Trevithick's "Cornish" Boiler

Geek book meme

2009-10-28T22:03:28Z

Yoinked from roobarb

A list of books geeks tend to assume you've read.

Bold = I have read

Italics = Tried to read but failed

Underline = Intend to read someday

Books we tend to assume that you've read

1. Lord of the Rings, Tolkein
Twice, because I couldn't believe how awful it was the first time round. It was just as awful the second time.
2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
3. A Wrinkle in Time, L'engle
Never heard of this one.
4. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
5. Starship Troopers, Heinlein
6. Dune, Herbert
7. I, Robot, Asimov
8. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, King
9. Sandman, Gaiman
10. Farenheit 451, Bradbury
11. Snowcrash, Stephenson
12. Lord Foul's Bane, Donaldson
13. Childhood's End, Clarke
14. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Adams
15. A Spell for Chameleon, Anthony
16. The Dragonriders of Pern, McCaffery
17. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
18. Watchmen, Moore
19. Neuromancer, Gibson
20. Pawn of Prophecy, Eddings
21. Hogfather, Pratchett
22. Ringworld, Niven
23. Nine Princes in Amber, Zelazny
24. Jhereg, Brust
25. Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Weis and Hickman
26. Brave New World, Huxley
27. Watership Down, Adams
28. Once and Future King, White
29. Ender's Game, Card
Of course, I didn't realise then that he was such an arse.
30. The Eye of the World, Jordan

9 out of 30. Looks like I'm not much of a geek, then.

Late on UK National Coming Out Day

2009-10-12T22:01:04Z

Godsdammit! Why don't I find out about these things until they're over/nearly over?

Anyway, thanks to rozk reminding me, I officially proclaim myself a transdyke.

Bet that came as a shock to you lot.

The Three Doctors (parallel universe edition)

2009-10-11T21:07:15Z

The Three Doctors (parallel universe edition), originally uploaded by Glamhag.

I took this for Flickr Monthly Scavenger Hunt to go under Doctor? Doctor? Doctor!. The background is Pyramids pyrotechnics by Edward Miller, the June illustration from the 2005 Discworld calendar. I didn't take too much time over it as it was meant to be just a demo, and had trouble with the lighting (just the room light) but I rather like how it turned out. I would have preferred the illusion of better depth of field but had to prop the calendar up with the Tardis - let's pretend it's a 60s-style studio backdrop, eh? At least it's more effective than the ones they used for The Web Planet!

Yoinked from ladytmara

2009-09-24T00:48:55Z

☞ Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper.
☞ Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper.
☞ Don't change your wallpaper before doing this - the point is to see what you had onscreen.

Irma when we went to see the Rocky Horror Show

This is what John's Background Switcher came up with.

JBS is a programme that changes your wallpaper automatically, and I have mine currently set to choose from either my Flickr stream my Wallpapers folder. So this meme is a tiny bit pointless coming from me really!

And I've just been into the settings to stop it choosing portrait pictures because they're really not suitable.

We has a star

2009-09-03T19:44:59Z

We has a star, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

After staring at the Star Naming Kit on the kitchen table for over a year I finally got around to naming the star.

CNPS retrospective

2009-08-14T21:04:51Z

Next month it will be six 6 godsdamn years 6 COUNT 'EM! since I started playing Consecutive Number Plate Spotting damn you Richard Herrings for making me this way!

I'm pleased to announce that I'm finally in the 900s - currently seeking 910 - but going on past experience it could still be months before I can stop looking at number plates.

Yes, I know I could stop looking now...

Six years! That's an average of fewer than a number a day!

And it's utterly pointless.

So is this indicative of an obsessive/compulsive disorder?

Or just of stupidity?

Sleepy pigmy marmoset

2009-06-23T20:43:01Z

Sleepy pigmy marmoset, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

That's right. I went to the zoo today.

I should have put them all in one post, but Flickr's "Blog this" button is just too easy...

Simples!

2009-06-23T20:42:02Z

Simples!, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Knowing where the next banana is coming from

2009-06-23T20:40:41Z

Meditation of the Librarian, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Bats R Luff

2009-06-23T20:37:15Z

Daytime bat 1a, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Here come the lemurs!

2009-06-23T20:35:31Z

Here come the lemurs!, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Face- off

2009-06-22T23:50:29Z

Face- off SC, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Truro

2009-06-22T23:48:31Z

Truro vista, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Sweetly, Truro's town planners have, with unaccustomed consideration, seen fit to leave a gap in the housing on top of the hill so you can sit on a bench and enjoy the view.

Oh crap

2009-06-06T19:19:03Z

The Sims 3 is out. As I found out when I walked past Game.

That's another few months of my life down the drain then.

The verdict

2009-05-14T19:57:27Z

Crossposting from Semagic seems to work from LJ, but not from Dreamwidth.

Anyone?

And finally, testing 4

2009-05-14T19:56:25Z

The narplest!

Test 3

2009-05-14T19:55:01Z

Narples again

I am an idiot.

2009-05-14T19:45:11Z

Let's see now.

I had an official extended period of depression just after the auto-destruction of my last relationship.

Two years ago I was off work for two and a half months because of the pressure of my job, following which I was redeployed. I now recognise this as a nervous breakdown.

