3:49 PM
On Consimworld,...
A pard of mine, Gary Christiansen (who resides in Ohio, lucky devil!) is currently at ORIGINS. He is posting his photos live as he experiences (mostly the wargaming half) of the convention.They are on Consimworld, starting roughly HERE and going onward. You don't need to have an account on Consimworld to view them.
The Great Lou Zocchi, one of my gaming heros
Tom Dice Tower Vasel... sorry I couldn't make it, fellas.
Seek out the rest yourselves, no reason to post them here!
Looks like a great time... I almost made it this year.. and almost had ahotel room floor to sleep on.. alas, it would not have been a good idea, with the work situation right now. So I'll just look on in envy and hope everyone has a good time. NEXT TIME....
12:57 PM
Finally! Round 2 scored
Round 2 is done. I instituted a split of the penalty for two or more answers that tie for number 1, so the -5 isn't quite as grevious. E.G., if there are TWO "most used answers", instead of -5 ea. the get a -2.
11:19 AM
I laughed until I stopped
9:53 AM
Break out your telescopes
SPACE STATION FLYBY: NORTHERN VA, DC and MARYLAND
Every once in a while I get an email from Jeff Barker at Fort Leavenworth, KS, with instructions for viewing the International Space Station as it does a flyby. I've seen it about a half dozen times, thanks to his efforts. If you want to sign up for notification, contact information is in the final paragraph.
Here's today's mission broadcast from Jeff
The Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, FL, at 1549 hours (3:49 p.m.) EST on STS 121. If the launch takes place as scheduled, Discovery will link up with the International Space Station on July 4th.The Shuttle Discovery, joined to the International Space Station, will make a visible pass over the Northern VA/Washington area on Tuesday, 4 July, starting at about 2135. If the Shuttle does not launch on schedule, then the International Station will make the visible pass by itself. See the attached PowerPoint slides for viewing times and a sky map of the pass.
Please READ THE INSTRUCTIONS on the slide to properly orient the sky map. Viewing times are accurate for a radius of about 50 miles. The ISS passes within view of your area occur frequently but most passes are in the middle of the night when the ISS is in the Earth's shadow or during the day when the sky is too bright. Visible passes occur when the ground observer is in darkness yet the satellite is illuminated by the sun. This occurs if the satellite passes within view just before sunrise or just after sunset. Most visible passes are low on the horizon and, therefore, difficult to see.
Generally,I only send out viewing information for high elevation passes. When a visible pass occurs, the ISS can be seen with the naked eye because it is in low earth orbit and it reflects a lot of sunlight because it is so large. Weight: 404,069 pounds. Habitable Volume: 15,000 cubic feet Dimensions: Width Across Solar Arrays: 240 feetLength: 146 feet from Destiny Lab to Zvezda; (171 feet with a Progress docked) Height: 90 feet
Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and Commander Pavel Vinogradov continue preparing the station for its rendezvous and docking with space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121. The two crew members have checked out the robotic arm, serviced U.S. spacesuits and configured communication headsets. Discovery will bring equipment and supplies to the station.
NASA Science Officer Jeffrey Williams is a Colonel in the U.S. Army. Williams was born, January 18, 1958. He graduated High School in 1976; earned a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) in 1980, an M.S. degree in aeronautical engineering and the degree of aeronautical engineer from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, both in 1987, and a master of arts degree in National security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College in 1996.The crew of the Shuttle Discovery are: Steven W. Lindsey, commander; Mark E. Kelly, pilot; Stephanie D. Wilson, Michael E. Fossum, both mission specialists; Piers J. Sellers, mission specialist; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany; and Lisa M. Nowak, both mission specialists.
The crew of space shuttle Discovery will test new equipment and procedures that increase the safety of space shuttles during the STS-121 mission to the International Space Station. It also will perform maintenance on the space station and deliver more supplies and cargo for future station expansion. This mission is to carry on analysis of safety improvements that debuted on the Return to Flight mission, STS-114, and build upon those tests. Discovery will carry the Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo, with more than two tons of equipment and supplies aboard. A full press kit with detailed information about the shuttle crew and mission STS 121 is available at: +
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/149873main_sts121_press_kit.pdf
If this message was forwarded to you and you would like to subscribe to future visible passes of the ISS and the Shuttle, send an e-mail to: jefferson.barker@us.army.mil.
