In the classic section of their forums there is a thread dedicated to fantasy fight posters...and I'd like to repost some of whats on that thread here...
Click below to see more...
10.6.11
Fantasy Boxing Posters
I follow boxing, one of the few sports that I follow with enthusiasm, and one of my favourite places to hang out online is Eastside Boxing forums.
In the classic section of their forums there is a thread dedicated to fantasy fight posters...and I'd like to repost some of whats on that thread here...
Click below to see more...
In the classic section of their forums there is a thread dedicated to fantasy fight posters...and I'd like to repost some of whats on that thread here...
Click below to see more...
9.6.11
A WW1 Soldiers Letter To His Sweetheart - On Display At Galway Museum..
This was a post I made on a forum I frequent - back a few months ago...I think it deserves a reposting here..
While roaming around Galway museum we (Mrs Doug and myself) found this..
What looked like a service manual for radiators or something was sitting on a shelf, it had a black cover, and no writing to say it was anything important, and it wasnt inside a cabinet or anything...just randomly left on a shelf....I didnt pay it much attention as I went by it.....but I looked back a couple of minutes later and 'Mrs Doug' was reading through it...she called me over to show me what was inside...a soldiers* letter to his sweetheart in 1918....they were both from Galway, but he had found himself injured from battle in a hospital in Egypt, and she had found herself in America, the reason why she was in America wasnt clear, but it appears it is temporary..
*he was a member of The Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own") - an Irish Regiment of the British Army during WW1.
...anyhoo....this is hardly readable...due to batteries having died on my good camera and this was snapped with our crappy little point and shoot thing...this isn't readable so i have re-typed what it says...and i think it is very much worth reading.
This was donated to the museum by the grandson of the couple...they eventually married and settled back home in Galway after the war ended.
(to read what it says and the rest of the post click on the 'read more' link below..)
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While roaming around Galway museum we (Mrs Doug and myself) found this..
What looked like a service manual for radiators or something was sitting on a shelf, it had a black cover, and no writing to say it was anything important, and it wasnt inside a cabinet or anything...just randomly left on a shelf....I didnt pay it much attention as I went by it.....but I looked back a couple of minutes later and 'Mrs Doug' was reading through it...she called me over to show me what was inside...a soldiers* letter to his sweetheart in 1918....they were both from Galway, but he had found himself injured from battle in a hospital in Egypt, and she had found herself in America, the reason why she was in America wasnt clear, but it appears it is temporary..
*he was a member of The Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own") - an Irish Regiment of the British Army during WW1.
...anyhoo....this is hardly readable...due to batteries having died on my good camera and this was snapped with our crappy little point and shoot thing...this isn't readable so i have re-typed what it says...and i think it is very much worth reading.
This was donated to the museum by the grandson of the couple...they eventually married and settled back home in Galway after the war ended.
(to read what it says and the rest of the post click on the 'read more' link below..)
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The 'Mechanical Cop' Of The Future...
This was the vision for a futuristic police force in 1924 according to 'Science And Invention' magazine.
Would you argue the toss with this ??
..click here for a larger version.
Would you argue the toss with this ??
..click here for a larger version.
Welcome To The Jungle
This is a version of Guns N' Roses 'Welcome To The Jungle' but not like you may have heard it before...
If you like this then have a gander at - http://www.2cellos.com/
If you like this then have a gander at - http://www.2cellos.com/
8.6.11
A Look Into Life In The Future...
The middle-class lifestyle of the future...and the future is glass.
Everything in this futuristic utopia is probably made by Apple..probably...looks like it anyway.
The iPhone 17 looks really nice.
...and they still have popcorn - to make things even more perfect.
Everything in this futuristic utopia is probably made by Apple..probably...looks like it anyway.
The iPhone 17 looks really nice.
...and they still have popcorn - to make things even more perfect.
June 8th - The Day That Mallory And Irvine Tried To Conquer Everest
It was on this day, June 8th in 1924 that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine lost their lives on an attempt to climb the then-unclimbed Mount Everest.
