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February 07, 2010



Not a whole lot of links today, but there are some good ones . I'm still half asleep and I cant really think of anything to write here, so I may as well just start posting sausages..................


Beats Never Rust - you MUST download these reworkings of Neil Young songs . they're really cool thanks pompomtom !

Narcoleptic Squirrel - this is kinda how i feel this morning :p

Walking in Holden's Footsteps - RIP JD Salinger

Record Tripping - a challenging time killer game

Juggling Outside The Box - literally

Aurora Borealis - cool pictures from the north

Origami - cool paper folding

Panda Cubs - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Billie Jean - the literal version

Dogs & Order - Dick Wolf, its more than a name apparently

Wow, A Talking Fish a somewhat psychedelic animated short from russia

Nuit Blanche - a cool short film

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:13 AM
February 03, 2010

GRRRRRR @ Shaw Cable


so the cable company calls up and offers us a free digital cable box to expand our coverage. i ask if its the same lame box that they offered us last spring which i returned because it didn't really offer us anything new . "oh no sir , now you'll be able to get all the high definition channels" . the box comes and its the same crappy box they sent us in the spring, except the picture is worse and we don't get any of the high definition channels . grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I'm too peeved to phone them today, but mannnnnnnnnnI'm annoyed

I need some sausages................


Vancouver City - this is where i live

The Scale of The Universe - its really big

The Periodic Table of Typefaces - a font of knowledge :p

Slow Motion Lightning - is awesome

The Urban Birdsong Project - the original tweeting

"The Biceps" - that would be my name if I lived on the Jersey Shore

Air Penguins - cooooooool, I want one

Where Your Tax Money Goes - interesting

The 2010 Academy Awards Nominations - I got lucky with my xmoose movie blitz as i've already seen 7 of the 10 nominees for best film

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty - 4 of the 5 nominees for best animated short are available online. you'd better watch em soon before they are taken down . if anyone has a link to Logorama, please send it my way
French Roast
The Lady & The Reaper
Wallace & Gromit - A Matter of Loaf & Death

Star Trek - The Sexed Generation - this cracked me up

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:17 AM
January 31, 2010

2 Weeks Until The Olympics


i went through downtown Vancouver yesterday and theres been a flurry of decorating going on as the Olympics get near . its really colourful, but its amazing how much advertising there is . its branding here, its branding there, its branding almost everywhere . i just hope its all taken down once the games are over .

ooo here comes a cruise ship sailing into port . must be the one they are going to house the 6000 imported cops in . i really hope the games don't feel like a military siege

lets have some sausages....................


The Sonics - Psycho a Go-Go - *Chair Boogie*

Fire Dancing - cool pics of pyromania

Death Risk Ranking - When are you going to die ?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOo !!! - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!

The Internet is Made of Cats - who knew ?

Egg Watchers - the egg timer that entertains you . very cool

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - easily one of the worst movies of all time . its now on youtube

iPad - a new product from a couple of years ago

Latin Tattoos - this gave me a chuckle

Charlie Brooker - How To Report The News - sad but true

The Clash - Armagideon Time - *Chair Boogie*

Time Lines - a cool site that chronicles the historical collection of the British Library

How Not To Dock A Ship
- *crunnnnnnnnnch*

The People's Mario - nyet nyet soviet

Internet Abbreviations - wow, i thought they meant something all together different

William Shatner - The Raven - he's so goood at reading stuff

Urban Skiing - very cool video (could they have picked a more perfect song for this ?)

Vancouver City - very cool video (the opening bit is from where i live)

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:10 AM
January 27, 2010

In A Hurry


I've got a ton of stuff to do today, so I'm gonna quickly post these sausages and get scootin'.......................


Tools To Create Your Own Free Website - if you build one, let me know

Animals On Computers - geeky animals

Cool & Unusual Food - mmmmmmmmmmm artsy

Political Street Art - cool graffiti

Optical Illusions - cooooool

Wheeeeeee - slidin'

Jersey Shore Mario - Get crazy, get wild, Let's party, get loud

Surprise Ending - this gave me a chuckle

Money Money Money - bill fold

Disco - a new site from YouTube that could be really cool for finding cool new artists

Baby Carriages Of The Damned - cool parents

Cat Fails - D'oh !

High Five !! - cool pic

Interspecies Snorgling - awwwwwwww

More Snorgling - more awwwwwww

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 07:36 AM
January 24, 2010

No Snow On he Mountains


The Olympics are 3 weeks away and above me at Cypress Mountain (where a bunch of events will be held) doesnt have snow. with all the warm temperatures and rain we've had, I'm surprised they have any snow at all . Luckily all the big skiing events are being held up in whistler where they have plenty of snow, but it would be nice to get some more snow locally.

let's have some sausages.................


Atlas Obscura - cool and unusual places to travel

D'OH !! - you've been owned my friend

Tiger's Transgressions - a very silly flash game time killer

Browser Usage By Year - an interesting graphic

The Late Night War - a film by Ken Burns

Flight 1549 - cool time lapse of its recovery

Suitcase - *scritch scritch scritch*

Bear vs Cat - brave kitty

Baby Elephant Being Born - *Splat*

The Royal Nightmare - a cool animated short

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:50 AM
January 20, 2010

ooooooooops


I got my days mixed up and went out for a long hike this morning and forgot to negotiate some sausages . there's not too many this week . not that there hasn't been links out there, there's just nothing thats really caught my eye . there's also a lack of *Chair Boogies* lately, cuz I've been playing around with being a deejay here . I'll be playing some more tunes tomorrow night and Saturday night at 10pm eastern time, so if you have nothing better to do, drop by and have a listen or pop by and Say Hi

and now some sausages.............


Test Your Net - analyze your internet connection

101 Ways to Lose Your Gut - I'd settle for just one easy way :p

Bad Doggy - hee hee

High Speed Photography - cool pics

Plenty of Butter - all sculpted up in cool ways

Toilet Paper Roll Art - you know he was sitting there for a really long time before the idea popped into his head

Hitchin' A Ride - cool pic

Owl - another cool pic

Werner Herzog Reads Curious George - a curious man in the yellow hat ?

Target Women : Broadview Security - I concur with Sarah Haskins

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 07:45 PM
January 17, 2010

I Slept In


after a night of really weird dreams, i somehow was able to sleep in for the first time in months . mannnnnn i sure feels nice to be somewhat rested, but i'm gonna have to really boogie to get these sausages posted before i have to head out..........


HI There !! - whatcha doin' ?

First Person Tetris - play it from a different perspective

The Art of Paper Folding - coolness by Eric Joisel

Big Cat Sounds - purrrrrrrrrr

Virtual Curling - all the boredom of the real game , but with none of the cold temperatures

Cute Things Falling Asleep - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Kitten Vs Bunny- fight for the white

Denis Zilber Art Blog - an odd but cool collection of drawings

Gray Scale - a cool flash time killer game

Incredible Wildlife Photography - cool pics

Fire & Ice - cool pics from the Boston Globe

Sexually Confused Animals - good lovin' gone bad

This Is Where We Live - a very cool animated short

The Last Link of The Day - Bom Bom Bommmmmmmm

Enjoy !

posted by rollick at 09:43 AM
January 13, 2010

One Month Until The Olympics

It's hard to believe that the games are only a month away . it looks like all the venues are ready to go and the city is announcing that Vancouver will basically shut down for the two weeks the games are on . i guess that means i should get all my going downtown stuff over with in the next few weeks and then sit back , relax, cheer for the hockey team and have some sausages............


Lioness - What You Do Will Come Back To You - *Chair Boogie*

Zombie Bite Calculator - it would take me 1 minute and 11 seconds

The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski - presented in five acts

Don't Mess With Mother Nature - Seriously

Poodle-cise - nice biceps !!

The Top 20 Internet Lists of 2009 - an odd assortment of web sites

A Visit To Lascaus Cave - a very cool interactive tour of ancient art

Curious Pages - a blog that recommends inappropriate books for kids

The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over The lazy Dog - literally

Nolan's Cheddar - a cool short with nice music choices

3 Songs By Leadbelly - apparently this is the only existing video footage of him

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:11 AM
January 10, 2010

A Sleepy Sunday

I'm having a hard time waking up this morning, which is a shame in that i don't have a good excuse to be this tired . oh well, lets have some sausages...........


Hanson - Optimistic - mmm bop ?

Kurt Vonnegut Motivational Posters - *so it goes*

Essential Windows Tweaks- some good tips

Penguin Chicks - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Attack of The Tumbleweeds - they're everywhere !

La Habanera - *Beaker Style*

The Top 10 Cover Songs of The Last Decade - some cool versions

Since 1999 - there's been some changes

Death Come To Town - The Kids In The Hall are Back !!!!!!

NUTS - cool optical illusion

Ricky Gervais Sings To Elmo - this gave me a chuckle

Lost in The Air - a cool short directed by jason reitman as he did his press junket for his movie up in the air

PC Vs Mac - they get competitive young these days

Zordon - is a little behind the times

Animated Parkour - a cool idea

The Vet Who Did Not Vet - a cautionary tale

How The Wizard of Oz Should Have Ended - it kinda makes sense too

Hedgehog In The Fog - an animated Russian tale

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:38 AM
January 03, 2010

A New Post For A New Year


Did everyone have a happy holidays? i did, but i ate too much like usual, so i'm gonna have to start hitting the pool and drop a pound or two (or three or four or...) i can't believe that the olympics are almost here already . when we won the right to host the games, 2010 seemed so far away, but in two months it will all be over . mannnnnnnn time can fly .

lets have some sausages..................


White Town - Your Woman - *Chair Boogie*

33 Totally Essential (and Free) Utilities for Every New PC - lots of free handy stuff for your computer
32 Totally Essential (and Free) Apps for Every New PC

Plight of The Polar Bear - excellent pics

Baby Zoink - for people who are seeking unusual names for their offspring

Let It Snow - cool pics

Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgway - Don't Box Me In - i should watch Rumblefish again . its been years

Doctor #11 - i know we've only seen him for less than a minute, but i have a good feeling about this guy . he might turn out to be one of the better ones

Yoga Cats - strettttttttttch

3D Street Painting - coooooool

Standard Time - a different kind of clock

Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks - *Chair Boogie*

A Single Sheet of Paper - cool art

Mega Gif !! - it keeps going and going and going...........

Cool Coffees - *Slurrrrrrp* mmmmmmmmm art

The Known Universe - space is big

Just One Dog - awwwwwww

Vimeo's Top 25 Videos of 2009

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:00 AM
January 02, 2010

Rivulets

after many months of not seeing any movies, i was able to find some time to see a bunch over the holidays . here's what i thought about em..............


