My First Real Video

So after finally managing to find an .flv converter I put together a short little compilation of some of my replays from EA Skate. Took me maybe 30 minutes to an hour to put together the whole thing. I edited it all in Windows Movie Maker. Not the greatest of video tools, but it's all I have. The audio track is, of course, Get Out the Way by David Dallas. And yeah. Oh, and if you haven't played Skate, go do it. WAY better than the Tony Hawk games.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Yep, another year older. The double-deuce, 22. Not really doing anything, got nothing planned, but we'll see how the day goes.

South Auckland Twisters!

Photo courtesy of TV3 and Michelle

I first heard about these from my mum, but I thought she was just kidding. Then I just had a look over on Stuff and they've got a little stab on them as well. TV3 even reported on it! I talked to my mum a bit more about them, and it turned out she actually saw them as she was coming back from her course. Well, the one in Manukau anyway. Craziness. We've had some mini-tornadoes before around here. One was actually just a few streets away and took off someone's roof. These ones apparently didn't do any damage, and it's possible they might not have actually touched down.

"When a scammer comes along, you must whip it!"

Ah, thank you Devo.

There's a great post on Deep Jive Interests about a new scam. You might remember the old post on here about scammers and phishers. Well this new scam is aimed at site owners/bloggers. Basically they ask to buy a link on your site, they send too much money via cheque, ask you to send back the amount they overpaid you, and then you find out later that the cheque never clears.
Link (via ProBlogger)

Don't Die... Or Else!

I love the Oddly Enough section over at Reuters. This story is a doozy. A mayor of a village in southwest France has told his people not to die because the cemetery is full. I think this is a fantastic strategy. A fantastic strategy for zombies!

Say you're dead, you're buried, but you want to help out by giving someone else a turn at being dead. Well, all you have to do is get that satellite that the U.S. shot down (which supposedly had plutonium in it), give it a bit of a shake over your grave, and bam! You're now a flesh eating zombie! And, you're now able to rent out your grave to those who have recently departed, giving you a shot of income! And seeing as how in that area "eternal properties" are in such high demand, you could make quite a pretty penny!

You could also have the option of simply not dying and instead becoming undead, again easing congestion. You could probably qualify for the sickness benefit as well, seeing as most employers are quite anti-zombie these days. It's so horrible to witness such lifism.