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Portable computing

2009-10-29T13:36:00Z

While the relatively inexpensive 10" laptops are very appealing, certainly from a upcoming travel perspective, they are unfortunately out of reach this time around.

Now here's a great idea...

Goose

Need beer...

2009-10-21T19:43:00Z

I have been drunk before, perhaps more than once...

I have seen my friends throw up in a newpaper bin on Victoria street (Fridge).

I have woken up with a single eyebrow in the back yard with a section of fence still in my hands.

So, what happens when you combine some mind-altering substance and draw the short straw with your buddies to go back and get more beer...?

This...

Enjoy!

Goose

Now thats a great idea...

2009-10-08T17:11:00Z

As 2010 fast approaches I think it is fair to say that someone fucked up on delivering my flying car.

The advance of technology is slowing at a constant rate so good new ideas are few and far between...

This is cool though, eh?

Powermat...

Two final comments:

The vegan lifestyle suits me just fine... &
See ya at Christmas!

Goose

It's been a while...

2009-09-23T15:15:00Z

Since I posted anything but thanks to Sundog (once again) hilarity has been restored for todays little gem.

Check out this song, the production is superb...

Wrong hole...

Ha!

Goose

Todays chuckle...

2009-09-03T19:06:00Z

Two things made me laugh today... good work Sundog...

Pole dancing barbie for kids...

versus

Pole dancing barbie for geeks...

Too funny...

Cheers

Goose

Todays news headlines cause for chuckle...

2009-09-02T11:59:00Z

Have you ever noticed how things are always worse for someone else?

What about this guy:

A central Pennsylvania man said he robbed a bank in 2007 to go to jail and get away from his overbearing wife. At a sentencing hearing Monday, 39-year-old Anthony Miller said he robbed a bank in Ephrata because he wanted to leave his then-wife but she had threatened to commit suicide if he did.

Ha! Nice one. He got 3 to 6 and a divorce. Win-win...

Or this guy:

A man was accused of trying to kick his own feces at police officers who responded to a party at his home. Sgt. Ross Renner said a 64-year-old man was accused of pulling down his pants Friday night, defecating on the floor and attempting to kick feces at the officers.

Wow... time to lay off the Jack Off to court for you Oct. 1

Oh and Scoope... Leanne Rimes is getting divorced, better get a haircut and plane ticket mate

Food, PETA and the human animal...

2009-08-31T14:54:00Z

I had an epiphany over the weekend...

I am amazed at myself and at humans as a race regarding how we treat animals and horrified at what it takes to shock me into doing something.

Five years ago I wouldn't watch clips of atrocities that people would send me as some form of entertainment, now very little shocks me.

This documentary shocked me. It is designed to do so. Enough to donate to PETA.

I watched Earthlings... and despite the graphic content, I want everyone to see it.

Not because I want to bash you with my beliefs or ethics, but because we humans are supposed to be the highest form of evolution and as such, have the last say in things we do.

Understand how that delicious steak made it to your fork, what happened in the event chain prior to the moment you eat it.

Know, understand, decide. Understand is the key word here.

Like most, you will continue to enjoy your dinner as you have your whole life. For some, like me, I am challenging the accepted normality of process and making changes for what I believe in.

I will give respect to an animal long before a human. People earn respect from me, it's not given it by default.

Watch the documentary. Think.

Goose

Aircraft images...

2009-08-28T11:50:00Z

Thanks to Aaron for the 40 cool aircraft pictures...

Grindstone...

2009-08-26T11:40:00Z

Well... back to it after extending the weekend by two days.

Attended, shot and flew in the annual giant scale fun fly in Kingston on Saturday cool (pix to come), flew again Monday and Tuesday despite the weather trying its best to screw me up.

Did you hear Zakk Wylde is in hospital for blood clots? Not cool...

I didn't know there was such an event as this, but it seems the Germans are bloody good at it.

Ow, sunburn

Righto!

Mr G

Fuckhead times two...

2009-08-21T13:28:00Z

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is the piece of shit that blew a Pan Am flight (188) out of the sky in 1988 killing 270 people.

They let him go today because he is dying from cancer.

Oh boo hoo. Die alone, in jail, preferably with no meds asshole.

No, instead he is flown back to his own country on the governments tab and is 'expected' to receive a heros welcome.

Are you fucking kidding?

Apparently not. Nice one Scottish government. Two words... huge mistake.

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Jasmine Fiore is a name you might hear in the next couple of days...

