Ghost Hunters International S02E16

Wolfs Lair - Ketrzyn, Poland

Well I definately saw Susan Slaughter in one of the cars during the briefing & that was confirmed as she did go on the investigation in one of the bunkers, again no signs of Karl Pfeiffer this week so it adds credence to the claim he only did the one investigation then left the show. It must be fairly galling for them to STILL be billing Susan as an Investigator in training, when shes not. She did her training at GHA, she is now an investigator.

It would have been fairly easy for them to learn a few basic German phrase questions for stuff like "what is your name", "can you hear me", "can you see me", "where are you". Barrys German was painful to listen to, I'm hardly fluent but it made me cringe to hear him ask "Wo ist ihr name bitte", Barry, wo means where (the phrase literally means Where is her name please.), You should have been asking "Wie heisst du?" or "Was ist deine name bitte?".

As for the evidence Pauls alledged EVP that answered his "Sprechen sie English", I couldnt hear a thing no matter how many times he replayed it. The exact same thing with Barrys EVP, I'm sorry Barry but I just dont hear ANY words there, its just noise. I think its hilarious how Paul debunks the tourist photo saying matrixing is involved yet their all happy to swear blind they are hearing words on EVPs when theres simply nothing there.

Annoyingly Rob presents the footage of him & Brandy hearing voices they didnt capture on tape & its blindingly obvious that the client had been told before the reveal about the "Where is Hitler" EVP as she almost seems to be waiting for her cue to say it. The figure they caught on the full spectrum camera I'm not sure what to think, what I can tell you is it WAS there before Brandy pans back to try and catch it

Reduced 71% 262 x 347 (40.81K)

Heres a screengrab of it already standing there BEFORE Brandy pans back. The purple is the fullspectrum view.

Reduced 72% 286 x 350 (35.53K)

Heres my negative of it, I'm sure I'm using a cheaper computer & my software is free so how is my image better than theirs?
And does that just look like a crew member caught standing somewhere they shouldnt be to anyone else? If I didnt know better I'd say it was either Robb or Paul, their both big stocky guys.

Ghost Hunters International S02E15 - Sweeney Todd

I didnt do an indepth review after hearing the GHA people werent going to be involved in more than 1 show.

Margam Castle, Port Talbot, Wales.
Going from who we saw in the vans both Susan Slaughter & Karl Pfeiffer only did 1 show.
Neither one appeared during the investigation or analysis either.

The "Get Out" EVP was nonexistant, they were hearing something where there were no words. The "Monk" picture was possibly nothing more than lens flare/

The Ostrich Inn, Colnbrook, England
Yet again no Susan or Karl so it sounds like the rumours of them only doing 1 show are true.
So it pretty much renders GHA completely pointless.

Cube Core Walkthrough

written 22nd jul 2010.

Cube Core Walkthru.

You can play this game one of 2 ways.
Way 1) The way is was intended, finding stuff by luck or skill.
Way 2) The cheaty way, using the TAB key.
Either way works ;-)

Main Room, Panels View:-
Not a very useful view right now so we'll come back to it. Instead turn right to

Main Room, Chair View:-
Turn on the light by pulling the chord & move the cushion by clicking it to get code 9431. Right now theres nothing else we can do in this room so go right and click the middle panel to reveal a weird machine, click the middle arrow to get that shrinking feeling. Click to the left or right of the white section to see

Main Room, Cube Shrunk View:-
Click the hole then the ladder to see

4 Red Doors Room:-
Enter the far left room to see

DNA Analyser Room:-
Drag your only object in inventory to the analyser, press the green button & wait for the printout. Take the printout & if the room went green you can leave.

