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Unexciting J Nash news inside, chums!
Topic Started: Nov 5 2009, 10:44 AM (1,707 Views)
Peter Perpendicularly	Nov 5 2009, 10:44 AM Post #1
Posts: 32 Group: Subscribers Member #2,711 Joined: April 18, 2008	Whoosh. Fwish. (Pop-op-op-p.) Fizz. Whoomph. Erk. Hello! I'm J Nash and, to celebrate history's most inept bombing, I appear to have set myself on fire in the previous sentence. But never mind that now -- I've also just opened http://orsomething.co.uk/ where you can read things that are by me, some previously unseen, some practically unseen because everyone who read them originally is now dead, all reliably unimpressive. The idea is to post an item every weekday and, with very nearly a week gone so far, I've ruggedly held to the gruelling schedule. (Hurrah. It certainly sounds like a House of Nash for the 90s. I have just been punched by J Nash. I shall cherish the fiery bruise for always. -- Reader's voice.)



sausageandbun	Nov 5 2009, 11:40 AM Post #2
Wanwa Posts: 390 Group: Subscribers Member #175 Joined: February 21, 2004 Football bias: Arsenal, Bradford City The best videogame ever is: Wario Ware	Yay. I enjoyed your Chuck Jones post a lot it was excellent and full of great detail. Any more animation posts lurking per chance?



Tom Camfield	Nov 5 2009, 12:07 PM Post #3
Spaceman Moses Posts: 1,030 Group: Members Member #421 Joined: November 14, 2004 Football bias: The Mighty Spurs	Hurrah!



Nirejhenge	Nov 5 2009, 12:19 PM Post #4
(deceased) Posts: 4,271 Group: Subscribers Member #323 Joined: September 13, 2004 The best videogame ever is: Samurai Warriors 2: Empires A good name for a band would be: The Jan Doyle Band	Whoopee!



Matt Smith	Nov 5 2009, 12:24 PM Post #5
So very tired Posts: 151 Group: Members Member #47 Joined: May 12, 2003	Criminy Jesus!



The Rev Owen	Nov 5 2009, 12:41 PM Post #6
Posts: 392 Group: Subscribers Member #951 Joined: June 15, 2006	That Driver 3 page is epic. I remember playing it after finding a copy for a fiver and I think my reaction was "It's a really good game when it's not being hideously broken and dimwitted and horrible, which is all the time."



Brig Bother	Nov 5 2009, 05:36 PM Post #7
Posts: 598 Group: Members Member #43 Joined: May 9, 2003	Great stuff, and the big yellow-y-beige strap line that seems to appear on all the pages covering the text about two inches below the masthead just adds to the overall effect, I feel. This is just me, isn't it?
Posts: 598 Group: Members Member #43 Joined: May 9, 2003


Peter Perpendicularly	Nov 5 2009, 07:01 PM Post #8
Posts: 32 Group: Subscribers Member #2,711 Joined: April 18, 2008	Soss: I haven't planned any more cartoon bits, but WHO KNOWS? So probably not. (Then again, "planning" sometimes runs as far as thinking what to post tomorrow.) (But probably not.) (As it happens, they asked me to write the next column too, on W Lantz, because the usual author was still dead or something. But I don't know anything about W Lantz except he did W Woodpecker, which I've never seen, and took in T Avery for a largely ill-fitting team-up after Tex left MGM, so declined.) Rev: Stay tuned for when I buy Driver 4 in 2012 or something. NB: do not stay tuned for this. (Phew. -- J Nash's top showbiz chums.) Brig: FUME. Which browser are you using? I tried a few and nothing went wrong in the manner you describe, which if I read aright is that the top few lines of text are catastrophically hidden rather than just with a clumsily over-extended background. (Opera looked a bit wonky, but Opera's always a bit wonky.) If you want to try flicking wearily through some possible fixes, e-mail me at the Or something address.



uppi17	Nov 5 2009, 07:19 PM Post #9
Bored now Posts: 202 Group: Subscribers Member #831 Joined: February 5, 2006 Football bias: Vfl 1900 ev Borussia Monchengladbac The best videogame ever is: Star Wars	It's refusing to load via my O2 broadband connection, but works fine on my mobile. So as long as you don't use any flash I'll be ok. That last sentence may be a little redundant.



