Hello!

[BookishDreamer]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i made a chandelier out of cds / dvds.

Excellent! A couple of years ago I decorated a couple of CDs and hung them on the Christmas tree. Turned out to be a very good way to recycle some of those AOL software CDs I kept getting in the mail.

Dreamer

[zelda_pinwheel]

yep, exactly.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by NetSlut

Hello everyone,

I've just pre-ordered the Sony Reader from Waterstones here in the sunny (today) UK, so I figured I'd better look out for a good community site.

So, did you find one? I found one behind the sofa...well, it would be good, if it wasn't for all these timid folk muttering about HarryT's avatar...

I'm habitually used to working on the very latest prototype and bleeding-edge kit in work, so you can guess I'm an early adopter for pretty much everything.

I used to work at the bleeding edge, but I soon realised I wasn't cut out (or was I?) for knife-juggling.

Work-wise, I run a computer consultancy firm specialising in troubleshooting and in innovations, so if anyone wants any tech talk, I'm the guy to talk to.

Do you know the proper way to perform heat-parameter testing on an obstreperous llama, is there any means of detection of your typical invisible and inadvertently violent gibbon, and how would you install a time-dilator in a small kitten (without the use of chain mail gloves, seven litres of baby oil, and a death wish)?

Claims to fame involve insulting Queen Elizabeth II to her face, and stealing Bill Gates' stapler...

Did you challenge her to a dual? (It's like a duel, but you do it from a horizontally opposed tandem bike)

Originally Posted by NetSlut

Thank'ee! I haven't had a new gadget for quite some time. Last thing I had was the iPhone 3G, and before that I think it was either my iMac or my Robot Guitar.

I've had a vision that involved robot guitars taking over the world. They weren't good robot guitars either; they were pure evil, only playing "Kum ba yah" and John Mayer songs.

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Noo, avatars are the devil's work.

Shhh, don't remind him. I owe the cloven-hoofed bastard about seventeen avatars worth of souls. Say, Sparrow...are you doing anything with your soul at the moment, because it's looking a little...tarnished...and I'm happy to take it down to the local jeweller for a polish. I can even make you an avatar to use as a substitute while you wait?

Originally Posted by NetSlut

I don't know who marc is yet

G'day, I'm Marc. Welcome aboard. [holds out hand]. Oops, sorry, let me put my Zany Carter Deluxe down. Hey, say, can I get you one? I'm out of twirly straws, but I've a three-tiered, saffron, Balinese cocktail umbrella I can pop in it that you'll...just...die...for.

or maybe I will have known before (uhh...) -- but anyway, how could you have seen me if I was disguised as a lamp...?

Well, every other bit of lighting at the Party Villa was a flaming torch or bonfire of some kind, so a lamp kind of sticks out. That's probably why people kept trying to set you on fire.

Besides, the last time I was a n00b was when I was born :-p

Prepare to be reborn at the Party. It's a magical experience, if a trifle sticky (the Oort-Whale cows are all up for the part if you give them enough liquid methane)

Cheers,
Marc

[zelda_pinwheel]

so, NetSlut ; have you met marc ? marc, netslut ; netslut, marc. you two should get along brilliantly.

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Say, Sparrow...are you doing anything with your soul at the moment, because it's looking a little...tarnished...and I'm happy to take it down to the local jeweller for a polish. I can even make you an avatar to use as a substitute while you wait?

'Tarnished' ?!?
That's 'distressed' is what it is.
It's supposed to look like that - it's fashionable, hmfph!

[NetSlut]

You're my new Hero I haven't read so much gibberish in one post since, uhh, well actually, since the last post of yours I read on here, come to think of it. Didn't realise you were Marc, but it seems I did know you before I thought I didn't after all!

Borag Thungg, Marc! Nice to meet you, ignore the frills and the dirty spots on what should otherwise be an untainted lampshade. Ok, that was a lie. I can't back that up. My lampshade is so dirty the dirt has evolved.

Originally Posted by montsnmags

So, did you find one?

I was going to ask here but then all these weirdos started chiming in...

I used to work at the bleeding edge, but I soon realised I wasn't cut out (or was I?) for knife-juggling.

I think I see the problem. Knife-juggling is a dangerous thing when you're clearly as mental as a bag of spanners...