When a team of Everest climbers found Mallory's body in 1999 it was aparent that Mallory had fallen from a much higher ridge...but he had his 'goggles' in his pocket which would suggest that he wasnt facing the sun, which would in turn suggest he was coming back from the summit, or as near as they got to it..
..or...would it ??
On his attempt a few days earlier, Edward Norton (a soldier and head of his expedition) had suffered serious snow-blindness because he did not wear his goggles, so Mallory would be unlikely to have dispensed with them in daylight, and given their known departure time and movements, had they not attempted the summit pyramid it is unlikely that they would have still been out by nightfall. An alternative scenario is that Mallory may have carried an extra pair and the pair he was wearing was torn off in his fall.
It would be another 29 years before Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climbed the mountain.
Did they make it ??...Were they the first ??
..more on the 1924 Everest expedition here
When a team of Everest climbers found Mallory's body in 1999 it was aparent that Mallory had fallen from a much higher ridge...but he had his 'goggles' in his pocket which would suggest that he wasnt facing the sun, which would in turn suggest he was coming back from the summit, or as near as they got to it..
..or...would it ??
On his attempt a few days earlier, Edward Norton (a soldier and head of his expedition) had suffered serious snow-blindness because he did not wear his goggles, so Mallory would be unlikely to have dispensed with them in daylight, and given their known departure time and movements, had they not attempted the summit pyramid it is unlikely that they would have still been out by nightfall. An alternative scenario is that Mallory may have carried an extra pair and the pair he was wearing was torn off in his fall.
It would be another 29 years before Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climbed the mountain.
Did they make it ??...Were they the first ??
..more on the 1924 Everest expedition here
7.6.11
New iOS 5 features and some current free alternatives..
Yesterday seen Apple announce the forthcoming iOS for iPhone / iPad / iPod....there are some good new features to the OS but personally I would have liked to have seen some cosmetic changes too, like the ability to change themes and lock screens etc.
With so many App's in the App Store...currently 425,000...I am sure there may be better suggestions for alternatives to some of the new features than I am going to post here...
(The new iOS 5 will not be available to download until Autumn - unless you are an Apple developer, in which case you can get it now.)
To begin, here are some new features presented in an official Apple video..
These are some current alternatives to those new features currently available...some are very good in comparison I think, while, in fairness, some are not going to be as good as the Apple iOS updates..
With so many App's in the App Store...currently 425,000...I am sure there may be better suggestions for alternatives to some of the new features than I am going to post here...
(The new iOS 5 will not be available to download until Autumn - unless you are an Apple developer, in which case you can get it now.)
To begin, here are some new features presented in an official Apple video..
These are some current alternatives to those new features currently available...some are very good in comparison I think, while, in fairness, some are not going to be as good as the Apple iOS updates..
6.6.11
Ken Dodd - A living legend...still touring like a good 'un..
A friend of mine went to see Ken Dodd in Glasgow last night...I'd love to see him live sometime.
It amazes me how he is still touring and doing 4-5 hour lives shows...yup..4-5 hours !!..at his age...he is 83 years old btw...and will be 84 by the time his current tour is finished.
One of the last of a great generation of comedians..
It amazes me how he is still touring and doing 4-5 hour lives shows...yup..4-5 hours !!..at his age...he is 83 years old btw...and will be 84 by the time his current tour is finished.
One of the last of a great generation of comedians..
5.6.11
BioShock Infinite
If a promo video was ever going to make you buy a video game then surely its this one.
Based in 1912 the main character in the game must rescue a woman trapped aboard the collapsing "air-city".
From the games Wiki page -
"Booker DeWitt is hired by mysterious individuals and tasked to infiltrate an air-city and rescue a young woman named Elizabeth, who has been held aboard the air-city for the last twelve years. Though DeWitt finds Elizabeth easily enough, he quickly discovers that Elizabeth is central to the civil war raging in the city as each faction seeks to use Elizabeth to turn the tide of the conflict in their favor, forcing DeWitt and Elizabeth to trust each other in order to escape. To complicate matters, the pair are chased by Songbird, a large, robotic bird-like creature who had been Elizabeth's friend and warden over the last twelve years of her imprisonment. Songbird was designed by its creator to feel betrayal should Elizabeth escape, comparable to an "abusive husband" "
The game won't be available until 2012, but in the meantime we have this very mouth-watering promo video which shows gameplay footage.
