Black Mage

This is the perfect reason I've been waiting for to drink my last bottle of Franziskaner Heffe-weiss. Truly one of the best beers ever brewed!

Happy Repeal Day, to one and all! It was on this day in 1933 that Utah (yes, Utah of all places) became the final state needed to ratify the 21st Amendment, abolishing the 18th Amendment and slaying the demon of Prohibition. Drink, drink, and be merry!

Friday and Saturday went well for me at work. The camera store where I work did well, as did my commissions. The whole new lever of consumerism reached on that day does sicken me, though.

I suppose that today is one of those days that I should be happy that I get paid commission.

I was wondering when this thread would make it annual appearance.

I love Antikythera Mechanism. A year or so ago, in my studio photo class, I had an idea for a series, the working title of which was Project: Stolen Child. I tried and tried, but just couldn't get any good results. I had this notion of what I wanted, and what I saw, but couldn't form any visual interpretations of the haze in my mind. Fast-forward nine months, and I see TBU, and Antikythera Mechanism. It wasn't exactly what I had envisioned, but it really came close to the vague images and notions of images I was trying to convey at the time. The lone girl, alone in the wastes, being followed. Bleak, lonely, but later hopeful.

Lucky Engadget bastards.

Wow, over 800 Diggs so far. Keep this up and the project will be featured on the next Diggnation for sure. C'mon, people, DIGG IT!

I can't say I was impressed with 300...at all. It's was okay, but I think there could have been better character development. I'll need to check out that 300 Spartans, sometime. As for my recommendations, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Judge Dred, Demolition Man, and the best of 'em... Fifth Element

Here's an interesting experiment in interactive sequencing, The ReactOgon. The ReactOgon It has something of a retro 70's Star Trek vibe about it.

I usually just end up calling mine "You stupid piece of shit."

BT, 'nuf said.

Despite my many critiques of AVGN, I gotta say this latest episode is gold...Atari Porn...yeah.

I would agree with that statement whole heartedly.

That would certainly make for some interesting press these days, "Nintendo using Arabic video game to teach TERRORISM!"

An obvious clone of AVGN, but no less good I think. Personally I think Angry Nerd has hit a point (long ago) where his show just isn't funny. It has fallen into a repetitive, irrelevant spewing of curses and fecal jokes. Yes, we get it, the game sucks. You don't have to keep saying it over and over and over and over and over again all the while utilizing the works "shit" and "fuck" for every other word in your review. It's just old and redundant and I've stopped listening for the most part. Oh, and the AVGN intro song is annoying as hell and should be done away with.

Ah yes, Mr. Marcel...good times and good fun there.

Dammit, they're gone. And here I was ready to join in another OCRAPS (Overclocked Remix Anti-Plagiarism Squad) youtube raid, like last time. Good times.

I won't say that the idea of a realistic pokedex doesn't interest me, but I think you'd have a hard time drumming up support for it and others to help you. I've thought of what a pokemon might look like in the flesh, on and off, but have never really gone past envisioning a select few. It's like cosplayers, an anime character might look perfectly acceptable and reasonable in his/her hyperbole (Saiyan hair, funky armor, massive swords, etc), but when you make the jump to reality it is very hard, if not often impossible) to maintain even the most basic elements that make that character without also making them look ridiculous. Also, I'd suggest modeling Pikachu on a guinea pig, they're pudgier. Also: http://www.avians.net/rkc/fan/gallery-fan.html (I guess some would work)

Hey Zircon, need an AC for your car too?

FUCK YEAH! Didn't know anyone else here enjoyed GBS or Canadian Folk Rock, GT. For more Canadian Celtic/Folk goodness, I'd suggest Glengarry Bhoys. Also, check out Xenogears: Creid...Xenogears + Celtic Music = Teh Awesome.

Yes?......

Depends of if you are wanting like Irish Traditional Music (ITM), or something more contemporary. For trad, The Chieftains are always a great choice. Sligo Rags likes to mix ITM with American Bluegrass, so you have elements from both sides of the Pond. If you're looking for something more contemporary, I'd suggest groups like MacTalla Mo'r, Needfire, Loreena McKennitt, The Elders, Runrig or Altan. Want Celtic Punk? Flogging Molly is okay, but I preferred Amadan.

Sa-freakin-weet samples you laid on us there, Pixie. I'm definitely going to buy a copy when your alblum hits! Red July kicked ass.

As Jedi said, the effectiveness of a swamp cooler varies depending on factors like humidity. As the water runs through the filters, it cools the air and in doing so is evaporated into the air that is being blown into the room. It works well in low humidity environments (like here in Utah) but on humid days, the cooling capacity drops noticeably. In my house on a hot, dry day (30%) we get about 25 - 30F cooling capacity. So when it's 100 outside, it stays 71-ish inside. But if it 95F and 75% humidity, we're lucky to get 75, plus the added moisture from the filters ramps up the humidity inside. It all just depends on the relative humidity in PA, which is generally pretty high, if I recall correctly from my last visit there. So I'm skeptical as to how effective it would work back east.