Fantastic Mr Fox - this movie was amazing . its funny and very very entertaining . just go see it. you wont be disappointed

Avatar - i saw the 3D version of the movie and its the best 3D has ever been. for once its nice to see a movie that lives up to the hype. it takes you to a new fantastical world and the visuals are incredible . and oh yeah, them blue chicks is really sexy . do not miss it on a big screen

Up In The Air - an entertaining movie, but the ending was a little bit of a downer. they kept trying to imply that george clooney's lifestyle wasn't fulfilling enough, while i was thinking i wish mine could be like that . the young trainee that clooney travels with isn't that great an actress, but thats more than made up for by the very sexy vera farmiga . wait for video

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus - like any terry gilliam film, it takes a little while and perhaps another viewing or two to grasp what he had intended to do . in other words you have a great idea for a movie that does its best to accomplish the vision, but in the end is something quite disjointed and that's just a shame . in the last couple of films, he's let some of the supporting actors be a little too over the top , which i find annoying. i'm a giliam fan so i enjoyed it , but don't think a lot of people will

Invictus - clint eastwood only directs good movies . he has become a standard of cinema excellence and this story is another gem. its the true story about how nelson mandela united his country by getting blacks and whites to unite together to support their national rugby team at the rugby world cup . the cast is excellent, but its morgan freeman who masterfully portrays mandela that really makes the movie

Where The Wild Things Are - if i had liked the little kid in this movie, this would have been one of my favourite movies in years . its visually amazing and inventive and the supporting cast is awesome . i just couldn't stand max and it ruined the movie for me

The Hangover - all summer long i kept hearing how funny this movie was . to the point where it could never live up to its billing . it does have its funny moments, but i'd wait until it comes on tv

Inglourious Basterds - after i saw death proof, i started to like tarentino a little and was looking forward to seeing this, but i have to say i was disappointed . it wasn't as funny as i would have expected and the derring do that they showed in the ads and trailers never really materialized on screen . everything was there for a great movie, but tarentino's need to linger in banalities got in the way of the plot . its too bad cuz it could have been great

Star Trek - this movie was awesome . i had waited all autumn until mum got her new tv for xmas to see this film and am i ever glad i waited . this movie is beautifully shot . its gorgeous to look at and the movie deftly tells the tale of how the classic star trek characters came together without being schmaltzy . the villain's story made sense and that made the movie come together terrifically . do not miss this

more snap reviews soon

posted by rollick at 10:35 AM
December 30, 2009

Happy New Year !!

the last post of the year . I can't really think of much to say except to wish you all the best in the new year that will be full of fun, good health, success and intrigue. oh yeah, and some sausages............


The Year in Pictures

The Rolling Stone's Best Albums of The Decade

The Rolling Stone's Best Songs of The Decade

2009 - The Year of The Snuggie

99 Free Games from 2009

The 50 Best Movies of 2009

The Best Mash-Ups of 2009

United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop)

Quiz of The Year

The Daily Show Decade in Review - this is the the Canadian link

Vimeo's Best Videos of 2009

The New York Film Critics Circle Best Movies of 2009

Waving Goodbye to 2009

Paolo Nutini - Auld Lang Syne


Here's Wishing You all a Happy 2010, Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 07:27 AM
December 27, 2009

oooooooooo Foggy

I Woke Up To This Sound at 6am . its a real pea souper out there and i think its going to be a good day to stay inside and catch up on some sausages..................


Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy - *Chair Boogie*

Top 50 free software for Windows - i regularly use a lot of these

Money Faces - this is a funny idea

Lightning & Landmarks - cool pics

Holy Sausages - holy human surfboards !

The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man - *Chair Boogie*

Readers - - as compared to the authors they read

Canadian Air Quality - I'm good (yankee link)

Star Wars Weather Forecast - apparently its like Hoth in Vancouver

Globetrotter - a challenging geography game

Katzenjammer - A Bar in Amsterdam
- a cool video directed by Lasse Gjertsen

Fat Cat - and i thought i ate a lot over xmoose

Empty Quarter - cool aerial pics by george steinmetz

The Dial Up Modem Sound - who knew ?

The Cardigans - Iron Man - ozzy ozzy ozzy

Heterochromia in Animals - the david bowies of the animal world

A Pictorial Guide to avoiding Camera Loss - a good idea by andrew mcdonald

13 Things You Must Do First with Your New PC - handy tips

The Lovable Frog - awwwwwwwwwww

Student Stop Motion Project - this is kinda cool

HP Racist Computers - the guy has a point

Alma - a very cool animated short

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:45 AM
December 23, 2009

Radio Free Rollick - A Very Special Xmoose


I almost forgot . tonight at 9:30 eastern standard time i will be playing a bunch of Xmoose Songs . if you'd like to have a listen , click here - the show will last 2 hours or until i exhaust the list of songs i have prepared . why not crank up the volume and wrap your presents to some cool tunes

posted by rollick at 10:08 AM


Merry Xmoose !!

i think I've finished all my Xmoose shopping . Woot !! i still have to pick up sis' gift to mum , but thats only a one stop deal and shouldn't take more than half an hour . after that its just a matter of sitting back and eating tons of tasty foods. perhaps even some sausages........................


Darlene Love - Xmoose (Baby Please Come Home) - the best Xmoose song ever

Santa Gone Wild - cool pics

Xmoose Escape - cuz we all have some time to kill over the holidays

We Wish You A Merry Xmoose - from the reindeer

Xmas Tree Surprise - eeeeeeeek

Porky Pig - Blue Xmoose - wayyyyyyyy better than elvis

Patton Oswalt - Xmoose Shoes - animated comedy

Sketchy Santas - don't the kids look so very happy ?

The Complex Holiday Soundboard - all your favourite seasonal expressions

Xmoose Prank on Louie - now this took some effort

The Xmoose Bunny - cool shadows by raymond crowe

The 12 Days of Xmoose - a message from the cops

All I Want For Christmas - octopus pie

Xmoose Greetings From Simon's Cat - Snow Business Part 1

NORAD Santa Tracker - and what goes on behind the scenes


Eat Well & Have A Great Holiday Season !!

posted by rollick at 08:38 AM
December 20, 2009

Xmas is Less Than a Week Away !

got your shopping done yet ? . I've mostly finished and everything I've bought is wrapped. I just have to pick up sis' present for Mum.

I just can't believe that Xmas is next Friday. i need some sausages.............


George Baker Selection Little Green Bag - *Chair Boogie*

Digital Karnak - not the famous Johnny Carson Character

23 Really Cool Bikes - I *want* the fold up one

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Cast Photo - cool

Amanda Palmer - Gaga Palmer Madonna - singin' about women, art and music

Australia on a Budget - 101 nifty tips

Browser Pong !! - coooooooooool (warning: this link will try and open 3 windows, but its ok . they are part of the game. turn off the sound by hitting the s key)

Om Nom Nom Nom - Know your memes

25 Unlikely Friends - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

The Love Me Nots - Fire & Pride - *Chair Boogie*

Favourite Cookies 1941-2008 - from the now defunct Gourmet Magazine

Basketball - a fun little time killer app

Maya Lin - Unchopping a Tree - a lovely photo slide show

Hamsters Galore - nsfw lyrics

Parkour *Fail* - *OOF*

Sebastian's Voodoo
- a very cool animated short

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:36 AM
December 16, 2009

Back To Normal


after a few days of making subtle little changes, i think i am basically where i want to be with Windows 7 . so far there has been little downside to the switch and some of the new features i really like . what i like best is that explore.exe is much faster, so my music folder is there in a couple seconds . even better, my music folder is all together again on one disc . woot !

let's have some sausages..............


Iggy Pop & The Stooges - I Wanna be Your Dog - congratulations on making it into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

Not Photshopped - apparently these pics are all unedited

Crazy Exteriors - cool living

Laziness - a couple of these were funny

Elliott Smith - Pictures of Me - *Chair Boogie*

Picasso - light motif ??

The Vanishing Point - cool pics

Low Shutter Speed - more cool pics

Art in My Coffee - *slurp* mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Sea Water Bliss - Clowns - a cool idea for a video

How To Preheat Your Pan - a cooking lesson everybody should know

Black and White Photography - from Life Magazine

The Jay Thomas "Lone Ranger" Story - this is sooooooo funny

Metal On Metal - Bastard - cool video

A Trail of Light - cool pics

Ninite.com - The Easiest Way to Get Apps

Google Goggles - search by image......interesting

Blondie - We Three Kings - *Chair Boogie*

Duck Face - stop it !

Inappropriate Ads - though i did find the Volkswagen one kinda funny

The Armstrong and Miller Show - this cracked me up

Arj Barker - The Sickest Buddhist - this is kinda silly but it gave me a chuckle

Oceansize - a cool animated short

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:19 AM
December 13, 2009

New Windows

There's not going to be any sausages today as i have just finished installing a new terabyte hard drive on my computer along with Windows 7 . there are so many tiny little settings i have to use to get my puter to act they way i want it to that i havent had time to do any web surfing . i'm mostly completed the upgrade now and i'm taking some time to familiarize myself with Windows 7 and see if there are new and more efficient ways to help me accomplish my daily putering . here's what i'm thinking so far...............

Likes :

start up/ shut down is much faster
once you get used to the new OS it does seem to make things simpler to use
all my data files made it over to the new system without incident
my music folder is all one drive again. WOOT !!


Dislikes :

it doesn't seem to recognize my subwoofer
i cant find how to 'Move' a file (drag & drop seems to only allow 'Copy')
i lost photoshop
i lost my antivirus & firewall

thats really my opinion of it at first blush . i'm sure with a little more experimenting , i'll find solutions to my dislikes . if any of you out there know of any handy tips for Windows 7 , i'd be happy to hear them . just send me an email

Seeya Wednesday

posted by rollick at 08:53 AM
December 09, 2009

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


It's cold this week ! I'm sitting here wearing a fleece jacket, cuz its too dang cold to be sitting at my desk without one. the only good thing is that the reason its so cold now, is that there is no cloud coverage and we're getting nothing but clear blues skies, which is a nice change from the cloudy darkness of the previous few weeks .

maybe some sausages will warm things up.....................


Boomtown Rats - Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero) - *Frozen Chair Boogie*

How To Add 20 Best Features Of Other Browsers to Firefox - customize your browser

Musicbrainz - a cool free meta tagging app

Natural Reader - text to speech

Record Club 3 - Beck & his buddies do cool covers of songs by Alexander 'Skip" Spence

Rust in Peace - a catalogue of things that have become obsolete in the last decade

Yes We Can - fun with sculpture

They're Baaaaaaaack ! - Woot ! The Kids in The Hall Are Back ! I Can't Wait

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Having An Average Weekend Kids In The Hall Theme
*Chair Boogie*

Bugs - cool pics by Thomas Shahan

Google Personalized Search - big brother is watching . to opt out or not to opt out . that is the question

The Tetris God - this made me laugh

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity - *Chair Boogie*

101 Things To Do in New York City in the Winter - they need one of these lists for Vancouver

The Tiger Scandal - now there's a sex tape !

