Random Evil Thoughts

Time for an update of the comics links

2010-02-02T00:35:00.003+11:00

As my tastes have changed somewhat and there are probably many dead links.

Cleanup coming soon!

Strange to see who I was three years ago...

2010-02-02T00:18:00.003+11:00

So I got a random comment on my last post, decided it's time to start this thing up again.

So what have I been up to?

I moved cities three times and ended up back where I started.

I have tried my hand at a few different jobs and ended up back with my original employer, although in a different division.

Not doing much in the way of art these days, got into Warhammer 40K but haven't painted any minis in several months.

More to come anon...

Overdue for an update...

2007-07-17T13:25:00.001+10:00

So here's another post just to show that I'm still alive and kicking...

My current rig...

2007-01-19T01:42:00.000+11:00

This is my desk as it currently looks - click the pic for the full image!

New Dell 2007WFP 20.1-inch Flat Panel LCD on the left, old 17" Acer 77c on the right.

Logitech MX5000 Cordless Desktop for input, Creative I-Trigue 3400 speakers for audio.

Joystick is a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro USB

Altech Lansing AHS502 headset for chat or if I feel like making the PC a bit quieter during midnight gaming sessions...

Not in this pic are the Canon flatbed scanner or the PC itself.

PC Specs:

Gigabyte GA-8I94GZME-RH mainboard.
Intel Pentium-D 820 SmithField Processor.
2 x 1GB DDR667 RAM modules (I forget which brand)
Gigabyte GV-RX16P256DE-RH Radeon X1600 PRO video card.

Optical Drives:

Pioneer DVR- 108 DVD-RW drive
Liteon SOHR-5239S CD-RW drive

Storage:

Western Digital WDC1200JD-00HBC0 120 GB SATA HDD
Western Digital WDC2500KS-00MJB0 250 GB SATA HDD
Seagate ST3250620AS 250 GB SATA HDD
Generic USB card reader
Generic 3.5" Floppy drive

Angsty Magnetic Poetry

2007-01-07T17:16:00.000+11:00

I came up with this little gem at a friend's party last night while playing with their Magnetic Poetry set.

I am going to have to get my own set now!

Happy Whatever!

2007-01-01T01:04:00.000+11:00

Just a token post to say Happy whatever it may be that you are celebrating this season...

AAAARGH! (or "Adventures in Upgrading")

2006-12-08T11:26:00.000+11:00

Lesson re-learned the hard way:

Never run a BIOS upgrade through Windows with 5 other apps running.

I can't believe I forgot and did that to myself...
Killed my old mainboard, it won't even POST.

On the up-side, I have a new Pentium D Dual core PC now!

So there I was installing Windows and I kept getting copy errors and random blue-screens.

Turned out my brand new 1 GB stick of DDR2 533 was faulty.
The computer shop were too swamped with other jobs to look at my PC, so I bought another one and swapped it over to prove to the computer shop that it was the RAM.

So they accepted it was the RAM.
Even better, they swapped both sticks for me for DDR2 667 even though it's more than the board needs as it cost them the same amount.

In other hardware news, I also have a Logitech MX5000 Cordless Bluetooth Desktop.
All I can say is, very snazzy! I might post some pics later...

Just bought my first webcam!

2006-11-28T20:08:00.000+11:00

Here it is, cute little thing isn't it?

Two can play at the slogan game, buddy:

Sloganiser

2006-11-24T01:07:00.000+11:00

Changes to another random slogan every 30 seconds!
How cool is that?

Sims 2 Pets and Glamour Life Stuff Packs!

2006-11-14T16:33:00.000+11:00

Just got these a short time ago and I'm loving the personalities of the pets!
If you haven't seen it yet, go check out The Sims 2 official site. Do it now!

I think I'll lose my social life again soon if I'm not careful...

What's your Balinese sign?

2006-10-24T01:03:00.000+10:00

The Balinese have an incredibly complicated horoscope:

www.pawukon.com
Your Balinese sign is: Inverted Demon

Character:
Thinks that his problems are easy to solve, intelligent but vain, like mysticysm, well-known person. Becomes mad easily and is often disappointed...

More comics

2006-10-17T07:09:00.000+10:00

Alien Loves Predator

Bigger Than Cheeses

Elf Life

Supanova looks fun...

2006-10-16T23:16:00.000+10:00

Supanova looks like the sort of thing I'd enjoy.
It's a shame I only just heard about it...

Ever wanted to create your own epic tales?

