That's right, this site is a year old today.
I started this as a diary, a way to keep crap that i wanted to show people online and a tool for keeping in touch with those i see less of these days.
Its not been a bad year. I've now been in a PROPER computer related job for over a year (many thanks Steria for hiring me, Meelan for reccomending me, Ken Morrow for encouraging me and of course Robert Donnelly for getting the job that we both interviewed for first!). I'm starting to pay off my debts (slowly) and i'm starting to forget what it was like to be working in the Spar, wondering what the hell was happening to my life. That was a pretty dark time.
But listen, listen, never mind me what about you?
Much of the ol' manly love,
Matt
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Update on gym crappy remix music...
Dave Allen said...
I have an Idea, lets all try and think of the worst possible (or most ridiculous) song they could do this to.
Im thinking "What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong.
What do you think??
11:14 PM
Jo said...
are you kidding? they've done that one already! =/
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Just to update, tonight they had the following songs:
Every breath you take - Sting
(which is interesting from the whole people stalking people in the gym)
Maria (you gotta see her) - Blonde
Right here waiting for you - Richard marx
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I think the most ridiculous song that could be used would probably be "Dance of the sugarplum fairy" (from the Nutcracker) - Thaikovsky
What do y'all think?
I have an Idea, lets all try and think of the worst possible (or most ridiculous) song they could do this to.
Im thinking "What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong.
What do you think??
11:14 PM
Jo said...
are you kidding? they've done that one already! =/
====
Just to update, tonight they had the following songs:
Every breath you take - Sting
(which is interesting from the whole people stalking people in the gym)
Maria (you gotta see her) - Blonde
Right here waiting for you - Richard marx
====
I think the most ridiculous song that could be used would probably be "Dance of the sugarplum fairy" (from the Nutcracker) - Thaikovsky
What do y'all think?
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
...and now a random fact about Jack Bauer:
Every time the cops get an APB to arrest Jack Bauer, half the department mysteriously calls out sick. The fire department too, just in case.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
What kind of villan am I?
What Type of Villain are You?
mutedfaith.com.
(incidently, if you are reading this, dave ashe, that's probably you too!)
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
So I've been in a gym for a while now...
...and the problems with going are as follows:
1. I'm a pretty skinny ginger 11 stone weakling with terrible dress sense.
2. They play industrial dance / euphoria nonsense music way too loud.
I am hoping to overcome the first problem, but it will take time, maybe years.
The second problem is a little more tricky, but thanks to my trusty Ipod, (being turned up to 11), I can blast rock and or good pop into my ears at a frightening volume canceling out the effect of the mind numbing dispicableness.
The tunes they are playing are largely badly adapted 80's or 90's songs. The standard formula is to slow/speed the melody down to about half of the speed and play a euphoric 'twice the speed a drummer could ever manage' beat over the top. ALL of the songs are the same. The same beat, the same formula.
Starts off with the slowed/sped up sample by itself and slowly the beat raises in volume until it is overpowering. Then, and here is the clever bit, everything stops. The beat then resumes without the sample. The sample joins in after 20 - 30 seconds and gaines in volume. Eventually it all stops again. The song then starts over again with the sample by itself, then the beat builds up to a euphoric ending.
Sometimes at the end of the song they slow the sample down (but don't lower the pitch) so slow that it sounds all distorted and scary. Then maybe stop one more time and bring the beat in again.
I've heard all sorts of abominations, but there are some that border on comedy. Among the most ridiculous are remixes of:
*Sitting on the dock of the bay
*When a man loves a woman
*My heart will go on
*Friends in low places
All of the above have caused me to burst out loud laughing and completely ruin my concentration.
I've resolved the situation by blasting my Ipod really really loud and drowning them out.
I find Metallica works best.
CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: "Through the never" - Metallica
1. I'm a pretty skinny ginger 11 stone weakling with terrible dress sense.
2. They play industrial dance / euphoria nonsense music way too loud.
I am hoping to overcome the first problem, but it will take time, maybe years.
The second problem is a little more tricky, but thanks to my trusty Ipod, (being turned up to 11), I can blast rock and or good pop into my ears at a frightening volume canceling out the effect of the mind numbing dispicableness.
The tunes they are playing are largely badly adapted 80's or 90's songs. The standard formula is to slow/speed the melody down to about half of the speed and play a euphoric 'twice the speed a drummer could ever manage' beat over the top. ALL of the songs are the same. The same beat, the same formula.
Starts off with the slowed/sped up sample by itself and slowly the beat raises in volume until it is overpowering. Then, and here is the clever bit, everything stops. The beat then resumes without the sample. The sample joins in after 20 - 30 seconds and gaines in volume. Eventually it all stops again. The song then starts over again with the sample by itself, then the beat builds up to a euphoric ending.
