Exhorder reunited!

My tastes in music are pretty widespread with one basic guideline.. if its on the radio, I probably dont listen to it. Heck.. theres alot of music out there.. I’ll try anything.. and these days theres alot to sort through.. Im finding it harder to get into newer bands because.. lets face it.. most of them stink like a dead hooker in a mattress.

Many moons ago in Atlanta.. I was wondering in the BOOK NOOK in Riverdale and I stumbled on an odd-looking cassette in the dollar bin.

“EXHORDER - The law”

Being a dollar and looking for new music, I figure I try it.. along with some other equally odd-looking Death Metal tapes in there. All the other tapes were kind of poo. Exhorder was different. They had groove.

Metal enthusiasts cite Exhorder (from New Orleans) as the main influence behind Phil Anselmo and Pantera to change from glam rock to power groove metal. Sadly, Exhorder broke up about the same time CFH came out.

A few one off shows here and there over the years. I found a report today that they are back together and working on new material.

Rock… or should I say.. METAL!

 

Summer… ah.. summer

For the first time in a very VERY long time.. Im looking forward to summer. This summer entertainment slab is bringing good feelings that I havent felt since my college days.

Iron Maiden? Maybe. Heaven & Hell, Judas Priest & Motorhead?  If I has some $.

Clutch and Bad Brains? In Atlantic City? Im there.

Hulk? Maybe (Rumor is there is a crossover scene with Tony Stark and Admiral Ross bridging the two films). Batman? Hellboy 2? Indy 4? Get Smart? yes.

A gig or two will make it a great summer indeed.

..and a second job to help pay for it all.

 

The REV

Tonight in Baltimore is The Reverend Horton Heat! Rock and Roll!

Who you say?

If you play Guitar Hero.. you might know.. Now enjoy some red hot REV action..

 

DOOM 4

WOOT

 

Home of the Lesbians

Lesbos Island

-Link Submitted by JakFruit

 

BACON VERY IMPORTANT THAT BACON BE AVAILABLE AT EVERY MEAL AND DURING DAY

Nothing more metal than bacon, I think. Except Metallica’s Request… Cuz they aint metal no more. - Link Submitted by Griffin

 

NOM NOM Monday

Maple-Bacon Lollypops?

I used to say bacon bits on ice cream would be interesting.. maybe Bacon-Maple ice cream.. but here someone has made Banana/Peanut Butter/Bacon Ice Cream. Proving that someone else has made the peanut butter-bacon connection.

 

Friday linkage

This weekend is Picnic and Rollerderby! Food and girls beating each other! ROCK!

Obama on GTA 4. Saying what everyone knows but doesnt take responsibility for.

The Library of Congress now has the 1st picture of Spiderman on file

Late post… Scare Force One is the Season 2 champs. Making  two undefeated seasons!

Saw Iron Man about an hour ago. Fun.. draggy. predictable.. pretty. The after-end credit scene was well worth it. Oh yes.


 

Dock THIS..

I worked in a PC shop slapping together systems for a bit so Im pretty handy at it. I like to tinker, experiment and try new utilities on an as-needed basis (or not as needed when the mood strikes). When I found out my beloved Free AVG was finding virii and not deleting them, I found AVIRA which not only removed the offending files.. but found 2 that AVG wasn’t picking up.

Ive no bias towards any OS. Ive 2 desktops (xp), 2 laptops (XP Tablet and Linux on the dinosaur) and a 1st gen Mac Mini in my possession. I use XP 99% of the time because most of the software I like & most of the work environments I’ve been in use it (not to mention games).

Im not looking for a list of Mac & Linux Alternate freeware. Linux with Wine supposedly runs about 80% of what Im looking for (Adobe Suite is the real big hold out). Linux has come a long way since the last time I tried it some 4-5 years ago.. for an community-based OS, Linux is more solid and secure than Windows. The problem is that so many Linux flavors out there make it hard to make a unified attack to take over the PC world. Ubuntu in particular is VERY close to primetime desktop replacement (before that SUSE and before that Red Hat or maybe Mandrake). In fact.. when its time to swap out machines.. my current XP box will become the Ubuntu server/media box. My gripe with linux is if you have to wrap windows programs to run them, you might as well run it natively in XP and save yourself some headaches.

I am starting to digress.. back on track.

That all said, I love the MAC look. Its sleek, well organized and dare I say sexy. SEXY, I say!

The most appealing thing for me about OS X is the Dock. A start button with a dozen tabs is ok but after win98, its the same crap in a new package every time.. including Vista. After a few progs, utilities and games, that mess in My programs list (and quick launch) its just a cluttered mess. Reorganize it? Sure. But its still dog-ugly.

The dock has everything streamlined and pretty in front of you. So the past day or so I’ve been trying some dock programs for XP.

All you MAC users running Boot camp can also make your XP install look like Mac so you’ll have mac 24/7. :P

First up is Stardock ObjectDock Even has a widget or two that comes in handy. Automatically drops the windows taskbar. Plain & simple, gets the job done. Default icons that would be standard in XP (My Computer, Control Panel and the like) are there and ready to go.

Next I found PunkLabs Rocket Dock. Much nicer.. more skin options to start with.

Last I found RK Launcher.

I noticed RK also installs two stacks… “Program files” opens EVERYTHING found in the Programs Folder and “Downloads” leads to um.. nowhere. Easier to toss these & make new stacks It seems. a right click, add docklet add stack, pick a folder, pick an icon and go.You want a dealbreaker? RK launcher hasn’t been updated since 2005. Ow.

Thoughts & comments?

Essentially all 3 programs are the same.

“Docklets” (mini programs, like a clock or Weather icon) are compatible with each one. Support for hi-res PNG icons is standard.

Drag & drop your program icons on to the dock for an instant shortcut. With the STACKS Docklet installed, you can sort your progs any way you want with a bit of effort. The end result? Click games, click preferred game, Play. Sounds like just as many clicks as if you were still stuck with a start button. It looks cool and again.. its organized more visually, which gives it bonus points. Even sadder, this feature doesn’t work on my home PC but functions on my work PC.

RK doesnt look like its being developed anymore. Sorry you’re out of the running.

Rocketdock is nice and has a section of downloadable icons & dockets updated several times a day on its website.. Although free, there is no support (looks like the forum section was removed).

Objectdock is free. There is a $20 ‘Pro’ version, which adds some new features like instant coloring and multiple docks. They have a big forum for support. Load of icons on the WinCustomize section of theyre website. Rumor is 2.0 will have native Stack support with Drag & Drop abilities in the Stack.
Objectdock took up 20 megs of system memory away from my resources, where as Rocketdock (and I admit I didnt have as many icons/docklets running) was at 6. In fact, a quick install of the clock brought it up another 6.

If I had to choose just one, Objectdock wins due to some ease-of use issues and support forums.

Now if only I can get the stacks to work…

UPDATE: Objectdock PLUS does indeed have a native stack function (called Fly-out). Worth $20? Probably not.

 

Look out, Superman!

Lex Luthor is evil!