OT: off-topic thread

[alz]

Maybe one general OT: thread for uh.... off-topic topics?

for instance:
Ordered it awhile back, but I finally got a home computer! And it's a 2004 model!!!
http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jpg
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(weepy music: http://64.202.105.38/videos/cash_h.mov)

[Ken O]

To skirt around the movie topic, picked up a new boxed set at best buy yesterday. Not commenting on the changes that were added or subtracted to the movies (and I hope it doesn't get brought up here), but I have to say... The remastering is beautiful. I can't remember the colors ever being that vibrant.

[HBMomma]

Okay, this is fun.

I picked up Stephen King's The Dark Tower last night. Made it till midnight reading and then my 4 yo woke up and dragged me to bed. :rolleyes:

Now I'm trying to hustle my kids through their lessons so I can have time to read some more before my dh gets home tonight, at which point we will no doubt be watching that certain 4-disc set that was just released. :D

[Zombie!!]

we've tried this before, it was too much work for J. to keep checking a huge thread because it grows really really fast.. not be be a kiss-ass or anything I just think we shouldnt post OT stuff in a huge thread.

[Tad]

Zombie's right - Jonell can't just pick threads she's interested in. She has to read everything. Since CBR has a movie discussion forum, she's asked that we do the discussing there.

[jnapper]

we've tried this before, it was too much work for J. to keep checking a huge thread because it grows really really fast.. not be be a kiss-ass or anything I just think we shouldnt post OT stuff in a huge thread.

I think this one will be otay, David. If it becomes too hard for me to follow, it can close after page eight? ;)

(Alz and I had talked about a "single OT thread" a few weeks back. I wanna see how it goes.)


Zombie's right - Jonell can't just pick threads she's interested in. She has to read everything. Since CBR has a movie discussion forum, she's asked that we do the discussing there.

I don't mind some SciFi and Comic related movies/cartoons here. :)

All I want is for my pals to play nice ;)

Arg, but no 99 bottles of beer types of threads, hahahahhaha...

[jnapper]

(weepy music: http://64.202.105.38/videos/cash_h.mov)

The man in black. Haven't listened to HURT in a while.

[Ken O]

Arg, but no 99 bottles of beer types of threads, hahahahhaha...

What about 99 Ballons threads?

[JohnThompson]

What about 99 Ballons threads?
That should be fine, since "everyone's a Superhero, everyone's a Captain Kirk".

See? Fits both comic and scifi themes.:D

Alz, thanks for the Cash, great song. Damn, I wish my home computer had a steering wheel. :(

[hellboyone]

John: If you haven't picked up the album that Cash song is on, do so. If you ain't sheddin' tears before track 7, then you ain't human. :)

Okay...a sanctioned OT thread!

SKY CAPTAIN: Piles of fun! I've read many complaints about weak story and lack of character development, but I thought it did the serial thing brilliantly and that included an easy-to-follow story and one note heroes and villains. Great stuff.

GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: Gorgeous but, like many of these Japanese sci-fi movies, utterly confusing and convoluted. At the beginning I thought I was gonna be able to keep up. Mid-way, I was hopelessly lost. By the end, I was back in the driver's seat. Like many of these movies, the filmmakers like to mix their science with their philosophy and that's usually when I start losing interest. But the movie's entertaining and just beautiful.

R.

[jnapper]

I'm cleaning up my harddrive, but before I toss these forever, I thought I'd offer the pics to anyone who is into either SANDMAN or MAGIC THE GATHERING.

(The custom card pics are from eBay years ago-- can't recall the eBay ID of the person who did them.) I thought the guy would eventually do a HB card, but I never spotted one.

Snag them at http://www.hellboy.com/msg_board/temp1/
until October 1st, then they are gone ;)

[icbm1987]

I'm slightly suprised that no one here has used the MTG card maker to make any custom cards...

*searches for Link*

http://www.magic4you.nu/software/dantes/DantesCardCreator.php

I hear that it's easy to use... don't know about Mac compatibility.

Have fun with it.

icbm1987

[Ken O]

Hahahaha. Love the Magic Cards.


Rick. I agree with you completely. Loved the Sky Capt. But I have a big stack of reprints of DC's Black Hawk comics, the Spider, and G-8 and his Battle Aces.

[alz]

uses Valve's STEAM forum as an example, but humorous for any forum!

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/Posting.swf

[fitzroy]

But I have a big stack of reprints of DC's Black Hawk comics, the Spider, and G-8 and his Battle Aces.

Loved Chaykin's Black Hawk perfect bound three issue set from a while back. Big HC fan anyway.

[Ken O]

While I liked the story Chaykin wrote, I didn't like that he made it a Blackhawk story. Blackhawks were a team and a family, Chaykin never got that. It'd be like a Sgt. Rock story where Rock talked down about Easy Company.

[jnapper]

uses Valve's STEAM forum as an example, but humorous for any forum!

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/Posting.swf

hahahahahahahaHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHHAHAH!!!!

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

[Maija]

uses Valve's STEAM forum as an example, but humorous for any forum!

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/Posting.swf

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

"(you dumbass)"

[petriacce]

uses Valve's STEAM forum as an example, but humorous for any forum!

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/Posting.swfOkay, that's funny!

[icbm1987]

uses Valve's STEAM forum as an example, but humorous for any forum!

http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/Posting.swf

Hmmm... why does this seem so familiar...?

[hellgirl1886]

Lovely, and funny too

Sincerly Forum Whore, or edited, Forum Ho. :D

[E. Spears]

That's some funny stuff.

icbm--you thought the SATs were hard? Sissy :p

-ERS

[icbm1987]

That's some funny stuff.

icbm--you thought the SATs were hard? Sissy :p

-ERS

Nah... it's just that studying for them is a B*tch... and out of the practice tests I've taken... I'm not scoring very well for some reason... maybe I should take more time on the tests so that I don't get done with half the test period left...

Anyone made any Magic cards with the card maker yet?

icbm1987

[jnapper]

Anyone made any Magic cards with the card maker yet?

icbm1987

I'd love to see them if anyone does :)

[E. Spears]

icbm--
In my opinion, on big 'ol tests like the SAT, you only really need to study vocabulary. They gave me a lot of words that I swear were made up when I took it.

On the other stuff like math, either you know it or you don't know it, so studying won't help ya much.

That's just how it was for me, though. Good luck and such.

-ERS

[alz]

hahaha, D&D was made for the ladiezz

http://dungeonmajesty.com/DMteaser_lg.mov
(watch out for bugs and the red kool-aid smears!)

[jnapper]

hahaha, D&D was made for the ladiezz

http://dungeonmajesty.com/DMteaser_lg.mov
(watch out for bugs and the red kool-aid smears!)

That was funny/cute! I know it was silliness, but I like the costumes! :)

[Elegance Liberty]

I got 'F-Zero: GP Legend' today. :)

I spent maybe an hour alone just trying to beat story mode to get one car...

The 'Elegance Liberty'. :D

Yes, I am a total geek. :p But it was worth it.

*uncomfortable silence*

Uhhhh, I also got a back-issue of 'BPRD: Plauge of Frogs'...? =O

[Maija]

This is sooooooooooooo OT.

