In Memory of Ashblaster

Since he’s disappeared off the face of the Earth I decided I would relive the memories with a quick youtube post.

Maristar found this one and e-mailed it to me. Our wedding was somewhat off-the-wall but not quite as awesome as this.

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  1. on December 13th, 2007 at 9:33 am #

    Iride Daley said,

    Ha. someone emailed this to me last week. What a small internet.

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Self-Playing Mario

Why don’t we wash that pool-table slime out of our mouths with a nice happy Mario level that completely plays itself, no controls necessary:

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  1. on September 21st, 2007 at 3:03 pm #

    Hawkeye said,

    I’m torn on custom Mario games. There are some really good ones, and others just seem lazy. There’s a really great custom version of Mario 3 called Mario Adventure. It needs a weird program to run, but it’s totally worth it. Here’s the link- http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/63

  2. on September 23rd, 2007 at 6:46 pm #

    weasel said,

    I’ve never really played any custom mario, I just occasionally find these really cool videos. Like The Most Frustrating Level Ever Built.

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The Art Of Expressing The Human Body

Posted on June 7th, 2007 by Ashblaster
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I have been slowly trying to introduce health an fitness into my every day life, mostly out of a half-assed effort to reach my human potential and a soul-crushing desire to live forever. Day by day I try to adopt and enforce (FORCE!) strategies and guildlines from Fantastic Voyage, and little by little I am becoming more proficient at the body’s basic maneuvers; running, jumping and climbing.

Alas, I have a looooong way to go.

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  1. on June 8th, 2007 at 4:25 pm #

    Foley said,

    Free climbing is pretty amazing. There are lots of competitions on tv (the X-games I think?) where two dudes will race each other up an 100 foot wall, climbing it about as fast as a human can sprint 100 feet.

    An (intentionally?) ironic choice of video subject here, since Dan Osman died in 1998. A pretty amazing dude, though.

  2. on June 8th, 2007 at 4:29 pm #

    weasel said,

    Yeah those free-climbers give regular climbers a bad rap. You can just as easily do all those things with a rope on, they just choose not to because it’s more dangerous and therefore badass. :P

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She’s dead…..wrapped in plastic.

Posted on May 31st, 2007 by Ashblaster
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This week we decided not to rent a five-pack of movies because we’re getting backlogged on things to watch, especially shows. I just finished the FOX animated X-Men series, season two of Tales From the Crypt, and right now I am enjoying the shit out of season one of Twin Peaks:

I wish all law officers were like Special Agent Cooper. Don’t quote me on the dates, but I believe Inland Empire is playing at Cinecenta on June 4,5,6. From what I hear Lynch wrote the script as he shot the movie. After I complete Peaks I plan to finish MPD Psycho (a series by Takeshi Miike) and Basilisk.

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  1. on May 31st, 2007 at 6:19 pm #

    Maristar said,

    twin peaks is awesome - weasel and I watched the whole series after seeing mullholland drive.

    Did you watched “fire walk with me” yet, or are you going to watch that after you finish the series?

  2. on May 31st, 2007 at 6:21 pm #

    Hawkeye said,

    I friggin love Twin Peaks. That second clip you posted is one of the most brilliant things ever televised.

    You know they actually put out a book of “Laura Palmer’s Secret Diary”? It seemed pretty interesting. I bought it, but gave it to a friend as I wasn’t into Twin Peaks at the time. The shame will follow me forever.

  3. on May 31st, 2007 at 8:28 pm #

    weasel said,

    Yes I watched and loved Twin Peaks as well. Loved it in a WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON kind of artsy-fartsy way. Lynch is epicly surreal… force.

  4. on June 1st, 2007 at 1:43 pm #

    Ashblaster said,

    I debated with myself over whether to watch Fire Walk With Me before or after the series, I decided to wait. I would love to read Laura Palmer’s Secret Diary, I wonder how easy it is to find now.

  5. on June 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 am #

    Hawkeye said,

    Link

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The Simpsons has rocked for a long long time, but now it’s time to pass the torch…

Well, I think it is pretty safe to say that the Simpsons’ 400th episode was pretty lame. I think the South Park take on 24 was way better. I must admit, however, that I did enjoy the short from the Tracy Ullman Show that replaced the intro to the 401st episode. That said, Family Guy TOTALLY stole the show on Sunday night. One of the best episodes I have seen in a LONG time, due mostly to three awesome parodies and one funny scene:

First, there was Caddyshack. This is dead on:

Then, the Jetsons. I almost peed my pants. The political commentary that surrounds it is pretty good as well:

I LOVE Axel Foley. Not much of a parody, but really funny if you ask me:

And finally, what would a time travel episode be without the obligatory Back to the Future Spoof? The Chicken/Peter fight reference is an added bonus:

The Simpsons should give their cape and sceptre to South Park, with a smaller one for FG.