This video needs to be watched in full screen for the best effect.
Based in 1912 the main character in the game must rescue a woman trapped aboard the collapsing "air-city".
From the games Wiki page -
"Booker DeWitt is hired by mysterious individuals and tasked to infiltrate an air-city and rescue a young woman named Elizabeth, who has been held aboard the air-city for the last twelve years. Though DeWitt finds Elizabeth easily enough, he quickly discovers that Elizabeth is central to the civil war raging in the city as each faction seeks to use Elizabeth to turn the tide of the conflict in their favor, forcing DeWitt and Elizabeth to trust each other in order to escape. To complicate matters, the pair are chased by Songbird, a large, robotic bird-like creature who had been Elizabeth's friend and warden over the last twelve years of her imprisonment. Songbird was designed by its creator to feel betrayal should Elizabeth escape, comparable to an "abusive husband" "
The game won't be available until 2012, but in the meantime we have this very mouth-watering promo video which shows gameplay footage.
This video needs to be watched in full screen for the best effect.
4.6.11
3.6.11
Teenager sells his kidney to buy an Apple
Well..an Apple iPad 2.
..and now he regrets it...oh dear.
The boy, from Huaishan City, China said he couldn't afford an iPad 2 and wanted one really badly. He said he was contacted by an online broker who told him he could get 22,000 Yuan (around $3,400 / €2,300 / £2,000) for his kidney.
"What a wonderful idea" he thought.
more here -
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20068295-71/report-teen-sells-kidney-to-buy-ipad-2/
..and now he regrets it...oh dear.
The boy, from Huaishan City, China said he couldn't afford an iPad 2 and wanted one really badly. He said he was contacted by an online broker who told him he could get 22,000 Yuan (around $3,400 / €2,300 / £2,000) for his kidney.
"What a wonderful idea" he thought.
more here -
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20068295-71/report-teen-sells-kidney-to-buy-ipad-2/
Hot Hot Hot
Very hot in the shed today...time to get out in the sun..
..not a cloud in the skies....and its a bank holiday weekend here...wa-hey..
..not a cloud in the skies....and its a bank holiday weekend here...wa-hey..
The 'broadcasting from a shed' dog lapping up the sun yesterday outside the shed...
2.6.11
Microsoft shows off Windows 8 in action
The video below has been released by Microsoft, showing Windows 8 as it will be.
This new version of Windows seems to have its feet firmly planted in the tablet market, it's "apps apps apps" all the way....but, although the video doesn't show it too much, a familiar Windows desktop layout will also be present and correct, so upgrading shouldn't be too confusing.
This new version of Windows seems to have its feet firmly planted in the tablet market, it's "apps apps apps" all the way....but, although the video doesn't show it too much, a familiar Windows desktop layout will also be present and correct, so upgrading shouldn't be too confusing.
1.6.11
Dog survives being shot and buried alive
A heart-wrenching news story today from Malta, where a collie dog was found crawling from its own grave where it was buried alive after being shot and bound.
Why would somebody do that ?
Sky News article with video here -
http://alturl.com/vssg8
Why would somebody do that ?
Sky News article with video here -
http://alturl.com/vssg8
How to ride a bike down a hill
This man, in a video from last year, rode full speed down some urban streets in Valparaiso, Chile...dodging stray dogs while wearing a pinstripe suit during an urban downhill mountain bike race
If you do watch the following video....please watch it on full screen for the best experience...and hold tight..
http://vimeo.com/9970489
If you do watch the following video....please watch it on full screen for the best experience...and hold tight..
http://vimeo.com/9970489
31.5.11
Who was the Beatles drummer ?...Ringo Starr ?...or Bernard Purdie ??...or both ??
