Truck (US) takes out 19 cars...

You can read all about it HERE.

A warning.. the pics are HUGE.. 30mb worth!

Best looking car in the UK

That's his hope. Not. A. Chance.

And should be ashamed for entering!

"Yes.. your Corsa IS better looking that my DB9, Sir".

Laugh at rice!

13 Galleries of Rice from the US... all HERE.
Nice... There really should be a UK version of this... I think the closest we have is Barry Boys. Also a classic ;)

It's not April so....

....it must be true!

Made me think of Harry Potter personally but actually real! Check it out...

Motor Show LIVE pics up!

You can see them by clicking on the menu item on the right (down in .site stuff) or by clicking right HERE
Enjoy!

.calibra updated!

Some progress on the engine today - and more part arrivals. With any luck most of the engine will be rebuilt in a fortnight. With a small miracle even the bottom half could be back in the car then too! :)

For your inner child

Here... :)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

I ventured out and saw this last night with my mum. Having seen the previous two I was expecting more of the same and was pleasantly surprised. The film moved much quicker than the last film and was, in my opinion, darker too.
The special effects were to a point where I didn't question them (especially Buckbeak) and the level of acting was espeically high.
Michael Gambon also fits the part of Dumbledore much better too - he's slightly mad; exactly how he should be (taking nothing from Richard Harris' performance!).
For those not in the know (how could you not be?) this film follow's the escape of Sirius Black from Azkabar prison; Harry being his target. The film introduces Professor Lupin as the new Dark Arts teacher and the Dementors (the guards of Azkaban) and their constant hating on Harry (well done too).
I won't go in to it any more (not that I have) but it's certainly worth seeing! Well recommended! :)

Dictator of sitcom character?

See if you can beat this website. I managed it only once and the reference was pretty obsure (Tom Quinn from Spooks!). But pretty much everyone else I chose it got!
Have a go!

Raytracing for the masses

Following on from the Quake story here are a couple of sites you might like:

POVRAY - A free raytracing program. Has been around so long now I can't even remember when I first used it! I do know I had it on the Amiga many years ago.. it's still going strong!
Blender - Not a raytracer but certainly an excellent 3D modeller...

Have a play - I'd recommend Blender since I'm using it ;)

Quake 3 gets Raytraced!

Oh yes! My favourite past time for days gone by has now found it's way in to gaming with this Quake 3 demo. Not a bad effort considering it needed 20 AMD 1800XP machines to get running. I don't foresee this being the norm any time soon due to the overheads but one day perhaps...

Funny places

Where you live..

No, really.. just pop your post code in the box! - "Fulking hill"? Hehe

Powerbook scammer!

I love scammers being scammed. The amount of money and time I've lost over them isn't worth mentioning... but HERE is a great story! Yay for many in the know!

A busy, busy weekend!

This weekend I was mostly...
... Well Saturday was an early rise (around 7am), getting Simon up and packing the car ready for the journey ahead. First we drove from Portsmouth to Birmingham; taking in the sights, sounds and complete lack of traffic as we raced to the Motor Show Live at the National Exhibition Centre. A 2 hour drive saw us arrive in good stead and ready to be "wowed" by new and expensive metal.
Simon (Notts way) met up with us and we took in the show.
To be honest I'd have to say that the show was the weakest I've been to yet. There simply wasn't much there (and I mean that in terms of both actual cars and new stuff) but I did manage to sample the new Vauxhall Monaro! To say I'm impressed is an understatement.... but I can't have one :(

We left around 3pm and headed across country to Wellingborough (Santa Pod). Again traffic was non-existant and the journey quick. Simon and I stocked up at Tescos (usual starting point) and made our way to the camp site where we met up with the ClubCalibra crew and enjoyed a few drinks and some munch before retiring (although at this point I must say most people did not.. car engines and music continued throughout the night!).
God only knows what time I first woke but it was early!! I know I was actually up and about around 6:30am... and already the sun beat down on me.. more on that later.
The show started around 9am and the day was spent watching Cally dragsters and touring cars cane the 1/4 mile, all the while the sun hated on us. And it rained.. without clouds. Hmm.
2:30pm we left and had the same empty roads on the way home (which I'm told was the not the case later on!).
Now I'm knackered.
I'll get the Motor Show pics up soonish... now I rest ;)

OAP gets driving ban while NOT driving..

Yep, I'm not kidding!
A speed trap was set up and had netted around £12k that morning... the OAP in question put a sign up warning drivers and HE got arrested and charged. Complete madness

Be careful what you text...

Even if it's a song lyric!

Fuelprotest.com

Top Gear bits

You can now see the:

Car track times HERE
Celebrity track times HERE
aaand of course of at Sleepy Fish you can download the best bits ;o)

Brief update and stuff

The Calibra Turbo page has been updated with 2 pics of my new Accralite pistons that arrived today. Almost too pretty too hide in an engine if you ask me but there you go! At least with parts arriving the build appears to be moving on...

Also.. why can't I sneeze at home? Why does it have to be while navigating a roundabout? Weird.

