Natalia Kills – Perfectionist
Exist Trace – Twin Gate

That’s the only 2 I’ve spent money on in a long while – I usually just use LastFM for my listening nowadays.

but the demise of these papers has got to be a good sign for the intelligence of the country

Probably more to do with the fact that spotty 13 year olds can get tittilation from the comfort of their bedroom via t’interweb and their i-phones.

Is X^3 not strategy rather than flight-sim though?

Depends how in depth you want to play it. I tend to just fly around taking missions protecting cargo haulers or space stations from pirates, but there’s assassination missions, police missions, and the usual cargo transporting missions. Further in gmae you can build a fleet up for fleet based battles, so there’s plenty of flying about killing stuff rather than total strategy…

Get some decent modifications for it too, and the game universe will turn into an ever changing and evolving battlefield…..

Moonfruit.com

I’ve just set up a site with them, although very basic, but it seems to do the job okay. The free option allows 20mb of images etc and has a 15 page limit, but seems to do what I need as a beginner site.
Here it is [/url]rip it to shreds if you want, the Cadets are going to “improve” it anyway as a project :lol:

Cougar – Check these out for space based stuff…
X3 – Terran Conflictfor single player
or
Black Prophecy[/url]for MMO style.

There’s also Heroes In The Sky [/url]which is mmo air combat at its most basic level
:-)

I have no excuse…

Like – Hangry & Angry 8O

Dislike Bon Jovi

If you’re there on the 6th be ready for some traffic delays and road closures.
It’s ATC* Sunday and it’s the 70th Anniversary this year, so there’s a large Wing Parade of 28 Squadrons of Cadets and Staff going through York ending with a service in the Minster.

* The Air Training Corps, a youth organization linked to the Royal Air Force, was formed on 5th February 1941. The Wing that York falls under has it’s Headquarters at Linton On Ouse, just down the road, so that’s why York is used for parades and suchlike.

Well, our van only just got into Goathland, but the driver wasn’t happy with the road conditions due to us having another 3″ of snow last night. Officially the road is closed and our driver reckons it should be open late on Saturday if we get no more snow and the existing stuff doesn’t drift….

I’m going through a Japanese phase at the moment –

Sweet Black Featuring Maki Goto
Hangry and Angry
Mizca
Nana Tanimura
Heisei Ishin

Other bands/artists I like –

Kerli
Nemesea
Xandria
DJ Fei Fei
Hannah Pakarinen

There you go, something for everyone, ranging from easy listening right up to the downright wierd Japanese Visual Kei stuff.

The roads *might* be okay by then, dependant on the local farmer deciding whether it’s worth ploughing/flattening the snow on the road into the forest. The hill will be a bugger to navigate though.

We’ve failed to get our vans into that area (Cropton/Rosedale) for a couple of days now. If you don’t have a 4×4 available I’d seriously think against it, but ring Keldy just to be safe.

Today our delivery vans were going to Whitby via Scarborough, but tomorrow morning we have to get orders to the Mallyon and Goathland Hotels. Both hotels suggest the road is open, so I’ll let you know what the situation is when our vans arrive ( or don’t) back in the yard.

It used to be Tarja Turunen era Nightwish, but now Within Temptation have rightfully taken the crown.

The US movie industry just doesn’t have a clue on how to do live action remakes of quality anime. A live action Akira is just going to bomb at the box office if they keep faithful to the storyline, the only thing that might save it is if they can pull off the visuals so that it looks stunning.
As has been said above, Fist of the North Star – total bobbins.
Then you have Guyver Bio Booster armour Live action movies. I laughed so hard at how bad they were, even though they tried and in my opinion failed to condense a series into a couple of 2 hour movies.

My suggestion? Leave the live action to the Japanese – the Live action Death Note is really, really good!

1. Does anyone volunteer and, if so, doing what?
I volunteer on 2 fronts – I’m an adult civilian instructor (soon to be uniformed SNCO staff) for my local Air Cadet Squadron, and I also volunteer trailbuild for Singletraction.

2. Commitment – how regularly?
For Cadets, I put in 2 Parade nights a week, as well as the odd weekend to take Cadets flying, gliding, shooting and any courses that might help me progress in the Corps. SingletrAction volunteering is usually once a month, and possibly the odd extra day elsewhere for manning a stall/tent at events.

3. Did you want to use your specific skills or was it by chance that something appealed?
I used to be a Cadet myself and decided that I wanted to give something back that would help current and future Cadets. I left Cadets as a senior Cadet NCO and had passed Air Navigation, shooting, DofE and other stuff. Trailbuilding, well, I wanted to put in some effort and work on the trails I ride regularly.

