And We’re Back
My apologies for that brief intermission (at least I seem to be beating these guys). It turned out I really needed a break from blogging. And by God, it has been good. Don’t get me wrong, I love to write, it is just that much like people, or pretty much anything, it is killing me in the best possible way. Sometimes you need a break from that.
I recently came across a stark example of false resurrection and thought, could that happen to me? Well, I have no intention of this becoming a spam-infested wasteland. And I hope that is enough, because it’s all I’ve got.
New New New!
What, you thought I’ve just been spending the last month sitting on the couch watching Lost re-runs? You will pay for that accusation in blood. For your enjoyment, and 11 months behind schedule, db.rambleschmack.net now boasts photos. To be fair, many are imported, but there are brand new visual artefacts from New Years and Parachute.
Browsers
Speaking of which, I think I broke my site in IE again. Sorry to those of you affected by this. You know, I added one line of CSS and every page on the site moves off the screen. When I next get into the code I’ll add the appropriate hack. (And yes, I’ve also been alerted to the ‘invisible content’ bug. Man, who doesn’t love programming for IE.)
How convenient then that the Beta 2 Preview of IE has just been released. You know, I was beginning to believe, believe that Microsoft were really going to release a program that wasn’t going to hurt the internet or ordinary users. Well, there is good news for the internet, but it is not looking so good for the users. Looking at it you can’t help but wonder, what the fuck? Even more unbelievable is that the people making the worlds most widely used HTML/CSS renderer create its home page in Flash. I also wonder why on Earth it is not respecting the system settings (aren’t Microsoft the ones who make the system?), and why you must overwrite your IE6 install to use the IE7 preview. I was beginning to believe.
The Idiot Box
I recently discovered a very handy page for viewing today’s and tomorrow’s TV, which allows you to avoid the awful sites of the actual broadcasters.
It’s true that there is not a lot worth watching, but if I may suggest:
- Motorway Patrol (22:00 Tuesday, 2)
- Trailer Park Boys (23:30 Tuesday, 2)
- Fawlty Towers (19:00 Sunday, Prime)
Please offer your own picks in the comments. Prime often has some good documentaries; bizarrely, Prime appears to be catering to both the very lowest common denominator (seriously, Fox News?) and the high brow crowd at the same time. I think that really, you have to pick one of these niches.
Lighter Note
Have you had a good laugh today? Why, you ought to check out these Windows 1.01 screenshots. And in case you missed Dubya’s State of the Union address – beware the Human-Animal Hybrids! (They’ve already infiltrated the government!). I think it’s only fair to also warn you to beware the capitalists.
Every Post Needs an Image
So here’s my current cellphone wallpaper:
Dude. Those were some good photos with some even funnier comments. I look forward to the next batch.
-The General
Comment by General Lee — February 8, 2006 @ 9:16 am
Just looked at your photos: what is the “screamo” genre? Is that angry Stew music?
Comment by Santadog — February 8, 2006 @ 12:48 pm
Heh, I see that Detachable Jaw was the 6th most popular page on my site today. Impressive. Thanks for the positive comments, indeed there will be more photos in the future.
Yes Stew, in fact if you listen to a couple of the videos it comes across – completely munted, but if anything the angrier for it. I would tend to call it something like Death Metal myself, but I guess the ‘emo’ genre has a good rap (??) and they wanted to jump on that bandwagon. It made for quite a unique Parachute experience.
Comment by db — February 9, 2006 @ 12:57 am
Yeah, cool photos. I liked the layout (of the parachute ones). It’s also cool that you’ve got the old ones from home. Maybe we’ll have to go next year.
Comment by Pete — February 10, 2006 @ 3:30 pm