Nude roller coaster action! (well, no "action" as such)

A whole bunch of students rode the "Nemesis Inferno" ride at Thorpe Park on May 21st.
Something to do with a world record for most naked people riding such a thing (why is there a record in the first place?)
See some pics HERE - if you like that sort of thing.

Italy has the right idea!

Check it out!

.site updates!

Okay I've updated the Calibra (turbo) and 911 pages today. Nothing huge but there are updates none the less.. enjoy!

Real or not?

You decide

Case modding too far?

Here is a good case of too much time and not enough to do... hehe. It's very good but a little much for me - and I'm not entirely sure it's all that "healthy" either.

"Interesting" C5 'Vette

Here is an interesting VWVortex link. It's a late model C5 Corvette with a '53 "body kit". An odd hybrid if you will. Not my cuppa but certainly well done and almost looks like it is meant to be that way. Cool eh?

Rebel cars...

As in Star Wars rebel cars... people messing up normal cars to make them look like THIS. It'd be funny if it weren't so sad.

Comedy car products...

... courtesy of Kaleco Auto.

Run for your lives!

[shudder]

THIS is a knife...

Customs found it... beyond explantion really!

Long, but funny, acronyms

AUDI:
Always Unsafe Designs Implemented
Accelerates Under Demonic Influence
Automobile Under Demonic Influence
Another Ugly Deutsche Invention
Always Undermining Deutsche Intelligence
Automobile Unsafe Designs, Inc.
All Unnecessary Devices Installed


BMW:
Big Money Works
Bought My Wife
Brutal Money Waster
Break My Window
Break My Windshield
Babbling Mechanical Wench
Beastly Monstrous Wonder
Beautiful Masterpieces on Wheels
Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
Barely Moving Wreck
Big Money Waste
Big Money. Why?
Big Money Works
Born Moderately Wealthy
Breaks Most Wrenches
Bring Many Wrenches
Brings Me Women
Brings More Women
Broken Money Waster
Broke My Wallet
Broken Monstrous Wonder
Bumbling Mechanical Wretch
Blasphemous Motorized Wreck
Bavarian Manure Wagon


BUICK:
Big Ugly Indestructible Car Killer
Big Ugly Imitation Chrome King


Camaro:
Can A Mechanic Actually Repair One??
Can't America Make A Real One?
Chevrolet Assembled Mustang And Repaired Often
Could Always Manufacture And Recall Often


CHEVROLET:
Can Hear Every Valve Rap On Long Extended Trips
Cheap, Hardly Efficient, Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time
Cracked Heads, Every Valve Rattles, Oil Leaks Every Time
Constantly Having Every Vehicle Recalled Over Lousy Engineering Techniques
Condition Hopeless, Entire Vehicle Relies On Leftover Engine Technology


DODGE:
Drips Oil, Drops Grease Everywhere
Damn Old Dirty Gas Eater
Dead Old Dog Going East
Dead On Day Guarantee Expires
Dead On Delivery, Go Easy
Dead On Delivery, Guarantee Expired
Dead Or Dying Garbage Emitter
Dear Old Dads Garage Experiment
Daily Overhauls Do Get Expensive


FIAT:
Failure in Italian Automotive Technology
Fix It Again, Tony
Fix It All the Time
Found In A Toilet
Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation

FORD:
Frigin' Old Rebuilt Dodge
Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road Dead
Fast Only Rolling Downhill
First On Race Day
First On Recall Day
Fabricated Of Refried Dung
Fails On Rainy Days
Fantastically Orgasmic Realistic Dream
Fatally Obese Redneck Driver
Fault Of R&D
Finally Obsolete Racing Device
Fireball On Rear Denting
First On Road to Dump
First On Rust and Deterioration
Fix Or Recycle Dilemma
Flipping Over Results in Death
Flipped Over Roadside Disaster
Follow Our Rusty Dogsled
Foot On Road Decelerates
Forced On Reluctant Drivers
Formed Of Rejected DNA
Forwarded Once; Return Denied
Forward Only; Reverse Defective
Forlorn, Old, Ratridden Dustbin
Fork Over Repair Dough
Fouled Out Re-done Dodge
Frequent Overhaul, Rapid Deterioration
Free Or Reduced Drastically
Frequent Opinion: Really Disappointed
Fumes and Odors Readily Detectable
Funny Old Rattling Dump
Forget Out Running Dale (Earnhardt or Jarrett)
Features O.J. and Ron`s DNA
Found Out-Right Dangerous
Future Of Racings Delight
(backwards) Driver Returns On Foot
(backwards) Dumb Rednecks Own Fords
LTD:
Lacks Total Dependability
Lots To Do
Looses Transmissions Daily


GM:
General Maintenance
Great Mistake
Garbage Motors
Generally Miserable
Grossly Misconceived
Gluteus Maximus
Good Money
Goofy's Manufacturing
Gone Mental


GMC:
Grief & Misery Combined
Garage Man's Companion
Gotta Mechanic Coming?
Generally Mediocre Cars
Get More Chicks
Gets Mechanics Crazy
Gods Mechanical Curse
Got More Crap
Great Mountain Climber
Great Motor Car
God Made Chevy
Good Moron Car
Got Mine Cheap
Get My Checkbook
Gone Mad Corp.


