tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82017542024-03-08T03:47:05.785+00:00A Horse Wrestler's TaleShaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-61486986557004553872008-09-20T13:29:00.000+01:002008-09-20T13:30:42.747+01:00an interesting videoThe following video is made up of photos taken one day apart for 17 years!. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bd4f2xeKg08&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bd4f2xeKg08&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />A very long term projectShaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-88201403505786685462008-08-28T21:43:00.010+01:002008-08-28T22:18:20.479+01:00WowA great if difficult festival for a lot of ops people. many highlights for me personally, but i'm not about to share them other than to say I'm proud to be a part of the most wonderful group of people I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Sure, not everything went to plan, but the professional way everyone dealt with the matters at hand was simply outstanding. I didn't take any photos myself so I've borrowed these from the flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenbelt/">greenbelt</a> group, in no particular order. Everyone of these people (and everyone else in ops who I haven't found picture of yet) makes this the best of times, I just wish it could last for longer each year, instead of it seeming to pass faster and faster evey time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofL9hLsqkPd9on7pEh_B6Z8lCWkoofj1nctwAwdIQ3SIs3LiJxKj6nBX7_3-2jI7tgBio3-vOa7E_muCilDeRnjpTAzWVSXg2CQ7T-NwQLWZR-t3_yktRAB0ZoK67A8xYZsbL/s1600-h/andyforster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofL9hLsqkPd9on7pEh_B6Z8lCWkoofj1nctwAwdIQ3SIs3LiJxKj6nBX7_3-2jI7tgBio3-vOa7E_muCilDeRnjpTAzWVSXg2CQ7T-NwQLWZR-t3_yktRAB0ZoK67A8xYZsbL/s320/andyforster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239674121222603170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfWyxq2jvceQQ_amOtu7PY8baQK2S0Y5P024WIJTnU-obq9aS8AjQXptsDJ76ULaymVl-D3ZrP7KGg_f5wE5F0Yu1LOCKMWP9Xe4I_xRRVJdM3KYdm3PsT2FOuyOr_QrET1h2/s1600-h/martinfiney.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_Yr0jMLovojal0emMbRhSIkNwU2wihZuaH-0Pm9p7SoQKulcJ72kfDzIR6UZJqvkzh4oH0jOnc-EIS-SNMAcNH_AZjXkkzKhhftAB1Ueu83Y5Fmb6-3tfn-msX6GnZnaDjcW/s320/davidcullen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239672508907352978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWoF0-MgdIoIHmR-iPCbJdsvFqJx7Usl7hzatEJ6SFMwgFmiaWRYNwbcJg6bDAQiIx2GTMJjsbnwNMqUMza57rWJNJ7E58gr1dRu00z0TAzBtqrgHu4HuAW-jpqlLOk4TMo94/s1600-h/liz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWoF0-MgdIoIHmR-iPCbJdsvFqJx7Usl7hzatEJ6SFMwgFmiaWRYNwbcJg6bDAQiIx2GTMJjsbnwNMqUMza57rWJNJ7E58gr1dRu00z0TAzBtqrgHu4HuAW-jpqlLOk4TMo94/s320/liz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239672511765270866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhsTV4_5pkVdBlqz-V6w_J-QKpS5vv9sPxRVyfLkEYUSkK2-TGTuOklVl3W-__KZj20BmW-MqjTrZi28vfzMASFpPRfptOCk4iWxMUNrCED3ivovfYtGyc-VR7QYaBYkrDciT/s1600-h/doggit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhsTV4_5pkVdBlqz-V6w_J-QKpS5vv9sPxRVyfLkEYUSkK2-TGTuOklVl3W-__KZj20BmW-MqjTrZi28vfzMASFpPRfptOCk4iWxMUNrCED3ivovfYtGyc-VR7QYaBYkrDciT/s320/doggit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239674620976299906" border="0" /></a> <br>"that's the guy causing all the trouble" says Doggit</p>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-60792860188328523142008-07-25T17:17:00.003+01:002008-07-25T17:21:55.432+01:00I'm in shockI emailed a certain FOM aka DC about something this morning and got a reply before lunchtime, actually within the hour.... That must be a record or something <br /><br />and immense thanks to him for replying so fast :D<br /><br />From: "DC" <br />To: me<br />Date: Fri 25 Jul 2008 11:25 AM <br /><br />-----Original Message-----<br />From: Me <br />Sent: 25 July 2008 10:34<br /><br />Must have caught him at just the right moment!!!Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-23597117725485154672008-07-22T13:21:00.003+01:002008-12-11T02:33:16.240+00:00dumbing down?I wonder why they feel the need to say who is whom in the caption for this picture on the bbc news website. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiJoZOSVzO9IMWYP_XNqE53EhFysSpdTKAiGwR9pH1Xbm8mq1IBKQwiLiXxo1SiNOrO87XSF4AYu4_FLBQrXtNQucD_JaeDKLjZU6weMvCoD2C64-ZPGWypxTjTxAntMYPXDy/s1600-h/Untitled-1copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiJoZOSVzO9IMWYP_XNqE53EhFysSpdTKAiGwR9pH1Xbm8mq1IBKQwiLiXxo1SiNOrO87XSF4AYu4_FLBQrXtNQucD_JaeDKLjZU6weMvCoD2C64-ZPGWypxTjTxAntMYPXDy/s320/Untitled-1copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225813416969760034" /></a><br /><br />Presumably the editor was thinking "people might not be able to workout that the pretty blonde girl on the left _isn't_ Robert Plant?".Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-43695510605974955162008-07-21T23:19:00.001+01:002008-07-21T23:21:31.689+01:00Quite good<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r5R8gSgedh4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r5R8gSgedh4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Stuart's just shown me thisShaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-24155775355318189772008-03-03T20:12:00.003+00:002008-03-03T20:19:07.325+00:00HmmOk, I admit this is a little weird, but why on earth would you want to buy an inflatable "friend" for your dog?. Sure, it will reduce those embarrassing "why is your dog humping my leg/shoe/some other inanimate object" type moments, but its bound to create many more "WTF is that for!!" questions, and if the real doggie in question is nowhere to be seen, I think there are inevitable conclusions you would draw about the person who owns one......<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://uk.gizmodo.com/cocker1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://uk.gizmodo.com/cocker1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Seriously, are dogs really ever _that_ lonely<br /><br /><a href="http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/03/03/playmates_for_pooches_1.html">more details</a>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-16120247091745899302008-01-29T15:34:00.000+00:002008-01-29T15:39:38.041+00:00Misleading snippets"... citing a study which estimates that beaver-tourism could be worth £101 per household". <br /><br />scanning through some automated summaries, the above caught my eye. Somehow I was expecting a <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7212888.stm">story</a> about something else entirely. I'll get my coat...Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-29840176875155531292008-01-22T23:20:00.000+00:002008-01-22T23:21:37.098+00:00When Darth Vader goes for lunch, ala Eddie Izzard and some Lego<br /><br /><object width="425" height="373"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/muaAZE0M3LU&rel=1&border=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/muaAZE0M3LU&rel=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="373"></embed></object>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-72947267446925653892007-12-17T22:35:00.001+00:002007-12-17T22:43:35.075+00:00Happy ChristmasIn what seems to be becoming an annual tradition, I am making a brief appearance in blog-land to display my wares by way of displaying my homemade christmas card designs for 2007. 4 different coloured versions of the same design this year. Enjoy and happy holidays.<br><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007_1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007_1.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007_3.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007_3.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007_2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/snowflakes2007_2.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-72121097365265824722007-07-08T00:53:00.000+01:002007-07-08T00:54:10.138+01:00An extract from the diary of Lieutenant Colonel Mervin Willett Gonin DSO who was<br />among the first British soldiers to liberate Bergen-Belsen in 1945.<br /><br />I can give no adequate description of the Horror Camp in which my men and myself were to spend the next month of our lives. It was just a barren wilderness, as bare as a chicken run. Corpses lay everywhere, some in huge piles, sometimes they lay singly or in pairs where they had fallen. It took a little time to get used to seeing men women and children collapse as you walked by them and to restrain oneself from going to their assistance. One had to get used early to the idea that the individual just did not count. One knew that five hundred a day were dying and that five hundred a day were going on dying for weeks before anything we could do would have the slightest effect. It was, however, not easy to watch a child choking to death from diptheria when you knew a tracheotomy and nursing would save it, one saw women drowning in their own vomit because they were too weak to turn over, and men eating worms as they clutched a half loaf of bread purely because they had to eat worms to live and now could scarcely tell the difference. Piles of corpses, naked and obscene, with a woman too weak to stand proping herself against them as she cooked the food we had given her over an open fire; men and women crouching down just anywhere in the open relieving themselves of the dysentary which was scouring their bowels, a woman standing stark naked washing herself with some issue soap in water from a tank in which the remains of a child floated. It was shortly after the British Red Cross arrived, though it may have no connection, that a very large quantity of lipstick arrived. This was not at all what we men wanted, we were screaming for hundreds and thousands of other things and I don't know who asked for lipstick. I wish so much that I could discover who did it, it was the action of genius, sheer unadulterated brilliance. I believe nothing did more for these internees than the lipstick. Women lay in bed with no sheets and no nightie but with scarlet red lips, you saw them wandering about with nothing but a blanket over their shoulders, but with scarlet red lips. I saw a woman dead on the post mortem table and clutched in her hand was a piece of lipstick. At last someone had done something to make them individuals again, they were someone, no longer merely the number tatooed on the arm. At last they could take an interest in their appearance. That lipstick started to give them back their humanity.