I apologize, not so much for going so wildly OT, but for the pain I am about to cause you. I share this not because I have feelings of ill will towards you, but because misery loves company.

http://www.carllewis.com/video.music.1.html

I promise never to post something so OT AND mind-scarringly horrible ever again.

[Elegance Liberty]

This is sooooooooooooo OT.

I apologize, not so much for going so wildly OT, but for the pain I am about to cause you. I share this not because I have feelings of ill will towards you, but because misery loves company.

http://www.carllewis.com/video.music.1.html

I promise never to post something so OT AND mind-scarringly horrible ever again.
You broke my brain. =(

[E. Spears]

http://www.carllewis.com/video.music.1.html
Man, that dude likes to work out.

-ERS

[hellgirl1886]

That was by far one of the scarest things I have ever seen in my entire life, must gouge eyes out with grapefruit spoon, will be right back. :evilsmile

[alz]

hahaha!
make sure you read the first lines and the last line.

[E. Spears]

hahaa. That's a nice find, Alz.

-ERS

[hellgirl1886]

Wow, so that explains the whole ward thing, and it is just creepy, he is lucky he keep that an inside thought, though very, very funny. :D

[alz]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/543459/002-6467662-0354439

Won't last long, I suspect!
me --> going to get Millennium 1st Season! 6 discs, 12 hours, all for the price of one 2 hr disc! Woot!!

[Ken O]

Holy crap that is one hell of a deal.

[bushpig]

Bushpig's turn.

Father Ted- anyone who likes british comedy owes it to themselves to check this out. very funny stuff.


Versus- japanese movie. samurai, vampires, zombies with guns. what more can i say? probably has the most bitch slaps this side of the Lifetime channel. it's done tastefully though. so she doesn't have to witness the fights.

anyways; just a couple things that i've recently seen and would like to recommend. take it or leave it. whatever.

[alz]

Man! Damn lawnmower thinks it's a bird!
http://www.flyingthingz.com/videos/skycutter40.wmv






others:
RC car...?
http://www.flyingthingz.com/videos/indycar.wmv

Flying Witch! Spooooky:
http://www.flyingthingz.com/videos/wilga.wmv

[jnapper]

Man! Damn lawnmower thinks it's a bird!
http://www.flyingthingz.com/videos/skycutter40.wmv

THAT WAS SO COOL!!!

(The other two were cool too, but I loved the lawnmower!)

What great music too!

[jnapper]

Heya, deleted a couple of postings cause the topic is more inline with a current DC thread located here: http://forums.comicbookresources.com/forumdisplay.php?f=6

Danks!

[JohnThompson]

Take a look at this! A zombie puppet show!

http://www.grimmgrottogoods.com/viewshow.html

[fitzroy]

Fantastic. Hilarious.

[F.K. Soft]

Awesome JT, thanks.

I dunno if this has already been posted, but Peter Jackson has been shooting a production video diary as shooting continues on King Kong. It's a pretty cool look into movie making, including the creation of prop turds!

http://www.kongisking.net/kong2005/proddiary/

[Teratomarty]

OK, I'm in pain, so I thought I'd spread it around. This dumb thing is addictively appealing:
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/47/

Warning: it's brought to you by the same maniacs who did www.badgerbadgerbadger.com (http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com)

[bushpig]

OK, I'm in pain, so I thought I'd spread it around. This dumb thing is addictively appealing:
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/47/


i used to love cadburry creme eggs.

until i saw that.

[petriacce]

Fun --> http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/v3/index.html*

* If you are the type that has to have instructions and can't just have fun and try something out, you might want to avoid the link.

[Ken O]

Fun --> http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/v3/index.html*

* If you are the type that has to have instructions and can't just have fun and try something out, you might want to avoid the link.

5700 is the highest I've gotten.

Make that 8900!

[Teratomarty]

This thread is such a wonderful way to waste time. Unfortunately, I don't need to waste time right now. I'm at work! I need to work! Not play with that "Grow" thingy. Nor watch the zombie puppet show. Nor even look up visual references for the Fall of Lucifer. I need to WORK! Holy carp, it's 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, I have a ton of things to do, and I'll probably end up working late. This is not right.

[petriacce]

5700 is the highest I've gotten.

Make that 8900!I scored the highest on my first try and progressively got worse and worse until I figured out the puzzle.

This thread is such a wonderful way to waste time. Unfortunately, I don't need to waste time right now. I'm at work! I need to work! Not play with that "Grow" thingy. Nor watch the zombie puppet show. Nor even look up visual references for the Fall of Lucifer. I need to WORK! Holy carp, it's 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, I have a ton of things to do, and I'll probably end up working late. This is not right.T, that's freakin hilarious. I'm laughing my butt off.

4:30 pshaw, it's almost quiting time. That stuff will be there on Monday.

[Teratomarty]

That stuff will be there on Monday.

That's what I'm afraid of.

[petriacce]

Hey, I'm here to help...

Click here if you are bored! (http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml)

[morna]

Fun --> http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/v3/index.html*

* If you are the type that has to have instructions and can't just have fun and try something out, you might want to avoid the link.
Oooo this one's addictive . I love a puzzle. managed 11500 5th try now I HAVE to solve it!

[gary bolt]

Oooo this one's addictive.


Thanks, petriacce... now Morna is a Zombie. At this rate she will soon lose the ability to feed and clothe herself.

:evilsmile

[petriacce]

Thanks, petriacce... now Morna is a Zombie.Great, now we have our own forum zombie. We are so beyond cool it hurts.At this rate she will soon lose the ability to feed and clothe herself. :evilsmileYou should be focusing on protecting your sweet, juicy brain. :p

[morna]

I've always loved Gary's brain... now I just love it MORE


agrrllggh ... sweet and juicy

and BIG!

[petriacce]

I've always loved Gary's brain... now I just love it MORE


agrrllggh ... sweet and juicy

and BIG!Eek! Hey Gary, I've heard that zombies cannot stand the sound of crunching aluminum foil, so wrapping one's head in aluminum foil is sure to ward off those insatiable eaters.

[morna]

puzzle solved.... hunger for brains subsiding....but wait what's this ... another puzzle...............

[gary bolt]

Zombie behaviour seems to be subsiding but now the subject is playing the game in random order just to see what happens. Aluminum foil is in place 'til further notice.

[alz]

stumbled across this the other night -- probably won't get it unless you've actually played the game, hahahaha

http://www.compfused.com/downloads/19ilxus/kfccounterstrike.wmv

[alz]

If I get a dog, I have to get one of these for it!

[jnapper]

If I get a dog, I have to get one of these for it!

hahahahha!!!!!!! MONKEYS!!!!!!!!

YEAH!

[alz]

similiar to the "Draw Hellboy" thread (but not HB, so I be posting here)
(I didn't draw it) hehe

coooool
http://images2.jokaroo.net/images/photoshop_drawing.gif

[fitzroy]

That is stunning

[gary bolt]

Wow, alz. That's awesome (and informative).

[jnapper]

similiar to the "Draw Hellboy" thread (but not HB, so I be posting here)
(I didn't draw it) hehe

coooool
http://images2.jokaroo.net/images/photoshop_drawing.gif

Ooooo! Cool!

[alz]

hahahahha!!!!!!! MONKEYS!!!!!!!!

