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Hey guys! I just checked my email, and, like, did you know that you can get generic brand Viagra, prescription medication and penis enlargement products over the Internet now? Wow! What ever will those technical boffin types come up with next? Now, if only they'll send me an email telling me where I can find some horny housewives, my life will be complete. |
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 Hi. Remember me? Good. Long time no post, but I've been busy with numerous other things of late, and I've had a lot of things on my mind of late, and I guess I just thought it would be easier to not say anything at all, rather than try to think of something witty to say instead of what I really want to say. Don't worry, it's all good, and I'll fill you all in on it soon.
In other news, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has finished up in the US, and while the Americans are basking in the Buffy-completion-satisfactionness, we Aussies we left to crack the shits when Channel 7 decided to stop playing the final season with only 5 episodes to go until the big show-down, and go back about 30 episodes or so back to season 6. I ask you "WTF!?!?!11!". After the third repeat, I had a gutful and downloaded the remaining 5 episodes with my shiney new broadband internets. Braden came around last night for some of his special spag bol and to watch three of the episodes, and he's coming around tonight to finish the series.
To me, the thing about Buffy is that it's not just your average monster-of-the-week series like Charmed etc. but rather a show where even a fun and light-hearted episode can reveal crucial information that fits in with that season's story arc (or even previous or future seasons, for that matter). It will be missed, but I'm sure that whatever Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy come up with next will also be great.
Update - 9pm: Just watched the final episode. Whooooooooo! That is all. |
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| Posted by a very weepy MadDog
on Wednesday July 2, 2003 at 10:32 AM - 1 comments |
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I've just learned that some bitch spammer has been using the planetmaddog.com domain to send out spam emails to the masses. If you receive spam from someone claiming to be maddogxxxx (where xxx is four radmonly generated letters) [at] planetmaddog.com, please know that it was not send by me. I received about 170 failure notices over the weekend because of this. Obviously, I'm not too happy about this, and I'll be doing whatever I can to seek justice. In the meantime, I'll be closing off my open email domain. In the past, you could send an email to whatever you wanted [at] planetmaddog.com and it would all be redirected to my real email address. Now, the only mailboxes that will work on the planetmaddog.com domain will be maddog, info, webmaster and contact. Everything else will be blocked. Ta. |
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| Posted by a very pissed off MadDog
on Monday June 2, 2003 at 9:11 AM - 3 comments |
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 Death, taxes and a review from me about the Matrix. It had to happen.
I remember fondly watching the first Matrix. I had absolutlely no clue on what the movie was about, except for the phrase "What is the Matrix?" and seeing those special effects up there on the big screen for the first time totally blew my tiny human mind. From the moment I heard that there was to be two more movies to form a trilogy, and that it would feature even more mind-blowing effects than ever before attempted, I completely avoided all forms of hype and marketing in the hope that I could one day relive that feeling I got form the first move. But now I no longer need to plug my ears, close my eyes tight and sing "La la laaaaaa la laaaa" whenever the trailers come on TV. I have seen Matrix Reloaded.
To say that I relived the experiance of the first film would be false, however I did think the sequal was an absolute blast; a worthy part two of three. The special effects were fantastic, although sometimes they did look a little too perfect. In some instances I believe it would have been better to use a Keanu-on-wires instead of a totally CG Keanu. And the themes and concepts explored are sufficiently mind boggling to make me hunger for the final part in the tale. It does make one wonder though. Maybe we are all within a layer of the Matrix and the Brothers Wachowski are simply constructs of the Matrix, whose task it is to make movies about the Matrix to make us think that its all nothing but fiction. Oh, and also to make millions and millions of dollars. Let's not forget the dollars. |
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I don't know if you folks have heard this rumour or not, but a UK tabloid has published an article stating that Holly Valance is tipped to star in a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off series (of which even more rumours are abound), now that Sarah Michelle Gellar has announced that she'll be hanging up her pointy objects (no, not those pointy objects) at the end of this season for whatever reason. I can sum this up for you in one word. Wrong. Not just wrong, but seventeen bloody shades of wrong.
I can imagine it now. The Scoobies are all hanging out at the Bronze. Witty banter ensues, as per normal, but Holly's lips dont quite match up with the audio for some reason. A scary vamp bursts into the room. Holly jumps up and starts singing at the vamp. Vampy (as well as everyone else in the place) then runs off, bleeding from the ears.