GTO:
Gas, Tires, Oil
Get Tools Out
Get To Onramp
Good To Own
Get The Others
Generally Trashed Out
Good Time Out
Gone To Overdrive


HONDA:
Honest Officer, Nobody Drank Anything
Had One Never Did Again
Hang On, Not Done Accelerating
Hallmark Of Non-Descript Automobiles
Hallmark Of Non-Destructable Automobiles
History Of No Dramatic Acceleration
How Odd, No Darn Acceleration?
PRELUDE: Pistons Rattle, Engine Locks Up, Differential Explodes


HYUNDAI: Hope You Understand Nothing's Driveable And Inexpensive...

JEEP:
Just Eats Every Part
Just Empty Every Pocket
Junk Engineering Executed Poorly
Jumps Extremely Excitedly over Potholes
Jinxed Engine has Extra Parts


KIA:
Kick It Around
Kick It Again
Killed In Action


LOTUS: Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious

MAZDA: Most Always Zipping Dangerously Along

MG:
Money Guzzler
Mostly Garaged
Major Goof
MGB: Might Go Backwards
MGB: Might Go, But . . .
MGB: Motor Going Bad
MGF: Might Go Forward


MUSTANG:
Motor Under Strain, Transmission Almost No Good
Massivly Under Sized Tires And No Go
Maybe Under Serious Thought Another No Go
Maybe Under Serious Thought Another Nice GTO


OLDSMOBILE:
Old Ladies Driving Slowly, Making Others Behind Infuriatingly Late Everyday
Overpriced, Leisurely Driven Sedan Made Of Buick's Irregular Leftover Equipment


PONTIAC:
Plan On Numerous Trips In Another Car
Poor Old Numbskull Thinks Its A Cadillac


PORSCHE:
Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything
Pulled Over Regularly So Cops Have Enough


SAAB:
Send Another Automobile Back
Swedish Automobiles Always Breakdown
Sad Attempt At Beauty
Sorry Auto, Always Broken
Shape Appears ***-Backwards


SUBARU: Screwed Up Beyond All Repair Usually

TOYOTA:
Too Often Yankees Overprice This Auto
Torturous On Your Old Tired ***
The One You Ought To Avoid


TRIUMPH:
This Really Is Unreliable Man, Please Help!
Tried Repairing It Until My Parts Hurt!


VOLVO: Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object

VW:
Vintage Wreck
Virtually Worthless

The Rasterbator

No it's not rude but it IS clever.
Basically it'll take any image and rasterise it. Make it black and white and like those old comics done with dots... you know the ones (BANG!).

Have a go HERE. Printing them off might be hard but... worth it!

Viridian Room 2

The first room wasn't all that hard to escape from. Random clicking eventually saw me out of there.. the sequel isn't as easy; but it's no less enjoyable! Have a go... oh, some parts are random!

I Luuuurve this!

Geek OUT and buy this. Love it!

Fly-by!

This made me laugh... seen it before but not on the web. Excelllent... :o)

Top Gear/5th Gear episodes

Are for download right about... HERE!

This is a great site (bittorrent only) and I used to use it before it died last year.. now it's back and rather lovely. :D

A naughty bunny

Speaks for itself

Lotus Carlton content!

Here is an estate with a difference... (registration required)

Remember the Honda ad?

Well here is a really old video that is the same.. only not. If you see what I mean.

One day...

... I shall have a garage like THIS.

One day!

Speccy games in Java

Here is a great site with some clever Java-emulated games. I just had a quick go of Driller - one of my favourite "3D" games at the time... ah the memories!

It surely beats having to have a bleeding edge PC just to get a game to boot... but of course, it's not SWG either! Enjoy!

Hey hey 16k!

A love of all things retro and 16k? Well I am!

Have a look at this for a flashback!

Hmmm want pie...

Don't you want pie?

Do you hear something?

No?

Must just be me then

Scammers scammed!

Quite a scary thought at what lengths people will go to but here is another great VWVortex link!

Europe publisher of Neocron: DoY announced!

This thread on the Neo forums announces it as Big Ben.

Good news! This means the game might finally get acceptance.... I'm firmly in to SWG now but I'm keeping my account on Neo alive for now ;)

Weather!

I thought I'd check out the weather forecast for the next week or so - especially with my trip to Exter this weekend. And low and behold I get this response. Marvellous.

ONLY in the UK.. honestly.

Another day another update!

Last update for a while on the Calibra.. three days is enough for now!

Check it out HERE

Now I'm ready for bed! LOL

.calibra updated!

Again! Right HERE

Another days work... one to go :D

.calibra updated!

Spent a good few hours with the Turbo today. And the pics are HERE.

Tommorow there should be more and by Monday I hope to have MOST of the engine here at home. We'll see if it works out that way or not!

Starting grid

It's Friday and tomorrow (throughout the weekend) I'm back on the car... assuming the weather lets me of course! Doesn't look good at the moment I must admit... :(

Either way I need to do something. I'm picking up an engine crane this afternoon with the hope that I can get the engine out of the Calibra this weekend. I've yet to get anywhere constructive but time will tell.... Should be "fun".