YEAH!


hahahahaa
http://www.adamscountyfairgrounds.com/whiplash_the_cowboy_monkey.htm

[jnapper]

hahahahaa
http://www.adamscountyfairgrounds.com/whiplash_the_cowboy_monkey.htm

Famous monkeys!!!

[hellgirl1886]

screw the dog, I want the monkey. And I love the cadbary egg song, I love them but get heartburn ever time I eat them. :D

[King_Vold]

Whoa Alz, that looks great! An even better thing about it is that when I was watching it for the first time, each stage happened in time with the song I was listening to.

[jnapper]

Don't want to turn this into an anti-Microsoft rant thread--
just want to do a PSA about the Windows Update Service Pack 2.

Be very careful if you install it--
make sure you have a good point to do a system restore
(or a good .tib image to roll back to).

I still don't know how take/use a .tib image of my system-- but man, I'm gonna learn.

Anyhow, I had to do a System Restore on my Windows XP cause it gave about ten error messages. And then somehow, my PC thought it had Windows Media Player 9-- when it didn't-- and then it wouldn't let me install any Windows Media Player to try and at least actually have WMP on my PC.

Alz had mentioned to me that he's heard people say they've been havin' problems with Service Pack 2--
I just spaced about that until it happened to me.
(I'm gonna wait a good long while before I try using that update.)

Anyhow, it seems to be all cool now that I've done a Restore.

hahahahaha... man, it was a hectic PC day today :P

And as per usual-- THANK YOU, ALZ :)

[E. Spears]

hehe, I installed SP2 a few weeks ago. Not having any problems, nor have any of my friends. Lots of people my friends talked to have some crazy crap going on on thier machines, and they had problems with SP2.

-ERS

[Ken O]

Yeah. Alot of people are having trouble with the service pack 2 and then they call me trying to get me to fix it. I'm so glad I don't have to.

[hellgirl1886]

Up with teh rant threads, but the I know that the SP2 did cause some problems with wireless internet cards. It takes longer for the wireless cards to be recognized and if you have a very computer illiterate and impatant mother it can cause more problems, I like the little blue lines instead of the green ones. And it seems to run faster. :D

[jnapper]

Tried to find the earlier PEZ thread, but couldn't locate it, so a special yay for the OT thread!

Laugh all you want at PEZ, but my friends, a HELLBOY PEZ would be very cool/fun for this reason alone!!!!

http://www.engadget.com/entry/4337802701277657/

(link via Alz, provider of cool links)

[Ken O]

Awww. Thats cool. I still want Hellboy Pez. :(

I love Pez, my glow in the dark skull is fun, but Hellboy would be better.

[KoryBing]

As long as we're posting weird, random things, here's this.

http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/sexy.swf

[jnapper]

As long as we're posting weird, random things, here's this.

http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/sexy.swf

I *love* Alan Rickman!!!! This was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The hypno-wheel killed me!

[morna]

Ya me too! Alan Rickman rules! I'm gonna have to check it out with sound.



The edit: Ah yes... way too sexy! heh heh heh

[DonneFan]

LMAO! Have any of y'all seen the other "potter puppet" stuff? Its all pretty riotous, but i thought that this one was the best, http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/125471

[hellgirl1886]

What the F***.
Poor Alan Rickman, the puppets were creepy, expecially nake time.

Sorry Had to share
http://allmystapler.ytmnd.com/
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/199822

[King_Vold]

As long as we're posting weird, random things, here's this.

http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/sexy.swf

In the same vein (that vein being Alan Rickman images put with "I'm Too Sexy"):

http://diana.slashcity.com/Video/sexy.rm

(10 MB download).

[alz]

Pcitures from the movie. Nothing really to say accept "Cooooool...."

http://www.flickaddict.com/article13.html

[jnapper]

Pcitures from the movie. Nothing really to say accept "Cooooool...."

http://www.flickaddict.com/article13.html

That dome architecture looked so cool! Wonder where that is--

Unrelated, a cool poster pic/link (from Alz too) :p New Willie Wonka movie:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/p-wonka.jpg

[jnapper]

One more cool link from Alz:
November Aurora Borealis pics:
http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01nov04.htm

[Maija]

That dome architecture looked so cool! Wonder where that is--

It's the Pantheon (http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.html) in Rome.

Those are amazine Aurora pics! But they aggravate me, because if they were that intense that far south, they were probably spectacular here-- but it was OVERCAST!! AG! I hope it clears off tonight.

This time last year I was flying from Hamilton from Thunder Bay just as another major mass ejection was hitting the atmosphere. It was the most spectacular display of the Aurora I've ever seen, and was especially spectacular when seen from an airplane, kinda like the first photo in this gallery (http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01nov03.html), which is of the same storm. I tried not to think about all the x-rays going through my body though. :p

Huh. By funny coinkydink, I sorta know the guy that took that photo, or know of him. He runs this site in Calgary: Aurora Chasers (http://www.aurorachasers.com/) where you can set up to receive alerts for when the Aurora will be visible in your area (which can be anywhere, just with varying frequency).

According to his clear sky clock, it's going to be overcast again tonight and tomorrow. :(

[jnapper]

It's the Pantheon (http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.html) in Rome.

Ooo! Danks, Ruta! And THANKS for the link to that website!!!

It was the most spectacular display of the Aurora I've ever seen, and was especially spectacular when seen from an airplane, kinda like the first photo in this gallery (http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/gallery_01nov03.html), which is of the same storm.


hahhahaa-- I didn't even dink to look for past pics-- doh'h!! Those are intense.

I just noticed that this one is animated:
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/images2003/16nov03/clay1.gif

[alz]

Whew.... wtf is this cross-marketing?

http://download.theforce.net/target/heidarth_genvir.mov

[jnapper]

http://download.theforce.net/target/heidarth_genvir.mov

hahahaha!!! :)

Fun/silly!


wtf is this cross-marketing?

http://www.target.com/wakeup

I love that little Target Bulls-Eye dog--

[alz]

http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka6.jpg
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka5.jpg
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka4.jpg
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka3.jpg
CRAP! NO WEIRD OOMPALOOPAS???
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka2.jpg
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka1.jpg

[jnapper]

http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/image/wwonka6.jpg

Augustus Gloop!!

[petriacce]

I sure hope they tie in a real candy bar contest. I'd love to visit the Chocolate Factory. :D

[jnapper]

I sure hope they tie in a real candy bar contest.

oooooo! That would be coooool...

[petriacce]

Anyone else who uses hotmail notice the 250MB storage w/10MB attachment upgrades? Nice... I know other providers already have this but I don't like having a lot of e-mail addresses. I've had my hotmail account for a long time.

[KoryBing]

Wow, Jonny Depp looks good no matter what you dress him in.

I'm...hesitant...about those Oompa Loompas.

[Elegance Liberty]

Anyone else who uses hotmail notice the 250MB storage w/10MB attachment upgrades? Nice... I know other providers already have this but I don't like having a lot of e-mail addresses. I've had my hotmail account for a long time.
Yup. It's wonderful too. =]

Aww man. I've had acid indigestion all day long. D= It *hurts* too.