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  1. on May 24th, 2007 at 12:08 pm #

    Hawkeye said,

    It always kind of bugs me when people talk about “Simpsons should hang it up” and it not being as good as Family Guy or South Park or whatever. Cause even if its not as good as either of those shows (and that’s debatable), its still better than 90% of what’s on TV.

    I will agree that Family Guy was better than Simpsons this week. But I liked the Simpsons a few months back where Bart and Lisa built a cardboard box fortress better than both of them.

  2. on May 24th, 2007 at 10:00 pm #

    Iright Daley said,

    I agree with that. I’m not saying I don’t enjoy The Simpsons anymore. It’s just sad to see something that was formerly so great sink so low. The Simpsons in its prime was better than South Park or Family Guy will ever be, it’s just so sad to see them struggling now. It’s like watching an interview with Muhammed Ali, I just wish they had had the self-respect and discipline to go out while they were still on top like Seinfeld. Saying it is better than the other crap on TV isn’t saying much at all. I don’t know what kind of original programming you have on CBC, but a blank screen has got to be better than at least 60% of shows in the U.S.

  3. on May 29th, 2007 at 12:31 pm #

    Ashblaster said,

    At the end of clip two Death lists the people killed and Peter admits he doesn’t know who those people are.
    What chunk of the populations of the U.S. and Canada do you think know who those people are, and who are worse in the short and long runs, the people who support/like the Tucker Carlsons, etc, or the people who don’t even know who they are?

  4. on May 29th, 2007 at 5:16 pm #

    Foley said,

    I watched the Simpsons religiously until about season 13, and since then I miss it more and more often. I actually have been pretty bad about watching Family Guy as well the last couple seasons, though I am going to download them when the season is over. But yes, while the Simpsons isn’t what it once was, I’m pretty sure that if it were taken off the air, its place wouldn’t be taken by some excellent show, instead we’d be treated to more of the crap that we’re getting already. The little quality that does actually make it to air seems to happen in spite of the tv networks’ efforts, not because of them.

  5. on May 29th, 2007 at 5:18 pm #

    Foley said,

    As far as Tucker et al. are concerned, it’s always easier to face the enemy you know.

  6. on May 29th, 2007 at 5:47 pm #

    Foley said,

    The Mad TV shot reminded me of a clip Pagz and I were talking about the other night. We both agree that’s it’s quite literally the only fun thing they’ve ever done.

  7. on May 30th, 2007 at 6:54 am #

    Hawkeye said,

    This may be more fitting to the other Iwright article comment section but whatever.

    The trouble with this whole discussion is that we’re dealing with quality of music or television or whatever as a totally objective thing, but its subjective. One bee’s feces is another man’s honey so to speak.

    Foley watched Simpsons until season 13 and then petered off. That’s fine, but I petered off at about season 8 and then got back into it about 13 cause the writing started to be a lot funnier to me.

    Same thing applies to music, as discussed in the other article. Most people would tell you that Pink Floyd’s high point was around Dark Side of the Moon, but I love the early Syd Barrett stuff much more. And I know people who swear by their late 80’s early 90’s stuff. Personally, I think their later stuff wonks, but I don’t think that makes the people who like it wrong.

    Because we’re all like snowflakes my children…

  8. on May 30th, 2007 at 9:04 am #

    Iright Daley said,

    … we’re all very pretty.

  9. on May 30th, 2007 at 4:39 pm #

    weasel said,

    The Simpsons was one of the best shows back-in-the-day, but a lot of folks are forgetting that more shows are being made every day. Pretty soon we’ll have enough stellar-awesome-amazing shows on the tube that we would be able to sit down and really, really enjoy it, 24/7.

    The Simpsons is better than many shows out there, but between all the heavyweights these days (Heroes/Lost/Family Guy/etc etc) there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to fit the Simpson’s in.

  10. on May 30th, 2007 at 4:40 pm #

    weasel said,

    You know, and still go to work and such.

  11. on May 30th, 2007 at 4:48 pm #

    Hawkeye said,

    Don’t ask me man, I don’t even have cable

  12. on May 30th, 2007 at 4:52 pm #

    weasel said,

    I don’t either! I do obtain shows through different means (for example, maybe I rent them on DVD! Maybe.).

    And all those shows I obtain don’t have commercial breaks or anything, and I have enough of them to fill all my off hours, and the simpson’s isn’t one of them.

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Monty Python does Airlines

Ahh Monty Python. How did I ever miss this clip?

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Caribou STOL

The Caribou is an older plane (50s-60s) but check out it’s short take off and landing performance. Amazing for a plane it’s size. What was that, 100 feet?

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