Be sure to mention what city you live in since I send out visible pass information for many locations around the country.Jeff Barker(ARINC Engineering Services) US Army Battle Command Battle LabFort Leavenworth, KS
3:25 PM
Jim Baen has passed on
And that's sad news indeed. In my earlier plea for good kharma, I noted he was ailing, but I had no idea the prognosis was so hopeless. Dave Drake, his personal friend for many years, wrote his obit on his website, and has put Jim's passing into words far better than I ever could.
"Second star from the right, and straight on 'til morning!"
We'll miss you, Jim!
3:27 PM
OGRE PBeM Defender setup
Brad Weier sent me an email requesting a game of OGRE via Cyberboard, a Play by Email utility with which I have some experience. His intention is to learn how to play a game with CB and I figured what the heck, that's how *I* learned.
Here's the Defender setup... so what will it be? Left, Right, or Straight up the Middle?
Understand, I know that the previous question was somewhat rhetorical.. overlapping fields of fire do not a good day make!
10:26 AM
Recently Arrived at the Casa
The Zombie "Racer" figures for THE TIBETAN CORPSE RACING OLYMPIAD.
These are the work of one Mr. Howard Whitehouse (aka Mexican Jack Squint on TMP), who did a little conversion and paint job for me. Very reasonable rates and the plain fact is I wouldn't trust a job like this to anyone who couldn't think along the lines of my own twisted thought processes.
The Jockies are really the main component of this game and I wanted them to look right. I'm working on finishing off the Yak Wagons and darling Edwardian children as we speak. This game won't be at HISTORICON but it is very likely to be at TRIADCON and FALL IN!!
10:20 AM
Well I was up waaay too late last night with a nice little buzz
Après le déluge
Historic Rainfaills...Holy CRAP has it been raining in Northern Va. and DC lately. I heard on the radio this morning that the level of rainfall is in the "historic" category. I shudder to think what this will do to our already saturated flood plain. On the train ride home last night we passed by Four Mile Run... it was a torrent. The pipes from ground water runoff literally had water shooting out of them at the horizontal for three feet, the water was coming on so fast. Fortunately we live fairly close to a big ocean (which is more or less down hill) so most of the problem will alleviate soon, if the damned rain would just stop.I snapped these later on on the same train ride. That's the Lake Acotink Spillway there.
You can't see it well here, but the picnic tables are about to be swallowed up.
At least my tomato plants are growing, and I've had a great excuse for NOT mowing the lawn these past five days running!
6:44 AM
Miniatures Review
Take a look... and tell the Colonel to keep making them!
He may want his ego stroked to do more of these, and he can be reached at his YOUTUBE profile, here:
You Tube Profile for Colonel Marbles
12:35 PM
With great sorrow...
I note the passing of Rebecca King, wife of my friend Doug King. Becky was a great friend of mine, back before she and Doug moved with the rest of the AOL technical staff down to Florida, then we sort of lost touch. Becky was a guiding light in the Society for Creative Anachronisms here in this area, and went by the name "Meghan Pengwyn" (her 'arms' or heraldry being a giant Emperor Penguin). In my SCA persona as Benedict Scattergoode, I was in her "household" within the society, along with Doug, Marsha Goddell, and a few others-- which was, in turn, part of House Oldcastle.
I got the call from Doug last week. Needless to say, he and Becky were a matching pair, and he is pretty devastated, but is managing to maintain his trademark sense of humor. Somehow.
Becky was never in the greatest of health. She dealt with weight issues, and joint problems, and weird blood chemistry and tendonitis and a host of other ills. In one of life's bitter ironies, things were starting to sort themselves out last year when suddenly, she was hit with a devastating stroke that left her mostly paralyzed.
Becky was all about grace and kindness. She welcomed me into her circle of friends with open arms and I always felt at home hanging out with her and the ladies of the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society, clodhopper that I was.
To illustrate her sense of humor, which was wicked and geeky:
Becky was a receptionist at NPR. One day one of the hosts walks past her, with CHARLTON HESTON in tow. Becky loved the same movies I did. So she was thinking.. "Damn! It's Charlton Heston! OMEGA MAN Charlton Heston! SOYLENT GREEN Charlton Heston!!! Taylor from PLANET OF THE APESCharlton Heston!!!! Freakin' BEN HUR Charlton Heston!!!!! I can't just let him walk by me without saying ANYTHING???" But she was all star-struck and tongue-tied, so he went by in stately fashion with Becky choking on what to say. As they rounded the corner, she let loose with a shouted:
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEEEEEE-OPLE!!
