Quite possibly the best game ever

You can't beat a game with a title "Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar". You just can't.

http://www.arcadebomb.com/play/robot_dinosaurs_that_shoot_beams_when_they_roar.html

Misseri Studio

I just completely stumbled across this on Youtube. Misseri Studio were the creators of a great deal of the short 5 minute programs that were shown on ABC in Oz when I was growing up. Don't remember any of their stuff? Here is an example:



Go there. Now.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MISSERISTUDIO

Farewell, wisdom teeth.

I just had all my wisdom teeth removed. Before being injected with the novocaine, I attempted to see how low I could get my pulse. I guess I did an ok job, hovering around the mid 60s, especially since I was freaking out a little.

The whole procedure took 45 mins, with three straight pulls and one impacted (soft flesh, so it hadn't come right through yet). I remember the dentist saying "now you're going to feel good", and then after that, being wheelchaired out to the car.

Here is my tribute song to the moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nBOROExwE0

Piano song, Movement 1

I posted this to my facebook profile a few days ago. Here is the info:

Originally composed on a Kawai ES3 (I love that Piano), pumped via USB-MIDI into my computer running Cubase Studio 4, re-converted to piano choones using Synthogy's Ivory Grand Piano, normalised and converted to MP3 using Audacity. Still can't think of a proper name for it. Sorry if it auto-plays, I don't know how to stop that with this app (actually, I've disabled it for now until I get a better solution).

The Snuggie

Fulfill your Monk-like desires.

It's a damselfly, not a dragonfly.

This post was wrong. I was surfing Wikipedia and found that a damselfly's wings run parallel to its body. A dragonfly's wings are perpendicular, like on the one I found out the front of our place a while ago:

 

Peru photos - part three - Cusco!

Here are the photos from the Cusco region of Peru, which includes Cusco itself, surrounding ruins and towns and of course, Machu Picchu.

Link to photo set.


Machu Picchu HDR
Originally uploaded by daecks

Llama!
Originally uploaded by daecks

Peru photos - part two - Ica!

Here are photos from the region of Peru called "Ica", which includes the coastal sites of Paracas and the Nazca lines.

The set is here.


Sealion
Originally uploaded by daecks

Spider deja vu
Originally uploaded by daecks

Peru photos - part one - Lima!

Photos and some videos taken in and around Lima are now online in Flickr. There are more to come from Ica (Nasca lines) and Cusco (many Inca ruins).

Click here to visit the set.



Indian Market
Originally uploaded by daecks


Rainbow fountain
Originally uploaded by daecks

Berklee music project

For my latest online Berklee music course, we had to create background music and effects for a movie scene out of a video game. I did mine for a scene from Aeon Flux. Here 'tis, with the music track only...

Little dragonfly

Little dragonfly
Originally uploaded by daecks

This little guy was hanging off a Staghorn leaf just outside our place.

Brown Anole

Brown Anole
Originally uploaded by daecks

Another example of the critters found around where I live. This one would return every night to the same spot to rest. For scale, the head would be a little under 1cm long.

Kiss me

Kiss me
Originally uploaded by daecks

This was out on our terrace the other day. I have no idea what species of frog this is, somewhat due to the tail protrusion.

Australia trip photos

These have been up for a while now, but for relatives who do still check this page (mum), here is the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daecks/collections/72157605414305482/

Spiny Orb-weaver

Spiny Orb-weaver
Originally uploaded by daecks

Am I tempting fate by wanting to take photos of spiders?

Funeral picketing

I would like to see them try... just to see their arses get kicked. Although you have to wonder if they know how far away Australia is, or even where it is, or even if they realise it will be there *rolls eyes*.

Time for an update, eh?

Well I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year break. I made the mistake of attempting to work during that time, and was not as successful as I would have liked. Since this has turned into more of a photo blog rather than random musings/bitchings (stated right after a bitching post), here are some photos.

Trip to Washington, D.C.


My last birthday in the 20s.

Bitch time

It's bitchy PK here. I can be in a completely good mood, and all of a sudden on comes a commercial with a song that has the most stupid lyrics ever. Take one of the new iPod Touch ads, with lyrics like these how can you go wrong?!?

"Music is my boyfriend
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my dead end
Music is my imaginary friend
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress"

"Music is my beach house
Music is my hometown
Music is my kingsize bed
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is my back rub
Music is where i'd like you to touch"

The actual ad splices some of those lines together for a more concentrated bad-lyric experience. Here it is:


Here is another one from Old Navy:
"If you are chilly, here take my sweater"
Hey, I get the idea! Could the rest of the song go like this?
"If you are thirsty, here have some water"
"If you are sleepy, here is a pillow"
"If you are hungry, here take my salad" and so the hell on.
Sheer poetic brilliance!

Photos around the place

I've noticed some photos of mine are on certain websites around the place. I find it interesting to see which of my photos are used. Here are some links:

Fantasy-fest devil
Diesel the family cat
Kitten in Nicaragua
Major Mitchell cockatoo
Heller International building, Chicago
Little chargers
Murray river

Just so you know

PK is PK right now.

I'm on Corona #5, drinking with a bunch of Peruvians, making squashed frogs for the girls, and I'm running low on Midori.

Update: Midori is finished. )-: