The Outlet

Freaky Links

2008-06-15T01:36:27Z

Who was it that wanted the TV series "Freaky Links"? I have it now. Not great quality but it's better than nothing. How am I supposed to get it to you, whoever you are? :)

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Vadrum Meets Super Mario Bros (Drum Video)

2008-04-26T01:15:31Z

Holy shit. This video added something to my life I never knew I needed.

A WHOLE FUCKLOAD OF AWESOME.

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Time For Some Stories

2008-04-23T07:16:18Z

You guys know I only post up the best links, especially when it comes to comedy. Well, here's the latest corker I've stumbled across. Gut-busting, tear-inducing... only the best:

http://www.storylog.com/time-for-some-stories/

You're welcome. Enjoy.

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Anyone have a spare, decent-ish mobile phone...

2008-04-21T05:39:57Z

...that is unlocked (or an Optus pre-paid), which I could either borrow or purchase off you for a very low price?

My Nokia 7260 is kinda dying. SMS and alarm tones and now the ringer have all started to work intermittently. Since I use the phone for texting and alarms primarily, this is a bit of a problem (not to mention that if the ringer went on it, it'd be totally useless).

Obviously beggars can't be choosers, but I'm after a phone that is as-good or better than the 7260, especially in terms of memory so it can at least hold all my current contacts. I have an old 3215 I could use, but... yeah. Only if this one dies completely. :P

I only need the phone as a temporary stop-gap until the Sony Ericsson Xperia comes out. :) I think that's sometime around June/July.

Anyone?

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Trent from Punchy

2008-04-02T01:49:15Z

Let me just start by saying this made me laugh so hard my stomach ached.

On one hand, I do kind of wish this was fake... but even if it was (which I don't think it is) there are people alive who are like this. Scary, and utterly hilarious.

prawn pr0n?

2008-03-20T01:34:46Z

Anyone know where I can find that LJ user icon of a prawn, which underneath reads "pr0n"? I found it yesterday and now cannot, inexplicably, find it again. >:-/

EDIT: Nevermind, found it. ^_^

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Grindhouse - Astor Theatre - 27th March

2008-03-20T00:33:24Z

Melbourne peeps,

The Astor Theatre is screening 'Grindhouse' as it was intended to be shown, as a double-feature, with intermission and scratched treatment. I'm going to be buying tickets for the 7:30pm session on Thursday, 27th March (next week). If anyone else is interested in coming along with us, let me know and I can arrange tickets (not sure if you're able to book them, but I'm going to buy a bulk lot).

I'm pretty excited about this because I was highly disappointed when I heard they were splitting the films up due to the fact the double-billing wasn't making "enough" profit over in the states. I'm a bit of a purist and I like to see things the way they were intended.

For those who don't know anything about Grindhouse, you can find more information on its IMDB page and a more detailed rundown here . The films themselves (by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino) are schlocky, fun, and have garnered some pretty decent reviews. The trailers during intermission should also be excellent, one done by Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses), another by Edgar Wright (Spaced/Shaun Of The Dead/Hot Fuzz - he's already one of my favourite 'indie' directors) and one by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever).

More information on the Astor website: http://www.astor-theatre.com/calendar/seasons.html

Anyone wanna come along? :)

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That knockout vapor stuff?

2008-03-17T01:00:06Z

Because I am supposed to be working and google.com and ask.com have failed me utterly...

... what is that stuff all good movie villains use to knock people out? You know, tip it on a handkerchief, cover people's nose with it stuff.

My new colleague, Jo, was cleaning the white board. She started by using window cleaner, then eucalyptus oil. I said I preferred the smell of the window cleaner, and she jokingly offered to pour some on to a tissue for me so I could sniff it. I wanted to say "How about a tissue full of (insert drug name here) so I can just go to sleep for the next few hours," but I can't for the life of me remember the damn stupid thing's name.

Help, plzkthx.

EDIT: So yeah, it's Chloroform. I just came back to edit the post saying "Don't worry, I remember now," but Ralesk beat me to it. :P Thanks twinbro. ;)

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Yoinked from devilmiyu!

