Zim QOTD

- "Invaders blood marches through my veins, like giant radioactive rubberpants! The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"

Older Photos

Uploaded some older photos...

2004-07-24 Dominion
2005-06-04 Dominion

Only a few photos in each & not as diverse or good quality as current ones.

Zim QOTD

- "You see at the end of this wormhole lies… A ROOM WITH A MOOSE!!!!"

Mmm, ice cream

Tis great to fliter about on the net while eating Ben & Jerry's Dublin Mudslide :)

Have to get some focus regarding the broadband though.

Photos, photos photos.

Meanwhile, here's his excellency, Gir...

He's not stupid, he's advanced!

New MCE Remote Keyboard

Spotted this a few weeks back but Tom's Hardware have done a thorough review.

Looks like an interesting gadget but not really applicable to myself as I don't have a living room PC configuration.

It also works via the infrared receiver rather than Bluetooth or the usual 27MHz radio frequencies which was a bit of a surprise.

MCE Remote Keyboard Review @ Tom's Hardware

Zim QOTD

- "Not now son! I’m making…. TOAST!"

Modelling Photography Books

Just checked Amazon UK & the 2 books I ordered have a delivery estimate of 2 Sep 2005 - 20 Sep 2005.

That's ages away. Bet they drop out to unavailable at the last minute.

Zim QOTD

- "Why?! Why my piggy? I loved you piggy! I loved you..."

First DJ Adventure

Finally getting around to posting about my first DJ sojourn in Dominion. Despite initial nerves, I thoroughly enjoyed it & I hope my set was well received by strangers, friends & the resident DJs.


But talk about being thrown in at the deep end. nephster13 asked me to do a 45 min slot at 10 & another 45 min slot near the end of the night. Paul F was in charge for the night & Robin was guesting too. That was the plan anyway.

lady_bastet & I got there just at 10. I was worried nephster13 would be there tapping his watch with his index finger. Not the case, main door was still locked up, so we went down with the barman & sorted out the tables & candles. No problem there but when it came to the DJ equipment, we were all fingers & thumbs. Turns out someone had removed an extension lead which we eventually found & got things moving. Got a few heckles from people of "Where's the music?" :P

At just that time Paul arrived & we ironed out a few more things. Got moving with my set, mostly trad & industrial for the first slot, had a go at a few requests too. Despite the fact I only brought 6 CDs of burned music, I was able to play about 4 requests in the first slot. Threw in some Dark Metal eg. Lacuna Coil & Within Temptation & some new tracks from Ghost of Lemora & L'ame Immortelle (God bless Kaleidoscope).

Then another hiccup, Robin arrived with no CDs as he had been told last week he wasn't actually on. Cheeky nephster13! So I wound up keeping my first slot for about 1 & half hours. Again, glad I burned a good mix & length of music. After that Paul took over with a bit more trad & popular tracks. Then back to me for a bit of EBM & industrial & back to Paul to finish.

Only slipped up once pausing/stopping Running Up That Hill by Faith & The Muse mid-song. A few not so smooth fade ins but that's about it. Would like to get a look at the set list for the night to jog my memory on exactly what I played.


So smiles all round from me. Will start copying my CDs & printing up inserts for my CD wallet as I'd been keen to give it a go again.

More Techy Goodness

To go along with our new broadband setup, I've bought a PCI Wireless G card for my desktop & a Notebook Adaptor card too. Both Linksys.

2 minutes to setup the notebook. Very streamlined kit.