4 Red Doors Room:-
Its not worth going into the 2nd room yet so enter room 3 to see

DNA Combiner Room:-
Click the printout and note the figures for how to make a Mog-rat, 50% Adenocytosine, 30% Thymoadenine & 20% Guanothymine. Once those numbers are noted down click the printout to get rid of it and look at the machine with its A, G & T buttons. We'll we just saw 3 things that started with those letters so lefts see if we can make it here. Click button A 5 times, button G twice and button T 3 times. You'll know it worked if a new lifeform grows. So grab him. If the walls went green you can leave now.

4 Red Doors Room:-
Its STILL not worth going into the 2nd room yet so we'll visit room 4 on the far right to see

Combination Room:-
Well we got a 4 digit combination outside from the chair so lets enter 9431 into the machine and press the green button which gets you a knife. We can't use it in here (or room 2) so go back 4 times until you see the wierd machine again so click the middle arrow to grow. Click either side of the white panel to return to

Main Room, Panels View:-
Go right to

Main Room, Chair View:-
Click to the top right of the chair to go behind it & use the knife there which gets you a depleted power core. Click to the left of the chair, left again then shrink yourself again and make your way back to

4 Red Doors Room:-
Now its time to enter room 2.

Weird pipes room:-
Each pipe must touch another pipe so join them up by clicking them, drag the live mog-rat into the left hold and click the red button on the right side & drag your depleted power core into it then click the red button to close the iris. Click the green button to send the Mog-rat through the tube maze and note the clue about a 4 digit number which when the power core is charged you should see is 5151 (made by the pipes and the display bar), Click the red button and click the blue circle to get your charged power core. If the room turned green you can leave back to the

4 Red Doors Room:-
As the only room unfinished is room 4 its back there to see

Combination Room:-
Where we can enter the code we just got from the Weird pipes room which was 5151, pressing the green button gives us a yellow wheel. Drag that to the top square and you get another code which is 8632, entering that gives you a green wheel which you drag to the middle square giving you another code which is 7495.
Entering that gives you a blue wheel which you drag to the bottom square revealing the final code as 6287. Entering that gives you a remote control, if the walls turned green you are done here so go back 4 times and click the arrow to grow and see the

Main Room, Panels View:-
Click either side of the white panel and go right twice to see

Main Room, Cube View:-
Click the remote then click the V symbol to open the iris, drag the charged power onto the iris to insert it and click the V symbol again. Click the 0 symbol and wait for the key. Take the key and turn right to see

Main Room, Door View:-
Drag the key to the door, click the handle, click the opening and you are out!

Make TNA Work

Written Thursday 22nd July 2010 @ 13:26 BST (British Summer Time)

It was pretty important to mention exactly what day AND time I was writing this so you know I take into account last weeks Impact but I haven't yet seen or read any spoilers for this weeks Impact so I am going with all the knowledge I currently have available to me.

Here's who I am - I've been watching wrestling since I was about 5 on a British show called World Of Sport which is long gone but fondly remembered. That was where many American & Canadian promoters scouted for British talent back in the late 70's. Davy Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid both got their tv starts there. It was best known for creating British icons Big Daddy & Giant Haystacks (who would go on to have a very brief stint in WCW under the name of Loch Ness).

I've been watching American wrestling since I was 12. I'm 40 now so thats WWF from 1982 onwards but it wasn't every week & every PPV. I have been reviewing TNA since 2004, so I'm pretty well qualified to comment on the show & its workers being extremely familiar with both. With TNA I date back to the original Asylum days in Nashville. As far as WCW goes they didn't transmit much in the UK so I didnt get to see much of their product before they folded, my main WCW experience comes from PPV tapes & dvds.

As far as original ECW goes I didn't watch it at all, I didnt get to see any until they started releasing dvds. Modern WWE I haven't watched much of at all since becoming a smark (smart mark) after watching things like Behind The Mat and Secrets Of Pro Wrestling Finally Revealed, also they just dont have very entertaining matches & their "stars" arent very compelling viewing.

I have watched stuff like WSX in its very brief life and also reviewed every episode of Hulk Hogans Celebrity Championship Wrestling also. So I am fairly well educated on wrestling in general and its secrets like booking & kayfabe.