Binder Flipping - *Chair Boogie* with a very cool video

The Top 10 *Fails* of 2009 - d'ohhhhhhh

Fishin' Bloopers - don't ever fish with that one guy

Beatles 3000 - Layla In The Sky For The Benefit of Shaft lol

Scary CGI - the song is kinda scary too

Anthony Burgess & Malcolm Mcdowell - talk about A Clockwork Orange

Enjoy !

posted by rollick at 08:47 AM
December 06, 2009

*Waves To The Bing Van*


yesterday as i was doing my breakfast dishes, i saw this odd looking van with a pole out of its top slowly heading down the street . on the side was written BING and on closer inspection i noticed that there appeared to be several cameras attached to the pole . if Bing is planning to do a competitor to Google Street View, I'll be in the window of my building or if they use the second pass , I'll be in the window waving . i cant wait to see what happens when it comes out

and now some sausages..............


Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady - *Chair Boogie*

How To Talk To A Climate Change Skeptic - a handy reference

Photoshoppery - i love the one of Toronto

Banana Phone !
- ring ring ring ring ring ring ring Banana Phone

Designing a Website
according to every web designer i know, this is how it usually goes

Free Web Development Courseware Collections
for the aspiring web developer

Shivaree - "Goodnight Moon - *Chair Boogie*

MNTV 2009 - Edifice Wrecks - i love watching these

Shrink It - a fun flash time killer game

Green Porno - animal sex with Isabella Rossellini that's safe for work

Jay Sparrow - Lay Yr Mountain Down - cool tune

Smile - * Grins*

Robin - awwwwwwwww

David Bowie - Life On Mars ? - I lovvvvvvvvve this song

David Bowie Responds To His First American Fan - a saved letter

Ski Drunks - a silly flash time killer game

Nosey Parkour - Woof *jump* Woof

The Story of Cap & Trade - i found this to be interesting

Wesley Willis - he loved to sing, he loved to rock

The Star Wars Xmas Special - something to fill the void for missing the Charlie Brown Special earlier this week

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:17 AM
December 02, 2009

Radio Free Rollick !


Doing anything tonight at 10pm eastern ? one of the sites that i mine sausages from has started its own radio channel and tonight i will be spinning tunes for a couple of hours . if you're free, stop by and have a listen . just click the listen to radio button, select the speed of your connection and you'll be listening to the same tunes i am in real time . if you want you, can even come in and chat about it. seeya there

there's not a whole lot of decent links this week . apparently l-tryptopham has made internet people more sleepy this year and the links that I've stumbled across haven't been all that entertaining or interesting, so here are just a few decent sausages.............


The Shadows - Apache - *Twang*

Advent Calendar - its December, time to start daily surprises (here's 10 more)

Fortune Cookie - ..........in bed

Chris Rea - Seabird - *last song of the school dance song*

Jump Around - might as well jump

Omnipelagos - the meandering search engine

She Wants Revenge - I Don't Want To Fall In Love - *Chair Boogie*

*Bonk* - keep your eye on the black suv

Who Sampled ? - this is a cool idea. a database where you can see what songs are used to create new ones

Continuity - a fun time killer game

Air Stunts - cool pics

Slow Motion Video of Bullet Impacts - *Chair Boogie*

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:07 AM
November 29, 2009

One Ecoder Setting AwayEcoder Setting Away From an Internet Broadcast


In the Bloglinks section over on the left hand side of of this page are the sites i most regularly check for sausages. On MetaChat they have started their own community radio station . the people over there are really nice and have decided to let me have a go at doing a couple of broadcasts if i can ever get my computer and the broadcast software to talk to one another. after getting some help from the community, I'm one box check away from getting things working and will hopefully hear back soon on how to fix the issue issue i'm having with it . check the calendar or my tweets if you'd like to have a listen.

due to the holiday in the states, its a short post of sausages today................


The Kinks - Tired of Waiting - *Screams Like A Teenage Girl & Chair Boogies*

*Swoop* - cooooooool

61 Free Apps - to be thankful for

The Love Me Nots - You're Really Something - *Chair Boogie*

Alternatives to Mininova - the hunt for torrents goes on(more here)

Dust Echoes - the ancient stories of Australia

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait - *Chair Boogie* ft. Beck

Window on the body - CT Scans become cool art

Packing Up - for my friend sasha who had to move this weekend (cats too !)

Ruth Brown - "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It - *Innuendo Boogie*

Paper Cannon - a fun little time killer game

Joy Division - Insight - *Cranks Up The Volume & Dances Around Like An Idiot*

Meteor in South Africa - a cool explosion of light

Every Episode of Hell's kitchen Ever - just needs some more swearing and it'll be perfect

Loop The Loop - wheeeeeeeee

Closing Credits - *Blast From The Past*

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:12 AM
November 26, 2009

Happy Yanksgiving !!

Thanksgiving is sooooooo October, yet there are some persistent americans who insist upon celebrating it a month later . what can you do but wish them well, thank them for being who they are and to offer up some sausages...........


William DeVaughn- Be Thankful For What You've Got - one of the best songs ever*

Face Ahoy ! - fun with pareidolia

Turkey Rap - this guy has got some fowl moves

Lord Newborn & The Magic Skulls - A Phase Shifter I'm Going Through - *Chair Boogie*

The Aviation Herald - a site you maybe shouldnt click if you are about to take a flight somewhere

Adventurous Eric - a cool time killer game

Fuzz Townshend - Smash It - *Chair Boogie*

Our Favorite Blogs 2009 - from PC Magazine and alas they missed me again *weep*

10 Drunk Photos - that you don't want to be in

John Lee Hooker - The Healer - *Chair Boogie*

The Auteurs - your online cinema

EXTREME Merry-Go-Round ! - ITS EXTREME !

You Are Here - cool pic

Tom Waits - Down in the Hole - *Chair Boogie*

Pollen - Achooooooooo

Teach The Controversy - cool t-shirts

Balloon Bass & Box - *Chair Boogie*

Time Lapse Favs - cool video

Dead Cassettes - cool sculpture that recycles

The Company of Myself - another cool time killer game

Cracker - Big Dipper - *Slow Groove*

Circus of Disemboweled Plush Toys - not for the plushy squeamish

RUN KITTY RUN !! - awwwwwww

East vs West - this doesn't surprise me at all . hell theres a huge difference between google and google canada

The Muppets - Bohemian Rhapsody
any way the wind bloooooows

Going West - a very cool animated short from the New Zealand Book Council

Happy Thanksgiving ! - via my friend (and persistent thanksgiving novemberer) arin

Eat Well & Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:25 AM
November 22, 2009

Wrist Strain


I think I've been d/ling too much music lately . between my usual tune sources , I've been checking out some homebrew radio thru metachat and its been quite fun. I'm almost tempted to try doing a little show myself . the only prob is that with all the renaming and cutting and pasting, I'm on the verge of carpal tunnel or something.

lets hope my arm holds up for some sausages.......................


Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities in Dust - *Chair Boogie*

Be a Martian ! - a fun site from NASA

Wedding Crasher - she just couldn't stay away from the pole

Jeff Lynne - Goin' Down To Rio - *Chair Boogie*

WHOAAAAAAAA - this guy is sooooo lucky... Twice !

Space Chair - wheeeeeeeeeeee

White House Poetry Jam
- rappin' american history (and it doesn't suck)

Howard Hughes & The Spruce Goose - a Life magazine Pictorial

The Stuffed Animal Dog Show - just watch until the end

Maria Peszek - Kobiety Pistolety - *Slow Groove*

This Is Photobomb - this is kinda funny

Cats Against Climate Change - it would be scary if they could really talk

Ken Boothe - Thinking - *Chair Boogie*

I Am Ambassador Rollickhawk !! - who are you ?

Cook Thing - How to cook anything

Buddy & Stacey - Shotgun - with some kid in the background playing guitar . his name was Jimi Hendrix or something

The Rings of The Earth - what the earth would look like if it was like Saturn

Sketch Theatre - Baby Tattooville Art-a-thon

Serge Gainsbourg's House - a layer by layer examination of the graffiti on his back wall (the song is a remix of L'Hotel Particulier)

Happy Gentoo - he's lucky too

Synth Britannia - a BBC documentary about electronic music

Twillionth - Stephen fry sends us greetings from the future

Out of Body Experience - a positive message from a who is almost as good a dancer as I am

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:53 AM
November 18, 2009

WOW 325 Sausage Posts Since I Last Did Some Housecleaning On The Site


Have i been lazy or what ? Ack , not since April 2005 !! i really should clean the older ones out, cuz I'm sure most of the links would be dead by now. I'll think about it over some sausages..............


Sin Sisamouth - Klen Kloun Noun Srey - *Cambodian Boogie*

50 Best Websites 2009

One More Level - a cool time killer game

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax - *Suddenly Realising That This Song Came Out 25 Years Ago Boogie* *sigh*

Sculptures in Motion - By Anthony Howe

Automatic Chicken Plucker - Okey Dokey Pokey

The Black Hollies - Paisley Pattern Ground - *Chair Boogie*

Yelp - a handy site for finding stuff in your neighbourhood

Accident Claims - its a dangerous business

Snake - Attaque de Panico - *Apocalyptic Boogie*

Howe To Use An Apostrophe - via my friend arin

Spot The Fake Smile - i did pretty well at this . how about you ?

Camera Obscura - Clean It Up - *Cool Animation & Boogie*

Doggy IQ - and theres one for cats and another one for dogs

Baby Otter Sidney Playing - awwwwwwwww (with a cool song by Xavier Rudd)

The Go-Betweens - Finding You - *Retro Boogie*

Corruption Perceptions Index - We're #8 ! We're #8 ! We're #8 !

The Devil is in the Details - cool perspective art

Stefani Germanotta - wow she could really sing before she became Lady Gaga

Sand & Stick - cool art at the beach

Clare Torry on 'The Great Gig In The Sky' - she doesnt look at all like what i thought the person who sang this would look

*BONK* - awwwwww

Run Saydee Run - how to walk the dog when you're lazy

Nickelback Reinterpreted - this cracked me up

Apres La Pluie - a cool animated short

Pigeon: Impossible - an awesome animated short

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:08 AM
November 15, 2009

8 Inches !!


batten down the hatches, there a couple of rain fronts moving in and its supposed to be extremely wet for the next day or two . It doesn't sound like I'll get much done except for dodging downpours and doing some sausages...........


The Ceasers - Jerk It Out - *Chair Boogie*

20 Free Must Have Windows Apps - all of these are good

Painting on Books - fun with spines

NuFormer’s 3-D Building Projections - cool images with The Asteroid galaxy Tour - Around the Bend - *Chair Boogie*

Ode To Joy - toys asplodin'

Wake Up The Box - a fun logic game time killer

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe - wooooo ! *Chair Boogie*

Animated Stereoviews of Old Japan - i thought these were pretty cool

The Ugliest Tattoos- some of these just boggle your mind

U Really Got a Hold On Me - *Classic Chair Boogie*

Face-Off With a Deadly Predator - a very cool story with excellent pics

Reservoir Turtles - a funny movie mashup

Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden - a funny story that's been animated

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:56 AM
November 11, 2009

ooooo Some Sun


gonna make this a quick post, cuz after a few days of dark clouds and downpours, i need to go out in the sun and soak upcome vitamins . sausages can only do so much.............