Also, since my birthday is coming up, which graphic novel/trade paperback should I get? B.P.R.D: Hollow Earth or the new BPRD one? (My room is almost always a mess, so I get graphic novels and stuff to save space)

Right now, my birthday shopping list includes:

* A new shirt, a pair of boots and a shawl/pancho
* Some video games ('Dead or Alive Ultimate' and 'Metroid Prime 2: Echos')
* CANDY!!! =] (Gummi worms/bears, licorice, fudge... you name it!)
* Hellboy movie calendar and the 3 pug calendars out now

Dad says he's going to get me the Hellboy: Directors Cut, if all goes well. Ooooh, I can't wait! =]

[King_Vold]

Also, since my birthday is coming up, which graphic novel/trade paperback should I get? B.P.R.D: Hollow Earth or the new BPRD one? (My room is almost always a mess, so I get graphic novels and stuff to save space)

If it's a choice between those two, I'd recommend Hollow Earth over Soul of Venice. My $0.02.

Goddamn Johnny Depp looks awesome as Wonka. Is that a regular Oompa Loompa or a Wonkavision Oompa Loompa? 'Cause it looks pretty techno-outfitted to me, so that would be my guess.

[gary bolt]

If it's a choice between those two, I'd recommend Hollow Earth over Soul of Venice. My $0.02.

I agree with King. Hollow Earth is more "must have" and Soul of Venice is more "filler". Two more cents.

[Maija]

Groovy car!

http://pixelounge.com/movies/robot.mpg

This is in Vancouver, but I've never seen this ad on Canadian TV. Weird.

[Tad]

You know the guy who used to be in Rick's avatar and modified into Hellboy?

His work. And that of his group. He showed it to us last week at our Sketchbook Sessions.

The Hellboy connection never ends.

[petriacce]

Groovy car!

http://pixelounge.com/movies/robot.mpg

This is in Vancouver, but I've never seen this ad on Canadian TV. Weird.Wow, real life Transformers. Just shows that the "real life" movie is such a possibility. I hope it happens.

[Maija]

You know the guy who used to be in Rick's avatar and modified into Hellboy?

His work. And that of his group. He showed it to us last week at our Sketchbook Sessions.

The Hellboy connection never ends.

Cool! So you know the secret of how it was done.

My brain says "Guy in a suit!" but a guy couldn't fit in that-- though maybe if it was a green suit that could be matted out in post.

[jnapper]

You know the guy who used to be in Rick's avatar and modified into Hellboy?

His work. And that of his group. He showed it to us last week at our Sketchbook Sessions.

The Hellboy connection never ends.

hahaha! COOL!

(Great link, Ruta!)

[fitzroy]

They've just started running that ad over here. Love it.

[fitzroy]

Friend sent me this (Zef)
So true it hurts

http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20041116

[Tad]

The background is a live action plate. The robot is pure CG animation, brilliantly lit (although not literally) with the choreography mocapped from the guy who works with Justin Timberlake... I think. One of the boy bands. Rick will probably remember.

He got so excited he jumped up on the tables and mimiced the dance perfectly. All the artists followed him into the street bring the traffic on Riverside Drive to a screeching halt as he made a triangle behind him and lapsed into our Thriller routine.

That Rick. Anything to lead the discussion back to zombies. ;)

[Maija]

That's some terrific CG. Yes, brilliantly lit.

He got so excited he jumped up on the tables and mimiced the dance perfectly. All the artists followed him into the street bring the traffic on Riverside Drive to a screeching halt as he made a triangle behind him and lapsed into our Thriller routine.

Now THAT I want to see a video of!!!

And it's Eric, right? (Scraping my brain back to SDCC so long ago)

[Maija]

Some other OT hilarity, this time actually comic book related!

Superman is a dick. (http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58040)

[morna]

hey we were just there last weekend and I never saw any dancing citroens.


damn

[jnapper]

He got so excited he jumped up on the tables and mimiced the dance perfectly. All the artists followed him into the street bring the traffic on Riverside Drive to a screeching halt as he made a triangle behind him and lapsed into our Thriller routine.

LOL!

Friend sent me this (Zef)
So true it hurts

http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20041116

Fitz, that PVPonline cartoon is hilarious!

[Maija]

HAHAHA! Somehow I missed Fitz's link.

That is too sadly true. I told a friend of mine there's no way I'd be seeing Ep III in the theatre. He replied in a Yoda voice: "You will be. YOU WILL BE."

[jnapper]

Some other OT hilarity, this time actually comic book related!

Superman is a dick. (http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=58040)

Those Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen covers/comics are priceless!! hahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!

[Elegance Liberty]

heh heh. After the craptastic month I've been having so far, those comic covers gave me a much-needed laugh.

[zefo]

check out the rooster teeth (http://www.redvsblue.com) guys.

these people make gamea into a movie. i think they do a really good job. they just started a new one called stranger hood, made in the sims 2.

my favorite's still red vs blue though. it;s made in halo

church"poor jimmy was the last to go. tex pulled out his skull and beat him to death with it"

tucker"what? how do you beat some one to death with their own skull? it's physicaly impossable."

church"thats what jimmy kept saying!"
*FLASH BACK*
jimmy" this doesnt seem physicaly possable! ug *dead*

another good site is the heart is a lonely hunter (http://www.heartisalonelyhunter.com) (also made in halo)

[Elegance Liberty]

I still dislike Halo with a passion, but I know good humor when I see it.

That said, I love Red vs. Blue. Heh heh.

[el seth]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2004/20041020l.jpg

[jnapper]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2004/20041020l.jpg

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA!!!

That killed me!!!

[Elegance Liberty]

I don't like Lost in the slightest, but I do love 'Penny Arcade'. :D

[Elegance Liberty]

OH YEAH.

I got my learners permit today!!!! :D :D

Pretty soon, I will be able to drive down to the comic shop m'self! :p

But man! I said I'd get it before my birthday, and I DID!!! YES! :D

[petriacce]

OH YEAH.

I got my learners permit today!!!! :D

Pretty soon, I will be able to drive down to the comic shop m'self! :p

But man! I said I'd get it before my birthday, and I DID!!! YES! :DWell, Congratulations. Just be careful, no matter how tempting, not to read your comics while driving. ;)

[Catlin]

Argh, I feel so out of it *sobs* I need more computer time.

But on a happier note I have a new avatar I made. Inspired by my loan officer, encouraged by my senior :D

[el seth]

So... anyone else playing Half-Life 2 (http://www.half-life2.com/)?

It is quite astounding, but I can't in good conscience finish it until I make some upgrades so I can play it the way it was meant.

The people are frighteningly real, however, even on a crappy pc like mine.

[zefo]

hey! red vs blue was in the paper today!the journals USA weekend part had a piece on machinima.

i can't wait to get sims 2, they have movie making stuff and i have a great idea. :evilsmile muahahahahaha, an eeeevil idea

[Elegance Liberty]

So... anyone else playing Half-Life 2 (http://www.half-life2.com/)?

It is quite astounding, but I can't in good conscience finish it until I make some upgrades so I can play it the way it was meant.

The people are frighteningly real, however, even on a crappy pc like mine.
I want Half-Life 2 so bad..... D=

[alz]

haw haw

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/11/marvel_sues.html

[jnapper]

haw haw

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/11/marvel_sues.html

Haha, clever-- at first I thought this was for real! :p

[Ken O]

haw haw

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/11/marvel_sues.html


I love it. Obviously City of Heroes fans.

[E. Spears]

Haha. Funny find, Alz. :D.