<sarcasm>OMG! Its got "HIT" written all over it!</sarcasm> |
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| Posted by a very aggravated MadDog
on Friday May 2, 2003 at 4:41 PM - 2 comments |
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Behold the power of the pickle hat!
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Hi all. Long time, no post. I trust you all had a happy Easter and devoured all the nummy choccy googs that you could before you felt sick. My Easter wasn't too bad. We left for Melbourne on Good Friday to do the visiting thing with Gracie's rellies, then came back Satuday night. Sunday night was dinner at Mum's as usual. Much chocolate was consumed, and fun was had by all.
In other news, today marked the arrival of my very own pickle hat! For those who don't know, the pickle hat is an institution of popular comedy site I-Mockery.com. You can read about the infamous pickle hat here. When I learned that those who donate to the site would recieve a pickle hat of their very own, I jumped at the chance, slapped down some dollars and bugger me if I'm not here right now with my very own goddamned pickle hat! How about that? Upon receiving the pickle hat, I quickly donned it and ran around the house singing "I have a pickle hat!" much to the amusement/confusion of my dog.
Also in the package was instructions on how to assemble the hat, a couple of I-Mockery.com stickers, a mystical fortune-telling flat fish, and an amusing newsletter. I always love it when websites offer something, however small, to say thank you for supporting them. I know, you (like Gracie) may not see the value in all this junk, but in the end, I have a pickle hat and you don't, so nyah! |
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| Posted by a very powerful MadDog
on Thursday April 24, 2003 at 10:48 PM - 6 comments |
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So, as it turns out, I have come into possession of yet another Xbox console (bringing the total to three, one of them non-working) and I have decided to use this spare console as an experimental toy on which to try all sorts of hacking escapades. First thing I've done is modchipped it and installed Ed's distro of Debian Linux onto it. Now, I'm the least Linuxy person I know, so installing it, getting KDE installed and all the add-ons added on was fun. I had no idea what-so-ever so I was blindly downloading and installing anything that looked like it might be useful, and now its all up and going and serving web pages through Apache, so that's step one done. As for what's next? I've got no idea, but I'm thinking along the lines of a case mod, perhaps involving flashy lights... Wooo... flashy... or maybe even installing it into my car. Who knows, but I'll keep you posted. |
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When I started Planet MadDog over 3 years ago, I did it mainly for my own enjoyment. Over the years I have been lucky enough to have played host to an increasing number of visitors to the site who get some kind of enjoyment from my ramblings, but still I'm doing this site for my own cause; to keep a journal of ideas and meandering thoughts that pop up over time so that one day I can look back and remember how I was feeling and what I was thinking at that point in my life. It is for this reason I find myself writing this post today.
I am neither for this war or against it. This is not because I'm sitting on the fence or I'm worried that I'm going to upset people but because I dont really like commenting on the war or politics. If theres one thing I hate, its when people talk about things that theyve got no idea about so if I were to say something along the lines of either "Bush is a warmonger with a hidden agenda" or "Yeah, lets get Saddam" I would be one of those people. I read the news, and watch all the coverage, but I cant help but think that its only one side of the story. I have the media screaming "USA! USA!" in one ear and protesters in the other ear telling me that Bush is akin to Hitler and makes Saddam look like a petty thug. I think this is way bigger than any mortal can comprehend.
Arguing whether or not war is necessary is not for me. In fact I believe arguing on the Internet as a whole is futile. It goes way beyond my existance to decide whether civilian casualties is the only way to avoid a mad dictator from going all thermo-chemical on our asses. For now, I'll just say this: War is bad, m'kay? |
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| Posted by a very unmotivated MadDog
on Wednesday March 26, 2003 at 10:10 AM - 2 comments |
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It can be argued (by me, when alcoholically enhanced) that St Patrick's Day has very little to no meaning in Australia other than to get sloshed on green beer. Well any day like that gets top marks in my books. It is, however, sheer coincidence that I plan to watch The Gangs of New York tonight and witness many an Irishman be hacked into small pieces. However you spend this St. Patricks Day, I hope you enjoy yourselves. |
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| Posted by a very whimsical MadDog
on Tuesday March 4, 2003 at 11:41 AM - 0 comments |
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