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Game Seven - *Chair Boogie*

Freak Baby - its no wonder mom ran away with the dish

Biblio Burro - one man makes a huge difference in his world

The Revelations feat. Tre Williams - I Don't Want To Know - *Slow Groove*

Cloud of Atlases - fun with cartography . can you guess what the map is about ?

Five Years of Firefox - and also some tweaks for it

Jamiroquai - Too Young To Die - *Chair Boogie*

Cooooooool Pics - via my friend arin

How To Make a Baby - ohhhhhh . I guess I've been doing it wrong all these years

The Dandy Warhols - Godless - *Chair Boogie* (low volume but the best version I could find of this excellent song & video)

Some Guy Named Ben Always Tweets 24 Times a Day if he ever stops his last tweet will only be right twice a day

Ship Maps - a real time marine maps in real time . cooooool if you live in a port city

Black Randy & the Metrosquad - I'm Black & I'm Proud Pt. 3 - *Chair Boogie*

Chandelier - cool pic

The Beatles Never Broke Up - all their solo careers mashed together with free mp3 d/ls

Where The Wild Hipsters Are - this gave me a chuckle

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW - say what you will about dogs, but cats could never be this awesome

This Decade in 7 MInutes - just the facts ma'am

Rolled With Love - (NSFW Nudity) funny ad *insert Clinton joke here*

UHOH There's Something Wrong With Youtube - it looks like i finished just in time !

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:55 AM
November 08, 2009

A Rainy November 8th


Yuck . I just checked the forecast and indeed, the autumn rains have surely set in . what's worse is that its been a somewhat slow week for links again , so enjoy these meager sausages..............


The Charlatans - The Only One I Know - *Chair Boogie*

Maggwire - a magazine filter beta

Please Dismantling The Radio (?) - you only have one screw driver

Noelle - I already know (Mario Winans Remix) - *Chair Boogie*

David Burdeny's Incredible Iceberg Photography - cooooool pics

A Bald Bear - it doesn't look at all what you'd think a bald bear would look like

The Weezer Snuggie ! - a novel way to market you new CD

Jackson Sisters - Miracles - *Chair Boogie*

Drench - a challenging time killer game that you shouldn't try toe early in the morning

Exact Change - or they are robbing him (they are wearing masks)

Happy Birthday Sesame Street mana mana (the thrash metal community send their congratulations along too)

Optical Illusion - coooooool

Dandy Warhols - Sleep - the perfect song for a rainy Sunday afternoon

Cat Got Lost - apparently the goal of the game isn't so good for the cat

I Love You Mr Star Wars - movie titles in dialogue

Inspired Bicyclist - wow . this guys pretty good (music is The Band of Horses - The Funeral)

Ian McKellan - Richard III now is the summer of our content made inglorious autumn.......or something like that

John Stewart on Glenn Beck - John Stewart exposes the charlatan

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:56 AM
November 04, 2009

I Only Have Tine For A Quick Post

I'm up early and i have to head out early today, so i better get down to some sausages.............................


Paloma Faith - Upside Down - *Chair Boogie*

11 Celebrity Jack o’ Lanterns - cool carving

Halloween Math Class - now thats a cool teacher

LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou - *Chair Boogie*

25 Awesome Crop Circles - i guess the 'aliens' must be getting tired of simple shapes

Mirror Mirror On The Wall
- this is a good prank (and the twins are really hot too)

Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers - *Chair Boogie*

Mega Tetris - this is kind of mesmerizing

Type War - i didn't do that great on this cuz i only use the most hated font there is :p

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting - *Chair Boogie*

Black & WTF ? - unusual old pictures

Cover Orange - this is a fun logic game time killer

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter- *Slow Groove* (and the lyrics are never the same twice live)

Pie Pops - mmmmmmmmmmmmm

American Health Care Battle In A Nut Shell - why there is so much opposition to this is mind bogglingly selfish

Clinic - Walking With Thee - *Chair Boogie*

Body Painting - can you spot the naked body ?

Rat Attack! - Rats !

Don't Cry Over Spilt Beer ? - D'oh !!

Pearl Jam's Halloween Costumes are they not men ?

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 07:52 AM
November 01, 2009

The Saddest Day of The Year


i hate today . not because Halloween is over. i like Halloween. Not because its November, though it would be nice if it rained a little less this year . I hate today because today our clocks fall back an hour and its dark by supper time . i hate this day every year . the winter-long dark age until the clocks spring forward again . i wish we would just stay on summer time all year round and have more light in our lives . *sigh*

lets have some sausages........................


Nina Hagen - TV Glotzer (White Punks on Dope) - *Chair Boogie*

Ride The City - - find your safest bike route

Chemistry In It's Element - an interactive periodic table

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose - *Chair Boogie*

Stormtroopers on Their Day Off - they're active little suckers

Ansel Adams in Color - i had only ever seen his black & white work .

Imani Coppola - Springtime - *Chair Boogie*

The Fun Theory - its amazing how a little fun makes people do things differently

Long Exposure Photographs - coooool pics

Cate Brothers - Union Man - *Chair Boogie*

A Picnic Table For Geeks - this gave me a chuckle

Tetris D - a cool time killer game where you have to avoid the falling tetris blocks

Paloma Faith - Upside Down & New York - *Chair Boogie*

Google - Discover Music - i'm not sure this is a big help for me, but i'm sure going to play around with it

Christopher Walken Poker Face - ohhhhh ohhhhh ohhhhh this is brilliant

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:30 AM
October 31, 2009

Halloween Sausages


Hmmmmmmm . it looks like i might have enough spooky links for an entire post of Halloween Sausages..............


Zombina & The Skeletones - The Monster Mash - *Scare Boogie*

Vampire ! - *BOO*

Skeleton ! * Scary*

The Horrorpops - Walk Like A Zombie - *Scare Boogie*

Skelecans -

Watch Out For Giant Bats !! - evil, but funny


The Radioactive Chicken Heads - Badd Bunny
- He's Badd *Scare Boogie*


Here Kitty kitty Kitty
- for patient cats only

Iggy Pop - Les Feuilles Mortes - *Spooky Groove*

Halloween At The Zoo - un-bear-able

Drunk Pumpkins - *hic*

Count Smokula - Zombie - *Scare Boogie

Movie Villain Pumpkins - coooooool carving

Naughty Pumpkins - perhaps nsfw

The Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout - *Scare Boogie*

Darth - these made me laugh
3 Headed Monster

Cool Pumpkins - coooool

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead - *Scare Boogie*

More Cool Pumpkins - i wish i could carve well

Pumpkin Cannon - *BOOM*

Home Alone - The Halloween Mix

AWWWWWWW - watch until the end

War of The Worlds - by former star trek actors (or listen to The Original)

The Tramping Ground - my annual post opf this site and its spooky stories

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:05 AM
October 29, 2009

ooooooooops


i for got to post yesterday . i don't know what happened, but maybe its because there werent very many good links to post this week . there's been tons of links to search through, but the good links were few and far between . so sorry about missing yesterday and here are a few sausages today......................


The Raconteurs - Level - *Chair Boogie*

A Heart a Day - miles and miles and miles of heart

Humpback Love - or at least the pursuit of it

Cookin' On 3 Burners - Redback *Chair Boogie*

Extreme Grooming - pooooooooor doggies

Nesting - poooooooor puppy

The Dramatics - Get Up And Get Down - *Chair Boogie*

Size & Scale slide the bar and zoooooom in

Sky Lanterns - these are cool looking, but i wonder how many fires they have started

MythBusters - Golf Ball Dimpling - a whole episode

Avalanche - a first person point of view

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:39 AM
October 25, 2009

Brrrrrrrrrr


mannnnnnn its cold this morning. from the moment i got out of bed, i knew i had better put on some warm clothing. its only October and its 42 degrees out ! ack !i let's have some sausages...................


Cookin' on 3 Burners - Cars - *Chair Boogie* (i haven't found a bad song that these guys have put out)

Pheugoo Mashups - this guy consistently does some really good mashups and they're all here for free. the site might prompt you to sign in, but if it does , close the signin box and try it again . you'll get as many as you want

Tibetan Sand Mandala
- Timelapse - 8 fps (or if you're impatient, 30 fps)

Drunkest Guy Ever Tries to Buy Beer, Gets Remixed
- he's become a meme !! (first, second & last are the best)

Parov Stelar ft Blaktroniks - Let's Roll *Chair Boogie*

Symmetry Explorer - fun with mirror images

The National Geographic Image Collection - cool pics

Radio *Fail* - some funny slips of the tongue broadcasted live

Zero7 - Swing - this great band has just released a new album . Woot !!

YouTube D/Ler - youtube updated their site to stop people from d/ling and ripping music, but the fix is in :p

Camouflage - spot the dude

Insanely Decorated Cars and Vehicles- i kinda like the beetle bunny

Imogen Heap & Jeff Beck - My Blanket - *Slow Groove*

Pooooooor Doggie - awwwwwwww poor dumb fella

Religion Flowchart - turns out, if i believed in only one god , i'd be a Muslim

Swirly - *WARNING* if you are epileptic, please do not click this link . the rest of you, prepare to get your eyes freaked out

The Bar-Kays- Son Of Shaft - *Chair Boogie*

Sharpie Art on Styrofoam Cups - these are very cool

7 Degrees (4c) - why climate change matters

Annoying Robot - as incredible as his technology is, he would really annoy me if he lived in my house

Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins- Bill Blows It - *Slow Groove*

Candy Art - by Liz Wolfe

Zombies !!! - eek !

Look Out !! He's Right Behind You !! - fun with the evening news

ACHOOOOOO - awwwwwwwww

Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl - *Chair Boogie*

Free programming Classes - coolness from reddit

The Earth Upside Down - as viewed by Australians ?

The History of Afghanistan
- a short history from Ze Frank

Optical Illusion - i saw the colour, did you ?

Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer - Chap-Hop History - Tally Ho !!

I've Discovered Something Amazing - *POP*

Rob Zombie's 'Where the Wild Things Are' - this gave me a chuckle

I Love xkcd - i'm not a fan of the site , but i did enjoy this toon

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:30 AM
October 21, 2009

Another Rainy Day


the rain is really coming down . a good day to stay inside, crank up the tunes and post some sausages...............


Parov Stelar - Distance (feat. Lylith) - *Chair Boogie* (their new album is excellent)

21 Awful Tattoos - and what they say about the people that have them

ZZZZZZZZAPPPPPP !! - arcing power lines cause tree explosion

Lene Lovich - Lucky Number - *Retro Boogie* uh oo !! uh oo !!