2008-03-15T05:16:59Z

Actual Newspaper Headlines...

Grandmother of eight makes hole in one
Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing
Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers
House passes gas tax onto senate
Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan
Two convicts evade noose, jury hung
William Kelly was fed secretary
Milk drinkers are turning to powder
Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted
Quarter of a million Chinese live on water
Farmer bill dies in house
Iraqi head seeks arms

Some become unintentionally suggestive...

Queen Mary having bottom scraped
Is there a ring of debris around Uranus?
Prostitutes appeal to Pope
Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over
NJ judge to rule on nude beach
Child's stool great for use in garden
Dr. Ruth to talk about sex with newspaper editors
Soviet virgin lands short of goal again
Organ festival ends in smashing climax

Grammar often botches over headlines...

Eye drops off shelf
Squad helps dog bite victims
Dealers will hear car talk at noon
Enrage cow injures farmer with ax
Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests
Miners refuse to work after death
Two Soviet ships collide - one dies
Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter

Once in a while, a botched headline takes on a meaning opposite from the one intended:

Never withhold herpes from loved one
Nicaragua sets goal to wipe out literacy
Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984
Autos killing 110 a day, let's resolve to do better

Sometimes newspaper editors state the obvious...

If strike isn't settled quickly it may last a while.
War dims hope for peace
Smokers are productive, but death cuts efficiency
Cold wave linked to temperatures
Child's death ruins couple's holiday
Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years
Man is fatally slain
Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say
Death causes loneliness, feeling of isolation

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Reasons I hate the human race #9872

2008-02-21T02:19:54Z

I hate it when people are in such a massive rush to cross at traffic lights that they feel the need to stand in front of me, regardless of how close I am to the edge of the road, even if this means standing ON the road, just so they can be first to start crossing when the little man turns green...

... and then walk as slowly as a geriatric grandmother, which means other people catch up quickly and pass them, which means I cannot overtake them.

I'd scream, but it would just end up hurting my throat. :-/

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An unfortunate and amusing truth.

2008-02-20T06:32:46Z

This is my new desktop wallpaper:

"Duty Calls"

If anyone wants a 1280x1024 copy, I've made a hack-job-one and put it up here:

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Youtube: "Funny Auditions for movie"

2008-02-05T01:32:17Z

Mate linked this to me at work. I had to cover my mouth and nose with my hand because I was afraid I was going to laugh so loud and so hard people would think I was insane. Well. More insane.

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OCD

2008-02-04T23:40:11Z

I'm writing up an invoice, and have to charge a client to their file number of 57375. When I come across numbers like these in life, I wonder if anyone else stops like I do, smiles like I do, appreciates like I do, or even knows what the word "palindrome" means like I do. :)

Also, I wonder if silly things like this make other people as happy as they make me.

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IM @ The Palace

2008-02-02T01:28:48Z

Anyone else going to Infected Mushroom? ~~I'm almost definitely~~ I just finished buying tickets, just wanted to know who else is going.

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NYE + 2008

2008-01-02T04:08:02Z

I've decided that I'm not going to make a massive post about New Year's, primarily because there's no way I can adequately express in words just how fucking awesome it was, and secondarily because they are memories I'm choosing to keep for myself. I'll never need a diary entry to remind me of the last few days.

Thankyou very much to the people who organised it and made it possible, especially our matriarch ;). Thanks to the both of you who got me there and back, I love you both. And thanks to all the people I shared it with, especially those whom I met for the first time and had a blast with, and those whom I got to know better. Fantastic people = fantastic times, and you're all fantastic people. May many more fantastic times lie ahead of us.

Cheers to everyone. I hope your New Year's was happy and enjoyable.

Welcome to the new year.

Peace,

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afk, brb 2008

2007-12-29T01:16:53Z

Off to New Year's celebrations, back in 2008.

Have fun all, be safe!

.:Dominitus:.

Floating your Boat

2007-10-24T00:21:27Z

I have watched this video far more times than what is probably considered healthy, and so I'm posting here both to share and for handy reference:

Potter Puppet Pals in "The Mysterious Ticking Noise"

Also this tickled my fancy this morning:

"Some people that work here had a going away party the other day for a woman that is leaving.