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-5339771186490593722007-04-28T17:12:00.000+01:002007-07-08T00:53:24.998+01:00Easy Post<object width="450" height="400"><param name="movie" value="http://goldencompassmovie.com/goldenCompass_blog.swf?id=46123"></param><embed src="http://goldencompassmovie.com/goldenCompass_blog.swf?id=46123" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" menu="false" width="450" height="400"></embed></object>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-10267948419840030492007-04-10T02:14:00.000+01:002007-04-11T22:46:24.594+01:00one word awayLooking through the blogs linked from 1iz's, I noticed that the order she had discovered them (or added them to the list) and how they were often truncated read like a short story. I filled in a few gaps and got to:<br /><br /><a href="http://pab.angellane.org/">Angel Lane</a> was <a href="http://onepedestrianaway.blogspot.com/">One Pedestrian Away</a> from <a href="http://www.johndavies.org/">John Davies</a> and <a href="http://james.anthropiccollective.org/">James</a> when <a href="http://twtud.blogspot.com/">The World Turned Upside Down</a> because <a href="http://www.judeadam.com/">Random Acts...</a> caused <a href="http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/blog/">Greenbelt Blog</a> to <a href="http://pipwilsonbhp.blogspot.com/">pip [bhp]</a> <a href="http://www.wibsite.com/wiblog/">Wiblogs</a> when <a href="http://rachel.neogreat.net/">Rachel</a> thought <a href="http://nearlytime.blogspot.com/">Nearly Time</a> was <a href="http://fragiletender.livejournal.com/">Fragile Tender</a>, she realised <a href="http://svfoster.blogspot.com/">A Blog Less Ordinary</a> was <a href="http://www.goodinparts.blogspot.com/">Good in Parts</a> although <a href="http://www.horsewrestler.blogspot.com/">Horse Wrestler</a> missed <a href="http://www.stickyindulgences.blogspot.com//">Sticky Indulgences</a> before <a href="http://www.dogcollarsandrabbitcorpses.blogspot.com/">Dog Collars & Rabbit Corpses</a> surprised <a href="http://maggidawn.typepad.com/maggidawn/">Maggi</a>. Meanwhile <a href="http://jonnybaker.blogs.com/">Jonny</a> suffered <a href="http://steve.anthropiccollective.org/">Benign Narcissim</a> about <a href="http://www.peccadillo.co.uk/">Peccadillo</a>'s continued <a href="http://john.pettigrew.org.uk/blog/">Musing Struggling Dreaming</a> about <a href="http://ojcarruthers.blogspot.com//">Chronicles Volume 2</a> that made <a href="http://onearthasinheaven.blogspot.com/">OnEarthAsInHeaven</a> look like <a href="http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog">The Cartoon Blog</a> about <a href="http://sarahcontrary.blogspot.com/">Sarah Contrary</a> and <a href="http://www.sanctus1.co.uk/blog">Sanctus 1</a>. Wherever <a href="http://thecomplexchrist.typepad.com/the_complex_christ/">The Complex Christ</a> surrounded <a href="http://suburbanmediocrity.blogspot.com/">Suburban Mediocrity</a>, <a href="http://benedson.blogs.com/benedson/">Ben Edson</a> found <a href="http://emmoworld.blogspot.com/">Emmoworld</a> discovering <a href="http://paulwchambers.blogspot.com/">The Harbour of Ourselves</a> struggling to <a href="http://thinkspeakanddo.blogspot.com/">Think Speak and Do</a> although <a href="http://reasonswhyimmisunderstood.blogspot.com/">Reasons Why I'm Misunderstood</a> helped <a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/user-blogs/dave-f/">Dave-F</a> realise <a href="http://youcantcontrolthemessage.blogspot.com/">You Can't Control the Message</a> so he <a href="http://spread-these-wings.blogspot.com/">Spread These Wings</a> and flew to clearer skies. <br /><br />Yes its late. that's my excuse.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-19075767844074430722007-03-15T23:48:00.000+00:002007-03-15T23:51:36.767+00:00Imagini - VisualDNA widget<embed allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" enableJavaScript="false" src="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/swf/widget.swf" quality="best" bgcolor="#000000" width="340" height="240" name="widget" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="bgcolor=#000000&i1=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_43E105EB.jpeg&c1=its the most interesting shape&i2=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-20E95CBC.jpeg&c2=CDs. why?, because this way you own something tangible. &i3=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_6E5372F4.jpeg&c3=&i4=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-4811A17.jpeg&c4=wide