Archive for March, 2007
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March 26th, 2007 | Category: random No commentsThe King of Bombs
March 24th, 2007 | Category: video, technologyStraying away from the trash that I have been posting these days, I thought we could all use a little lesson in Soviet Nuclear History. The largest bomb ever detonated was called the “TSAR BOMBA” (King of Bombs) on October 30, 1961. This bomb had an estimated yield of about 50 megatons (it’s alot, trust me…).
The bomb alone weighed 27 tonnes. It was equipped with a parachute to slow down the descent so it wouldn’t incinerate the plane dropping it. It was dropped at 11:32am over the Mityushikha Bay nuclear testing range north of the Arctic circle. The heat from the explosion would have caused 3rd degree burns up to 100km from the detonation site. The mushroom cloud was about 60km high and 30-40 km wide, and the explosion could be seen and felt as far as Finland.
We can thank Wikipedia for being a great source of information. Enjoy the show.
No commentsMetal never dies
March 23rd, 2007 | Category: video, musicFade to Black, Only for the Weak, Skeksis, Distortion Sleep, Black Widow, Sober… What do all these songs have in common? They’re all songs that got me through a certain part in my life. Now for all the fuckers that know me, understand that I strayed from metal, but it always seemed to drag me back. I think that once you like metal you can’t ever get away from it. It’s drilled right into your skull and you can never rid yourself of it.
So I said it. My serious talk for the day. Now on with the greatness. It’s hard not to laugh at people that love metal a little too much. Remember moshgirl the MAWshMast3r wiff da skillzzz?!?!?!
Well, if you didn’t know, she had a younger brother. l33t mawsh|ng madn3zzz!!!
Enough B.S. On with the kick assyness. A band I have unfortunately only been familiar with for the last 2 years. I have no clue how they always flew under the radar, but man, was I ever missing out. Opeth. The contrast between choking on granola and melodic vocals make me go insane. Not as insane as moshgirl, but close. This video is a song by Opeth called A Fair Judgment which shows Mikael’s (vocalist) ability to actually sing and not scream. It’s a good metal recruiting song to bring people to the metal-side.
“A fair judgement” video was taken down by youtube :-(
This next video shows his ability to bring moshgirl and her brother back from the dead. Those that have never heard real metal before, brace yourself cause it’s not easily swallowed by people. If you can stand it, about 4 minutes in, he changes from throaty no throaty.
“Leper Affinity” video was also taken down by youtube :-(
So to make up for those last one’s being taken down, I will just add this one called “Grand Conjuration” which has a little bit of both styles of singing.
Mikael Åkerfeldt is hands down the most talented man in metal. Sure, he might rival Mike Ricci and Brent Sopel for the most branches hit falling out of the ugly tree, but if you know anything about music, you will know that he is a true musician and that makes him the winner of the “Get any groupie I want cause I am fucking amazing” award.
6 commentsGoogle mp3
March 22nd, 2007 | Category: technology, music
Let me guess, you can’t install programs at work yet you are dying to listen to mp3’s? You can’t wait to get home to try and download the new Tracey Bonham??? I bet you’re too lazy to bring some cd’s from home too. Well guess what?! I-hacked has a solution for you. Using different search syntax (unlike the typical “star wars naked pictures princess leia spread eagle yoda c3p0 3way lightsaber”) you are able to search through directories of mp3s upload by other people. No wonder Google is the best search engine out there (is there even another one???). The g2p.org website has stepped it up a notch and made it easier for you to look for music. It does all the nasty querying for you. Have fun.
1 commentCandy Cane…ine
March 20th, 2007 | Category: random, gimpBad sense of humor ok. I really wouldn’t like it if someone sent my dog’s severed head back to me. Crystal Brown had it happen about a month ago after she spent weeks searching for her Australian Shepard. Definitely suckage. The box had some batteries with a note that said “Congratulations Crystal. This side up. Batteries included.” The box also contained her pooch’s head and some candy.
I felt bad for her, so I GIMP’d her a picture. Happy Belated Valentines Crystal!
