The Human Race

Hello again! I've been bored today, so I've written another song to keep me busy while Michelle is at work and Kieran is busy playing with his toys.

This one is another C64 remix, based on the well known (well known to C64 fans anyway) song from the cheap Mastertronic game "The Human Race" from around 1985. The original version was written by C64 legend Rob Hubbard.

It was rushed together in about 30 minutes, so don't expect a chart-topping hit. Anyway I like it, and I hope you like it too.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD "THE HUMAN RACE"

For Steve.......

Bit of a random posting, this. I was going through my rather large collection of home videos/DVD's and found a short little video that Michelle and I created 3 years ago.

"Ghost Town - One Last Visit to 227 Handley Green" is essentially as the title says - one last visit to the house where I spent a lot of my childhood days at. It was the home of one of my oldest friends, Steve Ready.

The video was shot only a few weeks before the block was completely knocked down, and its quite sad for me because I always remember good, happy times there.

This is where I was introduced to the wonders of Atari 8-bit gaming, well before I even had a Commodore 64 - Lone Raider, Electra Glide, Action Biker, Mercenary. I remember tragically watching the Challenger space shuttle explode live while watching the launch on the news in this house.

The Flintstones, Knightrider, Star Trek.... Many times we'd re-arrange the furniture in the living room so that it looked like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise (I'm sure Steve's mum was never too pleased with us when we did that!!!)

The various matches of Tennis we played outside, (and I don't think I ever won ONE match!!)

The big Flintstones painting in Steve's room!

The pricks who lived nearby and always pissed us off!

Anyway, the only physical reminder of this place now is this DVD, and I thought I'd post it here. Honestly, most people will find the video rather boring and pointless, but I hope Steve might pop on and see it sometime.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH "GHOST TOWN"

Oh... I'd recommend a fast internet connection as the streaming video is about 10mb

Floody Hell! - Who left the tap running??

Hello and welcome to my 100th post!!! I wanted to make this one special, hence why I haven't posted for over a week (nothing much has happened lately).

Anyway for this special milestone occasion I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of what Evesham is looking like at the moment after all the rain that we have had over the past few days...

Yep, the river Avon has burst it banks again (a common occurance here in the Vale of Evesham after heavy rain), causing much of the surrounding area to be submerged beneath the murky water. I took a couple of pictures on my mobile, so here they are :-







And finally, a nice panoramic image taken from the Workman's Bridge.

Grand Opening - Stuart Wilson's Panoramic World Website

Well, the school half-term has nearly finished which means I go back to work tomorrow (well, its a teacher training day tomorrow so I don't have to go in if I don't want to, buy hey - I love my job, and its overtime for me too!!)

During the past week, (besides making my little Dawn of the Dead movie) I've been farting around with a little project that I have been meaning to do for sometime but have just never had the time to do it. I love taking panoramic photos and have taken quite a few in the past few years. Wednesday I decided to go out and buy a new camera to replace my old Olympus C720 Ultra Zoom. I now have a nice, shiny new Fujifilm S6500fd which is fantastic, so to test it out I went out and took a few panoramic views of Evesham.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, I have put together a small website which will be home to all my panoramics (and future ones too) at :-

http://www.stu-wilson.com/panorama/

Most of the panoramics on the site were taken using my old camera, so expect some better quality ones in the future. Give it a go if you have a spare few minutes and I hope you like it.

Shoot em' in the head!!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I LOVE zombie movies!!

2007 is going to be a good year for all of us zombie fans what with the new "Day of the Dead" remake due soon, "Resident Evil Extinction" in September, "28 Weeks Later" in May, and George A Romero's latest "Diary Of The Dead" movie due sometime in the year (and those are only just a few).

In a moment of boredom (and also because it's half-term and I've got nothing better to do), I thought I'd put together a small video showing all the gory bits from my biggest favourite movie of all time - Dawn of the Dead (the original).

<<<< CLICK HERE TO VIEW MY DAWN OF THE DEAD VIDEO. >>>>

WARNING - Although the special effects in Dawn of the Dead are looking a little dated now, they are still quite disturbing, so only 18's and over I'm afraid! If you are younger than 18, and end up having bad nightmares after watching my little video, you can't blame me!!!! You have been warned!

Note : The movie is in SWF format so Flash Player 8 or higher is required. It is also a large file (around 12mb), so aBroadband/Cable internet connection is highly recommended for the streaming video.

SNOW!!! AT LAST!!!

At last, after 5 years living in Evesham we have finally had our first really big downfall of snow in years!! I got up ready to go to work only to listen on the radio that Evesham High School was closed - YIPPEEE!! Assuming the school is open tomorrow, I've only got one more day to work and then I'm off again next week for half-term.

For Kieran, this morning was the first time that he has ever seen a lot of snow. We had a little dusting last year but that melted the same day.

We popped out, and after falling over a couple of times, he wanted to come back indoors. I think the snow was a little too cold for him. We're going to go out later today and build him his first snowman once the snow stops falling.

Of course, all this snow is nowhere near as bad as the big freeze we had way back in 1991 - and as I recall, nowhere near as much fuss was made about that. Its funny how the whole country comes to a standstill because of a few inches of snow - What about all these other countries who get it all the time? Its not just snow though - Its any kind of weather, whether it's freezing ice, scorching hot sun, fog, rain... You can guarantee that the news and tabloids make it sound worse than it actually is.

Still, I'm not going to complain about the schools closing - I got myself a day off work because of it!!