Gaffer Tape's YouTube Reviews of Awesome Candy-Creating Goodness! (The Facts of Life/Star Trek III Conspiracy!) — Page 9

bkev, interesting... I didn't think of actually having a kid watch the movies we liked as kids (I'm sure you're not as young as I'm thinking). Could prove even more entertaining.

16 going on 17... less than a month for me, actually.  And yes, I did just do that.

bkev said:

16 going on 17... less than a month for me, actually.  And yes, I did just do that.

Haha, assuming that link goes to where I think it goes, mine did too.

As for the idea, I like it.  The Goonies itself isn't a bad example.  I'll have to see.  I remember when you guys suddenly inundated my thread with "team-up" ideas in the past.  I swear I wasn't blowing you off.  In fact, part of the reason I chose the name "The Fusion Syndicate" was to more easily facilitate the possiblity of other members from an "in-universe" perspective.

The reasons I haven't followed up?  Well, one is that I'm lazy, don't plan things in advance, fly by the seat of my pants, and don't work well with others.  =P

The other?  Well, I'm sure you've noticed my videos, going from ROTJ to Wonder Woman, while not marvels of technology, gradually advanced in scope and ability, going "on location," creating a musical montage, transforming into a superhero, fun stuff like that.  Since then I've only had one video that contained any actual... video and where I've actually appeared on camera.  Both of those instances were 1776.  Aside from that, it's been pretty straightforward still images with me hiding in the shadows.  And that's mostly because my computer has become so hideously incompetent that I can't do any better than that!  It lags so much when I try to edit video it's nearly impossible.  And it overheats so often that I actually have it perched precariously on the edge of a table right now just to type this.  It's bobbing up in down with my fingers, but at least it can adequately ventilate and not die.

So... I'm kinda in flux.  I like the ideas, don't get me wrong.  I really do, and, back in March, right after my DBox 2 video and right before I ended up falling off the map entirely for three months, I was really thinking of cool things I could do with an OT.com crossover review.  Just not sure if it would work at this moment.

SQUEAKY CHAIR!

I am in line for a new computer soon, if you need tech help... lappy's lasted 6 years well, but the fan's went berserk and the performance with it.  Not saying I"d be good at said help, of course.  But consider me also in line to do a co-op review, Gaff!  I can at least manage stuff similar to what you've done recently.

On a random note The Sound of Music was my favorite movie for quite awhile after we did it as a school play.  Hooray spider-flags for swastikas! 

Squeaky chair is dead and gone, I'm afraid.  So is that entire awesome setup I had when I first started doing reviews.  Light stand?  Gone.  Awesomely geeky bookcase as a background?  Gone.  Well, the contents are scattered across two different states.  The bookcase now stands empty in my mother's garage.

I has a sad.

But it won't stop me from demanding it.

In a few weeks I'll have a phone that shoots 720p video. I can't really wrap my mind around that, but I'm sure it would be useful.

He obviously means 720p high definition audio, silly!

Gaffer Tape said:

...720p high definition audio...

Is that Mono, or Stereo?

It's HD!  What else is there to say?  It's HD!  HD is HD!  And that just means it's the cool new hotness!

Welp, just got done writing the script for Mighty Morphin Dairangers, so, with any luck, the next video should be up within the next week or so.

Gaffer Tape said:

 And it overheats so often that I actually have it perched precariously on the edge of a table right now just to type this.  It's bobbing up in down with my fingers, but at least it can adequately ventilate and not die.

You wouldn't happen to have a Dell laptop, would you?

Compaq, actually.

Before or after the whole HP merge thing? I had a Compaq that was made after HP bought them out and it was a pretty good laptop, I had one before that, and it was awful. I had an HP, and up until I got my Macbook, I would have said it was the best laptop I ever owned. I had a Dell, and, well, I don't want to talk about it, bad memories... ;)  I know a few people who have had severe overheating issues with their Dell laptops, fortunately I never had that problem, but plenty of others to make up for it.

The only laptop I ever had over heating issues with was actually my HP, but I had already owned it for about two years (which has typically been about what I get out my laptops) and was under extended warranty, so they replaced it for me and surprisingly even let me keep it. I would overheat so fast I had to use ice in a ziplock bag to keep it cool enough to get my data backed up. I finally found a nifty little external fan that plugged into the PCMCIA slot, it sucked in air, filtered it so not to suck tons of dust into your computer, and shot it in through the PCMCIA slot. Only cost me seven pounds and the thing actually worked, kept the computer from overheating.

My DELL gave me 6 years... I'm on hard drive #3, and motherboard #2... I think.

Gaffer Tape said:

From the seedy underbelly of the comments section:

"Block me then you fucking pussy. You're just a weaboo. But you'll never be Japanese, or even accepted by the Japanese. Enjoy your shit life. Yeah, check out my immaturity, you like it? Deal with it faggot."

Dawh.  Isn't that cute?  He thinks he's people!

 WOAH! where did that come from? I was reading through the thread - gotta get my kicks somehow....! and then this comment threw me off and disrupted the whole experience - are you criticizing Xhonzi's comment about me coming last on his "How well Do You Know Return of the Jedi Timing Quiz" if so i apreciate the support, a little harsh but somehow i dont think it was Xhonzi that made you say that  - im totally thrown - feel like i have a mystery to solve or something.... I dont need that, i like things to flow naturally from top to bottom or the other way round... but not like this!!

anyway back to the show :P

cutnshut said:

Gaffer Tape said:

From the seedy underbelly of the comments section:

"Block me then you fucking pussy. You're just a weaboo. But you'll never be Japanese, or even accepted by the Japanese. Enjoy your shit life. Yeah, check out my immaturity, you like it? Deal with it faggot."

Dawh.  Isn't that cute?  He thinks he's people!

 WOAH! where did that come from? I was reading through the thread - gotta get my kicks somehow....! and then this comment threw me off and disrupted the whole experience - are you criticizing Xhonzi's comment about me coming last on his "How well Do You Know Return of the Jedi Timing Quiz" if so i apreciate the support, a little harsh but somehow i dont think it was Xhonzi that made you say that  - im totally thrown - feel like i have a mystery to solve or something.... I dont need that, i like things to flow naturally from top to bottom or the other way round... but not like this!!

anyway back to the show :P

Haha, what?  The quoted section is a quote from the comments section of my Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box Review! video.  It has nothing to do with Xhonzi or anybody who posts here.  If you're interested, I could post the whole conversation, I suppose.

RE:  C3PX

Both of my Compaqs have been (I believe) after the merger.  My first was from July 2004.  And it lasted me until Feb. 2009 when the backlight went out.  Weird thing was, I tried to hook it up to an external monitor, and it seemed to work, but then it wouldn't successfully boot up.  Anyway, I got this one last February.

bkev said:

My DELL gave me 6 years... I'm on hard drive #3, and motherboard #2... I think.

 I've had my dell laptop since January 2010 - i cant count how many months that is.... ahem...... im only just on USB port #2    - are u saying this is what i have to look forward to??

Still Dell were very good about it, I had it back a week after i sent it and all is good sooooo far.........  (knock on head)

Gaffer - nope no need i get the general jist of it now, i can move on with my life - wow you posted that quick, thought i had gone back in time!

Yeah, DELL has been (in my experience) fantastic about replacing stuff once you get off the effing phone and wait for a technician.  Also keep in mind I was a middle schooler who would just drop his laptop bag in front of his next classroom without thinking of the dangers.  Oh yeah, and your batteries almost always suck.

Geez, things sure have changed since I was a youngun. I didn't get my very own laptop until I was heading into college, and that was because the university paid for it for me!