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wow, Matt Shepherd.. It's a .ca site too.. we had a graduate by that name. Wonder if it's him.. sounds like his sense of humor too. :) might not be.. but would be fun if it was..
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LotR Online - http://www.lotro.com/

Has anyone noticed that LotR Online is now free to download and play?

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"The only way out is another way in." Try Sukumvit's Labyrinth II
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LotR won't work on my machine but it looks interesting enough... For Free!

Dungeons & Dragons Online is 'free' as well I believe, and made by the same company.
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Yeah, DDO was free-to-play the last time I checked it (though wasn't the time before that, except to those in the USA), but when I tried to download it it just kicked out my Internet connection, so after a few tries I gave up. I imagine it's probably just something to do with the fact that I'm running via a wireless router thingy from my dad's comp downstairs, though.
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A friend of mine made this little stupid photoshop work : http://ha-ha-ha.tumblr.com/post/1249007586
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Perhaps you're already familiar with this, but I found it only today:

Banksy vs. The Simpsons:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11510513
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love the trash story! I have a fair bit of experience running away from them as they wander around North Vancouver a fair bit. I've watched it eat kitty litter out of the very "secure" trash containers, and then proceed to wander over to the neighbours, take their "secure" garbage bin, rip it open, drag it onto the hood of their car and have a "picnic" there.. while they try to bang pots to scare it off. Non of this got the special bear force out to do anything, except to put up a "bear sighted in the area" sign about 2 weeks later. However, calling about the bear poop found down the street had them come out that day and put orange traffic cones around the bear poop (a pile about a foot in diameter and about 4 inches high) to warn people of it's position, lest anyone accidentally step in it and drown :P It appears cleaning it up was not an option....

Gambit, that is an awesome bit of Photoshop! who ever did that has some skill :)
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cowsmanaut wrote:Gambit, that is an awesome bit of Photoshop! who ever did that has some skill :)
It's pretty amazing isn't it? It's so good I thought maybe it was even especially photographed, but Book's head gives it all away.
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Pretty clever those ancient Mayans:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... emple.html
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Gambit37 wrote:Pretty clever those ancient Mayans:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... emple.html
just amazing. there was a show on tv a while back on this. wonder how the mayans figured this one out. heh, i have heard the same thing about stone henge making an accoustic sound of some sort.
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Time travelling evidence!!! A woman speaking cellphone catch on a documentary movie showing Belfast from 1928!
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81155501/
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more edvidence. This one has even made it into the guinness book.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... years.html

(I'm kidding by the way.. it's not Evidence of time travel... since the swiss have been making watches since 1541)
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@Adamo: Looks more like she is scrathing her ear :)
@Cows: That is really cool, even if I belive there is another source to the swisswatch being there than timetraveling ;)
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"The only way out is another way in." Try Sukumvit's Labyrinth II
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This BA-FA guy is going to scare me for next several weeks. I'm definitely not going to fall asleep tonight - his BA-FA still echoes in my head. It's almost as scary as Mophus. :?
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http://emcarroll.com/comics/faceallred/01.html

would have been better to have put this up on hallowe'en but I only just saw it today :P
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Aww, I didn't bother to put this up because it seemed to be doing the rounds so fast around the twitterverse. Yes, it's very good!
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Hey, that's cool, beautifully illustrated and spooky....
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The best parts of the creep factor are what is not explained, and the way it ends. It doesn't hurt it has great illustration :)
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Yeah, I liked that too - it was cool, sort of creepy, like you said :D.
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Thanks for that. Very good illustration. Really beautiful. Since I completely ignore twitter, this was new to me.
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The Secret of Monkey Island in a nutshell...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXoO9Jsl ... re=related
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Hey, watch it! :)
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Trantor wrote:The Secret of Monkey Island in a nutshell...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXoO9Jsl ... re=related
Oh yes. It is now my favorite movie. (I always get emotional when I see such happy endings)
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Rofl that was cool :D. Monkey Island is brilliant :D.
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My friend just linked this to me...it's just over 5 mins long and it falls into the "Woooaaahhh...cooooool!" category ;).

http://www.wimp.com/projectionart/
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