Wall Of Fluff - awwwwwwwwwwwww

Bottomless Garbage Can - a novel way of getting people to recycle

Freddie King - We're Gonna Boogie - *Chair Boogie*

Spreeder - a cool site that teaches you to speed read

Ricky Gervais - Humpty Dumpty - he's so funny

Captain Kirk Has Taken Too Much LSD - this is just awesome . the internet at its best

365 Days of Danboard - keeping up with the boxes

Where Are You In The Movie - pick your movie and find out where you are in relation to the plot

Swede Mason - Got The Sucka - *SWAT Boogie*

High Five !! - ^5

Falling With Style - my spine would be in a million pieces after two flips

Feed The Bunny Under A Full Moon - a cool little time killer game

The Pandoras -That's Your Way Out - *Chair Boogie*

Russia vs United States: A Visual Comparison - food for thought

Buggin' - cool pics

Adam & His Nuclear Rockets - Everybody Have A Ball - *Chair Hippy Boogie*

Marijuana and Mexicanos - a very cool animated history (via my friend arin)

8 Death Defying Helmet Cam Videos - wheeeeeeeeee

Birdmen - a cool segment from 60 Minutes

Synethesia - another cool wtf video from japan

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:35 AM
October 18, 2009

Chair Boogies Galore !!


i'm not sure why, but for some reason most of the links i saved since wednesday are *Chair Boogies*. i don't think i've spent any more time looking at music sites than i normally do . maybe its just my music player getting on a catchy vibe or something. whatever the reason, i'm gonna cram in a bunch more cool tunes amongst the sausages.....................


Madness - One Step Beyond - *Chair Boogie*

The Eyeballing Game - how good is your eye

Rick James - You and I - *Chair Boogie*

Time To Reflect - cool pics

Lyn Collins - Think About It - *Chair Boogie

Dog Food - awwwwwwwwwwww

Los Rebeldes Del Rock - Hiedra Venenosa - *Chair Boogie*

2010 Olympic Medals - i can't decide whether or not i like them

Parov Stelar - Ragtime Cat (feat. Lilja Bloom) - *Chair Boogie*

Snow Kiting in Algeria - what happens when you forget about the possibilities of updrafts . wheeeeeeeee

Los Straightjackets - Blowout - *Chair Boogie*

Hide & Seek - sneaky critters

Jacqueline Taieb - 7 Heures du matin - *Chair boogie*

87 Cool Things On The Internet - the internet is a pretty cool thing

Newton Faulkner - Badman - *Chair Boogie*

Machinarium - a very cool and challenging problem solving game by my all time favourite game designers

Cracker - Another Song About the Rain - it is the rainy season again

Lifeguard - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Genetics - the hip hop version

Cross-country Snowboarding - rocking a triple entendre !! this made me laugh

Banned Condom Commercial - silly, but hardly offensive

Tex Avery - a cool documentary about the legendary animator

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:58 AM
October 14, 2009

The Rainy Season


it is now officially autumn . yeah i know it started almost a month ago, but to my mind it doesn't start until the the post labour day stretch of nice weather ends and the rains set in . well, they've set in and now its dark gloomy wet and windy . a perfect day to stay inside, keep warm and do some sausages.............


Soul Coughing - The Coffee Song - *Chair Cha Cha*

50 Years of Space Exploration - neatly arranged on one chart

45 Outstanding Free Vintage Fonts - some of these are really cool

Rapa Nui at Night - cool pic

Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - Hangwoman - *Chair Boogie*

45 Beautiful Dual-Screen Wallpapers - beautiful pics

The Most Unique Guinness World Records - interesting pics

GreetingCardBoy's Channel - cards for unusual occasions

Debbie Harry - Liar, Liar - *Chair Boogie*

uPlaya - u/l your own song and this app will let you know if its a hit (this is either genius or the end of good music)

The Pekar Project - Harvey just turned 70

Loopy Boopy's Photostream - cool and creepy dolls

Datarock - Fa Fa Fa - *Chair Boogie*

Free Songs From Tom Waits New Live Album - and it'll only cost you an email address

Made from Beer Cans - another way to recycle

Icycle - a fun little time killer game

Holly Golightly - Slowly But Surely - *Slow groove*

Visions of China - cool pics by Elizabeth Dalziel

Family Picture - i dunno but these guys could be gangsters

Respect Your Pet - but you gotta admit, as long as there is no abuse, some of these pics are kinda funny

Frou Frou - Close Up - *Chair Boogie*

BASE Jumping - wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Sell The Vatican, Feed The World - a modest proposal by Sarah Silverman

Kitchen Sink - a cool & creepy short film by Alison Mclean

VIDEOGIOCO - cool stop motion animation by Donato Sansone

CNN & Fact Checking - the Daily Show explores whats wrong with the current state of cable news . funny , but also sad

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:28 AM
October 11, 2009

Endless Bummer


just a short post today. i don't know if it was a bad few days for links or this never ending cold making me miss them, but i don't have a lot to sort through this morning . so just some quick sausages so i can go back to bed and get over this bug....................


Ballin' Jack - Never Gonna Let Em Say - *Chair Boogie*

Samples.fr - this is a nifty site for finding out the source music for hit rap & hip hop songs . it is however in french

Kangaroo Boxing - i didn't know they could support themselves on their tails

You Scream I Scream - Dog - doggies are cool *Chair Boogie*

Dead Fly Art - creepy , but cool

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh - his correspondence with his brother Theo was fascinating

The O'Jays - Back Stabbers - *what they do * *Chair Boogie*

William & Sly - a sweet and fun flash game time killer

Altered Signs - a couple of these were funny

Slow Motion Bullets - cool looking impacts

Bacon Is Good For Me - the dance remix *Bacon Boogie*

15 Women Who Look Better With Mustaches - i don't know why , but this made me laugh

Beluga Bubble Rings - cool pics

The Neave Strobe - this made my dancing dashboard Buddha on my speaker look truly mystical

Is It Raining Out ? - for people who just cant be bothered to look out the window

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:45 AM
October 07, 2009

The Never Ending Cold


i've been trying to get over a cold that has laid me out for over a week, so i'm gonna make the sausages short & sweet..................

? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears - *Chair Boogie*

Chop Cup - can you follow the ball ?

The Virtual Museum of Iraq - a cool online tour thru Persian history

Emilio Santiago - Bananeira - *Chair Boogie*

NHL Nicknames & Where They Come From - and no, Canuck is not a dirty word

Trump Tower Chicago - construction in 2 minute time lapse

BB King - Sweet Home Chicago - while we're in Chicago *Chair Boogie*

New Ways of Seeing The Brain - cool images

HEMA - a cool catalog & Rube Goldberg Mashup

Muse - Uprising - the band punks an italian tv show by switching their positions as they lip synch *Chair Boogie*

Camouflage Art - by Liu Bolin

Roll Top - a cool idea for a new computer

Basketball Jones - a blast from the past

Warning, Zombies !! - cool signage

:p - :P

Ballin' Jack - Come Up Front - *Chair Boogie*

Universal Leonardo - a very cool DaVinci site

Laird Hamilton - Surfing Icon

Funk Inc - Better Half - *Chair Boogie*

The Galactic Center - a cool & zoomable high res pic of our galaxy

What's Buggin' You ? - maybe these

The 40th Anniversary of Monty Python - 11 classic sketches (20 more here)

Mailman Vs Milkman - Its on !!

Agatha Christie's 'Murder She Said' - with links to all the other Margaret Rutherford Christie movies

Evil Snorin' Dog - and yet my brother is a worse snorer

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 07:50 PM
October 04, 2009

Holy Crap, Its October !!


where did the summer go ? it just seems like last week it was july . i just dont know where the time has gone, but i better start digging out some cold weather clothing or i'm gonna start freezing. maybe some sausages will warm me up.................


DJ Lobsterdust - Smells Like Funky Music - a Nirvana & Wild Cherry Mashup *Chair Headbang*

Rollick - this is a fun new site that i am giving serious thought to becoming my browser homepage instead of google

EBYYVPX - need to hide a message? try using an ancient roman code

Banbara - Shack Up - *Chair Boogie*

Free Night of Theatre in America - this is so cool . i would surely take advantage of this if i lived down there

You Are Being Shagged By a Rare Parrot - no wonder why they're almost extinct

The Arctic Job - beautiful images from a Russian Ice Breaker

Willard Burton - Funky In Here - *Chair Boogie*

Project 10 To The Hundredth Power - vote for you favourite

Cell Division - a fun flash time killer


One Man Band
- i have little patience for begging, but i found this guy highly entertaining and i might try to get him to ring the little bell

Autolux - Here Comes Everybody - *Chair Boogie*

70 Amazing Photo Manipulations - some very cool editting

EEL SLAP !! - *Slap Slap Slap*

The Kinks - Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight - *Chair Boogie*

Sandwiches - mmmmmmmmmmmmm art

The Adventures of Al's Brain - a cool toon about Weird Al Yankovic

Destroy the System - a cool documentary about the rivalry between The Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre (its only available for a couple more days)

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:41 AM
September 30, 2009

Its National Pork Month Eve !!

all of a sudden i want some tasty pork products . anyone else up for some sausages ?.......................


Soko - I Will Kill Her - i stumbled across her a while back and i like her stuff

Zombie World News - all the news that eats brains, they print

Eric Idle Responds to Fatuous Comments - this was funny

Python Vs Star Trek - this gave me a giggle

Carl Sagan - 'A Glorious Dawn' ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed) - billions & billions of auto-tunes

Girly Tattoos - i think the one with the join the numbers giraffe might be sane

Food Based Rube Goldberg Machines - mmmmmm ingenuity

BLT Kama Sutra - what happens after the light goes off in your refrigerator

The University of Quebec knows how to have some fun

POV Avalanche - mannnnnn thats scary

Colour Blind Test - i'm good

The Pazant Brothers - Skunk Juice - *Chair Boogie*

High Five ! - this made me laugh

25 Awesome Dirty Car Window Drawings - lol dogs playing cards

Villa Yacht by Hermes - does anyone have a spare couple of million they could give me ? *bats eyes coquettishly*

Scrabulizer - why i will never play scrabble online ever again

Thee Milkshakes - Hocus Pocus - *Chair Boogie*

Charlie Chaplin Optic Illusion - cool

Bengal Tiger in Feeding Frenzy - cool pics

Obama Smile - now thats a consistent smile

Mary Margaret O'Hara - Year in song ! - * Blast From the CanCon Past*

You Are Beginning to Feel Sleepy - or about to have a seizure (not recommended for epileptics)

Rammstein - Pussy - NSFW what do you get when you cross a german metal video and porn ? a funny video . there is porn though lol

Incoming !! - NSFW another link for the boys


Web Site Story
- we'll end with a clean one

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:17 PM
September 27, 2009

I'm a Twit !


though everyone on the planet has some level of twititude to them, i decided to give Twitter a try . especially since reports are now saying that twitter has hit its peak and a slow decline is expected . that will help keep my streak of missing internet trends "when it was still good", shall remain intact . one of these years i am going to figure out how to use the puter socially, but in the meantime i'll be posting things as rollickster . it will probably just be *Chair Boogies* of songs that are playing on my puter or ones i stumble across (so long as i can find a decent audio link for them) . if anyone knows of cool things out there in twitterland , let me know and i'll check em out

and now , sausages............


