis at the moment, but last night the clouds were too thick so there was a no-show.

I'm praying that it sorts its self out before I leave:

http://www.auroraforecast.com/

IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service

Nov 21, 2007
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Because people didn't believe it existed....
<snippet>

   The following quality of service levels are available: Concorde,
   First, Business, and Coach.  Concorde class offers expedited data
   delivery.  One major benefit to using Avian Carriers is that this is
   the only networking technology that earns frequent flyer miles, plus
   the Concorde and First classes of service earn 50% bonus miles per
   packet.  Ostriches are an alternate carrier that have much greater
   bulk transfer capability but provide slower delivery, and require the
   use of bridges between domains.
</snippet>

Read the full thing here : http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549

Warning. Do not read in a quiet office - liable to outbursts of laughter. Only for the seriously geeky.
There used to be another RFC for ethernet over wet cat. I cannot for the life of me find it now. If anyone has it, can I have a copy please?

Tonight Michael, I'm Going to be..

Nov 17, 2007
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Magnum

..Magnum P.I.!!

Tonight, we are all off out to a Magnum P.I. party, so we are all (yes, even the girls) going to dress as the God that is Tom Selleck. lol

Now I am off to trawl joke shops for a suitably trashy hawaiian shirt.

Pictures to follow... ;)

Assassin's Creed

Nov 16, 2007
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X06: Assassin's Creed demo

Oooh! its finally out! :D

Check out the demo for a seriously impressive looking game.

That's it, I will be MIA for this weekend (well at least tonight) - I'm not off to play with Altair, my new man ;)

Anyone played it yet?

Kaballah Meditation for Sagittarius*

Nov 15, 2007
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72

I am changing my nature:

letting go of my negative temptations, selfishness, envy, anger and self-pity.

Goodbye.

My vessel expands as I embrace love and Light, creating more room for positive energy.

An opening in my soul, more space, as I accept that change is possible.

More Light and love as I feel the shift beginning to take hold.

I have created the space for a miracle.

(excerpted from Yehuda Berg’s 72 Names of God)

* Or Louise's random interlude..

Glaswegian Commonwealth Games

Nov 14, 2007
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As you may know, the East End of Glasgow will be hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2014. What you may not know, is that many
aspects of the games have been especially altered to embrace the culture of the area. A copy of these changes has been leaked and is
reproduced below.

OPENING CEREMONY

The flame will be ignited by a petrol bomb thrown by a native of the city. The flame will be contained in a large, overturned police van situated on the roof of the stadium.

THE EVENTS

In previous Commonwealth games Glaswegian competitors have not been particularly successful. In order to redress the balance some of the events have been altered slightly to the advantage of local athletes.

100 Metres Sprint - Competitors will have to hold a DVD player and microwave oven (one under each arm) and on the sound of the starting pistol a police dog will be released from a cage 10 yards behind the athletes.

110 Metres hurdles - As above, but with added obstacles (car bonnets, hedges, garden fences, walls, etc).

Hammer - Competitors may choose the type of hammer they wish to use (claw, sledge, etc). The winner will be the one who can cause the most physical damage within three attempts.

Fencing - Entrants will be asked to dispose of as many stolen goods as possible in 5 minutes.

Shooting - A strong challenge is expected from local men in this event. The first target will be a moving police van. In the second round competitors will aim at a Securicor officer. The traditional .22 rifle has been replaced in this event by a choice of either a Browning automatic pistol, or a sawn-off 12 bore shotgun.

Boxing - Entry to the boxing event will be restricted to husband and wife teams and will take place on a Friday night. The husband will be given 15 pints of Stella, while the wife will be told not to make him any tea when he gets home. The bout will then commence.

Cycling Time Trials - Competitors will be asked to break in to the University bike shed and take an expensive mountain bike owned by some mummy's boy on his first trip away from home, all against the clock.

Cycling pursuit - As above, but the bike will be owned by a visiting member of the Fiji rugby sevens team, who will witness the theft.

Modern Pentathlon - Amended to include mugging, breaking and entering, flashing, joyriding and arson.

Swimming Events - All waterways are currently being tested for toxicity levels. Once one is found that can support human life, swimming events will be organised. Please note that the synchronised swimming event for this year will comprise of dropping acid and watching all the funky ripples on the pool.

The Marathon - A safe route has yet to be found.

Men's 50km Walk - Unfortunately, this event will have to be cancelled as the police cannot guarantee the safety of anyone walking the streets of Dalmarnock, especially anyone who appears to be mincing.

THE CLOSING CEREMONY

Entertainment will include formation rave dancing by members of Calton Health in the Community anti-drug campaign, synchronised rock throwing and music by The Bridgeton Community Choir. The flame will be extinguished by riot police with water cannons following the inevitable drunken battle and pitch invasion by Rangers supporters.

The stadium itself will then be boarded up before the local athletes break in and remove all the copper piping and the central heating boiler.

To guarantee the entry of any athletes from the local area at all, drug testing has been waived for the duration of the games.