I don't know if you've seen the video of the guy who went skiing down the escalators at the Angel tube station in London. It's the longest escalator in Europe, and the video is genius. I don't know why, but it makes me laugh every time. It's the fact that someone shouts 'Oi! Oi!' just as he's poised on the brink, or the sheer speed and noise of his descent, but it just tickles me. Of course the police are all in a bad mood and it's been shown on all the news channels as a Bad Thing. Next we'll hear about 10 year olds trying to copy it and being sucked down into the mechanism or something.
The video on YouTube
The BBC article about the event
The cover of the final Harry Potter book has been revealed. God knows what's going on with the UK cover, something about the expressions on Ron and Hermione's faces is very funny indeed, and the whole image is chaotic and random. Like Emissary pointed out, is JK Rowling trying to say something with the money and gold all over the cover? 'Ha ha! I'm rich from all you fanboys buying my books!' I'm glad now I've pre-ordered the adult cover version, which looks almost sensible. The US version of the book has a much better cover and is much more interesting - what are they both looking at?
I gave the local Land Rover specialist garage a ring, in the hope that they would have a replacement mirror for the Discovery - much to my surprise they did, and it was even an electric one like I needed. The price? The princely sum of £15! That was good news indeed. Then again to be fair they do have about 2-3 Discoverys in various stages of being dismantled.
Can't think of much more to say. I plugged my mandolin into the computer to see what it sounded like through Ableton Live. The answer was SHITE because the pickup is crap and seems to pick up on every single buzz and hum it possibly can, and it's also very quiet. The mandolin was only cheap, so it's to be expected. However careful measuring showed that the pickup is actually a guitar pickup, and is the same size and design as those fitted to the average Stratocaster. So I'm wondering if a hum-cancelling Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup might fit. However it is designed for heavy metal use - the guitarists in Iron Maiden use them. Interesting...
Xbox 360 Core systems don't seem to be dropping below £200 yet. DAMN not getting one a few months ago when Play had them at £150. The only thing I want in the Premium package is the hard drive, and you don't even really need that.
1 day 1 hour and 45 minutes till the GTA IV trailer! ARGH!
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