-ERS

[petriacce]

Schweet! I'm not a huge poster fan but I've wanted to get this one before. I finally found it and at a decent price. Uh, sweety...I found my Christmas present don't worry about getting anything else. What...you've already left the house to go shopping...I just missed you...well I tried.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=82498&item=2289298471&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Tad]

Just hang it out of reach of the little guy when he hits crayola age!

[petriacce]

Just hang it out of reach of the little guy when he hits crayola age!Ha...ugh...I hope he'll at least color inside the lines. :D

[Shadowfax32]

Congrats on winning the poster, Patrick!

Michelle

[alz]

random commercials...

http://photos.imageevent.com/ryoni/videos/leather_commercial.wmv
http://photos.imageevent.com/ryoni/videos/vod.wmv

[jnapper]

Tweaked this thread a little this morning per some emails that were waiting for me. If your posting was deleted, I sometimes try to write members a note-- maybe check for a letter from me, thanks. :)

hahhahaha, just a general reminder for everyone-- please, no topics even remotely related to politics or gender issues on this forum. It really does make everything easier for me. :) Those topics are appropriate to the Community Forum at http://forums.comicbookresources.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23.

Thanks again!
jnapper

[jnapper]

random commercials...

http://photos.imageevent.com/ryoni/videos/leather_commercial.wmv
http://photos.imageevent.com/ryoni/videos/vod.wmv

hahahahhaha!!!! That first one was awesome! :)

(Both were very clever!!!)

[alz]

FOUND: Rasputin's 1st attempt to summon Anung un Ramai

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041115/stonehenge.html

[zefo]

guess what. i found my canibal barbies.

i was going to make a movie about them but before my crew could get together we lost the barbies. turns out they were under the bed. I'm still missing 1 though.

along with canibal barbies i will start putting the stripper hippos on the net.

i know it sounds wrong, but nothing....bad...is shown.

[Hellsaint]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=82498&item=2289298471&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Oh man that is a gorgeous piece! You lucky dog you! :)

Jeez. Now my exams are over, i have to wait for three months til my enlistment to the army... Any suggestions on plans to make? :confused:
Taking up a job is one...

[alz]

haha
Wookies hate it when you take the last of the coffee!

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/mov/espn1.mov

[petriacce]

Give this a try: http://www.cyborgname.com/

Here's mine:

http://www.cyborgname.com/cybimages/P/edox-PATRICK.jpg

- or my dual mode -

http://www.cyborgname.com/cybimages/P/edox-PETRIACCE.jpg

[Maija]

Hahaha! Good ol' Lore. (Fitzgerald Sjoberg who is not dead (http://slumbering.lungfish.com/index.php?p=imalive.1101173718) )

http://www.cyborgname.com/cybimages/R/handyvac-RUTA.jpg

But you knew that. :evilsmile

[zefo]

this thing knows me .

[alz]

LOTR: rotk Extended DVD trailer:

http://progressive2.stream.aol.com/newline/gl/newline/lordoftherings/ReturnOfTheKing/videos/NoMansExtndCut_700_dl.mov

[alz]

Some guy shows up what our favorite cartoon character's skeleton looks like!

http://michaelpaulus.com/albums/character-Skeletons/Charlie_profile_site.jpg


http://michaelpaulus.com/gallery/character-Skeletons

[morna]

WOW !! Thanks Alz. I love that stuff. I have made an inquiry - I'll let you know if anything comes of it.

[jnapper]

I gleaned these from some threads I had saved... if you like, send me any I didn't happen to have in threads and I'll add them to the directories--

http://hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/pirates_2004/
http://hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/cowboys_2004/
http://hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/christmas_2004/

[Leo]

Okay, this is fun.

I picked up Stephen King's The Dark Tower last night. Made it till midnight reading and then my 4 yo woke up and dragged me to bed. :rolleyes:

Speaking of King, has anyone read "Black House" and/or the compliation of short stories he brought out "Everything's Eventual" ? If not, I highly recommend them.

alz - That's really nifty! A skeletal Charlie Brown, I love it!

P.S does anyone else have keep re-submitting their posts because of spelling mistakes, or is it just me being careless? I think my keyboard hates me O.o

[Maija]

I gleaned these from some threads I had saved... if you like, send me any I didn't happen to have in threads and I'll add them to the directories--

http://hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/pirates_2004/
http://hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/cowboys_2004/
http://hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/christmas_2004/

HAHAHAHA!! Those make me happy too. :) Good times! We're such a fun bunch.

But I don't know if it's the snowflakes in it or what, but something about Patrick's avatar made me think of Christmas TV specials with jazzy piano music...

[morna]

Ruta you sleigh me!

[petriacce]

Peanut JusticeHa...that's excellent.

Thanks Jonell for the recap. I really love this place.

[zefo]

hey lady j, 30 second bunnies (http://www.angryalien.com) came out with scream, TX chainsaw, and freddy vs jason

[jnapper]

hey lady j, 30 second bunnies (http://www.angryalien.com) came out with scream, TX chainsaw, and freddy vs jason

Thanks, zefo. TX Chainsaw was too scary for me to watch in on screen, so the bunnies version was a great sub!

[icbm1987]

http://www.wc3campaigns.com/showthread.php?t=68980

Check it out,

It's truly a wonderful work of art, and the style... it's simply awesome!

*fades into the darkness*


--------
merging thread to OT thread :)
---jnapper

[Hellsaint]

http://www.wc3campaigns.com/showthread.php?t=68980

Check it out,

It's truly a wonderful work of art, and the style... it's simply awesome!

*fades into the darkness*



Well i'll be damned... Its good! i loved it. Thanks for sharing icbm :)

[BeanSprout]

http://www.wc3campaigns.com/showthread.php?t=68980

Check it out,

It's truly a wonderful work of art, and the style... it's simply awesome!

*fades into the darkness*



Fantastic story. Thanks. :)

[alz]

TX Chainsaw was too scary for me to watch in on screen, so the bunnies version was a great sub!

*fiendishly rubs hands together*
Oh you will watch... yes you will!











BWHAHAHAHAHAAHAA!
REDRUM!

[fitzroy]

Check this out (see also Sin City movie thread)

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2655362?htv=12

[alz]

hahah, awesome!
Wish it was a different story (I'd never read that particular story?)

Personally I find Alpo too salty.

direct link:
http://www.pitchfilms.com/video/Rats_04_high.mov

[alz]

'The Unsomnambulist' attended a screening of "The Bourne Supremacy" last night at Arclight Cinemas that was followed by a Q & A with producer Frank Marshall. Here's his report:

"Nothing terribly new and surprising to come of it. Frank mentioned that "The Bourne Ultimatum" was currently being written for a 2006 shoot start, since Matt Damon is busy til then, as is director Paul Greengrass who'll return after helming the "Watchmen" comic adaptation.

Nooooo!!!
Greengrass is the one thing that screwed up Supremacy -- with all it's damn shakey cam $#!t. I'd like to actually see Jason kick ass, not sense it.

:(

[jnapper]

Nooooo!!!
Greengrass is the one thing that screwed up Supremacy -- with all it's damn shakey cam $#!t. I'd like to actually see Jason kick ass, not sense it.

:(

I'm totally psyched for a new sequel, but the shakey cam in BOURNE SUPREMACY was pretty hard for me to watch for the first fifteen minutes/ etc.