Bernard Purdie claims to have played drums on no less than twenty-one classic Beatles tracks in place of the seemingly technically inferior Ringo Starr.
“I got paid in five figures, and that was the largest amount of money I’d ever gotten in my life. I thought they were paying me all that money because they liked what I played. Then Brian Epstein told me I was being paid to keep my mouth shut.”
Although he claims to have played drums on twenty-one of The Beatles tracks, he won't disclose which tracks they were.
Starr's reply to the claims are - "“Well then, what was I doing in the studio? I’ve heard that rubbish before. Everyone was expecting me to come out and fight it. You don’t bother fighting that.”
More on Purdie's claims and his story can be found here...decide for yourselves..
http://www.jimvallance.com/03-projects-folder/purdie-project-folder/pg-purdie.html
“I got paid in five figures, and that was the largest amount of money I’d ever gotten in my life. I thought they were paying me all that money because they liked what I played. Then Brian Epstein told me I was being paid to keep my mouth shut.”
Although he claims to have played drums on twenty-one of The Beatles tracks, he won't disclose which tracks they were.
Starr's reply to the claims are - "“Well then, what was I doing in the studio? I’ve heard that rubbish before. Everyone was expecting me to come out and fight it. You don’t bother fighting that.”
More on Purdie's claims and his story can be found here...decide for yourselves..
http://www.jimvallance.com/03-projects-folder/purdie-project-folder/pg-purdie.html
30.5.11
If you were on the Merrion Road in Dublin...
..this morning...you would have seen this...
If you'd like to follow 'joblesspaddy' and see where his plea leads him, then you'll find him on facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jobless-Paddy/109678759119574
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If you'd like to follow 'joblesspaddy' and see where his plea leads him, then you'll find him on facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jobless-Paddy/109678759119574
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A hunter shoots a bear
This is an interactive YouTube video...nothing new there, there's quite a few out there by now, and some very good ones.....but this one takes the 'interactive' part just a little step forward, its asks you to tell it what to do...and, quite amazingly, works very well......try this out...
*there is some explicit language involved in this, so be aware of that before viewing.
*there is some explicit language involved in this, so be aware of that before viewing.
29.5.11
So...today The Sunday Times did an article in their lifestyle magazine supplement...about a fella with a shed..somewhere in Sligo..
'The Shed' as in 'Broadcasting From A Shed'.
I didnt think the old shed would warrant any attention like this, and if so maybe just a wee corner article somewhere. (this is the irish version only of the newspaper)
Anyway...for those interested in such nonsense as this, here are some photos..too big for the scanner.
Click on each picture for a bigger version...
http://i1127.photobucket.com/a
http://i1127.photobucket.c
http://i1127.photobucket.c
http://i1127.photobucket.c
I didnt think the old shed would warrant any attention like this, and if so maybe just a wee corner article somewhere. (this is the irish version only of the newspaper)
Anyway...for those interested in such nonsense as this, here are some photos..too big for the scanner.
Click on each picture for a bigger version...
http://i1127.photobucket.com/a
http://i1127.photobucket.c
http://i1127.photobucket.c
http://i1127.photobucket.c
26.5.11
The latest member of welsh rock band 'The Alarm' takes to the stage in a blaze of glory...
I'm a bit jealous.com today as they say....a good pal of mine, and namesake of mine, Doug from Glasgow in Scotland became a member of one of my all time favourite bands last night...albeit for one night.
I give you...The Alarm featuring Glasgow Doug..and his ukulele...
I give you...The Alarm featuring Glasgow Doug..and his ukulele...
new post...at last..
Time to resurrect 'broadcasting from a shed'....the old shed may be getting some national exposure soon...more to follow after this weekend...
20.8.10
Swell Season Fan Commits Suicide At Gig
...must be a very shocking thing to witness if you were near the stage..
more *here*
18.8.10
The woman that lives "Groundhog Day"
Due to injuries from a car accident Michelle Philpots lives each day as if she is still living in 1994..
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