4. Has this helped you, ie in your development as a person, and in what way?
Hmmmm. I’ve calmed down and matured more since working within the Cadet organization, and the courses I’ve done and got access to, have certainly improved me and my outlook on life. My attitude towards young uns has changed as well, and I’m more likely to help those who are asking or needing help without too much thinking on my part.

As with anything, especially volunteering, the more effort you put in, then the more you will ultimately get out of it.

A couple of photos from a zoo trip today.

This is NCIS and an important story!

You mean Pauley Perrette is getting more than 5 minutes screen time ;)

I use Avast – works okay for me.
http://www.avast.com

You lot are too serious with your Spotify Wars!

Throw something totally random in like this:

Sweet Black Featuring Maki Goto – Queen Bee

This was a winner for me a few weeks ago :lol:

Tarja Turunen
Sharon Den Adel
Otep Shamaya
Jennifer Parkin (Ayria)
Maire Brennan
Sarah Brightman
Brittany Bindrim (I Scintilla)
Belinda Carlisle

When? Midweek during term time? :lol:

To be fair, that’s my favourite times, the trails are lovely and quiet and you can have a nice fun ride, much better than the weekend, as it seems like the whole of Lincolnshire has relocated up here!

The Rambo Copters were a tweaked one of these:

See!

Sadly, it’s not the first time, and it certainly won’t be the last either.

I’ve lost count of the broken collarbones, concussion and other assorted injuries I’ve witnessed, and that’s just on trailbuilding days near Dixons Hollow. And yes the majority of them are to put it politely, inexperienced and poorly equipped, and waaaay outside their comfort zone skillwise.

PeteG55
Still the fastest?

Not any more.

The Sikorsky X2 is.

On 26 July 2010, Sikorsky announced that the X2 exceeded 225 knots (259 mph) during flight testing in West Palm Beach Florida, unofficially surpassing the current FAI rotorcraft world speed record of 216 knots (249 mph) set by a modified Westland Lynx in 1986.[8] The X2 flight was purposefully made 37 years to the date of the S-69’s first flight.[9] On 15 September 2010, test pilot Kevin Bredenbeck achieved Sikorsky’s design goal for the X2 when he flew the aircraft at a speed of 250 knots (290 mph)

One of my favorites the fantastic Mossie!

This does everything I need, from downloading to converting for my mp3 player.
DVDVideosoft

Go for Silent Hunter 4 instead – then patch it to 1.5 and get the Trigger Maru modification – this turns it into the best submarine sim out there.
I've been addicted for weeks now, and last night I just spent/wasted 4 hours getting into a nice attack position on a fleet of 2 Japanese Kongo Battleships and 8 Destroyer escorts.
I let 4 torps go all aimed at 1 Kongo only to have a destroyer spot them and bravely intercept a torp with it's stern. The first torp missed its target, but the next 2 hit broadside, evenly spaced to cause enough damage to make the Kongo list heavily and drop its speed to 2 knots. The next hour was spent playing cat and mouse with the destroyers and their depth charges. They did a good enough job to keep me from finishing the Kongo off, pushing me too far away to make a new approach effective. I am now heading on to my designated patrol area to hunt for enemy merchant ships, got a sound contact at long range I'm going to check out…..

Brilliant game if you've got the time!

Hmmm wonder if that will work with my Sony 'phones that have the same problem….

In my garden, I have a bush full of these;

Lovely to look at and very interesting to watch, they range in size from tiny, to a couple of big ones with abdomens the size of a penny coin.
I really need to take the hedge trimmer to that bush, but don't want to destroy their habitat at the moment.

Not a bad one considering my camera isn't a DSLR and has a very limited macro function.

I've just been watching 2 Hawks out of Leeming dogfighting with a Harrier overhead. Great fun, those Hawks are rather nippy, they make excellent aggressor aircraft!

Thanks for the link.

Wow, thrilling.

(using .co.uk as its my default settings for my search engine)

Nothing happening on my browser, just got the plain Google on my screen
(Chrome)

Not the best quality, but the fact that they allowed me to get on the floor to take the pictures without hopping off!

And my first real attempts at super close macro

I really enjoyed that, it did bring happy childhood memories back for me ( I haven't lived there for 20 odd years now)

We give out shedloads of boxes for packing stuff in – we're a fruit and veg wholesaler, so I would try your local supplier.

Banana boxes and the 40lb apple boxes seem to be asked for most.

Tarja – What Lies Beneath.

I've heard 3 tracks off the album already, and none of them disappoint, which is a good sign. :D

Dalby red is starting to get a bit of character, that's all.

I guess someone doesn't like it when it gets a bit rocky and rooty once 20 gazillion tyres have been over it. I think it makes it a bit more fun to ride. :)