I'm a novice to all this, but what's the rationalization for hand held filming? Is it so that the shots are more "life like" in perspective?

Hahahahhaha... when I'm looking at something with my eyes, I don't shake around to get that effect :P

Hopefully, the soundtrack will kick as much butt as much as the first two! ;)

[jnapper]

*fiendishly rubs hands together*
Oh you will watch... yes you will!

BWHAHAHAHAHAAHAA!
REDRUM!

Seven Days!!!

[alz]

I'm a novice to all this, but what's the rationalization for hand held filming? Is it so that the shots are more "life like" in perspective?


It keeps your eyes more actively engaged with the picture -- which is what real-life does (you're always looking around, not just looking straight ahead). So it simulates your realworld responsiveness to new information, by the darting and zooming, as well as amplifying the perceived energy of the moment.

In contrast though, I think the fight scenes in Bourne Identity were more visceral-true telling in their stark (more open, less jittery/blurry) camera framing than the frantic shake in the sequel. Idenity=you witness the event, Supremacy=you are the event.

:)

[zefo]

my mom got carsic watching that movie

[Leo]

Give this a try: http://www.cyborgname.com/

Hmm, well I gave that a try. Maybe I'll put in my actually name sometime, eh? its remarkably apt.

http://www.cyborgname.com/cyborger.cgi?acronym=LEO&robotchoice=governor2k3

Anyone mind cluing me in on why its not displaying a picture? Seems I've not got the hang of putting images on here....

[petriacce]

That doesn't sound very exciting LEO. ;) Maybe Leo E (the extra e is for extermination maybe - now you're talking)

[Leo]

That doesn't sound very exciting LEO. ;) Maybe Leo E (the extra e is for extermination maybe - now you're talking)


:p Still apt though, I ain't an exterminating kind of person. ;) but it did come up with something interesting! Gotta love my real name now. heh.

http://www.cyborgname.com/cyborger.cgi?acronym=BECK&robotchoice=edox

or this one. ah well
http://www.cyborgname.com/cyborger.cgi?acronym=leo+h&robotchoice=edox

[Catlin]

Hey, does anyone have AIM? Work gets so boring! AIM me, please AIM me!!

[Hellsaint]

eh? Whats AIM? :confused: *asked the boy in thick framed glasses*

[Catlin]

AIM is the free AOL chat server: www.aim.com :)

[Hellsaint]

Ooooh... Man I'm outdated and 19... Help! :eek:

[Catlin]

:) Tis cool.

Grr, have to actually get back to studying. Why did I opt to take grad-school prep courses, why?!

[Hellsaint]

I'm looking some universities in canada, ubc and simonfraser are the only ones i know...

[morna]

Go man! you can visit me! or UVIC - it's even closer!

[Hellsaint]

Sigh... Its all up to my parents. UVIC i'll check up on that place. Thanks morna.
All i want is to feel Canada, its a great place :)

[SpydaWeb]

Visit the site and check it out... http://www.waroftheworlds.com/

[jnapper]

Visit the site and check it out... http://www.waroftheworlds.com/

Whao! Thanks for the link, Spydaweb-- I hadn't seen that trailer yet!

(Always hoping that life beyond earth won't crush us.)

[alz]

DL:
http://movies.apple.com/movies/paramount/waroftheworlds/waroftheworlds_m480.mov

You'd almost think that this was the movie Spielberg would have made before Close Encounters (ie. evil vs. benign)

ps.
Here's an album cover I just finished for some friends (I haven't done are in awhile, so it was a good exercise to see how rusty I was):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/alz/CD-Version.jpg

[Shadowfax32]

Hey, does anyone have AIM? Work gets so boring! AIM me, please AIM me!!

Naiad, feel free to AIM me anytime at k p t b y m i c h e l l e. That goes for anyone here on the board too! I love talking to anyone.

Michelle

[SpydaWeb]

Hey, does anyone have AIM? Work gets so boring! AIM me, please AIM me!!

Get's boring? I want your job. Free time, and get paid for it??
Incidentally, since I sense a trend here.. my aim id... spydawebm

Don't be surprised if you can't find me online though :) Some of us *cough* actually work over here.

[jnapper]

ps.
Here's an album cover I just finished for some friends (I haven't done are in awhile, so it was a good exercise to see how rusty I was):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/alz/CD-Version.jpg

I love those cats, especially the one on the left--
Uber cool pyramid and tree too!
(That sky must have taken forever-- cool shift from night to day.)

Is the logo the name of the band or the CD?

[alz]

LOGO = band(?) name

I'm not sure what the final layout is with the text -- I should ask him for a copy!

[alz]

http://mp3content01.bcst.yahoo.com/bmfroot02/BMFShare02/yahoomovies/4/10140065.mov

[Catlin]

Get's boring? I want your job. Free time, and get paid for it??
Incidentally, since I sense a trend here.. my aim id... spydawebm

Don't be surprised if you can't find me online though :) Some of us *cough* actually work over here.

I am a junior loan processor. I spend all day on the comp, dealing with all my loans. Plus all of my loan officers are on AIM, so.... ;)

[petriacce]

http://www.steinitzskulls.com/

[zefo]

i work at my parents store. some times i build computers, but usualy i just water the plants then play games

[Otto66]

Patrick? With all that snow in your avatar, I fear that LoJo may have
gone out without his muffler. :D
(said in a worried that LoJo will catch cold manner)

[hellgirl1886]

These may or may not be off topic, but on one of my other forums (Punisher) they actually have a hellboy smiley, which I have used, I was trying to show on the board but was unable to. I shall try again.

[E. Spears]

You need to use the IMG tags on that smiley; copy the image location and put the IMG tags around it.

-ERS

[jnapper]

http://mp3content01.bcst.yahoo.com/bmfroot02/BMFShare02/yahoomovies/4/10140065.mov

Oh coolness!
I tried the link (the day it was posted) and it wouldn't work for me-- but now it's playing!

This trailer, even though bright and happy, made me feel like "oooo-- something dark is coming!" (That might just be the Tim Burton-ness of it though?)

In the original movie, I always freaked when they go through the psychadelic tunnel on the little boat. It always scares me-- I can't wait to see how they do that scene for the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie!

I wonder if it'll be a musical with the songs from the first movie? As a kid I gasped when Gene Wilder was singing in the Candy Garden room and then he drank out of the buttercup and then bit into it! It was so cool :)

[jnapper]

http://www.steinitzskulls.com/

Patrick, that was hilarious-- the "energy field" comparisons made me LOL :)

[jnapper]

http://ia200117.eu.archive.org/hdd1/movies/gta_lego_city/gta_lego_city.mov

(Thanks, Alz!)

[el seth]

Anyone go to the theater this weekend? I saw Blade: Trinity and Ocean's 12. I'd never seen Ocean's Eleven, but my parents made me go with them, and it was lot of fun even if I didn't know what the heck was going on some of the time.

There were two trailers of very serious note in front of Ocean's 12: The New Batman Movie (http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=batmanbegins.avi) trailer, which is pretty awesome, and a new Constantine trailer, which isn't online, but was AWESOME. I mean, yeah. Keanu comes across WAY better in this one. And no matter how bad it might be, there is no way it can be as bad as Blade: Trinity was. Hoo-boy.