open spaces let you free&i5=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-536C6BFB.jpeg&c5=&i6=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-3AC7E3DE.jpeg&c6=&i7=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_71114A35.jpeg&c7=Seriously, Id stay in bed all day every day if I could &i8=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-54780884.jpeg&c8=it looked the most cozy&i9=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-68DE05A9.jpeg&c9=&i10=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_-5DE3B624.jpeg&c10=books provide insights into and experiences of other worlds&i11=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_494EB337.jpeg&c11=empty beaches, bright skies, blue sea. &i12=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_17D8F487.jpeg&c12=&i13=http://dna.imagini.net/i/RESIZE_791C6076.jpeg&c13=Oceans will always be my favourite places to be&moodlabel=DREAMER&lovelabel=LOVE BUG&funlabel=ESCAPE ARTIST&habitslabel=NEW WAVE PURITAN&uid=92099-9be0&srv=iwebhd6" ></embed> <div style="text-align:center; width:340px;height:25px;margin-top:0px; border-top:1px solid rgb(150,150,150);background-color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:5px 0 0 0; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:11px;"><a href="http://networking.imagini.blueorange.co.uk/vdna.php?uid=92099-9be0&srv=iwebhd6" style="color:rgb(255,255,255)">Read my VisualDNA</a><span style="font-size:10px;color:#cccccc">™</span> <a href="http://dna.imagini.net/friends/" style="color:rgb(255,255,255) ">Get your own VisualDNA™</a></div>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-15688525415730662622007-01-23T00:22:00.000+00:002007-01-23T00:32:30.433+00:00This probably doesn't do my "Evil Twin" credibility much good. Although I am slightly more evil than <a href="http://reachoutandtouchthescreen.blogspot.com/">1iz</a>, I am only equally as evil as <a href="http://nearlytime.blogspot.com/">Sally</a>. 1iz, from her <a href="http://onepedestrianaway.blogspot.com/">results</a>, I suggest we switch loyalties from our current evil mastermind [no blog to link too, see she is soooo evil she keeps it hidden :) ]<br /><br /><b>The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to <i>the Second Level of Hell!</i></b><br />Here is how you matched up against all the levels:<br /><table style="border: medium none ; margin: 5px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,verdana,'sans serif'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr style="font-family: arial,verdana,'sans serif'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><th><b>Level</b></th><th><b>Score</b></th></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(34, 0, 51); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#0" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Purgatory</a></b> (Repenting Believers)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(51, 68, 187); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Very Low</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(17, 0, 34); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#1" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 1 - Limbo</a></b> (Virtuous Non-Believers)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(170, 51, 170); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Moderate</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(34, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#2" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 2</a></b> (Lustful)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(255, 17, 51); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>High</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(51, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#3" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 3</a></b> (Gluttonous)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(255, 17, 51); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>High</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(68, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#4" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 4</a></b> (Prodigal and Avaricious)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(51, 68, 187); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Very Low</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(85, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#5" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 5</a></b> (Wrathful and Gloomy)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(68, 102, 221); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Low</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(102, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#6" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 6 - The City of Dis</a></b> (Heretics)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(170, 51, 170); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Moderate</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(119, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#7" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 7</a></b> (Violent)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(170, 51, 170); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Moderate</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(136, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#8" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 8- the Malebolge</a></b> (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(170, 51, 170); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Moderate</b></td></tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(153, 0, 17); color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><td style="padding: 4px;"><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html#9" style="color: rgb(255, 51, 68); text-decoration: underline;">Level 9 - Cocytus</a></b> (Treacherous)</td><td style="padding: 4px; color: rgb(68, 102, 221); background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>Low</b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><a href="http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv"><br /></a></b>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-26856346852106025862007-01-02T01:20:00.000+00:002007-01-02T01:25:15.876+00:00Farewell...<img src="http://www.ely.anglican.org/parishes/brampton/images/pete2.jpg"><br /><br />Nothing more to add really.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-62521799335601403832007-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:002007-01-01T01:20:51.487+00:00Happy New Yearhappy new year to my loyal reader. singular as most of the rest of you have probably given up on me by now.<br /><br />And no, I didn't write this at midnight!. much later than that, although 00:00 seemed a more symbolic time.<br /><br />hope 2007 brings you all love and happiness. or money/chocolate as personal preferences take you..<br /><br />a "relaxed" SMFShaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1166394960099806442006-12-17T22:23:00.000+00:002006-12-17T23:18:16.533+00:00Happy ChristmasWell hello there, <br /><br />It's kind of been a while since I last posted stuff. Not really sure why, other than general apathy, but hey, enough of that, I'm posting something now!. <br /><br />Here are my Christmas card designs for this year. From top to bottom it shows the progression of the idea I had. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The starting version:</span><br />[Notice anything missing?. I didn't until I'd printed out 10, although it does look very minimalistic, which is kind of what I was aiming for anyways...]<br /><img src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/noeyes_santa.png"><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />The first alternative:</span><br />[Santa can see again, although he appears to be opting not too...]<br /><img src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/nice_santa.png"><br />[Several other minor versions were created, but I forgot to keep copies, so we'll skip right along to...]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />The final version:</span><br /><img src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/2006_card_santa.png"><br />[then I was trying other colour combinations and came up with...]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Something a bit more sinister:</span><br /><img src="http://www.acquiesce.org/images/evil_santa.png"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Have a nice Christmas and a make sure it's a relaxing time too!</span>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1159716464723848092006-10-01T16:24:00.000+01:002006-10-01T21:07:36.623+01:00well well well...here I am a couple of hundred miles away from my <a href="http://reachoutandtouchthescreen.blogspot.com/">evil twin</a> and what do I find in my possession...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6430/544/1600/wallet.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6430/544/320/wallet.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />some people will just leave these things lying around anywhere won't they :)Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1157394608304693232006-09-04T18:47:00.000+01:002006-09-04T19:34:10.473+01:00Ops in the background<img src="http://static.flickr.com/66/224456710_82f4c2d618.jpg?v=1156596493" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="http://static.flickr.com/90/224456980_8d535c15dc.jpg?v=1156595488" border="0" alt="" /><br />A Small collection of photos with members of ops in the background. If you spot more leave a comment and I'll add them.Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1157392032563461302006-09-04T18:42:00.000+01:002006-09-04T18:47:12.576+01:00some images from the flickr that caught my eye<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.flickr.com/68/226982925_581acd346d.jpg?v=0"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://static.flickr.com/68/226982925_581acd346d.