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Last night I went to see Frankie Boyle with my girlfriend. The opening act was Canadian Craig Campbell, who had a rather funny act about how Canada relates to Ireland, finishing with a long, in-depth story about the time when he masturbated in a tent on the side of a mountain in Alaska. Turned out the fit, young mountaineering couple he heard having loud sex elsewhere in the camp was actually a man dying of a heart attack.
Frankie Boyle himself was absolutely hilarious, although since pretty much every joke was NSFD*, I won't repeat any here.
I had bought tickets to see him in Belfast in October about 5-6 months ago, but my girlfriend found out he was doing a gig in Galway (which is a hell of a lot closer), we decided to get tickets to that. We had to pay around €70 for them, but that worked out to be cheaper than it would have been to go to Belfast and stay in a hotel.
I didn't realise at the time that the show was on the 8th, which is my dad's birthday. Had I realised at the time I would have bought him tickets too, as he likes Frankie Boyle, but by the time we realised they were sold out. I would have given him my ticket, but given the content of the jokes it would be awkward for my girlfriend.
Perhaps if he ever does another tour I can get him tickets for that.
*Not Safe For Dimbark
Frankie Boyle himself was absolutely hilarious, although since pretty much every joke was NSFD*, I won't repeat any here.
I had bought tickets to see him in Belfast in October about 5-6 months ago, but my girlfriend found out he was doing a gig in Galway (which is a hell of a lot closer), we decided to get tickets to that. We had to pay around €70 for them, but that worked out to be cheaper than it would have been to go to Belfast and stay in a hotel.
I didn't realise at the time that the show was on the 8th, which is my dad's birthday. Had I realised at the time I would have bought him tickets too, as he likes Frankie Boyle, but by the time we realised they were sold out. I would have given him my ticket, but given the content of the jokes it would be awkward for my girlfriend.
Perhaps if he ever does another tour I can get him tickets for that.
*Not Safe For Dimbark
So there's a new face for Youtube. Unfortunately, I don't seem to adapt to this new way of displaying videos. I was used to seeing the videos on the center of the page, and now I feel myself forcing to watch it to the left.
Is there a setting somewhere so I can put it again in the center?
Is there a setting somewhere so I can put it again in the center?
Mohammad Rizvi? Packt publishing? What the hell?! Is that a member of TWHL???
'Cause I just read a message from him and I want to be sure it is not spam or virus.
P.S.: My e-mail was recently attacked by spam bots...but I don't have any viruses yet.
'Cause I just read a message from him and I want to be sure it is not spam or virus.
P.S.: My e-mail was recently attacked by spam bots...but I don't have any viruses yet.
Bureaucrats don't you have enough money? We're all dying - and YOU are responsible for it!
We've failed! Humanaty is lost! We will NEVER return!
We've failed! Humanaty is lost! We will NEVER return!
Wow...I haven't been here for a while! If I remember correctly, I first joined this website when I was about 14, which was 8 years ago. Doubt anyone will remember me. Amazing to see how this site is still going strong!
It's in no way professional, but whenever a client calls up because they have an error on their site, it is so tempting to completely over-react over the phone:
"Oh my God! What did you do!? I have never, in all my years as a web developer, seen a site fuck up so royally! This is a disaster. We're going to have to wipe it and start from scratch! Hell, we might need a new god damn server!"
Sigh. A man can dream.
"Oh my God! What did you do!? I have never, in all my years as a web developer, seen a site fuck up so royally! This is a disaster. We're going to have to wipe it and start from scratch! Hell, we might need a new god damn server!"
Sigh. A man can dream.
Cyber Monday Shopping:
I'm at work right now and want to upgrade my motherboard/processor. TWHL is not blocked, but every shopping site is so I can't do any research on my own.
If any of you guys know of any deals going on can you share?
They don't have to be a combo as i'm perfectly capable of assembling them myself I'm budgeting about $400 because i want this to be an upgrade that will last me a long long time.
Hopefully I don't need to worry about compatibility of my ram and videocard, they're both under a year old and I think they'll work with any modern MOBO.
I also have no preference of AMD over Intel..
I'm at work right now and want to upgrade my motherboard/processor. TWHL is not blocked, but every shopping site is so I can't do any research on my own.
If any of you guys know of any deals going on can you share?
They don't have to be a combo as i'm perfectly capable of assembling them myself I'm budgeting about $400 because i want this to be an upgrade that will last me a long long time.
Hopefully I don't need to worry about compatibility of my ram and videocard, they're both under a year old and I think they'll work with any modern MOBO.
I also have no preference of AMD over Intel..
