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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Viewing blogs posted in April, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Plants and Pop
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 20/04/2008 19:49:07Updated 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! (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.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
NHL 2K6
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 17/04/2008 22:59:06Updated 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.
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Garfield minus Garfield
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 11/04/2008 21:43:47Updated 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:
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!
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