Ryan Jenkins, an investment banker worth a cool 2.5 million decided to live out what can only be described as a movie plot, by killing Fiore (his wife) then stuffing her naked into a suitcase and then a dumpster after smashing out her teeth and cutting off her fingers so she could not be identified.

Well done Sherlock, never mind her face is easily recognised due to her career.

Guess where he is.

Yep, ran away to Canada.

Why is it that we don't have the death penalty anymore? Anyone?

Speaking of the British...

2009-08-19T12:05:00Z

Censorship this time...

[Quote] Britain's film board banned the sale of a Japanese horror DVD, saying Wednesday its violence is so extreme that it could cause psychological harm to audiences.

The film "Grotesque" is devoted most of its running time to the sexual assault and torture of its two main characters, the British Board of Film Classification said.

"'Grotesque' features minimal narrative or character development and presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism," the board said in a statement.

The film cannot be legally sold or supplied anywhere in Britain.

The board said the movie's nonstop scenes of torture -- including amputation, eye-gouging, castration and evisceration -- make it impossible to edit the film in a way which would make it acceptable for British viewers. [End Quote]

I vehemently oppose censorship and whilst there is little that can be done about the quality and accuracy of information disseminated down to the masses, tolerating it is the same as agreeing to it. Your choice is what matters.

I'm not too surprised it's the Japs this time... this sort of stuff probably seems normal after their efforts in WWII. No, you're not forgiven.

Uncensored trailer here... (there is one ad popup)

Enjoy!

Goose

Rock legends and war history?

2009-08-18T11:52:00Z

Two things I enjoy very much have been fused together in this youtube video...

Iron Maiden's Paschendale nicely combined with "All quiet on the Western Front" [TV-Remake from 1980] is one of many such videos.

Thanks Matt for that and for pointing out: Only the canadians broke the germans at Paschendale after 16K casualties, only for the british to lose it 2 weeks later.

Google Henry Patch.

Never forget those who served and allow you to sit your soft ass in a comfortable chair and enjoy a good life. Teach your children... ignorance is not an excuse for repeating mankinds mistakes.

Cheers.

Goose

Good weekend?

2009-08-17T16:46:00Z

Summer finally arrived in Ottawa this week... the weekend saw temperatures of 32 and 34 degrees C burn my Canadian-esque skin pretty good. I don't quite glow in the dark yet, but it's unavoidable when you hibernate for more than half the year.

Saturday was a helicopter event at my club. I don't fly those bizzare contraptions but went to shoot it anyways, check out the pics here...

BBQ steak dinner at a buddys house afterwards made for a great day.

Sunday saw some flying and once again, I managed to rip the landing gear off my Ultimate, or the yellow scurge as is now known.

Not a biggie except that I am flying it at an event this weekend and the design is very weak around the landing gear.

Tonight will see time spent in the shop welding some kind of aluminium bracket to spread the load and hopefully keep it in one damn piece...

See what happens...

Goose

TGIF

2009-08-07T12:12:00Z

Funny how you work more during a short week... guess that is the way it goes for having an extra day off.

I'm in training all next week, so that will be a welcome break from the grindstone.

Oops! Did you see 61 year old rock legend Steve Tyler fell off the stage at the Buffalo Chip gig? The show did not go on...

Aide says Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud is dead - Good.

3 British troops killed in southern Afghanistan - Not good.

Have a good weekend all...

Goose

PS: What the hell is this?

Happy Hiroshima Day...

2009-08-06T13:28:00Z

August 6, 1945 Harry S Truman gives the go-ahead to drop one of two atomic bombs on Japan.

Today 64 years ago, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi probably looked out the window and uttered the Japanese equivalent of "Oh fuck..."

Little boy, as it was known, was 3m long, 71cm in diameter and carried 64Kg of uranium-235. Here's an interesting fact... of this uranium mass, only 0.6g was converted to energy post nuclear fission.

0.6g is equivalent to 15 drops of water.

The end result of this bomb, and then the dropping of Fat man (15% larger) three days later on Nagasaki forced the empire of Japan to surrender on August 14, 1945.

Now for all of those who throw their hands in the air and wail about the humanity of it all, shut up.

If it wasn't for this chain of events you would be speaking German or Japanese whilst sitting in your comfy Uchi or Haus anywhere in the world.

There is no love lost on the Japanese for me. My grandfather suffered along with thousands of soldiers at the hands of the Japanese in the pacific in WWII and with war history being a hobby of mine for years now, I could show you things they did that would make you throw up.

Yeah, yeah... 'we' did bad stuff too, blah blah...

