I just finally got around to buying The Matrix on DVD (only cause it was on special for $24.95) and the dopey checkout chick wanted to charge me $34.95 for it. I politely told her that she was wrong, and she pulled out the catalog and said "No you're wrong", pointing out that The Matrix wasnt in the catalog for that price. I told her that I didn't care what was in the catalog, and "I'll pay the price marked on the shelf... thanks.". She didn't believe me so she called over another girl from Audio/Visual, who checked the price and came back to us and said "Nup, $34.95". I said "Follow me" and I took her over to the display stand where it had 2 big bright orange tags that said "MATRIX DVD $24.95". I just pointed at the price tags and gave her a you're-as-dumb-as-dogshit look. I was tempted to go into the Store's policy about when a higher price gets scanned in, but she already felt pretty stupid, and that was my mission completed.

You've waited patiently, and now here they are. The photos taken at the March Muckup 2002 on the 23rd of March are now online in my Output section. Not as many pics as the 2000 effort but a lot of fun was still had by all.

Check them out.

Why am I so sleepy? It may be because:

• I've been kidnapped in sleep by aliens and forced to run on their treadmills to power their toaster ovens
• My night job as a Britney Spears backup dancer is taking its toll
• I've been secretly figting crime under the cover of night as my alter-ego, TangMan

Am the only one that updates their webcam at any regular frequency? Have a look at zenny's cam portal and you'll find a collection of people, fine people, yet fairly inanimate people displaying the same webcam pics they were this time last week, or even last month. (In all fairness, the only reason zenny hasnt updated her pic, is because they took her lamp away... but who are they? Aliens? Government agencies? The men in the white coats?) Anybody else out there with a webcam that I don't know about? Let me know, I'd love to see it.

Also email me if you know of any other cool webcam portals I should be part of. Now that Planet MadDog is on a decent server, I should start advertising it.

In other news, Planet MadDog V2 is coming along nicely, with really only the back-end getting any development done on it. I've also nearly caught up on all the crazy conversations, ready for the launch of the new site. I've decided to hold off all major updates to the site (dont worry, I've still got plans for a few good updates in the meantime) until V2 is ready. Once launched, you all should have plenty to do and explore around the site. I'll keep you posted.

PLANET MADDOG SEARCH RANKINGS
Yep, you sickos have been searching for god-knows-what and ending up here. Here are my top 5 favorite ways to find Planet MadDog through the search engines, as recorded in my referrer logs.

• "he had a boner" (Google - #20)
• the best of indonesian vcd porn (Netscape - #5)
• bigblackbooty (Google - #2)
• sick lezbian porn (Google/Yahoo - #13)
• starburst jelly bean mystery (Google - #1!)

Who's a goddamn winner? I'll tell you who... ME!!! BWAHAHAH!!!
*does a smeggin' little dance around the office*

*ahem*

Right... Now I guess I should tell you what that was all about. I was just notified that I am one of 15 winners in DVDUsergroup's Fast and the Furious Competition. My fantastic prize consists of a Fast and the Furious DVD, key ring and a set of dog-tags (how appropriate).

w00t w00t!

I went to Melbourne on the weekend. First I went to see a guy who was selling his Philips 21" monitor on the Computer Trader for $400. Being in the market for a new monitor myself, I thought this was too good to pass up so I paid him a little visit. It looked pretty good. It gets a little fuzzed when the contrast is too high, but after a bit of tweaking and fiddling with contrast and colour settings you can get it looking pretty snazzy, and definately worth the $400. It even goes up to 1600x1280. The only problem is that its so freakin' huge I dont know where to put it. I might have to get a new desk.

In other news, I also went to see Mamma Mia at the Princess Theatre. I've gotta say, that if you're a chick, or into chick flicks, and can bear listning to ABBA for 2 hours, then you'll absolutely love this show! Unfortunately, I am neither of those things. The music is what makes the show. The storyline is somewhat bland, so much so that if you took out the singing, you'd be left with a massively overacted sitcom that would last about 20 minutes. If you'd like to know the storyline, then CLICK HERE but be warned, cause it does contain spoilers. Overall, the show was well done but for it to appeal to me it needs the following:

• wise-cracking zombies
• explosions
• frontal nudity
• breakdancing midgets
• Ernest Bornine
• live poultry, and
• some kind of giant squid monster.