AdamK	Nov 5 2009, 08:57 PM Post #10
Posts: 155 Group: Subscribers Member #33 Joined: May 7, 2003 Football bias: Liverpool The best videogame ever is: Monkey Island 2	Peter Perpendicularly Nov 5 2009, 07:01 PM Brig: FUME. Which browser are you using? I tried a few and nothing went wrong in the manner you describe, which if I read aright is that the top few lines of text are catastrophically hidden rather than just with a clumsily over-extended background. (Opera looked a bit wonky, but Opera's always a bit wonky.) If you want to try flicking wearily through some possible fixes, e-mail me at the Or something address. Exciting news: it wasn't just Brig who saw the copyright ribbon floating in the wrong place, for I too experienced it. When using IE7. At work.



Cadmium Lemon	Nov 5 2009, 09:04 PM Post #11
#$%&*! Posts: 5,954 Group: Star Members Member #88 Joined: January 11, 2004 Football bias: Chelsea/Barnet The best videogame ever is: Paradroid A good name for a band would be: Grisly Axolotl Torture	uppi17 Nov 5 2009, 07:19 PM It's refusing to load via my O2 broadband connection, but works fine on my mobile. So as long as you don't use any flash I'll be ok. That last sentence may be a little redundant. I am also on O2, and the site won't load for me either. The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading, apparently. "Wah".



Peter Perpendicularly	Nov 5 2009, 09:38 PM Post #12
Posts: 32 Group: Subscribers Member #2,711 Joined: April 18, 2008	Flapping ribbon prob: ~~Can someone send me a pic of this?~~ I think I've fixed this now. You may have to clear your browser cache so the v1.1 stylesheet is used. Non-loading prob: This ties in with Mystery Citizen X's crash we've been examining by e-mail and sounds like a repeat of some trigger-happy mod_security-related thing that in a previous episode blocked anyone trying to read T Weekly who used a browser with the word "Linux" in the user-agent. (Except in reporting this new ISP-hating version I see the browser one was never fixed, because it's also happening with Or something. Hn.) I've alerted our host support bod. NON-LOADING PROB UPDATE: Okay, try it now (whether you're using a Linux browser or a blocked ISP) and let me know what happens. Edited by Peter Perpendicularly, Nov 6 2009, 01:53 AM.



uppi17	Nov 6 2009, 08:55 AM Post #13
Bored now Posts: 202 Group: Subscribers Member #831 Joined: February 5, 2006 Football bias: Vfl 1900 ev Borussia Monchengladbac The best videogame ever is: Star Wars	I never knew you rated Driver 3 so highly! Quote: ***** - J Nash



Brig Bother	Nov 6 2009, 10:49 AM Post #14
Posts: 598 Group: Members Member #43 Joined: May 9, 2003	Thanks Peter P, all fine now. And spookily it was IE7 at work also (although it was fine on IE7 at home but that's probably because you cheated and changed it), not that I'd read this sort of thing during work time if my employers are reading of course!
Posts: 598 Group: Members Member #43 Joined: May 9, 2003


Xeethra	Nov 6 2009, 05:34 PM Post #15
Flighty Posts: 282 Group: Subscribers Member #4,180 Joined: January 12, 2009 The best videogame ever is: Chaos	Jolly good stuff. That I dozed off during the Driv3r extravaganza was entirely due to continent-fleeing stylishness.