2006-10-16T07:38:00.000+10:00

Just found out about the Historic Tale Contruction Kit, which allows you to create and illustrate stories using images from the Bayeux Tapestry.

Kind of neat, I think!

This is an idea I like...

2006-10-07T05:57:00.000+10:00

comics for your iPod - I like the idea a lot!

Webcomics:

Catharsis
Count Your Sheep

Blargedy blarg...

2006-09-04T14:40:00.000+10:00

That's about it, really.

Stay tuned for more excitement next time...

Call centre monkey

2006-08-28T04:23:00.000+10:00

Just a little picture I drew.

Click for a bigger version:

Updating just for the sake of it.

2006-08-28T03:14:00.000+10:00

Scanner died, printer died, cancelling the broadband was a logical progression from there.

It's amazing how quickly you can fall into the trap of replacing "Having A Life" with just sitting in front of a PC. The Sims 2 was the main culprit but not the only one.

I'm drawing by hand on paper again, it feels more "real" anyway.
I will more than likely scrap this blog soon, it's basically just a link repository for me anyway at the moment!

Maybe I'll start another one when I finally start my webcomic. Who knows?

Been drawing a bit...

2006-05-30T04:22:00.000+10:00

I will post small versions here later and will scan and upload to my deviantart page soon.

Links updated slightly

2006-05-28T23:45:00.000+10:00

Added Saturnalia to the "Webcomics I like" links.

I've been reading it for years but Space Coyote has recently started updating again after a long hiatus :)

Been very slack lately

2006-05-27T08:10:00.000+10:00

Not much drawing, not much blogging.

Too much playing Sims 2 and generally being lazy.

11 hours on the road today.

2006-05-02T20:13:00.000+10:00

6 to 8 hours yesterday.
So much for going home the quick way :)

Remember He-Man?

2006-04-28T22:32:00.000+10:00

The most comprehensive site on the Internet for all things He-Man can be found here.

Saw a movie tonight...

2006-04-27T23:43:00.000+10:00

I can't recommend V for Vendetta enough.
While I don't necessarily agree with the politics in it, it was a good action film.

Knowing nothing about the comic it was based on might have helped.

Way up North

2006-04-26T22:37:00.000+10:00

Visiting family in Queensland.

Driving over 1300 km in 2 days is tiring...
Crossed 2 state borders on the way.
I am reminded that Australia is HUGE!

Links updated.

2006-04-24T20:19:00.000+10:00

They were WAAAAAAYYYY out of date.

New links added to the webcomics section and personal website link updated too.

I can't believe I missed noticing this!

2006-04-19T21:04:00.000+10:00

Depeche Mode have had a very good album out since October last year called Playing the Angel.

The only reason I found out was because there was a Simlish version of Suffer Well included in the "New Age" music style added to The Sims 2 with the Open For Business expansion.

That's kind of sad!

I really like the Suffer Well machinima video clip, though :)

Sims 2 keeps getting new expansions...

2006-04-16T15:52:00.000+10:00

...and I keep playing them.

So for now I will just update with this little post.

I'll have to update my deviantart page, it's looking a bit sad.

I have been drawing but it's not original stuff at present, just learning how to draw manga and how to draw more manga.

I love having a job with so much free time, I just have to put it to better use.

Too busy drawing and playing games to blog

2006-03-31T05:41:00.000+11:00

So this is a token post :P

More Art!

2006-02-17T15:41:00.000+11:00

Two backgrounds for the same wallpaper for you!

Click the pictures to go to a larger version:

Never Sneak Up On A Samurai

Swordfight On The Rocks

More Big Day Out photos

2006-02-08T03:25:00.000+11:00

Click for larger versions.

Wolf & Cub:

Henry Rollins:

Iggy & The Stooges:

More Comic-y Art

2006-02-07T19:04:00.000+11:00

Another action shot.

Click the image below to go to a larger version:

Comic news!

2006-02-04T22:15:00.000+11:00

Want to see some preliminary work for the webcomic?

I have a wallpaper up on my deviantART page.

Go check it out!

Deviousness...

2006-02-03T16:20:00.000+11:00

I am now a member of deviantART.

All my "deviations" may be found here.

Big Day Out Sydney 2006 (Photos!)

2006-02-03T16:01:00.000+11:00

So, I forgot to charge my camera before going (grrr!), so the batteries were too flat to take many pictures.

I did get some good ones regardless, which I'll post later.

Meanwhile, these pics are from my crappy mobile phone camera, in approximate chronolgical order:

The Presets (in the Boiler Room):

The Presets (in the Boiler Room):

The Presets (in the Boiler Room):

Henry Rollins (doing his spoken word thing):

Wolf and Cub:

Iggy and the Stooges:

The White Stripes:

The White Stripes:

I've started sketching a bit.