Now, also because of the pressures of my job, with a crisis proving I am not doing it properly, I once again court a nervous breakdown.

View Poll: #1399994

Not enough tickyboxes allowed...

A fine example for the future of the human race

2009-04-15T09:24:22Z

Amazonian Ants Apparently Are Amazons!

"We're quite excited about the direction this research might take us, and its implications."

Ooh, me too...

Memeness

2009-04-12T13:37:38Z

Created by Recipe Star

Bring it on!

2009-04-11T17:31:11Z

snogbitch.mybrute.com

I like this Kaosillator because it is pink

2009-04-01T20:28:04Z

I like this Kaosillator because it is pink, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Midnight

2009-03-28T23:11:50Z

Midnight, originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Utterly gratuitous posting.

Here's one I made earlier

2009-03-13T17:06:02Z

This are srs photo. I r srs Hag., originally uploaded by Glamhag.

Sheep-like, I meme

2009-02-28T19:53:55Z

Yoinked from dibsy via pickwick

Set iTunes (or whatever) to list tracks in alphabetical order. Then post the track name and artist of the first song for each letter of the alphabet, with a little comment if you are inclined that way. It should go without saying that you should not skip the embarrassing ones, but feel free to skip ones that aren't really tracks, or are badly labelled.

(I Don't Know Why) But I Do - Clarence (Frogman) Henry
Parentheses come first in the alphabet, apparently
1 in 10 - UB40
Then come numbers. But I thought I'd skip listing the 2s, 3s and so on... there would be rather a lot of them
A Canterbury Tale - Dreadzone
Picked this up when I was looking for different mixes of Little Britain - it's a bit chillout.
Baba O'Riley - The Who
I don't really like the Who so I'm not sure why I downloaded this. I always think Daltrey's singing "Teenage Whistlin' "... those crazy teenage fads, eh?
C Funk - The Mighty Boosh
Playing in the pub at the end of The Legend of Old Gregg.
Da Funk - Daft Punk
Man with dog's head and ghetto blaster walks about a bit.
E=MC² - Big Audio Dynamite
A young person's guide to Nic Roeg.
FBI - The Shadows
Oh poo... how terribly unhip of me. Bought a Shadows compilation so I did thinking it retro cool, but honestly, they really do make guitars bland, however much they popularised the Strat in the UK.
Galactic Zoo Dossier - Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
An 11-minute excerpt from the album. The tracks all have individual names but I can't be bothered to check what they are (checks anyway: Creep/Creation/Gypsy Escape). It starts with an appalling piece where Arthur bewails existence over instrumental scratchings then turns into an instrumental via a bloody racket.
Habanera - Victoria de Los Angeles
Aww yeah! The love song from Carmen!
I Ain't Got No Heart - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
From Freak Out.
Jackie - Scott Walker
Apparently the best ever translation of a Jacques Brel song. My favourite line: "Authentic queers and phoney virgins". :-D
Ka-boom Ka-boom - Marilyn Manson
Sometimes this sort of stuff is exactly what you need.
La Chanson de Jacky - Jacques Brel
Apparently the best ever translation of a Scott Walker song.
Macarthur Park - the Four Tops
I have five versions of this song, and this is probably the blandest. I think I'll delete it, then Jimmy Webb's own rendition can take its place on the list. (deletes)
Na Na Na Na Naa - Kaiser Chiefs
Bollocks! Just like everybody else's N selection! Way back when the album came out I thought I rather liked the Chiefs and bought it then ripped it to hard drive but they're a bit crap really, aren't they? I think I'll delete all their tracks too, then first in the Ns will be... Peter Hammill's Nadir's Big Chance/Institute Of Mental Health, Burning. Wow! Not sure if that's cool or terribly uncool...
O Superman - Laurie Anderson
Aaaaah. And, rest.
Pachelbel's Canon in D - Yngwie Malmsteen
Damnation! Why this version? Must file this in the Eggbox. Anyways... it's only come in front of Cafe del Mar's better one because the Cafe one has come with "and Gigue" added to the track name.
Queen Bitch - Bowie
What a wonderful song title!
Race Out - Battles
Sounds like the inside of the Joker's head.
Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture
Sixties guitar madness from Dave Edmunds. Without googling now, can anyone remember the bass player and drummer? Neither can I. Of course, at only 23 I'm not old enough too.
Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
Oh, this is crap. Nowhere near as good as their destruction of Sweet Dreams.
U Don't Know Me - Basement Jaxx
Oh, Jaxx, with your textspeak you have beaten Pere Ubu and Ubu Dance Party to top spot!
V-2 Schneider - Bowie
Wiki tells me this is a tribute to Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider. This is my today's something new that you learn every day.
W - Van der Graaf Generator
I love this for its sheer misery.
XTC vs Adam Ant - They Might Be Giants
Dated a bit, hasn't it, this? We never find out who wins. Best bit: "XTC versus Adam Ant/I can't tell you why/Even the singer from Bow Wow Wow/Can't make up her mind."
Yakety Axe - Chet Atkins
Yeah that's right! It's Benny Hill's running around music played on guitar! Absolutely marvelous.
Zabadak! - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
Also absolutely marvelous.