Do you know the proper way to perform heat-parameter testing on an obstreperous llama, is there any means of detection of your typical invisible and inadvertently violent gibbon, and how would you install a time-dilator in a small kitten (without the use of chain mail gloves, seven litres of baby oil, and a death wish)?

Yes, thank you; again, yes; and finally, that's tech support's job.

Did you challenge her to a dual? (It's like a duel, but you do it from a horizontally opposed tandem bike)

Could have been worse; I could have challenged her to a duet, and with my voice... yeesh. Also, it could have happened at sea. They say worse things happen at sea. I suppose it's true, since I can't swim. That would be worse.

I've had a vision that involved robot guitars taking over the world.

Just now, or generally? If just now, do you have visions about current topics of discussion often? If so, let's talk about rhinos wrestling in custard, that should be entertaining.

They weren't good robot guitars either; they were pure evil, only playing "Kum ba yah" and John Mayer songs.

The bastards! The only thing eviller is me; I can't actually play the guitar, I'm not even as good as playing Kum ba yah or John Mayer songs.
But why would Evil Robot Guitars (tm) want to do everyone a favour and take over the world? Surely they'd prefer to leave us in the hands of the idiots we already have...?

I owe the cloven-hoofed bastard about seventeen avatars worth of souls.

I didn't realise Sparrow had cloven hoofs! (I thought it was the way he walked)

Say, Sparrow...are you doing anything with your soul at the moment, because it's looking a little...tarnished...and I'm happy to take it down to the local jeweller for a polish. I can even make you an avatar to use as a substitute while you wait?

Hey, no soul pimpage in my thread, please. Unless I get commission, of course.

[holds out hand]

[Also holds out hand]

Hey, say, can I get you one?

Oh hell yes, I'll try anything.

I'm out of twirly straws, but I've a three-tiered, saffron, Balinese cocktail umbrella I can pop in it that you'll...just...die...for.

It's ok, I'm getting a bit bored of those, not to mention they get lost in a pint of cider.

Well, every other bit of lighting at the Party Villa was a flaming torch or bonfire of some kind, so a lamp kind of sticks out. That's probably why people kept trying to set you on fire.

Ahh, it's hard to see with a lampshade on your head.
I thought the propensity for immolation was a requirement for entry...

Prepare to be reborn at the Party. It's a magical experience, if a trifle sticky

Is that what that was? I thought I'd scored there...

(the Oort-Whale cows are all up for the part if you give them enough liquid methane)

Who wouldn't be!

[zelda_pinwheel]

i do believe the only possible response to the netslut vs. marc sillyfest is : "yay !!!!!"

[Taylor514ce]

I went to a High School graduation party where blank CDs were strung up to the ceiling as decoration. I was the guy who collected dozens of CDs after the party to take home because they are, after all, MEDIA.

[NetSlut]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I was the guy who collected dozens of CDs after the party to take home because they are, after all, MEDIA.

Heh, I bet you still own floppy disks? 8" ones? I used to have quite a collection of stuff I called 'antiques' but which my ex-wife called 'junk'.

[Taylor514ce]

No 8" floppies, but a box of 5.25", 3.5" of course, and "ZIP" media in various capacities. My home system even has a zip drive.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I went to a High School graduation party where blank CDs were strung up to the ceiling as decoration. I was the guy who collected dozens of CDs after the party to take home because they are, after all, MEDIA.

exactly. and really lovely in mixed-media sculptural compositions. they catch the light so well.

[NetSlut]

I love the dichotomy of the old computer stuff; it's so old, but it's still highly advanced technology. And of course I love the comparative power of the later stuff.

Guess I'm just a technology whore...

[LazyScot]

Originally Posted by NetSlut

Oooh, the Collection sounds interesting!

It's definitely not "interesting" in the way you think. It is definitely something else. But since you asked, and in a desparate attempt to get people to see the Wisdom of Sparrow, have a look here....

[Elsi]

Well, the absolute silliness got 'way out of control in this thread. I thought I'd pop in long enough to say "Welcome", but felt obliged to update my avatar with a lampshade first.

Welcome to MobileRead. I don't have to encourage you to jump in and get to know those who hang out here.

[NetSlut]

Hey, it's a new trend!! Except you took the time to make yours look really good, dammit!

I think we need to have a lampshade party. Marc, did you arrange one yet?

Thanks very Elsi, it's much appreciated!