2006-01-30T06:07:00.000+11:00

In order to prepare for this webcomic thing.

So far I almost have one character worked out :)

Be the Zombie!

2006-01-18T21:07:00.000+11:00

I just installed Stubbs the Zombie - Rebel Without a Pulse and played through the tutorial before work this evening.

I can't recommend it highly enough!

It has a great B-Movie feel with a filmic look.

Remember those classic old games?

2006-01-18T03:05:00.000+11:00

Want maps of them?

I love this idea, I just wish they had more in the Arcade section.

Considering I'm a MAME fan, maybe I should submit some myself...

Credit goes to Scott Ramsoomair of VGCats fame for finding that one!

Heavy stuff...

2006-01-13T20:56:00.000+11:00

A friend had his 29th birthday on Saturday.
We went over and wished him "happy birthday" at around 10:30 PM, then went home around midnight.

He died in his sleep that night. I won't go into detail.

This scares me.
I'm 29. In fact, I'm almost 30.

His funeral is this morning.

You know you want to play it...

2006-01-05T02:04:00.000+11:00

Because it's Bubble Bobble!

Games, Movies and such...

2006-01-05T00:59:00.000+11:00

So I'm eagerly awaiting Rise of Legends.
Looks like a great game, I just hope my PC can run it! It's getting a little long in the tooth these days...

For those who haven't yet seen it, I thoroughly recommend Fun With Dick and Jane. It's got some great piss-takes of classic movies as well as enough original stuff to keep it interesting.

I am also looking forward to Underworld: Evolution. I thoroughly enjoyed the first movie so I think this should be good too.
They have a little online game, too.

Why old phone cameras suck

2006-01-02T16:00:00.000+11:00

This is taken with my Nokia 7250i camera phone (in "night shot" mode):

Now, if phone cameras had a flash, they might not suck as much!

[insert picture from real camera here]

The best keys on a keyboard:

2006-01-02T15:24:00.001+11:00

Quite possibly a gamer's favourite keys

Photobucket

2006-01-02T15:05:00.000+11:00

This is a test post from Photobucket.com

Mail-to-Blogger test

2006-01-02T14:42:00.000+11:00

If you can read this, I got Mail-to-Blogger working.

Yay me!

There's a reason you don't normally get orange frozen Margaritas.

2006-01-02T09:22:00.000+11:00

I found out that if you replace the lime cordial with orange juice, it is not sweet enough!

Although this can be fixed with the addition of sugar, it is not sufficient to merely add undissolved white sugar. Speaking from experience, I would recommend adding sugar syrup or using orange cordial instead of juice.

Happy New Year!

2006-01-01T00:00:00.000+11:00

May 2006 live up to all of your expectations!

Note: I didn't actually post this at the time listed, I was far too busy actually enjoying the New Year!

At the end of this year, I'm glad I'm not working the same shift tonight!

2005-12-31T05:31:00.000+11:00

So I can actually enjoy New Year's Eve after a bit of sleep.

At least I won't have trouble being awake to see in the New Year!

I'm considering starting a webcomic...

2005-12-31T04:46:00.000+11:00

...like everyone else on the planet, it seems!

Probably something cyberpunk in feel.

I have a couple of characters in the early design stages, but I really suck at drawing people.

So I rebuilt the carburetor last night...

2005-07-25T15:55:00.000+10:00

I knew there was a reason I didn't want to go through that experience again.

I was only up until 2:00 AM putting it back together.

Good thing I only started work at 1:00 PM today.

Mr & Mrs Smith

2005-06-28T12:02:00.000+10:00

Thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

Looking forward to:

Batman Begins
War of the Worlds

Hmm, the drought might have broken

2005-06-13T19:24:00.000+10:00

It's good to finally get some rain again, after months of sunshine.

2 out of 3 days it's rained lately, maybe there will actually be enough rain falling over the catchment areas...

I need to keep this updated more often

2005-06-10T09:30:00.000+10:00

Not that anyone reads it, but I owe it to myself.

The more content there is here, the more likely I will get regular comments.

I'll have no social life again in September

2005-05-02T19:42:00.000+10:00

When The Sims 2 Nightlife expansion comes out.

I guess I can still have a life till then...

Back to older games.

2005-04-29T01:22:00.000+10:00

I fired up Sid Meier's Pirates again yesterday, the new video card makes it far more playable.