One of the supervisors called a Wal-Mart and ordered the cake. he told them to write: "Best wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "We will miss you". Here’s the cake that was delivered:"

Hope you're all having a decent week thus far.

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LJ Stat Report

2007-10-13T08:03:43Z

Top Commenters on dominitus's LiveJournal (Self and anonymous comments excluded from rankings)

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10	zenandtheart	24

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Total Commenters: 54 (2 not shown) Total Comments: 998 Report generated 13/10/2007 4:53:01 PM by scrapdog's LJ Comment Stats Wizard 1.7

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Chickin' Bashin'

2007-10-09T08:34:49Z

Wahaha... hey tahnee, have you tried bashing up the chickens in the main village in Phantom Hourglass? Keep using your batarang on 'em... bloody funny. :D This only reinforces what I already knew.

.:Dom:.

Stuntman: Ignition

2007-09-28T06:12:18Z

Supposed to be out on either the 27th, today, or October 1st for PS3. I bounced around the CBD at lunchtime, but no one had it on the shelf.

The 360 version of Stuntman: Ignition is the first game, alledgedly, to use the Live headset as a game mechanic (others, including me, would say gimmick) instead of just for Live online chatter.

I don't think the PS3 version of the game supports this feature, and it maxes out at 1080i as opposed to 360's 1080p.

I think I'm going to skip this title for the PS3 and buy it on the 360... when I own one. The reasons for owning one keep piling up though, so... maybe post-Christmas or something.

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more lolcats

2007-09-28T02:16:35Z

Long story short, I wanted to add the Playstation.Blog website's RSS feed to my LJ flist, which meant I ended up browsing some of the other syndicated feeds and noticed icanhasacheezburger.com was syndicated. Queue me browsing through the website and giggling a lot, but these two jumped out at me and really made me laugh - had to repost them here:

and

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Mitchell and Webb - Write this..or that..or maybe

2007-09-19T08:26:49Z

Reminder to self: Find more of this show, self, because I want to watch it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thatmitchellandwebbsite/

Strider

2007-09-18T07:48:12Z

While I have actually been getting a bit of work done today, trust me to just REALLY get in to my stride at 5:30pm. There's nothing for it though - when I'm in this mood, in this frame of mind and have this kind of energy, I'd be an idiot to waste it by going home. Woo woo!

Of course, the first hurdle in my work I hit, and I'm probably gonna lose my momentum... but let's see how long I can last. :)

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Bye bye old cords.

2007-09-17T03:38:42Z

Aww! I've just discovered that my cord jeans ripped just above the knee sometime over the weekend. They've been on the way out for a while, getting pretty thin and stretched, and I've been meaning to replace them for a while... but still. Aww! :(

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F**K HDV

2007-09-17T00:32:54Z

The harsh lessons just keep on coming.

On Friday, before I left work, I set an export running. The idea was to convert my current HDV timeline in Final Cut Pro out to an .m2v MPEG2 file ready to be burned off on to SD DVD. I knew this would take a long time, which is why I set it to run over the weekend.

I'm not 100% sure what happened, but it looks like either Final Cut Pro has crashed and stopped sending data to compressor, or it was going much, much, MUCH slower than I'd anticipated. When I got in this morning, it was saying there was 361 hours remaining, and rising. Final Cut showed up as 'Application Not Responding'.

I quickly read up on some other methods of outputting it, and the 'easiest' way seems to be to let FCP do all the transcoding from HDV to DV. I kicked off the output, but when it said it would take 11 hours, I pulled the plug on that one too.

Now I'm going to try exporting HDV straight to tape, and then re-importing the footage as DV. Usually this is time-intensive, but since our current timeline is short, it's not all that bad. It's certainly shorter than 11 hours.

God damn I hate HDV. I've learnt my lesson. No more editing in native HDV. From now on, AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec), DV, or bust. Even Uncompressed 10bit footage handles better than this crap.

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