The host came back later to tell her that Heston actually bent double laughing at that, and laughed all the way to the interview booth.
Drey still tells stories of one of our first dates, which was a game night at Doug and Becky's house, and my reply to her Scattegory question ("What do you fear the most? the letter is O... "Ovulation!")
To steal from Gouthye, If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy. Becky wasn't a Noble Prize winning physicist, she didn't find a cure for AIDS, she didn't solve the Quandry of the Middle East. But she did make me (and many others) feel welcome in her life. I'll miss her terribly.
Good luck unraveling the great mystery, Beck. I love you.
10:57 AM
"IT figures 20mm greatcoats with budenovka hat"
Help! I'm expecting a bunch of infantry from Lancashire games at some point in the next couple weeks. I would like to have them painted (yes, gasp! With a painting service!). I'm trying to figure out what color the budenovka and greatcoat were. The Osperey plate (top) would indicate it was the standard Russian greenish khaki. The Gauntlet
international publication (below) would indicate that the coast is almost tan (as well as the hat). Is the blue piping accurate? Or is this a dismounted Konarmiya cavalryman? The piping on this surviving budenovka would indicate RED piping and a red star. Which is right?
Assuming that the two figures above represent variations of a cavalryman, what was the correct color and piping for infantry? Many thanks in advance for your help in getting this right.
Note: In both of the top plates, the figure I'm asking about is on the right hand side.
You may respond here as a comment, via email (remove the allcaps), or on TMP.
Thanks again.
UPDATE
From Keith Laycock, over on CONSIMWORLD, where I also posted a version of this message:
Keith Laycock - Jun 26, 2006 12:47 pm (#7385 Total: 7385)
The figure on the Osprey plate is indeed a cavalry officer, specifically a deputy regimental commander in 1922.
The Red cavalry used cornflower blue as its arm-of-service color; the infantry used crimson piped with black, and the artillery and engineers used black piped with scarlet. Note that these arm-of-service colors weren't officially adopted until January 1919.
The new-style greatcoat (or "kaftan") with prominent colored tabs shown in both cover illustrations was originally made of khaki cloth, as was the budenovka. The kaftan was introduced in April 1919, but was initially in very short supply and wasn't widely seen until a year later. Therefore, in October 1919, troops were instructed to "requisition" overcoats from civilians in preparation for the coming winter. In January 1922, new uniform regulations were issued, under which both the greatcoat and the budenovka became dark gray (like the example in your photograph).
Obviously, none of these specified changes in clothing could be implemented instantaneously, especially during the main period of fighting in 1919-20, so older items remained in use long after they were supposed to be replaced.
So, we can assume that an "Infantry figure with overcoat" at the time of the Russo-Polish conflict, might have a faded khaki overcoat with arm-of-service touches (cuffs, collar) being "scarlet piped with black". Seems to me if I get it painted that way it will work right up until the mid-1920s.
Not that it's definitive or anything, but the CARD illustration for RED ACTIONS! would indicate this paint scheme. Click to enlarge:
Allen Curtis from TMP pointed out the Russian Army museum uniform examples, but these appear to be from a later, more standardized era. They DO show the correct placement of the collar tabs and cuff markings, as well as the highly distinctive coat button pattern on the chest. The hat isn't quite this dark in the time period I'm trying to paint in, but it looks almost exactly like this hat in other respects.
The coat is dark and the tabs are yellowing with age, but this is the standard cut (with the yellow parts red and some contrasting color on the cuffs).
8:16 PM
Naval Archeological News
225 years later, searchis on for the Bonhomme Richard -- Expedition will try to recover ship lost in North Sea
Nearly 36 hours afterJohn Paul Jones shouted "I have not yet begun to fight" when thecaptain of the HMS Serapis asked him to surrender, Jones watched his flagshipsink to the bottom of the North Sea.
Jones, one of theNavy's founding fathers, became a Revolutionary War hero for capturingSerapis during a 3½-hour, almost point-blank fight off Flamborough Head, England,on Sept. 23, 1779.
More than 225 yearslater, Jones' flagship, the USS Bonhomme Richard, may again see the lightof day when an expedition by the nonprofit Ocean Technology Foundation attemptsto find and eventually recover it. The multiple-year expedition is being co-sponsored by the Naval Historical Center and a handful ofcivilian and military-related organizations. The destroyer USS John PaulJones and amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard have been named thehonorary "flagships" for the expedition.
The first year will bededicated to finding underwater objects that might be the ship, explainedproject manager Melissa Ryan in a phone interview from OTF's headquartersin Groton, Conn. When the team returns in 2007 itwill use a remotely operated vehicle to determine if any of those objects are,in fact, the Bonhomme Richard.
This is not the firstsearch for the famous ship. The nonprofit National Underwater Marine Agency,founded by adventurer and author Clive Cussler, has made at least fourattempts, and Ryan said that both OTF and NUMA will be searching for BonhommeRichard this summer. NUMA found the Civil War-era submarine USS Hunley off Charleston, S.C., in 1995 but it was only pulled from its ocean grave five years later.
Ryan said that right nowthey're focused on finding the Bonhomme Richard and will plan itsrecovery once it's located. Just finding the ship will be important tothe Navy and the study of naval history, officials say. "You cannot find amore important underwater archaeological site to the U.S. Navy than that of John Paul Jones' Bonhomme Richard," said Dr. Robert Neyland, headof the NHC Underwater Archaeology Branch, in a Navy news release. "Discovery of the shipwreck will shed new light on the horrific battle between Bonhomme Richardand Serapis, what life was like on board Bonhomme Richard for the officers andcrew, ship's armament and weaponry, and the construction of the shipitself," Neyland said.
Ryan said that part ofthe expedition's goals is education. "We're using this as ahook for younger people to learn about maritime history," she said. "Hopefully it will spur interest in the younger folks and the general public."
Navy ship named to honor American statesman,scientist
Navy ships have long been named after American warriors or statesmen and Bonhomme Richard was noexception. When King Louis XVI of France gave John Paul Jones a ship, an old East Indiaman called the Duc De Duras, Jonesrenamed it in honor of his patron, a famous American statesman and scientist. Most people wouldn't recognize Bonhomme Richard as a famous American, but they have probably heard of Benjamin Franklin. So how does Ben Franklin become Bonhomme Richard? In 1732 a man named Richard Saunders published the first "Poor Richard's Almanac," a collection of proverbs that included "Time ismoney" and "Early to bed, early to rise, always makes a manhealthy, wealthy and wise." Richard Saunders was the pen name used by Benjamin Franklin.
When Jones accepted the ship from Louis XVI, Franklin was the Americancommissioner in Paris. Franklin's almanac had been translated into French as "Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard" -"The Maxims of Good Man Richard" and the ship received the name" Good Man Richard," or "Bonhomme Richard."
Attribution: Unknown.
10:50 AM
I'm technology's bitch!
And it wouldn't be the first time...
Step 1: Remove Ipod Shuffle from the packing material and review the controls.
Check.
Step 2: Charge up your ipod by connecting to the computer and letting the batteries power up.
Check!
Step 3: Install the Ipod Itunes software on your new laptop.
(weakly) it took three attempts to install this software, but... Check!
Step 4: Register your Ipod Shuffle with Apple.com over the net.
It took me creating an Apple.com account first (they don't tell you this).. but..
Check!
Step 5: Browse through the categories for podcasts at the Music store and subscribe until you have the shows you wish to listen to regularly "subscribed to".
Check!
Step 6: Download the specific shows to your "Library" on Itunes.
Check!
Step 7: Drag the shows over to your Ipod Shuffle icon in the Itunes menu.
Check!
Step 8: You've been awake for several hours now. Try to keep awake. because theoretically, you just need to put the earphones on, turn the Ipod Shuffle on, and har lots of music and podcast goodness tickling your eardrums RIGHT NOW....
Oh Boy!
Click.
(Sounds of Silence... as my Ipod Shuffles imitates the audio stylings of a cinder block)
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!
What is the trick here??? What aren't they telling me? I want to be an Ipod hipster, too! C'mon world, I worked on this sucker for THREE HOURS last night!!!
What am I doing wrong?
3:43 PM
Connectivity Again!
Since my previous Gateway laptop turned into a brick (gradually) I picked up a new laptop last night, the Compaq Presario V2000Z. It's a lovely little machine, small, ergonomic and very light. It does exactly what I want out of a laptop at about half the footprint of the other one I had.
Audrey had to turn in her school laptop over the summer, and as she is in school now, she really needs one. So SHE had to get one. She insists on the HP dv5000z series laptop, because she's "so used to the way the mouse is set up she couldn't work with any other one", Thing is, the HP costs about 300 dollars more, and I'll be danged if I can figure out the why and the how of it.
In any event, I can now use SKYPE again, record audio files and what not. I'm pleased.
12:13 PM
Jim Baen seriously ill
It has been reported on several blogs that Jim Baen, the influential editor in chief of Baen Books and a fine short story editor in his own right, has suffered a massive stroke and is in the ICU. This would appear to be confirmed by Terri Weisskopf of Baen books:
Dear Barflies
I'm sorry to have to announce that Jim Baen suffered a stroke on Monday, and
has been in the hospital ever since. His condition is serious, but it's too
early for any prognosis as to how he'll fare from here on in.
His family has arrived in NC, and are with him in the hospital. I've been
to see him, as have other members of Baen's staff and his friend David
Drake. In the meantime, so far as Baen Books is concerned, our plans
continue on schedule.
The business is fine, we're all simply very
concerned about Jim.
Toni Weisskopf
Chief editor, Baen Books
I've never met Jim Baen, but I think rather highly of him, as he is a talented editor and very free and easy about the literature at Baen. One of the nicer things a publisher ever did was the BAEN FREE LIBRARY ONLINE, a feat that hasn't been equalled by any other company I know of. Jim Baen demonstrates that it IS possible to be out to make a buck publishing and still retain your soul.
If you're a believer, say your prayers. If you're not, just think good thoughts. The world's a better place with Jim in it.
12:01 PM
2:28 PM
New Mecha Technology sited stalking the streets of Baghdad?
2:22 PM
At Long Last...
A way to make Cockroaches a source of unlimited POWER!!!!
Credit: GIZMODO 2006
10:01 AM
Expected to land around the time of TRIADCON.
Untitled Russo Polish War game project: A lot of effort has gone into this lately. I have most of my Russian Cavalry army painted up and have just ordered some Litko bases for the entire army (that's everything) of 3mm flat wood, 30 x 40mm. I'm painting up a lot of plastic for this game; there's not much available in metal (that isn't ruinously expensive) I tried out the new Kryolon plastic bonding primer. I'm very impressed! Lots of give and a smooth finish that can take some paint. I also was considering going to Fernando Enterprises to rapidly paint my Russian Revolutionary Naval Infantry, but may go with "Reinforcements by Post" as he offers comparable (low) prices and he actually answers email.
So my preliminary Russian force will be:
I also have a couple of Emhar Mark 5 tanks and the HaT Russian WWI heavy weapons pack.
Return to Lilliputt: Other than picking up some terrain tiles at Cold Wars, this project hasn't had much done for it lately. I have to base up all those 6mm infantry figures and build some paper buildings and a ship model. Then it should be ready for testing.
NOMICA: with the purchase of CCG Maker recently, I've discovered a great way to cheaply make the chaos deck that is such an integral part of this game. The rules are being punched up and I even found some pyramid shapes for the generic objective spots!
3:55 PM
The Plot Sickens
The Secret Letter is R
Category 1: How to Syndicate something
Category 2: A Form of Redress
Category 3: A Scoundrel, Knave, or Ne'er do well
Category 4: A Publically Acknowledged "Work of Art"
Category 5: A Free Internet service
Category 6: A WW2 Aeroplane
Have fun kids!
11:31 AM
Sure, we all do! And until we're given the full, omnipotent power of Divine Justice, such thoughts will have to remain fantasies. However, here's a keen new game to help channel your musings on damnation in the right direction!
Design credit shout-out to Uncle Screwtape
If you've been on the Internet for more than a week, you've met them. Self-important individuals who have convinced themselves (but not anyone else) that their opinions cut a broad swath among their audience. They spare no effort in confronting you online (short of actual physical labor, which seems so inimical to so many of them-- try to get them to volunteer for you sometime) in a fruitless quest to bolster their image of self-worth. In a word, the net.kook. If you've had ANY experience with a net.kook, you'll know that confronting them online is a tar baby of major proportions-- you'll only get dirty if you confront the tar baby on his own terms. But cheer up! A little psychic assistance is on the way! If someone is repeatedly "getting your goat" online, don't grind your teeth in impotent rage, send that net.kook to meet the "Goat Headed One" himself! Play "Consign your Net.Kook to the Firey pits of the Damned" today!
(Chortle) Sure thing, sport! It's this easy!
1. Name your kook. For illustration purposes only, I'll choose "Jim McKooky" entirely out of thin air.
2. Submit your DAMNATION ROLLS to the dice server:
The dice server provides impartial rolls for players. To use the damnation die roll server, send a message to dice@pbm.com containing:
#P mail address of a player [up to 10 #P lines allowed-- you will
automatically receive a reply but you may wish to send the die roll elsewhere]
#S no. of sides on every die [This must be 10 (ten)]
#D no. of dice for every roll [This must be 2 (two)]
#R no. of rolls requested [This must be 1 (one)]
#L no. of rolls printed per line in output [This must be 1 (one)]
#C comments [up to 100 #C lines allowed-- I like to use: "With this roll, I consign thee to the flames"]
#T subject line of returned mail [make it "Damnation of (insert net.kook name)"]
For example:
From: Joker@Joker.Com
To: dice@pbm.com
Subject: Damnation of Jim McKooky
#P user1@foo.com
#P user2@bar.com [you can send your damnation roll to other people, up to 10 of them]
#S 10
#D 2
#R 1
#L 1
#C "With this roll, I consign thee..."
Response ( YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS BACK VIA YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU SPECIFIED )
From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server)
Subject: Damnation of Jim McKooky
To: Joe Kerr <Joker@Joker.com> [this automatically comes back to sender]
Cc: user1@foo.com [First Courtesy Copy]
Cc: user2@bar.com [Second Courtesy Copy}
Dice rolls requested by: Joe Kerr <Joker@Joker.com>
# With this roll, I consign thee...
No. of sides on every die: 10
No. of dice for every roll: 1
No. of dice rolls requested: 2
No. of rolls per line: 1
4
6
3. Check out the DAMNATION ITINERARY TO SEE WHERE YOUR DAMNED NET.KOOK WILL GO
Read the Damnation roll in this order: ACROSS, DOWN...
So 4, 6 will send my sample net.kook, Jim McKooky, straight to the 5th Circle of the Inferno!
4. Reference this map:
So Jim McKooky would be sent to that part of the Inferno reserved for the Wrathful. It seems strangely fitting.
5. Finally, Amplify your Result..
...by reading up on the source cantos from Dante's Inferno, the source material for this game!
The Vestibule (or Gates of Hell)
The Eigth Circle (this is a big one)
Additional Material:
Phlegethon ("Phleg" in the itinerary)
That's all there is to it! Have fun, and be sure to share your newfound powers of Divine Justice with the worthy!
9:23 AM
Not exactly a micro..
I received LAST STAND AT MORTAIN over the weekend, from Against the Odds magazine. I was under the impression it would be a micro-sized game. It's actually smaller (and cheaper) than a micro, it's a POSTCARD GAME, similar to postcards from the revolution or my own postcard game, POSEIDON'S POSTCARDS.
The graphics are the standard top notch effort.. the post card represents the critical action of the battle of Mortain in 1944 (I believe). I like the mechanics-- they utilize playing cards and are fairly easy to pick up.
My only issue with the game (and it's very minor) was that the ink from the post office registration mark obscured the counters a bit. Other than that this is a great concept. The designer, the ever-productive Paul Rohrbagh, has three more in the pipeline.
Check it out, don't cost nothing...
6:09 PM
UnFunny is STILL UnFunny
If you're like me, you'd like to see
On the Other Hand, I'm heartily sick of seeing this face:
So with some glee, let's see what Larry the Cable Guy was like before he emerged from his cable guy chrysalis..
This rare bit of video footage proves the dumbass redneck act is just that. Surprise surprise..
Check out the open letter to Larry on the David Cross webpage..
9:52 AM
Minor Changes
I just extended the license on the NeoWorx tools (left hand column) for a year, as they have allegedly "upgraded", but danged if I can see what they do that's new and special.