I wonder if X2 - The Threat would be playable? I haven't been able to run it at a playable speed so far...

Damn it's nice to see games in hi-res again...

2005-04-27T20:26:00.000+10:00

Now that I have a new Radeon 9550!

Goes nicely with the monitor :)

Damn it's hard to get anything done when...

2005-04-22T17:24:00.000+10:00

You can't stop playing KOTOR II in all your spare time.

I'm glad I don't play WoW or I'd have no time for work...

DEFY DRIVEL (and other anagrams).

2005-04-11T19:36:00.000+10:00

The following list of anagrams for FREDDY EVIL was generated by the Internet Anagram Server. I removed FREDDY EVIL from the list and arranged it in columns but it is otherwise unchanged:

DE DEL FRY IV	DERIVED FLY	ED LIVED FRY	FREDDY EL IV
DE DEL FRY VI	DEVIL DR FEY	ED RED FLY IV	FREDDY EL VI
DE DEVIL FRY	DEVIL DRY FE	ED RED FLY VI	FREDDY LEV I
DE DIVER FLY	DEVILED FRY	ED RIVED FLY	FREDDY LEVI
DE DR ELF IVY	DEY DR ELF IV	ED VELD FRY I	FREDDY LIVE
DE DR LEVY IF	DEY DR ELF VI	ED VERDI FLY	FREDDY VEIL
DE DR VIE FLY	DEY DR LEV IF	EDDY LEV FIR	FREDDY VILE
DE DRIVE FLY	DID ELF VERY	EDDY LEV RFI	ID DR EVE FLY
DE DRY ELF IV	DID EVER FLY	EDIFY DR LEV	ID DR FE LEVY
DE DRY ELF VI	DID FREY LEV	FED DEVILRY	ID DR FEY LEV
DE DRY LEV IF	DID FRYE LEV	FED DR EL IVY	ID DR VEE FLY
DE FERVIDLY	DID REF LEVY	FED DR ELY IV	ID DRY FE LEV
DE ID LEV FRY	DID VEER FLY	FED DR ELY VI	LED DR FE IVY
DE ID REV FLY	DIE VELD FRY	FED DR LEVY I	LED DR FEY IV
DE LED FRY IV	DIED LEV FRY	FED DR LEY IV	LED DR FEY VI
DE LED FRY VI	DIED REV FLY	FED DR LEY VI	LED DRY FE IV
DE LIVED FRY	DIVE DEL FRY	FED DR LYE IV	LED DRY FE VI
DE RED FLY IV	DIVE DRY ELF	FED DR LYE VI	LED DRY FIVE
DE RED FLY VI	DIVE LED FRY	FED DRY EL IV	LIVED DR FEY
DE RIVED FLY	DIVE RED FLY	FED DRY EL VI	LIVED DRY FE
DE VELD FRY I	DIVED EL FRY	FED DRY EVIL	REDDY ELF IV
DE VERDI FLY	DIVED FLYER	FED DRY LEV I	REDDY ELF VI
DEE DR FLY IV	DIVED RE FLY	FED DRY LEVI	REDDY LEV IF
DEE DR FLY VI	DYE DR ELF IV	FED DRY LIVE	VELD DEY FIR
DEFY DR EL IV	DYE DR ELF VI	FED DRY VEIL	VELD DEY RFI
DEFY DR EL VI	DYE DR LEV IF	FED DRY VILE	VELD DR FEY I
DEFY DR EVIL	DYED LEV FIR	FED IDLY REV	VELD DR YE IF
DEFY DR LEV I	DYED LEV RFI	FED LID VERY	VELD DRY FE I
DEFY DR LEVI	ED DEL FRY IV	FED REDLY IV	VELD DRY FIE
DEFY DR LIVE	ED DEL FRY VI	FED REDLY VI	VELD DYE FIR
DEFY DR VEIL	ED DEVIL FRY	FED RID LEVY	VELD DYE RFI
DEFY DR VILE	ED DIVER FLY	FIDDLE VERY	VELD DYER IF
DEFY DRIVEL	ED DR ELF IVY	FIDE DR LEVY	VELD ID FREY
DEFY LID REV	ED DR LEVY IF	FIDE DRY LEV	VELD ID FRYE
DEFY RID LEV	ED DR VIE FLY	FLED DR YE IV	VELD RID FEY
DEIFY DR LEV	ED DRIVE FLY	FLED DR YE VI	VERDE ID FLY
DEL DR FE IVY	ED DRY ELF IV	FLED DRY VIE	VIDE DEL FRY
DEL DR FEY IV	ED DRY ELF VI	FLED DYER IV	VIDE DRY ELF
DEL DR FEY VI	ED DRY LEV IF	FLED DYER VI	VIDE LED FRY
DEL DRY FE IV	ED FERVIDLY	FLED ID VERY	VIDE RED FLY
DEL DRY FE VI	ED ID LEV FRY	FLED RED IVY	VIED DEL FRY
DEL DRY FIVE	ED ID REV FLY	FRED DEL IVY	VIED DRY ELF
DELVE DRY IF	ED LED FRY IV	FRED ID LEVY	VIED LED FRY
DELVE ID FRY	ED LED FRY VI	FRED LED IVY	VIED RED FLY
DELVED FRY I

