Hello, and welcome to my LJ! It's worth noting that if something is little and/or bitty and isn't worth a full LJ post (or if I simply don't have time to do one), I often post stuff on Twitter - for ease of use, an embed of my most recent Twitter posts is to the side. Enjoy! The main blog is below.

[13:33:49] Overlord: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/24/buffalos-16gb-5mm-usb-thumbkey-its-really-small/
[13:33:59] Overlord: This is ridiculous. The drive is a third the size of the plug
[13:35:43] Kemp: that's pretty awesome
[13:35:46] Kemp: though too easy to lose
[13:35:48] Kemp: or swallow
[13:37:31] Overlord: XD
[13:37:41] Overlord: That's one way of getting MP3s past customs =P

[02:49:11] <@Overlord> http://www.stargate.com/index.html - I guess they finally got pissed off with people looking for an off-planet exit
[02:55:48] <+MadEchidna> OL: what
[02:56:24] <@Overlord> That's a hosting facility
[02:56:43] <@Overlord> They finally changed their name to something OTHER than a scifi franchise that was established before they were anyway
[02:57:45] <+Cryomancer> hah
[02:58:04] <+Cryomancer> "hosting availble anywhere in the galaxy for 38 minute intervals"

Yeah, I'm still not dead. Dependant on what happens in the next few weeks, I'm gonna try to blog more again, but there's always Twitter otherwise =P

I've just found this rather brilliant series of short videos - 14, in all - shot by a documentary crew who managed to buy their way into North Korea and document some of the weird shit that goes down in there, from empty motorways to choreographed restaurants. Check it out, it's oddly compelling.

There's an interesting campaign going on over at www.bringdownie6.com - an attempt to finally get the POS browser phased out.





If you're still running IE6 somewhere, it's really time to let it go =P

Not quite ready to release this yet as I need to add more SSIDs to the new feature I've just added, but it works, so let's see some shots!



My, this is a large and messy list. And all I want to view is the Sky routers, what if there was a way of doing that?



We're in luck! New to 1.10 is the ability to filter by manufacturer - just click the relevant button...



And there we go. All the Sky routers on this run!

Obviously I'll be adding more than those 3 manufacturers, and more routers made by each of the manufacturers too - right now it just detects one or two of the more common strings. ;) It scans by SSID only so won't put a router that's had the SSID changed in the relevant list, but let's be honest - most people don't.

This is several SHADES of awesome. Gumshoe, Phoenix, Maya, Edgeworth... the gang's all here! =P The music, too! I have to get hold of a subbed rip of this...

This is hilarious. XD

This is quite possibly the geekiest thing I've ever seen.



Buy it here, if you want it. =P 105 keys, and PS/2. (USB is for Romulan scum, apparently)

In just under 2 days we will finally be shot of monkey-man George Bush, and you can watch the actual transition ceremony online if you're not near a TV at the time (noon, EST, which is GMT-5, so 5pm UK Time) at the following links:

BBC.co.uk - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2008/obama_presidency/default.stm will have a link to a video on the actual day - or you can watch on BBC1 if you're by a TV, of course.

CNN - http://www.cnn.com/live/

Faux Fox News - don't deserve a working link, but it'll be on the front page of their site. If you're that desperate to give Rupert Murdoch advertising revenue, use Google.

Hulu - Note this video might not work outside the USA, because Hulu is lame and uses region coding. The main reason I'm bothering to embed it is because it has a countdown timer in it.


MSNBC - They're broadcasting, but only in Silverlight. I'd look elsewhere. Again, use Google if you really MUST support Microsoft's attempted Flash-killer.

New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com intends to have a video on the front page on the day of the Inauguration.

There's a couple of others but out of all of these, honestly - I'd recommend the BBC. It's well known that Britain does everything the best, after all. ;)

Overlord: <@*****> YOU GUYS
Overlord: <@*****> hahaha ####### just got a spam mail titled "get a stiffy in a jiffy"
Overlord: <@*****> almost as good as the one I got that said "initiate huge dick sequence"
Kemp: lol
Overlord: I love that second one
Overlord: It sounds like a h-manga with mechs
Kemp: mech 1: "Whorebot detected"
Kemp: mech 2: "Initiating huge dick sequence, prepare to penetrate on my command"
Overlord: LOL
Kemp: anywho, bed time for me
Overlord: I'll be going fairly soon
Kemp: and remember, there are hot mechs just waiting for you to call them...
Kemp: they really need a quote for those reactor heatsinks
Overlord: hahahaha
Overlord: Just call 1-800-MECH-SEX today
Kemp: we know what you like
Kemp: as long as what you like is 100 tonnes of metal crushing you
Overlord: LMAO
Kemp: thank you, I'm here all week
Overlord: Try the veal

This is a shot from the Japanese TV show Godzilla Island. It's set in 2097. In this particular episode, the female villain of the piece has managed to infiltrate the G-Guard headquarters (the base of the Island's operations), and is looking through a mountain of paperwork for any secrets. Her robot assistant Cameron (he's a camera, geddit?) is looking though the computer - to be specific, this piece of scrolling English text:



That is the StuffIt readme file. Not gonna find any secrets there. ;P I suspect they never intended the text to be read by English speakers...