Diogo Ribeiro	Nov 6 2009, 10:07 PM Post #16
Posts: 92 Group: Members Member #1,758 Joined: October 25, 2007 The best videogame ever is: Another World	This is beyond awesome.



uppi17	Nov 7 2009, 02:12 PM Post #17
Bored now Posts: 202 Group: Subscribers Member #831 Joined: February 5, 2006 Football bias: Vfl 1900 ev Borussia Monchengladbac The best videogame ever is: Star Wars	It's still not working on my O2/Be broadband connection. Although I've found a workaround by using http://www.the-cloak.com/



Peter Perpendicularly	Nov 7 2009, 03:51 PM Post #18
Posts: 32 Group: Subscribers Member #2,711 Joined: April 18, 2008	Grrr. Our host's tried one fix (which almost certainly looks like it's for the Linux browser prob only). Brilliantly, mod_security won't let me look at the mod_security logs for security purposes so I can't tell which idiot trigger-happy rule is responsible, but the fact you can get through via a proxy is a dead giveaway it's some badly thought-out IP block. I rattle a lolly stick between our support bod's pearly chops. UPDATE. But wait! Reading around, it's possibly a stupid DNS thing with O2. The other reported non-working ISP, ADSL24, is also mentioned as tripping up in a similar way. I'll dash off some PMs with suggested tests to see if we can pin the blame, and then have someone suitably killed. Edited by Peter Perpendicularly, Nov 7 2009, 04:10 PM.



The Ost	Nov 9 2009, 01:13 AM Post #19
Guru Savant Posts: 342 Group: Members Member #48 Joined: May 13, 2003 Football bias: Aston Villa, Man U, Brazil The best videogame ever is: Time Pilot A good name for a band would be: Don't Rape	Well this suits me just fine. Things to read. And laugh with. Yes.



Mark X	Nov 9 2009, 12:49 PM Post #20
Embittered Comedy Blogger Posts: 1,526 Group: Subscribers Member #45 Joined: May 12, 2003 Football bias: Wales, Liverpool, Wrexham The best videogame ever is: Perfect Dark A good name for a band would be: There Must And Shall Be	From today's update: Quote: REG THE VEG (nervously): Like I told the bobby bearing me basket� Sgt Langdell of The Yard will be arriving shortly to apprehend you, Mr Nash.



Oby	Nov 9 2009, 05:31 PM Post #21
Genius Posts: 206 Group: Subscribers Member #517 Joined: April 20, 2005 Football bias: shrugs The best videogame ever is: Squid Harder, obv. A good name for a band would be: Closed For Refurbishment	Oh man, the pay off on the latest is the best thing on the internet in ages. Well played, sir.



Rob M	Nov 9 2009, 08:27 PM Post #22
Honourable Member Posts: 2,819 Group: Members Member #319 Joined: August 31, 2004	The Victorianthings sail over my vocabulary-light head, but the 'Driiiver' thing is brilliant and/or mental, and the adverts are ace. Hurrah!



Peter Perpendicularly	Nov 9 2009, 10:49 PM Post #23
Posts: 32 Group: Subscribers Member #2,711 Joined: April 18, 2008	Lots of valuable highly technical info from pretty testers here and RP Shotgun (thanks -- I've sent the collated facts to Support Bob and will shortly be emptying your bank accounts), but: can people who've previously seen the site still do so? Because about a quarter of an hour ago without my changing anything at all, both O something and T Weekly vanished for me too and I'm not on the same ISP as anyone who's reported a prob. SHOCK ENDING.



RevStu	Nov 9 2009, 11:02 PM Post #24
Laird/Beast Of Glencairn Posts: 18,573 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 6, 2003 Football bias: Aberdeen, Scotland, Man Utd The best videogame ever is: Super Mario Galaxy A good name for a band would be: Most Things Are Awesome If You Think About It	Still seems fine here.



Matt Smith	Nov 9 2009, 11:13 PM Post #25
So very tired Posts: 151 Group: Members Member #47 Joined: May 12, 2003	And here. All is fine and dandy.



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