Sometimes at the end of the song they slow the sample down (but don't lower the pitch) so slow that it sounds all distorted and scary. Then maybe stop one more time and bring the beat in again.
I've heard all sorts of abominations, but there are some that border on comedy. Among the most ridiculous are remixes of:
*Sitting on the dock of the bay
*When a man loves a woman
*My heart will go on
*Friends in low places
All of the above have caused me to burst out loud laughing and completely ruin my concentration.
I've resolved the situation by blasting my Ipod really really loud and drowning them out.
I find Metallica works best.
CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: "Through the never" - Metallica
10 randomly made up, but humourous things...
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Matt mcivor!
- If you blow out all the candles on matt mcivor with one breath, your wish will come true.
- Birds do not sleep in matt mcivor, though they may rest in him from time to time.
- In the 1600s, tobacco was frequently prescribed to treat headaches, bad breath and matt mcivor.
- The International Space Station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as matt mcivor.
- The eye of an ostrich is bigger than matt mcivor!
- If a snake is born with two heads, the heads will fight over who gets matt mcivor.
- A matt mcivorometer is used to measure matt mcivor.
- More than one million stray dogs and half a million stray cats live in matt mcivor.
- It's bad luck for a flag to touch matt mcivor.
- The opposite sides of matt mcivor always add up to seven.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Thursday, January 05, 2006
This post is dermo's fault, i copied the idea from his blog...
Currently listening to: "Late for the sky" - Jackson Browne
Some things you didn't know / kinda knew, explained a little....
i largely dont eat vegtables. I will eat: potatoes in any form, and tomatoes in the form of a paste or heinz tomato soup. But that is pretty much it.
I don't largely eat fruit. I will eat pineapple. And i've come round to orange juice and cranberry juice, but i'd freak out to eat an orange or a cranberry. I hate the taste of apple juice. I love apple tart. If i don't look at it i can eat the processed apple, if it is warm and is hidden by, lets say, pastery and some kind of cream.
I'm scared of meat. I can eat chicken sometimes. Maybe beef mince in spagetti or chilli. I'm nearly sick if i accidently eat a piece of fat. (one my friends mums - who was a psychologist - served me up a big peace of fatty pork at their table one sunday when i was a kid - knowing full well of my fears. I tried my best - got a big bit of fat, freaked out and then ran out the back to be sick.)
I don't like fish. but i love the taste of prawn cocktail crisps.
All dairy products are great. I love milk.
I like spicey things and almost every type of sauce. I've discovered indian food which i like pretty well, which is basically nice sauces with chicken, and i can pick out the veg.
Most of the things i have come to like i have sampled on a pizza first.
(its pretty much a fear of un-processed food. Yup. I'm a freak. Many thanks to Elia Montgomery for actually putting it into a phrase for me - the fear part, not the freak, i already knew about that.)
I love coffee in almost all forms. Clements esspresso coffee is the best. I buy it and take it home to make. I make coffee and try to force it on people. (sorry work buddies.)
Some things you didn't know / kinda knew, explained a little....
i largely dont eat vegtables. I will eat: potatoes in any form, and tomatoes in the form of a paste or heinz tomato soup. But that is pretty much it.
I don't largely eat fruit. I will eat pineapple. And i've come round to orange juice and cranberry juice, but i'd freak out to eat an orange or a cranberry. I hate the taste of apple juice. I love apple tart. If i don't look at it i can eat the processed apple, if it is warm and is hidden by, lets say, pastery and some kind of cream.
I'm scared of meat. I can eat chicken sometimes. Maybe beef mince in spagetti or chilli. I'm nearly sick if i accidently eat a piece of fat. (one my friends mums - who was a psychologist - served me up a big peace of fatty pork at their table one sunday when i was a kid - knowing full well of my fears. I tried my best - got a big bit of fat, freaked out and then ran out the back to be sick.)
I don't like fish. but i love the taste of prawn cocktail crisps.
All dairy products are great. I love milk.
I like spicey things and almost every type of sauce. I've discovered indian food which i like pretty well, which is basically nice sauces with chicken, and i can pick out the veg.
Most of the things i have come to like i have sampled on a pizza first.
(its pretty much a fear of un-processed food. Yup. I'm a freak. Many thanks to Elia Montgomery for actually putting it into a phrase for me - the fear part, not the freak, i already knew about that.)
I love coffee in almost all forms. Clements esspresso coffee is the best. I buy it and take it home to make. I make coffee and try to force it on people. (sorry work buddies.)
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