We visited the space shuttle Endeavour this afternoon.
We are fortunate enough to live half an hour from the final resting place for the shuttle.
Some close-up of the damaged tiles underneath the shuttle (after the final mission).
Some close-up of the damaged tiles underneath the shuttle (after the final mission).
Appeared on the Dell MSN UK homepage today:
"Man dies as car trapped in floods. What's the weather like near you?"
...really?
"Man dies as car trapped in floods. What's the weather like near you?"
...really?
D.A.M.N. I.T.!!!
I spent the whole fucking day to texture a SA-23E "Aurora" fighter model, I downloaded. In .lwo format, then exported to .smd and tried to convert it in .mdl, but it doesn't appear correctly in hammer or in-game either! Non-textured (invisible)!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!
I spent the whole fucking day to texture a SA-23E "Aurora" fighter model, I downloaded. In .lwo format, then exported to .smd and tried to convert it in .mdl, but it doesn't appear correctly in hammer or in-game either! Non-textured (invisible)!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!
MODDING HALF-LIFE W/ VIDEO FOOTAGE!
So I was inspired to make a little mod where some of the soldiers will be randomly replaced with other enemies. In the video above, I play a typical gruntfest type of mod where the soldiers may randomly be replaced with Heavies. Since it is completely random, I will not know when a heavy might show up, so, kind of like in your typical left 4 dead game.
I'd like to expand this idea to weapons as well as having more possible replaceable enemies. This is where you guys come in: help me think of some 'special' enemies that can replace the average soldiers and maybe have some model work done on any new enemy you might have (post ideas first, I might have models handy) and soon we can all join in on the fun!
So I was inspired to make a little mod where some of the soldiers will be randomly replaced with other enemies. In the video above, I play a typical gruntfest type of mod where the soldiers may randomly be replaced with Heavies. Since it is completely random, I will not know when a heavy might show up, so, kind of like in your typical left 4 dead game.
I'd like to expand this idea to weapons as well as having more possible replaceable enemies. This is where you guys come in: help me think of some 'special' enemies that can replace the average soldiers and maybe have some model work done on any new enemy you might have (post ideas first, I might have models handy) and soon we can all join in on the fun!
This post will be quick, but needed!
Ash_Link being the kindhearted soul he is, allowed me to host off of his newly purchased domain. My site now resides at http://www.xylem.buffdrinklots.com and I plan to stay there quite a long time. My previous domain, xylem.netne.net, will remain up to redirect any visitors and to host Fast DL for my Killing Floor server.
Duel_Dust is a Team Fortress 2 map I have recently released. Originally it was created out of an overnight competition between a friend and myself to make a map before dawn. After winning and some playthroughs, I left the map buggy and overall incomplete. With it just sitting on my HD for well over a year, I had to finish it and finally release it onto the public. So if you're wanting to duel a friend in TF2 and need a new map, then check it out here: http://twhl.info/vault.php?map=5845 or http://www.xylem.buffdrinklots.com/dueldust.php
That's it for this blog post. Be sure to check out the recently renamed Bloodbath Softworks: http://www.moddb.com/company/bloodbath-softworks and Dethklan Games: http://games.dethklan.com/
Also on: Xylem: http://www.xylem.buffdrinklots.com/blog.php?do=more&newsid=7 and ModDB: http://www.moddb.com/members/xylem1/blogs/new-domain-and-release
Ash_Link being the kindhearted soul he is, allowed me to host off of his newly purchased domain. My site now resides at http://www.xylem.buffdrinklots.com and I plan to stay there quite a long time. My previous domain, xylem.netne.net, will remain up to redirect any visitors and to host Fast DL for my Killing Floor server.
Duel_Dust is a Team Fortress 2 map I have recently released. Originally it was created out of an overnight competition between a friend and myself to make a map before dawn. After winning and some playthroughs, I left the map buggy and overall incomplete. With it just sitting on my HD for well over a year, I had to finish it and finally release it onto the public. So if you're wanting to duel a friend in TF2 and need a new map, then check it out here: http://twhl.info/vault.php?map=5845 or http://www.xylem.buffdrinklots.com/dueldust.php
That's it for this blog post. Be sure to check out the recently renamed Bloodbath Softworks: http://www.moddb.com/company/bloodbath-softworks and Dethklan Games: http://games.dethklan.com/
Also on: Xylem: http://www.xylem.buffdrinklots.com/blog.php?do=more&newsid=7 and ModDB: http://www.moddb.com/members/xylem1/blogs/new-domain-and-release
How active are all of you guys? I'm just wondering since last week I started running twice a day, further every two days.