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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Plants and Pop

# Posted by Joel Dixon at 20/04/2008 19:49:07
Updated by Joel Dixon at 20/04/2008 21:13:53

I stumbled over an amusing post with a collection of science fair photos on Photo Basement. Here's some of my favourites:

Plants and Pop

I seriously want to find out what the results were. Why is the government hiding this stuff from us? It's the EV1 all over again.

Moon Babies

Moon Babies. What more can you say?

Animal Magnetism

Animal Magnetism. You're telling me!

The Code of the Meniscus
Best Jumper Ever

Best. Jumper. Ever! (except for maybe this one)

The Ideal Pancreas

Part 2 mind you. I assume all the good stuff was in part 1.

If I were back in an American high school, my experiment would probably be about cats and whether they want cheeseburgers.

# Posted in the General section and tagged as: Funny

Thursday, April 17, 2008

NHL 2K6

# Posted by Joel Dixon at 17/04/2008 22:59:06
Updated by Joel Dixon at 18/04/2008 08:24:03

As I've mentioned I'm a huge fan of NHL video games, and have tried to collect one for each year. A little while ago I found a second-hand version of NHL 2K6 for the 360 so I snapped it up.

NHL 2K6 with Marty Turco on the cover

2K6 was the first NHL game released on the Xbox 360 - and it kinda shows. Buying a two-year-old game I didn't expect anything fantastic, but I can't image it would have been that special even when it was first released. It wouldn't run on PAL-60, so to play this game I needed to changed the cords I was using and alter the Xbox's display settings. There was also some freezing issues with the game, and the 2K Sports interface was getting very clunky by this stage.

I played a few games with my beloved Penguins, and it's always fun controlling Crosby around the ice - but there wasn't much reason to continue once I earned the 5 achievements. It will take it's place on the shelf next to the other NHL games, and the Tony Hawk series.

# Posted in the Gaming section and tagged as: Xbox 360

Friday, April 11, 2008

Garfield minus Garfield

# Posted by Joel Dixon at 11/04/2008 21:43:47
Updated by Joel Dixon at 12/04/2008 00:26:11

The Internet is a wonderful place. Sure, there's plenty of downsides, but at times it appears that we've discovered the proverbial thousand monkeys on a thousand typewriters. Amongst all of the internet crap - there's a heap of gems, like Garfield minus Garfield. From the site:

Quote:
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.

Basically he photoshops Garfield out of the Garfield comics and it turns into a hilarious comic about a crazy Jon. I browsed the site and he has picked some very funny ones - exhibit A.

Anyway, on the train home the other night I picked up a copy of the Herald Sun and flicked through to the comic section. Sure enough - the comic I saw was another example of a good Garfield minus Garfield so I got Bell to photoshop it up for me. When you mouse over the image it will be replaced with the original comic (give it a second to load), or if you don't have Javascript enabled you can just click it.

Check out the site - don't let the monkey's work be in vein!

# Posted in the General section and tagged as: Funny, Web

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