A very sweltering 38 degree Australian Evening to you all. I have a few things to talk about, and I would like to welcome my new Facebook readers, who joined me after the last article. I hope that I can continue to keep you guys entertained through the entire run of this blog, and if there is anything you think I might be interested in covering, please drop me a line.
I have the pleasure of announcing that the day has finally arrived. The TWiT Army Sound Off has premiered to what I have been told is an excellent start, with over a hundred downloads in the first hours alone. Coupled with close to 400 downloads of the promo; this podcast has the making of something great.
The Premiere episode featured one of the inner cloister of the TWiT Army, none other than the owner of the ODTV.me service, kiwinerd, a physics professor, and a good friend of the Darkside. Next week’s guest has already been named, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise.
If you haven’t already listened to the podcast, you can hear it at http://odtv.me/army/ subscribing will not only support the show, but it will also make sure you don’t miss any further episodes.
I can also at this point in time announce that Kiwi was one of a number of highly talented ladies that were all approached to fill the position that was eventually taken by Darth Emma on the show, the other contenders were MirandaJanell and EastCoastGirl, and I have been told that it was a extremely difficult decision to make, one I am glad that I didn’t have to.
While I have that privilege to report on, on a more personal note, I have located my old Samsung YP-T10 4gig Mp3 player, a device I thought I had lost while enroute to the Rugby Union that I during the winter months attend as the team’s First Aid trainer. Oddly enough the device was in my St John Field Duffel, a bag that I have taken out on more than 50 duties, all the while with this thing in a side pocket, I had thought it was empty.
Placing the now outdated device next to my 2nd Gen 4gig Zune, and I can say, that apart from the user interface, (touch vs. click wheel) the two black devices look virtually identical, but then the new iPod Nano looks just like these two as well. It seems that most devices these days just look like each other and all your paying for these days is the brand name.
As I stated earlier, I have finalised payment of my Nerf Vulcan, and I have about 6-10 days before it arrives. So stay tuned for video of its unboxing
About halfway through this article I moved from my room to the meat room… sorry living room on the bottom floor of my house, which is where my stepfather (yes that one) likes to set the air con on Corpse Preservation, my personal opinion that due to his various lifestyle habits, his bloated form is actually decaying… well that or he is a zombie. Well the Frigid south that is the ground floor is the perfect counter to the sauna that the upper story becomes thanks in part to its positioning of windows. I almost burnt myself on the touchpad of my dear Toshiba as it trooped through another 40 degree day, since then I was booted back upstairs as my mother started to feel sick in relation to the heat from the place I am now reporting from…Sometimes I hate this place.
On a lighter note, the Darkside is proud to welcome a new contributor, well we are hoping to, but from now on we shall be joined by my partner in crime for nearly a decade, Terence, who will be giving his thought of the whenever he posts, and his ever humorous quip of the day. My lovely partner Tikara might pop by from time to time as well.
I would like to thank everyone who has been with me through the reporting of the Sound Off, and I would like to extend my hand to you, asking that you stay around; who knows you might enjoy it.