Speaking of Twits - shoot me if i ever get that annoying on twitter (part 2 here)

Django Reinhardt - Brazil - *Chair Boogie*

Life Magazine Photo Archive - great images everywhere you look

Chubby Superheroes - people with dreams

Beastie Boys - Ricky's Theme - *Chair Boogie*

Unfortunately Named Restaurants - oh darn, none of these are near me :p

Its Autumn !! - time to get your screen cleaned

The Sonics - Have Love, Will Travel - *Chair Boogie*

Whack A Wing Nut - both my friend rich and I chose to use the crowbar

How To Make Home Made Instruments - very cool idea by Dennis Havlena

The Demics - New York City - take a bike courier ride thru Manhattan . these guts are nuts

The Ingmar Bergman Auction - own a piece of motion picture history (the good stuff is later on in the catalog) if i was bidding, i'd want this rather famous chess set

Piggy Gets A Bath - awwwwwwww

MC 900 Ft Jesus - The City Sleeps - *Chair Boogie*

Dooce's Dog - thats a well behaved doggy

Star Wars Dogs - pooooooooooor doggies

Dear Lily - a humorous response to Lily Allen's recent anti-piracy stance

iNudge - a fun little app for making tunes

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies - cool beans . (part 1 with links to the rest)

The Mel Blanc Radio Show - an episode archive . be dee ba da bee ba da bee bad da That's All Folks !!

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:28 AM
September 23, 2009

F'ing Microsoft

just when the idea of upgrading to Windows 7 was becoming somewhat palatable , they screw me up again . the other day i was attempting to to use windows messenger (the only reason its even on my puter is so that my mum can video chat with my sis in England) . while attempting to connect, i was met with a forced upgrade to windows live messsenger . ok fine, i install it without all the extra crap it wants to install along with it . the install takes forever and when its done, i can't connect to messenger anymore *sigh* it took me a couple of days of sifting thru help sites until i found the culprit . this is what worked for me and it may not work for everyone, but heres my fix....

if you discover that you have Error 8000401a, follow these steps:

- start/run regedit
- expand the tree and look for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AppID
- expand and look for the key 380689D0-AFAA-47E6-B80E-A33436FE314B
- right click that sucker and Delete It
- close regedit and messenger should now work for you , good luck

typical Microsoft, they release a product before all the bugs are worked out. i don't think i'll be upgrading to Windows 7 anytime soon. messenger had probs and its a small app , not an entire operating system *shakes head*

now lets have some sausages.................


Miss Li - Bourgeois Shangri La - *Chair Boogie* (the new ipod nano ad)

5 Things Cities Can Learn from Burning Man - one of these years , i going to have to go to this

A Moment in Time - cool pics

Sugar Pie DeSanto - Do The Whoo-pee - *Chair Boogie*

Kisses - *Buss Buss*

A Day In The Life: A Marlon Brando Tribute - odd but interesting

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky - *Chair Boogie*

Red Sky at Night and all day it seems. the dust storms over Sydney Australia

Be Careful Who You Steal Your Lunch From - cool pic

The 5.6.7.8.'s - The Barracuda

The 25 Best Works of Banksy - cool street art

Fun With Pork - mmmmmmm pork *Chair Boogie*

The Obama Plan in 4 Minutes - i just don't understand why so many idiots are so upset about it

Did You Know ? - well did ya ??

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:11 AM
September 20, 2009

Brrrrrrr


mannnnnn when i got out of bed this morning , i had to run around and shut all the windows . its was cold and its only mid september . i sure hope our lovely autumn sunshine sets in soon, cuz its much too early for winter . i need the warming glow of some sausages..........


King Cobb Steelie - Rational - *Chair Boogie*

Nom Nom Race nom nom nom nom nom nom


TV Show Bloopers
- from 10 shows

Yo La Tengo - Periodically Double Or Triple - *Chair Boogie*

The Tubes of The Internets - how the world is connected

Animal Oddities - now thats a big cow

Los Tiki Phantoms - Vulcan - *Chair Boogie*

KANYE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! - get outa my site !

An Engineer's Guide to Cat Yodeling (with Cat Polka) - the funny follow up video

Fishbone - Waiting For The One Day - *Chair Boogie*


Lost & Found
- people lose unusually described things

Could Superman Reproduce ? - this had never occurred to me before

Yello - The Evening's Young - *Chair Boogie* my friend rich said i should post this video instead of this one :p

Weird animals from around the world - truly bizarre

U900 -Crazy G - via my friend and crocheting fiend arin
U900 - Walk Don't Run
u900 - Diamond Head

Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea (Re-Whipped) - *Cheesy Chair Boogie*

OMG !! - my latest fav creature

Star Gazers - Awesome pics

Dj Killa-Jewel - Sorrow - a very cool video

Desmond Morris' The Human Animal - the whole series online

The Human Bird - this is pretty cool but mannnnnnnn he cuts it close sometimes

He's A Cat Flushing A Toilet Music - *Meow*

Stormtroopers Reminisce About The Death Star - via my friend arin

Enoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:11 AM
September 16, 2009

Ohhhhhhh What Was It ?


there was something i was going to write here to start the post, but i cant remember what the heck it was . i think it was date specific , but my lack of wakefulness is preventing it from coming to mind . maybe if i forge on with the sausages, it will come to me...................


The Turtles - Buzzsaw - *Slow Chair Boogie*

Yoga Dogs - cuz theres nothing like a good stretch to help wake you up in the morning

*LICK* - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

He Bearly Made It - yayyyyy rescuers !

Los Straightjackets - Blowout - *Chair Boogie*

Yes We Khannnnnnn ! - and other Star Trek Sounds mashed up

Bicycle Concepts - the one with the skull is sooooo cool

The United Steaks of America - its whats for dinner

Aggrolites - Firecracker - *Chair Boogie*

Are You Happy ?? - I need to change something, but i'm still pretty happy until i do

20 Most Bizarre Craigslist Ads - bathtub pasta *Shudder*

Toots & The Maytals - Louie Louie - Chair Boogie*

Forest Gump - if they were made in the 1940s
Ghostbusters
Raiders of The Lost Ark

Unknown Pleasures - the classic Joy Division album, played against the graph of a distant pulsar's energy emissions . somewhere Ian Curtis is smiling

Bathtub IV - a cool tilt shift rescue adventure

Optical Illusions - cooooool

The Idiots of 9/12 - whether they be bigots, ignorants or just lonely, mindless sheep with time on their hands, their lack of knowledge about the issues is staggeringly poor and misinformed

RIP Jim Carrol - All The People Who Died - *Mournful Chair Boogie*

We Have Decided Not To Die - a cool short by Daniel Askill

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:42 AM
September 13, 2009

Saturday in The Park

what a treat last night was . i packed up a picnic supper and headed down to Ambleside Park (only 5 blocks away) to sit in the grass and listen to Sheryl Crow, Neil Young & Sarah McLachlan's fund raiser for Music Outreach in schools . earlier in the day, a spot where you could peek through to the stage had been closed up , but they had also erected a giant super high def screen that was viewable from where i had planned to eat . if you didn't mind losing one Neil young song to a passing freight train, a fire truck and and ambulance buzzing about, the show went off without a hitch . you certainly couldn't beat the price

some sausages.............


Easy Star All-Stars - Paranoid Android - *Slow Groove* (which transitions into a great set of more groovy covers

Create Your Own Handwriting Font - cool beans . i'd switch to this font for sausages if only my scrawlings were legible

WTF ? - they're the people that you meet when you're walking down the street ~

Hot Chip - Transmission - *Chair Boogie* a cool Joy Division Cover

The Hubble Telescope is Better Than Ever - check out the newest pics . cooooool

Not Photoshopped - cool pics that make me want to get out taking pics again

XTC - Stupidly Happy - the best way that you can ever feel *Chair Boogie*

The Breakfast Cereal Sommelier - for the early morning winos out there

Cheese or Font - whats a little wine without some cheese

Chris Joss - Danger Buds - *Chair Boogie* (leave this running over the next sausage)

Low Mass Stars - like earth

Baseball Brawl - they do things different in the Orient (via my friend Sasha)

Animals With Light Sabers - /me imagines everyone beginning to make star wars duel noises while they watch this

Ultravox! - Quiet Men - *Chair Boogie*

Awwwwwwwwww - Awwwwwwwwwwwwww

Erik Satie - as performed by animals
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

JS Bach Crab Canon Mobius Strip - cool animation

Seinfeld on Curb Your Enthusiasm - behind the scenes . i can't wait to see this

Loopy The Wonder Dog - Pooch to the rescue !!

Kill Bill Yakkety Sax - via my friend rich

The Collectors - Lydia Purple - groovy hippiness that i will hum all day while i am outing walking to and fro

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:48 AM
September 09, 2009

09-09-09

oooooo today is a biggie for number freaks.It won't happen again for anotehr 1000 years. its also a day for No Cats On The Internet (yeah like that'll happen lol) . so much going on that all i can do is sausage..........


Beyond Body & Soul's Youtube Channel - i cant remember where i found this link , but in amongst these 400 videos are about 50 really cool good quality examples of underground funk from the 60s and 70s . to whoever sent this link to me, thank you

Fugi - Mary Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip - *Chair Boogie*

More Cool Bookcases - i love the Yin & Yang one

Yoo Hoo Over Here !! - lol

Rufus Harley - Malika - funk with bagpipes !! *Chair Boogie*

I Wonder Where They Kept Him Hidden - at least they let him out

Not Unlike Me When I'm in Full Chair Boogie Mode - i am sooooooo graceful its scary :p

Mythbusters Coffee Creamer Cannon - coooooooooool

Byrdie Green - Return of the Prodigal Son - *Chair Boogie*

The Return of John McEnroe - this was funny . Novak Djokovic , known for his funny impersonations of top ranked tennis players, takes a stab at doing John McEnroe. In a few minutes John stabs back. this makes for some entertaining stuff at the US Open

Baby Tiger Falls Asleep - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww (feline but not technically a cat lol)

Raw Spitt by Raw Spitt - *Chair Boogie*

The Ultimate Guide To Speeding Up Firefox 3.5 - some good tips

Theres Also SpeedyFox - its helped speed me up

Don Gregory and the Soul Trainers - Soul Line - come on y'all, lets get down *Chair Boogie*

The Cat Piano - in celebration of No Cats On The Internet Day :p

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:38 AM
September 06, 2009

What Is This..........Rain ??


it really goes to show you how beautiful this summer was , when three days of cloud and light rain are an unusual change of pace in Vancouver. this summer was absolutely amazing . now lets hope that after a few days of clouds we revert to our usual nice autumn weather which usually last until thanksgiving *fingers crosed* lets have some sausages................


Ruth Copeland & Funkadelic - Suburban Family Lament - *Chair Boogie*

Naked Gardener Puts Neighbour Off Sausages - nudity is never an excuse to avoid sausages :p

30 Horrific Commercial Photoshop Disasters - and i thought i was bad at it

Moonbell - like a player piano, but its the topography of the moon that plucks the bars to make the music

Arthur Lee - Be Thankful For What You've Got - there just isn't a bad version of this song *Chair Boogie*

What The Internet Knows About You - how secure is your computer ?