Did you also know that war history, in particular the horrors of war and including Hitler's nearly successful attempt to completely eradicate the Jewish race is no longer being taught is school? No war, no holocaust... how long before no 911?

We are destined to repeat our mistakes.

Food for thought...

Good day

Goose

Doghouse...

2009-08-05T11:20:00Z

Perhaps it was the ridiculous levels of estrogen, or maybe it was just because they deserved it...

Nuff said.

On a very funny note, the guys who invented this next generation workout device for women, was a genius who was probably married!

Yes, I said was.

Good day people.

Woof.

Pretty good weekend...

2009-08-04T13:00:00Z

... can't complain to three days off courtesy of Canada's Civic holiday.

The IMAC National Scale Aerobatic Competition (RC planes) decended on our field for four days, effectively shutting us down for flying, but did bring lots of huge planes and excellent pilots to the area.

I spent a few hours Saturday taking pictures like this Sample shot (more here).

Monday holiday did allow some flying despite the weather. Oh, did I mention Ottawa has broken the record for the highest rainfall in summer since god was a small boy?

The rest of the weekend was spent building my Americas Cup yacht, ETNZ NZL-92 (weather appropriate hobby) which is progressing well.

Monday always see a few emails that amuse me, here is Tuesdays:

What's the point of a non-lethal crowd control solution?
http://www.break.com/index/giant-vortex-cannon-destroys-everything.html

If Religulous didn't convince you, perhaps this will...
http://www.thegodmovie.com/trailer.php

Isn't it amazing what makes headline news these days...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDBBz-7PqJk

Hehe... way to go Ryan...
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2009/08/03/10351526-wenn-story.html

Uh-oh Stebbs... was it you that had a thing for Milla?
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2009/08/02/10345066-wenn-story.html

Cheers

Goose

Friday July 31, 2009

2009-07-31T23:07:00Z

Todays piss off is you Ottawa...

Not just today but most days. Why?

Consumerism. Is that a real word? I am a consumer. I want and need to buy things. Seems pretty simple doesn't it, well let me tell you it is not. Liken it to trying to buy rockinghorse shit from a traveling snake oil salesman.

I'm not talking about huge purchases, some slightly specialized, yes, but right down to the daily shit... for the love of god! Why is this so hard?

Todays item is called Mold release. If you are like 95% of the Ottawans I have asked about this product this last week, you will be sitting there right now saying huh?

Simply, when you make something out of fibreglass, its usually in or on a mold. To stop your glass sticking to the mold forever, you apply a release agent. which is a fancy name for non-stick shit that comes as a wax, paste or even in an aerosol.

I'm building a boat, my first one. I was getting tired of crashing planes and decided that a boat would calm me down, relax me, remove the evil stress from my body... and to really enjoy it, I'm building it from scratch.

Great plan, but wait a sec... materials. Hmmm... nothing too spectacular....

Fibreglass
Carbon fibre tube and cloth
Wood
Some fittings
Radio gear

Straight back to the rockinghorse shit my friends. Oh, I have discovered that I no longer have the ability to use Google correctly. I will have a bloody stroke before getting results that are of any use. Hey, the designer of my boat, sitting in his villa in France had more luck than me. Most of that, I am convinced, is because Canada businesses decided not to go with that Google thing, as it probably wouldn't catch on.

So the short of it is this week has been spent driving all over the city in frustration, looking for the most benign items, talking to people who for the most part, think I am from another planet. I might as well be for the results.

So fuck you Ottawa.
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It's the start of a 3 day weekend, Civic holiday. Not bad, always keen for a day off. I could hmmmm, i don't know, maybe glass my boat? Fat chance.

I saw this interesting Indian ritual has made it to the headlines... Dropping babies off the temple
Michael Jackson dangled his off a balcony and world gasped! These guys have been doing the real deal for 700 years!

Thanks to Matt for showing me this interesting vid of the Hoff The Hoff drunk and trying to eat a burger... and why he is such a legend in Germany... I can't fight this feeling...

Later...

Goose

Welcome

2009-07-31T03:15:51Z

It's official... I'm an angry old man.

Not so much a surprise but more of a revelation, like finding god... if there was such a thing.

Do I care? Not one bit. The whole freakin' world can bite me.

So what is this?

This... dear reader, is nothing more than a narcissistic rant, the ramblings of a salty old bastard who hates everything and everyone and is not afraid to tell you so.

Can't deal with it? See ya...

Curious? Keep reading...

Got something to say, well say it.

Welcome...

Goose