Fun little IM log of me explaining to a friend of mine how I disappeared last night from the internet:

[21:23:52] Overlord: Let me tell you about this morning's 2am power cut
[21:24:06] Overlord: At 2:20am ish I was sitting here on IRC
[21:24:10] Overlord: Chatting, as you do
[21:24:18] Overlord: When the power suddenly went out
[21:24:37] Overlord: Grasped around for the torch by the door in here, eventually found it after kicking several things
[21:24:57] Overlord: An alarm was going off outside - next door's, most likely
[21:25:11] Overlord: We assembled as it were, etc
[21:25:23] Overlord: After about 15 mins the alarm is still going off
[21:25:41] Overlord: Mum wondered why no-one was turning it off, and whether no-one next door was in. She said she'd go have a look
[21:26:02] Overlord: Comes back - turns out it is OUR alarm, which has been gaining in pitch and intensity for the last 15 mins
[21:26:18] Overlord: Attempt to remove the battery from the internal control box
[21:26:28] Overlord: Alarm gets even louder and faster
[21:27:10] Overlord: It ended up with me & my brother hanging out of the upstairs window unscrewing a plate from the external box, then as I held a torchlight at it to shed light on it he yanked the speaker out
[21:27:12] Overlord: XD
[21:27:32] Overlord: Power came back on about an hour later just as I'd decided to go to bed when they said power would be out for about 3 hours
[21:27:37] Overlord: So that was fun
[21:29:23] Overlord: Ruined my record uptime though. :( It's now a shade over 5 months 1 day
[21:29:24] Overlord: =P

It's been fixed and reassembled now. Still, interesting if nothing less. All I'm thankful for is that the power outage didn't break anything on my PC. =P

What the hell has this guy been smoking?!

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Andy Burnham says he believes that new standards of decency need to be applied to the web. He is planning to negotiate with Barack Obama’s incoming American administration to draw up new international rules for English language websites.

The Cabinet minister describes the internet as “quite a dangerous place” and says he wants internet-service providers (ISPs) to offer parents “child-safe” web services.

Giving film-style ratings to individual websites is one of the options being considered, he confirms. When asked directly whether age ratings could be introduced, Mr Burnham replies: “Yes, that would be an option. This is an area that is really now coming into full focus.”

ISPs, such as BT, Tiscali, AOL or Sky could also be forced to offer internet services where the only websites accessible are those deemed suitable for children.

Uhm, how the hell do you plan to police several billion webpages? Why the hell do you think you have the RIGHT to police private webpages? Does this mean if I run a personal webserver I have to submit it to Labour to get it AUTHORISED?! You can fuck right off.

"If you look back at the people who created the internet they talked very deliberately about creating a space that Governments couldn’t reach."

Yes, and stunts like this are exactly why. The internet is a medium you cannot directly manipulate like TV and the papers, and it scares the shit out of you, doesn't it?

"Leaving your child for two hours completely unregulated on the internet is not something you can do."

You're right, it isn't! Know why? You should be doing some fucking PARENTING! But that doesn;t raise good little obedient sheep, does it?

This guy is an utter idiot and I hope he gets removed from a position of power as soon as possible. Nothing I admin is ever going to have a fucking retarded "Government Rating".

Another reason why Apple sucks. :(

Check out this little game. Called "Achievement Unlocked", it's basically a game that isn't - 100 pointless little tasks to do that are the game itself.



See if you can beat that - you probably can, I wasn't putting too much effort in =P

There's a really nice selection of pictures over here celebrating the International Space Station's 10th anniversary. Go check 'em out.

HOOOOOOOLY SHIT.

I want ;_;

OMFG. 0118999881999119725.......3 was mentioned! Denholm made an appearance too~ Episode wins.

Also, does this look familiar? =P

DeeTeeTee brings news that the first analogue transmitter set in the main program has switched off - the Border region is now digital only.

One down, several to go :)