Cool Bikes & Metalwork - by Josh Hadar

Drunk Animals - i like the puppy with the remote

Abandoned Piglet Finds a New Mom - awwwwwwwww

Piramis - Mondj egy mesét - *Chair Boogie*

Death Risk Ranking - after my last couple of years i didn't want to know, but you might


The Gutsy Gourmet
- cook food from around the world

Pandemic American Swine - a current events time killer game

Freddie Roulette - Million Dollar Feeling - *Chair Boogie*

Cool Statues - from around the world

Raindrop Melody Maker - since its raining, lets spend the day inside and make some music

The Tree of Life - how life evolved on earth

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno

IKEA Heights - a soap opera shot in an IKEA store with links to more episodes

The Miser - a cool animated short

World Cinema - a cool short by Joel and Ethan Coen via my friend arin

A Night In New York City - in 1983 . check out the scene

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:00 AM
September 02, 2009

Holy Crap Its September !!


mannnnnn where has the summer gone ? when i looked at the date yesterday i was shocked . August just flew by for me and i have no idea where the time went .

time for some sausages..........


Happy 40th Birthday Internet - which sadly makes me older than the internet *sigh* lol

The Specials - Monkey Man - *Chair Boogie*

The Snuggie Sutra - this was inevitable

The Launch of Discovery - cool pic

Zooooooom - Yikes !!

Nouvelle Vague - Metal - a very cool Gary Numan cover *chair Boogie* (and more of their latest album if you let it play on)

Amazing Fonts - mmmmmmmm bacon font

15 Most Ridiculous Car Mods - i kinda like #9 & #11

Free Beats - i thought this was kinda cool

Holly Golightly - There's an End- *Chair Boogie*

ARRRRGHHHHH !! - cool pics (if you werent the photographer at the time they were taken)

The Timeless Wisdom of Larry David - bow down to the wise one

Medical Afflictions of The Cartoon World - disease made simple

Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling - anything anything *Chair Boogie*

I Have Shin Splints - anyone have any tips for getting better other than these >

The Museum of Bad Art - but does it badly imitate life or imitate bad life ?? hmmmmmmmm

The Maltese Falcon (1931) - ten years before the Bogey version

Primordial Soup With Julia Child - its the summer of Julia Child !! :p

Dunny - a very cool short film

Looney Tunes Scaredy Cat - b'dee ba b'dee ba b'dee ba b'dee That's All Folks

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:52 AM
August 30, 2009

I'm Not Sure if Today is Labour Day Or Not


*Googles* nope, its next week . i cant believe how quickly August has flown past this year . its a shame cuz its been the nicest summer in years and i'd like it to last as long as possible . luckily septembers are always nice here so i dont have to worry about lousy weather for a while .

lets have some sausages shall we....................................


The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost - *Chair Boogie*

Faces in Places - fun with Pareidolia

Recipe Puppy - how to make any food . i've tried this site a couple of times and its a good one

Awesome Photo Manipulations - by Jan Oliehoek . this guy is really good

Bob Dylan - Everything is Broken - ain't no use jivin, ain't no use jokin' *Chair Boogie* (skip the nutty lecture afterwards)

The Kids' Guide to Paper Airplanes - fun with the Bernoulli Effect

Need Some Podcasts ? - someone asked me the other day if i knew of any good podcasts . i do and here they are

Make It So ! - poooooor doggie

Boz Scaggs - JoJo - *Chair Boogie*

The Goggles - this made me laugh

This is Where I'd Rather be This Weekend - burn baby, burn

Armadillo Cam - and other cams from The Museum of Animal Perspectve

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D - cuz space is really really big

Click This Link First - before you click this link too . awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Speed - Zoooooooooooooooooooooooooom

Coder Girl - cuz dating smart girls is wayyyyyy cooler than dating bimbos

Asian Horror Movies - full movies free and online . my friend rich highly reccomends Battle Royale and this fun little zombie feature

Droopy Dog - Northwest Hounded Police - also via my friend rich

iStalk - when phone apps get out of hand


The Flight of the Conchords - HBO One Night Stand Special

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:12 AM
August 26, 2009

August 26th ???


Good Lord , the summer is almost over *Sigh* at least the weather is still being sunny and nice . it just seems unbelievable how quickly the time has passed over the last few months . its been a really nice summer, the best in years , so its going to be a shame to see it end.

lets have some sausages...........................


Isaac Hayes - Shaft - *Chair Boogie* can you dig it ?

Macro Photography - coooooool pics

Trashy Fonts - free is cool

Cartoon Fonts - more free is cool

Mascot Mishap - *Bonk*

Detroit Cobras - Shout Bama Lama - *Chair Boogie

Terrible Lunch Boxes - i think i had the Laugh In Box

If Everyone Had Their Own Magazine - i havent seen the latest issue of Spork yet

Cat Vs Aquarium - this made me laugh

Stomp Stomp - Stomp Stomp Stomp

Linux Baby Rocker - now thats parenting !

Boz Scaggs - Breakdown Dead Ahead - *Chair Boogie*

50 Cool Billboards - i like the spilled paint one

In Flight - some really cool aviation pics

Rewound in Japan - this was fun to watch

Singin' Kitties - remixed

The Lonesome Stranger - An All-Monkey Western!

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:44 AM
August 23, 2009

Ummmmmmm I Cant Think Of A Title


i'm having a hard time waking up this morning . i can't think of anything to write as a preamble to the links, so lets just get on with some Sausages.................


Egg & Sausages - a cool tune and video to ease in to this morning's posts

More Sausages ! - theyre everywhere !

Another Video of That Cool Orange Sky During the Fireworks - it really looked like that too . it was stunning (and heres another one)

Top Ten Favourite Numbers - with Dave & Casey Kasem

Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen - Oh My God - *Chair Boogie*

Celebrity Hairstyles - or at least the awkward ones when they were kids (the one of pamela anderson is what she looked like when i met her)

Pop Stasi - Tainted Love - the oom pahs give the song a certain added something

Ladies & Gentlemen.......And The Pips - wooo wooo !!

Continental Drift - 650 million years in a minute and a half

Bobby Rush - Night Fishin' *Chair Boogie*

Strange Animals - now these are some serious photo editting skillz

The World's Most Expensive Cars - even if i had billions of dollars, i wouldnt want any of these

Good Morning Kittty - awwwwwwwww

Hawaii Five-0 Turns Five-0 - this link needs some backing music

Fig 8 Ability Game - there was something gentle about this games pace that i particularily liked

Galaxy Zoo - do you have any interest in helping astronomers explore and classify the universe ?

Tic Tac Music - this was different

F'ing Delicious - (NSFW Site Name) pics of animals eating stuff

Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm - i absolutely love this song. if you ever have to drive somewhere before the sun comes up in the morning, slip this in your music player . its the perfect *Driver's Seat Boogie* to get you going

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:56 AM
August 19, 2009

My Body Is Revolting (No, Really lol)


i've been hitting the exercising pretty hard lately, to the point where my body is starting to fight back . this morning i woke up with every joint in my body creaking and achy. Everytime i move , my muscles are telling me not to be even thinking about getting any kind of exercise today . it might just be a good day to vegetate in front of the tv and let my body heal up a bit . even my fingers are stiff, but i still think i can finish a sausage post...............


Kool and The Gang - Rated X - *Chair Boogie*

Criterion Top 10 Lists - movie suggestions galore

Chomp Chomp Chomp - are you lookin' at me ???

Hey Alan !! - now with more sharks !

A Walk On The Wild Side - more stuff like the above link (Part 2 & part 3)

Bran Van 3000 - Drinkin In LA - a cool song that i like more every time i hear it *Chair Boogie*

Sad Loris - awwwwww

Happy Loris - teeeeeeee heeeeee

Unintentionally Inappropriate Statues - fun with paralax

The Sad Song - a cool video made from 15 second clips from an old digital camera

Lafayette Afro-Rock Band - Hihache - *Chair Boogie*

Awesome Insect Pics - coooooooooooool

Henry Rollins Hates Techno - so of course a techno guy remixes it . gotta love the internet

Henry Also Hates Dating - and it turns out we share the same deal breakers

The Record Club - Beck and his Buddies hangout and record classic albums . first up The Velvet Undergorund & Nico . cooooool

A Day in Vancouver - a couple of weeks ago , i made mention of an amazing sky colour and lightning storm (1200 strikes) on a fireworks night here . this is a video i found of it . it gets good at 45 seconds or so. the sky was really that colour. i've never seen anything like it

Dr House : Le Plus Beau Du Quartier - as performed by the first lady of France, Carla Bruni *Chair Boogie*

1001 Free Flash Games - cuz rainy season isnt that far away

Captain Picard Sings The Alphabet - live from the ready room

Hugo Zemp - 'Are 'Are - *Tribal Boogie*

The Guild - a fun web series about online roll playing games. i dont play this stuff , so i'm sure i miss a few of the jokes , but its still very entertaining

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:44 AM
August 16, 2009

The Dog Days of August's Sausages


its still really slow on the links front, but at least it will give me a chance to get out earlier and enjoy this beautiful sunny afternoon .

lets hope the sausages pick up soon...........


Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No,No,No) - *slow Groove*

The Squirrelizer - Take the squirrel from this pic and insert him into another pic or any other pic that you want

Zoomable Hubble Telescope Pic - coooooool (there is also one of the Orion Nebula)

Crush The Castle - a cool time killer game thats lets you have fun with a trebuchet

Unclear on the Concept - *Shakes head*

River Walk Riots (2001) - a cool mashup of of music and pop culture images *Chair Boogie*

Lady Gaga - The Conspiracy Theory - the truth is "out there"'

Roly Poly Eliminator - a fun little time killer game

The Curse of Cheddar Bay - this gave me a laugh

Toy Boyz - by the same people from the above link thats also worth a view


One Regular, One Indian - ignorance is an ugly thing

Meow Mix - email this to all your friends who hate cats :p

George Brett Auto-Tuned - nsfw for language , but its odd and gave me a chuckle (i said it was a slow week lol)

Singles - a cool animated short

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 10:05 AM
August 13, 2009

*Boom Goes The Lightning*


the skys are going crazy above me right now so this could be a quick post. i guess i am being punished for not doing my regular wednesday post . i'm not sure how it happened, but i thought today was wednesday . ooooooops.

its been a slow week for sausages, or at least slow week for interesting sausages, so i'm taking the liberty of sprinkling in a few more *Chair Boogies* to fill out the post.........................


The Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes - *Chair Boogie* (this might sound familiar to Fatboy Slim Fans)


Bear Attack
- and you thought you had a bad day at work

Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries - *Chair Boogie*

How Different Groups Spend Their Day - this was kinda interesting

Oscar Peterson & Count Basie - Slow Blues - a friend of mine had never heard of Oscar Peterson . if you havent, its about time for me to introduce you to one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time

The Book Seer - stuck for something to read ? (this link is almost as handy as Gnooks) . Happy Reading !