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />"I don't care who you are, get off the racecourse! ;)"Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1154026796335674782006-07-27T19:59:00.000+01:002006-07-27T20:01:16.756+01:00Kittenwar! May The Cutest Kitten Win!<a href="http://kittenwar.com/">Kittenwar! May The Cutest Kitten Win!</a><br /><br />Something caught my eye enough for me to post a blog!<br /><br /><img src="http://kittenwar.com/templates/classic/images/header.gif"><br /><br />Its nothing sinisterShaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1143487587913855632006-03-27T20:26:00.000+01:002006-03-27T20:28:17.566+01:00Only a brief emergence from the shadows...<table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>You Are Rowlf the Dog</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/themuppetpersonalitytest/rowlf.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />Mellow and serious, you enjoy time alone cultivating your talents.<br />You're a cool dog, and you always present a relaxed vibe.<br />A talented pianist, you can play almost anything - especially songs by Beethoven.<br />"My bark is worse than my bite, and my piano playing beats 'em both."</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/themuppetpersonalitytest/">The Muppet Personality Test</a></div><br /><table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#E1E1E1" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>Your Personality Profile</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#E1E1E1"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/worldsshortestpersonalitytest/black.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant.<br />Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle.<br />You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs.<br /><br />For you, comfort and calm are very important.<br />You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection.<br />You prefer to protect your emotions and stay strong.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/worldsshortestpersonalitytest/">The World's Shortest Personality Test</a></div><br /><br /><table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>You Are 40% Evil</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/howevilareyouquiz/evil-2.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />A bit of evil lurks in your heart, but you hide it well.<br />In some ways, you are the most dangerous kind of evil.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/howevilareyouquiz/">How Evil Are You?</a></div>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1134937459935830362005-12-18T20:14:00.000+00:002005-12-18T20:24:19.936+00:00Happy ChristmasThis is my last post before christmas, and its going to be quite short. <br /><br />Happy christmas everybody. <br /><br />I've decided not to send out christmas cards this year, and the money I would have saved will be going to <a href="http://www.christies.org/">Christie's</a>, a charity that supports Christies Hospital in Manchester, one of Europes largest Cancer treatment hospitals.<br /><br />This therefore is my electronic christmas card to you all.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.acquiesce.org/ops_rudolf.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.acquiesce.org/ops_rudolf.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />ps. We have snow (it works on my pc, but it might not be working on internet explorer. If its not working, then there is a single snowflake in the top left corner of the screen. if it is working, you should be seeing a minor snowstorm across the page. download <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-1.5&os=win&lang=en-US">firefox</a> to see it)Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1134594237239418802005-12-14T21:03:00.000+00:002005-12-18T23:03:32.436+00:00Shiny Shiny: iPod Boxer Shorts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/ipod_boxers_2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://wirelessdigest.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/ipod_boxers_2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />yet another in whats likely to be a long line of pointless ipod add-ons.<br /><br /><br /><br />only $22, hunky model probably not included<br /><br />ps Sally, if no one buys you one (an ipod not the ipod boxers obviously) for xmas, treat yourself they don't cost that much :)Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201754.post-1133819758232529372005-12-05T21:55:00.000+00:002005-12-05T21:57:52.153+00:00the ipod cross<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shipoffools.com/kitschmas/media/ibelieve.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://shipoffools.com/kitschmas/media/ibelieve.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />You know you want <a href="http://www.devoted1.com/">one </a>Shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13086496786734288975noreply@blogger.com1