(Yes, I was rather bored when I came up with this idea. Why do you ask?)

Another game I'm now enjoying...

2005-04-05T07:28:00.000+10:00

...is Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.

Just got it yesterday and I have to say I definitely need a new video card now!
The poor old GeForce FX 5200 just ain't cutting it any more.

I'm pretty sure there aren't supposed to be big glowing green and red bits in otherwise dark rooms (will post a screenshot soon, if you're interested)

(Edit: Turns out there's a European Language Version patch hidden on the LucasArts site, only for Non-US versions. That would explain the lack of other references or links from the site.)

If you're wondering about the tablet in the pic...

2005-04-04T12:50:00.000+10:00

...it's a Wacom Graphire3 with the Digital Photography Kit.

I got it for Christmas last year :)

The Monitor in question...

2005-04-02T11:45:00.000+10:00

I had to post a pic of it in its new home. :)

Movies I'm looking forward to...

2005-04-01T08:20:00.000+10:00

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Very cool website and they have a Marvin screensaver available for download.

Of course, I can't wait for Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith either, but I'm sure it will be a bit anti-climactic after all the hype.

LCD Goodness!

2005-03-31T11:39:00.000+10:00

My new monitor is now installed.

It's all I'd hoped for, now I need a new video card...

Why Oh Why?

2005-03-30T20:03:00.000+10:00

Do people say "I need to get my email set up on my computer"

when what they really mean is:

"I need to get administrator priveleges on this computer from my work IT Department so that I can install the PPPoE client software and then and only then do I need to set up my email on this computer. By the way, it's working on my desktop PC."

Speak of the devil...

2005-03-30T16:10:00.000+10:00

Just got a message that my monitor has finally come in!

Will have to pick it up tomorrow, damn late shift...

Damn Delivery Gremlins...

2005-03-30T15:50:00.000+10:00

.. still no monitor.

I'm getting very unimpressed with the supplier.

Another good Sims 2 Link....

2005-03-29T08:09:00.000+10:00

The Sims 2 Inside has some great advanced building tips if you're as mad about The Sims 2 as I am.

The site creator, Mike, has made a Sim of Turanga Leela from Futurama, which is pretty cool.

Still addicted to Sims 2 University...

2005-03-28T09:30:00.000+10:00

It's sad, I know.

I'll just have to accept that I have no life to speak of anymore.

I haven't actually played it for a while (i.e; today), but I have been lurking a lot on the modders' forums here.

Still waiting for my monitor.

2005-03-26T14:36:00.000+11:00

Latest news is that it probably won't arrive until Tuesday after Easter, meaning I won't see it till at least Wednesday.

The computer shop have assured me that they "went off" at the supplier about it, I guess I'll have to wait though. Grrr!

EA Games owes me a life.

2005-03-26T14:31:00.000+11:00

The Sims 2 University stole it from me.

I'm just glad I never started playing MMORPGs or I'd really have no life.

At least I still go to work...

Layout changes.

2005-03-24T19:50:00.000+11:00

Expect a lot over the next few days until I settle on something permanent.

It's all being tinkered with for now...

Don't abuse the Help Desk...

2005-03-24T14:17:00.000+11:00

...It could be me on the other end.

Although I honestly want to help most of my customers, there are days when I wish I was this guy.

Please be nice to your ISP tech support, they're more likely to help you that way.

Does it really matter if you can't get to your porn site for a couple of hours?

Patience = None.

2005-03-24T12:11:00.000+11:00

I hate waiting.

I've been waiting almost 2 weeks now for my new LCD monitor to arrive.

Next time, I'm asking "Does your supplier have it in stock?" before I say "I'll have one, thanks!"

Latest news is "it will definitely be in by Thursday".

Great, I'm working till 8 PM and they close at 5:30.

So, no new monitor before Easter, dammit!