Paul Humphrey and The Cool Aid Chemists - Detroit - *Chair Boogie*

Rubber Band Gun - coooooooool , but its a pain to reload

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - My Bag - *Chair Boogie*

Do You Have What It Takes To Become A United States Citizen ? - i aced the test , but until you do something about those wackos blindly protesting more choice in heathcare that will lower costs and improve care, i think i'll hold off on the application

Dee Dee Sharp - Comin' Home Baby - *Chair Boogie*

Perfect Circles - this will get you rubbing your eyes

Tony Camillo's Bazuka - Dynomite - *Chair Boogie*

Choose The End of America - with only one choice i was a Humanitarian Internationalist . when i chose all five (and that was difficult cuz its gonna be less than that), I was a Bloodthirsty Misanthrope !

The Meteors - Go Buddy Go - *chair Boogie*

Girlfriend Doesn't Realize Boyfriend is on Vacation - shes having revenge sex after just a couple of days . i think the guy is lucky to be rid of her

The Evaporators - Gassy Jack - *Chair Boogie* (the guy in the Canada Man suit shops at the same grocery store as me)

10 Reasons Not To Do Drugs And Drive - this gave me a chuckle

Just War - a cool piece of animation (music by Gruff Rhys)

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:57 AM
August 09, 2009

From 100 Degrees to 60 . Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


what nutty weather we are having . after week of nice weather that culminated in 10 days of 90 and 100 degrees temps, its now cold, windy and rainy.......and really really cold . i've shut all the windows and am wearing a fleece ! . its still early August , much too soon to be bundled up and trying to get warm *Shiver*

time for some steaming hot sausages..........


DJ Champion - No Heaven - *Chair Boogie*

Sex On A Date - a handy flow chart reference

Crappy Taxidermy - not that taxidermy is ever great, but this is pretty bad

Annie Lennox - Backwards/Forwards - An Earworm Mashup

Dr Suess' ABC - as read in a Jamaican Patois

Jump Snap - for people who dont have the imagination to just hop on their own

The Chickening - cuz who doesnt like timekillers with chickens that shoot lasers out of thier eyes

How Not To Wash Your Car - cuz water is very heavy . D'OH !!

Billy Lee Riley - Red Hot - RIP *Memorial Chair Boogie*

Shatner Of The Mount - a Kirk and the mountain mashup

Bing Goes The Internet - is there anything the net cant do ?

MPHO - Box N Locks - someone sampled Marth & The Muffins ! *Chair Boogie*

Pixar's First Animated Short - before it was Pixar even

The Noisettes - Never Forget You - *Chair Boogie*

Firework Racing - makes me wonder why no one got hurt when we strapped roman candles onto 2 by 4's and played war when we were kids

James Mays Rides U2 Spy Plane - i would love to do this more than i would want to ride a rocket into deeper space

Garfunkel and Oates - This Party Took a Turn for the Douche - these two make me laugh

This Level Only - a time killer that has only one ever-changing and difficult level

Lost Generation - watch to the end and you'll be in full agreement with her

Fishing With John - the actor and musician takes his famous & cool friends on bizarre fishing trips and films it all so he can write of the costs as a tax deduction . Genius !!

Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is ? - Yes.....for this post anyway

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:19 AM
August 05, 2009

Sooooooo Sleepy


I dunno what it is lately, but i havent been sleeping well at all . whether its the heat, my stomach or just overtraining, i'm tired as hell and would kill for a good night's sleep . so pardon me if i make more typos than i usually do :p

i have been getting out at night and checking out the free concerts at the Harmony Arts Festival . i saw Jim Byrnes & The Sojourners the other night and an Indian/Celtic Fusion band, Delhi 2 Dublin, last night . both were cool shows . its nice to take your supper down to the park which is only 5 minutes away and groove to some cool tunes . it looks like theres a couple more shows that i will be going to check out in the remaining five days . maybe i'll see you there . say hi if you see me !

not many sausages this week..........


Boards of Canada - 1969 - *Slow Groove*

Snuggie For Dogs - it was only a matter of time

The Top 100 Websites of 2009 - yet again this site did not make the list *weep* :p

Vortex Cannon - proving that the big bad wolf could do it after all

B-Boy Vs Furry - you've been served and its's on !

Weird Al Yankovic - Charles Nelson Reilly - Al takes on the white stripes *Head Bang*

Make Your Own Kenyan Birth Certificate ! - the birthers are morons . they wont notice . they're oblivious

Red Remover - i quite enjoyed this time killer game

Booze Death Calculator - It would take 29 Apple Tinis to kill Me!

UK Citizenship Test - cor blimey, i tallied 12 out of 24 . good on me, wot ?

Cool Pools - there are some really nifty pools here (plus the tennis pic on the top right is priceless)

Synchronised Swimming to Michael Jackson - in an aquarium fish tank

10 Ways To Look Good In Photos - tips for a better reunion pic

Earth Is Running Out of Helium - i found this to be interesting

Mr Deity - they've done quite a few more videos since i first saw them a couple years ago

Cloud - a new animated short from Pixar

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 09:29 AM
August 02, 2009

Sunday In The Park With Jim


Another beautiful day in Vancouver . after a couple of brutally hot days with no wind , the temperatures have eased back down to just about perfect . just down the street from me, The Harmony Arts Festival is underway and tonight the sunset concert wil be Jim Byrnes, who is a really excellent blues guy as well as a pretty decent actor . i can hear the shows from here, but i'm going to wander down anyway and sit on the grass and soak up the sounds . if you see me, say hi !

time for sausages...............


Booker T & The MGS - Green Onions - *Chair Boogie*

Paintings of Barak Obama - naked with unicorns . no seriously

Mattress Dominos - whoo whoo whoo whoo

Stonehenge Panorama - cooool . i tried to find a good video of spinal tap playing stonehenge to accompany the pic and this is the best that i could find

Mona Lisas - i love the dirty car window version

The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over The Lazy Dog - literally

How To Lose Weight - this isnt subliminally suggestive or anything is it ?

The Dresden Dolls - The Kill - i luvvvvv the Dresden Dolls

Kitten Mittens - this gave me a chuckle

Revenge - you really need patience for it (thers also bunny torture)

Geeky Weddings - i wish the Shreks many years of happiness

Jackie Shane - Walking The Dog - by Canada's greatest crossdressing Rhythm & Blues artist

Speed Up Your Firefox - the latest version 3.5 tips

KTN News - the latest news read purrfectly

William Shatner Reads Sarah Palin's Tweets - this is pretty funny

Ukulele Beatles - and heres another clue for you all, the walrus was Don Ho

Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox - the first trailer . coooooool

How The Record Charts Are Compiled - this explains a lot

Why Everything Sucks - this explains a lot too

The Longest Way - a cool new video from the guy who walked across china and took pics of himself daily

My Beat Club - live music clips from the 70's

Factory Sound - a cool BBC dopcumentary about the Manchester music scene

Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 08:54 AM
July 29, 2009

A Quick Post


I have to get scootin early this morning so the length of this post will be dependent upon the early morning dexterity of my fingers and how much typoing i'm going to do . let's sausage.................................


Chuck Brown and the Soulsearchers - We Need Some Money - *Chair Boogie*

Upside Down Tetris - we've all played it , but its annoyingly harder if everything is flipped on its head

LolliPies - mmmmmmmm

40 Cool Editted Pics - i wish i could photoshop this well

Animals With Casts - awwwwwwwww

Alan Rickman's Answering Machine - this gave me a chuckle

Toilet Paper Roll Scuplture - something to do for those times when you didnt bring something to read

Magic Flashlights - cool video

Jackie Shane - Walking The Dog - *Chair Boogie*


MadMen Yourself
- a fun retro app

Run !! - a single button time killer


Lenlow Mashups
- this guy takes some songs you really dont think will go together and makes them work . i kept most of the free d/ls

Stairway To Heaven - cuz hasnt everyone wanted to see this song done with spanish swimmers and japanese commentary ?

Cat & Otter - awwwwwww

Jeremy Clarkson Beatbox - a cool mashup by swede mason

Pipilotti Rist - I'm A Victim Of This Song - an unusual take on Chris Izaak's 'Wicked Game'

William Shatner Does Sarah Palin's Quitting Speech - need i say anymore ?

Beyonce Clown - *Bonk* hee hee

Whisper Chain Marriage Proposal - this is kinda sweet

Hippie Weirdo Yoga Farmers - how long until foxnews uses this as evidence of something Obama is planning ? *sigh*

Bill O'Reilly Iis An Idiot - speaking of foxnews... (and oh yeah, that canadian lady they used to scare people about our healthcare system last week . she didnt have cancer after all)

Type Racer - ready, set, TYPE !! (i cant play this cuz i typoed three times just typing this line of the post lol)

Emoticons in Reality - :)

Tiffan Thiessen Is Too Busy - i dont mind, i never liked saved by the bell anyway

OK I'm outa time . Gotta Scoot
Enjoy !!

posted by rollick at 07:24 AM
July 26, 2009

Fire in The Skies


mannnnn you should have seen the sky last night . right at sunset a gigantic thunderhead moved over my building and let loose hours of thunder & lighting. the sky was an incredible colour (this pic doesnt quite do it justice) . i was really surprised that with all the static energy in the air , they went ahead with the fireworks . i didnt see any massive explosions so i guess they went off okay, but it was hard to tell which was more impressive , the fireworks or the lightning .

lets have some sausages.........


Cymande - The Message - *Chair Boogie*

Drunk Yoga Positions - this made me chuckle

Coolest Office Ever - that would be a cool place to work

Secret Recipes - oh man i'm gonna have to try some of these

The Space Channel Aired a New Episode of Doctro Who Last Night ! - *Nerd Boogie*

Now You Dont See It , Now You Do - i have the tape, now i just need to find some frosted glass to try that

Seal & Penguins (Crofts wasnt available) - more coolpics from Antarctic Fox

Digital Photography Tutorials - some really good ones too

The Stupidest Computer Add-On Ever - possibly nsfw if you have really uptight co-workers

Sly & The Family Stone - Que Sera Sera - *Slow Groove*

The Summer Mix Series - a cool site with cool music mixes for every musical taste

How to Build a PC - in under 20 minutes

Kayaking With Killer Whales - how cool would this be ?

Music from a Tree - by Diego Stocco (theres also one with sand)

Thats One Tough Camel - take that you silly automobile

U2 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - a cool animated video

Huxley Vs Orwell - interesting how the same themes apply today as they did then

Dog Malfunction - Jazz Version - this talented dog can do two kinds of scat ! (original video here)

Where the Wild Things Are - the new trailer looks pretty cool

Odosketch - a place to get your doodle on(line)

Wall of Fluffeh - awwwwwwwwwwww

Peripetics - a cool and unusal animated short

Enjoy !

posted by rollick at 08:53 AM