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Is it just us, or does the hook in the menu music for Project Gotham Racing 3 sound like J.Viewz’s “Muse Breako”, the track remixed by Infected Mushroom which is on IM The Supervisor? And the very start of the race results music sounds like the very start of Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl”?

Also, does anyone know of a track that samples a washing machine going into it’s final spin in the bridge (bridge of the track that is)? This question was inspired by “The Terminal” by Pendulum.

One can after work last night and 16 hours later I can still feel the caffine coursing through my veins. Damn you Relentless and your laughable marketing.

Hazaa! After following this handy tutorial for the last couple of days, I can now do a basic weave. I decided long ago after seeing this breath-taking video that if I was ever to take up poi/glowstringing that I would not do it out until I was at least of intermediate proficiency, so it’ll be a while before I showcase my mad skillz to the world. I find it strange and annoying that you sometimes see glowstringers out at events like Infest who only seem to be able to do basic moves that pale in comparison to the abilities of many of the videos you can get from glowsticking.com (that is after you register). My style of glowsticking/liquiding is different from most other glow enthusiasts I’ve seen out and about in that I prefer a slower kind of grace, peppered with elements of locking, moshing and the goth 2-step over speed and more technical mores like hand flows, splits, etc (although catch me when I’m rolling and it can be a whole other ball game), so I’m wondering how my stringing style will turn out. *does the pie dance* Right, bed time.

An attempt at off-loading some thoughts into my external memory bank.

A few weekends ago I was down in Manchester for the resurrection of Implant, featuring Mono No Aware. Arrived 3pm-ish after a Megabus down then wandered ’round the centre aimlessly looking for glowsticks before meeting up with . Got ‘train to his home in Ashton, was introduced to his mum, dumped stuff and prepared. Back to the centre again where we met up with some of P0rl’s mates and sipped a few cocktails in some bar. Gav and Claire arrived after a while then we all headed to The Zoo (which was a very sweet venue). Met, chatted with and bumped into many peeps including , , , , Rachel, , , and . The music was just as amazing and varied as I remember it from the Implant room at Dark City last year, but this time with added hardcore (which is good seeing as I’ve been on a massive hardcore/gabber/hardstyle bender recently), and although I don’t usually listen to proper noise/power electronica unless I’m in a certain mood, it was an amazing sensation to just stand at the edge of the dancefloor and have your ears assaulted by a total onslaught of randomness. ’s set as TriaX was pretty blistering (sparks flew!) and Leif’s set was awesome. He really knows how to build up a track, making it a delight to dance to, although I thought it was rather noisier and a bit more sparse than his Infest set in 2004. Oh yeah, and the visuals were tops too. I couldn’t help grinning at the distorted clip from The Second Renaissance and when the logo swept in and out in time to the slowly pulsating white noise nearer the end of the set. After it all finished, P0rl, Rachel and I headed to Jillies for a bit where I stomped around to metal with glow before we headed to crash. All in all, a great night out, but I am rather annoyed with myself that I didn’t take the time to chat more with peeps I hadn’t seen in ages. I should probably be less bouncy in future, if you catch my drift. As for missing Ophidian and Laurent Garnier/James Holden/Nathan Fake in Glasgow, ach, well, they’ll be around again at some point.

P.S. Check the lovely pic of P0rl in the background here (enlarge for the close-up ;)

The proper update is in the mail.

I’m catching the National Express to Birmingham this evening to spend a long weekend with , should be good :D

Also, I’m going through a can’t-be-arsed-with-IRC phase atm and I’ve never really liked using e-mail, but I do get a bit bored and lonely at times so if anyone wants to talk to me or just have a general natter or catch up, add me on Jabber or MSN so we can talk. Usernames are available on my userinfo page to friends.

News
The strange case of the man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills in nine years – Heh, crazy dumb-ass.
The UK’s first number one song based on download sales alone. – Nuff said.
Health insurance may be mandatory in Mass. – That’s, um, one way of doing it…
Fish not as amazing as previously thought? – Yay, less guilt to feel for not eating as much fish as I should have.
Paperweight Severs Teacher’s Hand – Woopsy shit.