[zefo]

i saw blade. it wasn't half bad

[el seth]

I liked the humor (including some incredible "I've gotta write that down!" profanity) and about half to three fouths of the action was sweet. Everything else (mostly the drama) was just amazingly bad. And Drake.

So for me, it was like someone gave me some ice cream and then hit me in the head with a hammer. Sure, I like ice cream, but you just hit me in the head with a hammer!!

[Hellsaint]

Funny stuff i saw in my email. :)

Malaysian Technology Achievement

After digging to a depth of 100m last year, Russian scientists
found traces of copper wiring dating back 1000 years, and came
to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone
network one thousand years ago.

So as not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American
scientists dug 200m, and headlines in the US newspapers read:

"US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibers
and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high
tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians."

One week later, a Malaysian scientist En Mat Jeng Jeng, reported
the following: "After digging as deep as 500m at Tg.Kicap,
Malaysian scientists found absolutely nothing.

They have concluded that 5000 years ago,their ancestors were
already using Wireless mobile phones."

The worst part about the article is that it was printed in the Malaysian newspaper last year :eek:

[jnapper]

One week later, a Malaysian scientist En Mat Jeng Jeng, reported
the following: "After digging as deep as 500m at Tg.Kicap,
Malaysian scientists found absolutely nothing.

They have concluded that 5000 years ago,their ancestors were
already using Wireless mobile phones."

hahahaha-- cute! :)

[petriacce]

Patrick? With all that snow in your avatar, I fear that LoJo may have gone out without his muffler. :D
(said in a worried that LoJo will catch cold manner)No worries about LJ. He's using his fantabulous lobster branding glove to keep himself nice and toasty.

[HBMomma]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Oooo...I hadn't seen this trailer, either. It looks cool, and the music definitely got stuck in my head! I dunno, though. The first one always freaked me out, too, the whole thing. I liked it, but it was a watch-the-train-wreck kind of like. It just always felt like a nightmare to me. And now, as an adult, anything that involves a man who Refuses To Grow Up just reeks of child molester. (Suspicious Mom-Hormones are no doubt involved in that opinion.)

I'll probably see it on DVD; anything Depp is worth watching at least on DVD. ;) Not sure about letting my kids see it, though. (That probably sounds weird considering the fact that I let them watch Hellboy, but I pre-screened it too!)

[alz]

yummy

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/constantine/trailer/trailer_hi/trailer_a.mov

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/batmanbegins/trailer/trailer_hi/trailer_a.mov

[jnapper]

yummy

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/constantine/trailer/trailer_hi/trailer_a.mov

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/batmanbegins/trailer/trailer_hi/trailer_a.mov

CONSTANTINE and BATMAN BEGINS trailers!!!!!!! Yes!!! Thanks for posting these-- I haven't been able to see the trailers in the theatres yet!

[Ken O]

Loving the Batman trailer, Keanustine had me screaming four letter words at the screen.

[el seth]

Loving the Batman trailer, Keanustine had me screaming four letter words at the screen.

The demons look cool. I've never read the comic, so... yeah. I can sort of pretend it's okay.

And Batman is of course awesome, although I dunno about the Mortal Kombat ninjas. And Goyer worries me, but hey everyone else working on the thing's a damned genuis, so we should be okay.

[Hellsaint]

:D
(said in a worried that LoJo will catch cold manner)
Hmmm... Big smiley and a worried look... Wouldn't the face be distorted?! :D

[hellboyone]

Someone just pointed this out to me. Check out GOOGLE's Language Tools section and give the selected languages a once-over. See any peculiar listings?

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

R.

[morna]

Klingon!!! Kool

[E. Spears]

My default language for google was 'hacker' once. It was funny when it told me to try not using quotation marks by saying "get rid of the damn quotes" in leet speak.

-ERS

[alz]

Awesome.....


http://video.search.yahoo.com/


hellboy:
http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&p=hellboy

[alz]

no idea

http://posterestante.org/img/dariya.jpg

[petriacce]

no idea.

:confused: :eek: :confused:

[JohnThompson]

no idea
Hooray for Bollywood!

[Hellsaint]

Hahaha... Spiderwoman meets Superman...
Interesting :)

[Maija]

jnapper, you will have to add petriacce's updated animated avatar, Sir Edward's updated avatar and John Thompson's avatar to your Christmas avatar collection!

[jnapper]

jnapper, you will have to add petriacce's updated animated avatar, Sir Edward's updated avatar and John Thompson's avatar to your Christmas avatar collection!

Cool!

Done:
http://www.hellboy.com/msg_board/happy/christmas_2004/

[zefo]

3 things that really suck

1. having tribune and finding blood moon(morrowind expantion packs), but both of your morrowind CDs go missing

2. having halo 2, but no xbox

3. people outside your little ring of friends.

on a lighter note, i have only 2 finals left and can toss myself out of the festering wound that is BBCHS at 9:30!

yippy for christmas break!

[Hellsaint]

the BBCHS? :confused:

Anyway, good for you zefo :)

[zefo]

BBCHS is my school. BB (county, not tellin), Central High School

[Hellsaint]

Ok... Fine. Go figure :rolleyes:

[JohnThompson]

Strange turn of events for Todd McFarlane:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story%3Fid%3D1948920

[hellboyone]

Strange turn of events for Todd McFarlane:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story%3Fid%3D1948920

That's whatcha get for buying worthless baseballs.

R.

[Hellsaint]

What-the-hell... Thats so CRAPPY!!
Man... Really pity Todd McFarlane though not really a Spawn fan.

[fitzroy]

The new movie by bunnies is up, and a festive one at that...

It's a Wonderful Life

http://www.angryalien.com/

[jnapper]

The new movie by bunnies is up, and a festive one at that...

It's a Wonderful Life

http://www.angryalien.com/

Thanks, Fitzroy :) That was cool, plus it gave me the opportunity to watch that excellent SHINING one again!!

[zefo]

i just finished watching shaun of the dead, and have made an emergency zombie escape plan

1.stop at the store and get food
2. go to library and get books on survival
3. go get guns, knives, and pointy objects
4. go to dock, picking up survivors along the way, steal a boat, and sail off to some uninhabited island
OR
4.live underground and become a mole-man

[jnapper]

Some cool Sidewalk Art/Paintings by Kurt Wenner:
http://www.kurtwenner.com/images/diesira.jpg
http://www.kurtwenner.com/images/skywoman.jpg

Q&A: http://www.kurtwenner.com/q-and-a.htm

[alz]

cool! those drawing are neat -- wish they'd show them without the perspective :P

[icbm1987]

Holy S***!
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[petriacce]

I'm working on a huge family tree project for my son. It is important for me to know my family history. I can only go back to my grandparents and one great grandparent. It's weird to me that neither side of my family has really kept up with this information. I'm finally asking people for information and looking up quite a bit on the internet. This is a BIG job.

Has anyone else looked up historical family information and can possibly recommend a web site or two that actually give worthwhile information? Thanks.

[jnapper]

I'm working on a huge family tree project for my son. It is important for me to know my family history. I can only go back to my grandparents and one great grandparent. It's weird to me that neither side of my family has really kept up with this information. I'm finally asking people for information and looking up quite a bit on the internet. This is a BIG job.

Has anyone else looked up historical family information and can possibly recommend a web site or two that actually give worthwhile information? Thanks.