Discussion
Discovering asteroid impacts using Google Maps/Earth – Accidental usages for new technology rock.
Why is it OK to show a man’s breasts on TV? – Too fucking right. See also.
This Boring Headline Is Written for Google – On the thought behind headlines in the age of google news.
Why IT and Users Hate Each Other – An analysis of business and geeks through comments made on a Slashdot post.
Death to User-Generated Content – Junkie robot peanuts.
American regional stereotypes – What do they think of each other? See also

Technology
XCute S50: Impossibly Thin Handset with 6-Megapixel Camera – Want.
Sweet wall mounted data projector from LG – Ooh, another want.
Boot Camp Public Beta (installation video) – Official dual booting into Windows on a Mac from Apple.
The Top 100 sites in the Web 2.0 world – Analyses RSS feeds for it’s ratings.
The Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever – Insert reference to breasts and The Orbitouch here.
NAT traversal for the SIP protocol – Makes my head boggle..
Catapulting materials to the moon – Wheeeeeeee!!!
Upgrade your Robosapien’s brain – Make it do something useful? :p
USB heated gloves, Lightup rug – More wantage… (even though it would help to have a laptop for the former.)
World’s Largest HDTV Unveiled – “The monster is 50 feet high by 137 feet across; it’s a 1750-inch screen.”
Kanguru 64GB Flash Drive Max – Fucking hooge! A snip at only £1600.
Custom Appliance Panels – As the comments ask, when’s the goatse version coming?
Charlotte van der Waals – “Desk clocks with 12 slides, each with the name of two major cities. To find the local hour in another time zone, simply roll the clock so the city representing that time zone is on top.”
Sony Network Walkman – Top size of 2Gb, looks like a USB key fob, comparable to the iPod shuffle.
8Gb USB 2.0 Microdrive – WANT!
Blu-ray, coming soon.. – Samsung to release first player
Analyse those EULAs – Here’s the WinXP EULA for an example.
Chilled in 60 Seconds – Mmm… chilled glass bottle Irn-Bru…
Quad-core processor – Available from Intel next January (or so they hope).
Black Ops of DNS – Weird shit you can do with DNS
GMC PAD – Waaannnt.. need to learn to drive first though.

1999: 90-Gigabyte Solid-State “Hard Drive?” – “This sounds like it’s too good to be true and the article excludes a lot of important information”
2006: 32 GB Flash Storage Drive Announced – “1.8″ form factor, read speeds more than twice that of a normal hard drive, and the promise of 95% less power use.

Funny how times change..

Humour
Breyers And USA Gymnastics Subject of Sick, Twisted Spoof – Don’t forget to RTFA ;)
Playstation3 – Putting The Magic Back In Gaming! – ¥€$!
Jak hates you for throwing out his vintage porn. – Aww, he really hates you.
JEP-0183: Jingle Telepathy Transport – Hohoho, those Jabber guys…
Watch what kind of free CNN videos? — Heh, woopsy.
How to eat sushi – This is a must see. Think Look Around You but better.

Firefox Flaw Wrecked My Relationship, where a woman finds her partners browser history, makes the assumption he’s been cheating and dumps him, then files a bug report about the privacy flaw, and Mozilla Thunderbird Wrecked My Relationship where some stupid eedjit didn’t check his spam folder and missed mail from gf who then breaks up with him.

Misc
Skin, good enough to eat. – I’m hungry..
More peeps good enough to eat. – So hungry..
Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin by Alarm Will Sound
Messy desk, Manage your boss – Tips for work.
Interview with Ophidian – “Have you ever drank Buckfast?”
ISS012-E-21351 – A total solar eclipse, viewed from the ISS.
Grass Armchair – Now, I just need a lawn…
tunnelbana – Some nice pics taken from the cab at the front of a train.
Goth it up! – As a friend of mine used to say.
Limojet – “A one-of-a-kind custom jet converted into the utmost unique limo experience.”

P.S. A proper update soon, I promise.

Weekend was good. Implant and Mono No Aware rocked. Will update properly soon. Need bed now.