I think that's an awesome thing you're doing, Patrick-- and you're right, it is a HUGE job. I'm sorry I can't recommend anything (personally) about using the internet for the task-- I was lucky, my father's cousin did gobs of research for my dad's side of the family back in the 1970s. It went back to the 1700's solely in Amerca-- basically, it was a family tree with notarized photocopies of birth and death enteries from Bibles and such.

I can't remember a thing about using U.S. Census on microfilm, but I know most state/university libraries can point you in the right direction.

When I was in high school, I was able to note about 5 generations on my mom's side from my grandfather-- my mom is second generation American, so that was a task.

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/Genealogy/
http://www.census.gov/population/www/ancestry.html
http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/census.htm

Good luck! Maybe you'll find a scallywag in your past. One of my ancestors found buried silver right after the Civil War and blew it all on gambling!

[petriacce]

Thanks Jonell. Yeah, digging up information can be interesting. I've already found out that one of my uncles had an extra kid that I never knew about. I also found out that two of my cousins' were named after my grandparents (first name only), which means I share a name with one of them. They have always gone by their middle names so I didn't know. I asked me dad (their uncle) and he didn't know either. His side is going to be difficult for obvious reasons. ;)

[HBMomma]

Has anyone else looked up historical family information and can possibly recommend a web site or two that actually give worthwhile information? Thanks.

Wow, good luck with that. It's quite a project for most folks, I know that much. We got lucky and one of my mom's cousins married into the LDS church (that's Mormon) and they have really awesome resources for researching ancestry.

(It's because of that we found out that my husband and I are actually related.

No, seriously.

Quit looking at me like that! It's by marriage; he had a great-aunt that married one of my great-uncles. Really weird coincidence, though; we met like 2000 miles away from where they did, it's not like we're all from the same state, even.

Okay, my ancestry *is* a lot like a soap opera. I have *four* relatives out there somewhere who were given up for adoption as babies!)

Um, anyway...what was my point? Oh yeah, Mormons. Know any? Ask them. :D

[Bailzzararco]

I am interested in my family tree. I had one in my baby book, but my mom borrowed my baby book, forgot that she borrowed it, and I feel guilty about asking about it. I really want it back. My grandfather on my dad's side was very interested in geneology and found literally books full of records going all the way back to the 1700's. On my mom's side of the family things are vastly different. There are huge gaps in it, and even though I have prodded, my mom seems reluctant to tell me more about her family. She comes from East Berlin and grew up in (circa 1952) Germany. Although I have heard a few ancedotal stories, I really know next to nothing about that side of my family. Currently, I have only ONE relative (that I know of) in Germany, who is my mom's sister. The rest of the family all perished in the war. The furthest back I could find on my mom's side is a Vicktor Kreish, who would be my mother's great grandfather. I also have seen some photos my mom had, but my mom doesn't know who they are, or how they're related, she just knows for sure they're family. They look like your typical old timey black and white pictures of unsmiling over dressed uncomfortably looking people. I warrant the must have been wealthy, juding from their clothing. Encase you're wondering, they were not Jews, so they didn't disappear because of the Holocaust. So if you do take family pictures, always write names on the back, you never know....hundreds of years from now someone may have no idea who is in that photo, but they will sure wish they did. Lately I keep wanting to ask my mom again about her family, because I find it so strange there IS no family, I keep wanting to ask her,"Where the hell is the REST of my family?" "Who the hell were my family?"

[Elegance Liberty]

Oh jeez... the last few weeks have been pure anarchy. =(

I'm trying to stay on top of things here, but it's been hard... ya'know?

[Maija]

Beautiful algorithms written by a human, executed by computer:

http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/substrate/
http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/stitches/
http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/bubblechamber/
http://www.complexification.net/gallery/machines/sandTraveler/

:cool:

[Petersen]

WOW! Those are incredible Ruta!!! Wow, nice find!

[E. Spears]

really awesome find, Ruta! My favorites are the "Bubble Chamber" page and the "Substrate" page. Those are sweet.

-ERS

[kid cthulhu]

Beautiful!

[Maija]

A friend of mine who passes along neat art links sent that to me. If you go to the home page (http://www.complexification.net/) you can poke through the interesting navigation and look at some other algorithms, but these are the coolest ones, I think. My favourite is Sand Traveller.

[alz]

http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/


haha....
Just add a # (like winslow13.swf) on up to 36(?) what to see his skits.

Gollum:
http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/winslow1.swf

Pong:
http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/winslow21.swf

Space Invaders:
http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/winslow22.swf

Stallon in DRIVEN:
http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/winslow32.swf

[morna]

A friend of mine who passes along neat art links sent that to me. If you go to the home page (http://www.complexification.net/) you can poke through the interesting navigation and look at some other algorithms, but these are the coolest ones, I think. My favourite is Sand Traveller.
woh ! I just spent an hour in there. Kool website. Another conundrum for the art debate. I liked Cubic Attractor and Guts and Paths, as well as the ones you posted before. Thanks for the link ruta! Fascinating!

[jnapper]

Gollum:
http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/winslow1.swf

Pong:
http://www.ugo.com/channels/dvd/features/michaelwinslow/winslow21.swf

HAHAHAHHAHA!!!! These two made me LOL!!

[zefo]

my friend can do a much better gollum impression

[jnapper]

Zefo, your avatar is so cute :)

What's the story behind the puppy again?

[HBMomma]

Anyone heard anything juicy about the Hitchhiker's Guide movie? We downloaded a preview the other day but it didn't have any scenes or anything.

[alz]

Some pics:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/hitchhiker/guide1.jpg

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/hitchhiker/guide2.jpg

[HBMomma]

Wow, thanks! It looks campy & cheesy enough. The robe! The towel! And Marvin LOL!

Is that supposed to be Zaphod? Didn't he have two heads? Or not until the second book?

Jeez, it's been too long. You'd never guess that I actually wore out my first set of paperbooks of this series. :rolleyes: I'm gonna hafta re-read the series before seeing the movie, obviously.

[jnapper]

Some pics:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/hitchhiker/guide1.jpg

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2005/hitchhiker/guide2.jpg

Rats, I just went to look for those urls!!



Is that supposed to be Zaphod? Didn't he have two heads? Or not until the second book?

Wow, I haven't read them in years, but I think he had two heads in the first book too-- maybe the digital tweaks haven't happened yet. Or maybe I am misrememberin' things too--

[Maija]

Wow, I haven't read them in years, but I think he had two heads in the first book too-- maybe the digital tweaks haven't happened yet.

I think you're right. Zaphod's head is very off center.

[jnapper]

Tips and Tweaks to help speed up your PC:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1740&e=1&u=/ttpcworld/119064

Going to try some of the suggestions, thought I'd share the article :)

[Tad]

I think you're right. Zaphod's head is very off center.

The story around the internet is that Zaphod's second head is in one of his nostrils. No official confirmation yet.

Believe it or not, not kidding.

"Not again." -- the daisies.

[HBMomma]

The story around the internet is that Zaphod's second head is in one of his nostrils. No official confirmation yet.

Believe it or not, not kidding.

Oh my GAWD I hope that is just some horrid rumor they started on purpose just to mess with everyone's heads.... Or that YOU are just messing with everyone's heads, even better...