So we've been given the task of improving TNA? Thats not really all that hard as its pretty darn awful right now. The shows we have to fill are:-

1 Two hour show per week going head to head with Raw on a Monday night. - Impact.
Lets address that first then. Going against RAW has already proved to be the 2nd worst mistake TNA have made in their history (after allowing Eric Bischoff to bid for the contract to remodel the Impact Zone & ruin a perfectly good ring gimmick that was VERY over) so thats not going to be happening. Impact will air on Thursday as it has for quite a good long time now. Only it will air live. No more tv tapings allowing the wrestling forums to spoiler shows. Matches will run so none are ruined by commercials. There will no longer be backstage segments (their boring & fill time where matches could be happening) & promos will only be allowed in ring after or before matches & preferably off camera during commercials so as to not bore the home audience.

1 One hour show per week to schedule and do with as you please. - Xplosion.
I've seen Xplosion. Its a poor mans version of WWE Heat or Velocity and those shows were SHIT. So Xplosion is cancelled as of right now. No-one watches it anyway so its a waste of time, money & manpower that can be used better elsewhere. All things TNA can't currently afford to waste as its pretty much been haemoraging money for quite a while now.

Every championship TNA has to do with as you wish:
Using the "current TNA Roster" from the web site which is woefully inaccurate? It lists Daniels (who was released a while back), ODB (who either walked or was fired depending on which version of the story you read) & Scott Hall (who was fired after his alcohol issues which we warned Dixie Carter about but would the silly cow listen to us who knew better? Would she hell!). It also lists Sean Waltman (I have no idea in his current status after his PPV no-show) & Sharkboy (who hasn't been on tv since his trailer burnt down destroying everything he owned).

World Championship - currently held by Rob Van Dam who quite frankly got it too fast, didnt earn it at all & didnt even come close to paying any kind of TNA dues. So he will be dropping that belt & the title will become vacant where it will contested properly not by Johnny Come Latelys or by people picked by the fans (not that we believe those "fan picks" for a second". There will be a proper Gauntlet Match where everyone who is fit will contest for the title. The draw for spots will be made from a hat so its as random as possible, all talent will be informed prior to the match that kayfabe is out of the window and whoever wins will be the guy who wants it most. And RVD will be put into the X Division where he will have to pay his dues for at least 12 months during which he may contest but not hold the X Division title.

Global Championship - formerly the Legends Title or as I used to call it the "Belt I Bought", held by Rob Terry - the man with no talent. Its never meant anything, its never been contested well & its getting retired. It'll be Kevin Nash vs Jeff Jarrett with the stipulation being the winner of the belt retires both themself AND the title from wrestling forever. If they want to stay in TNA they can train or manage. But not wrestle, their both WAY too old & busted up to be in the ring any more. The current incumbant will be made to form a tagteam with Matt Morgan so the 2 biggest & least talented people in TNA can job like they should be doing.

X-Division Championship - currently around the waist of one Douglas Williams where quite frankly its going to hell in a handcart that he's pushing as fast as he can under Hogans orders IMHO. We need an Ultimate X match with everyone from the X Division roster who is currently fit. Everyone starts in the ring under the same instructions as the WC belt, whoever wins will be the guy who wants it the most. Once again kayfabe & booking are out of the window. Williams (who currently gets less heat than the North Pole) will be fired out of a cannon into the sun where he actually MIGHT gain some heat, preferably live on Impact.

World Tag-Team Championship - currently being held by those nice chaps The Motor City Machine Guns who were WAY overdue a title reign. The main issue is TNA only have Beer Money, Team 3D, Generation Me, MCMG and Ink Inc. Five (count them!) tag teams which doesnt really constitute a Tag Team Division in my opinion, I've seen bigger queues for toilets. Does this mean toilets are more popular than Tag Team wrestling in TNA? I guess it does. I dont mind The Guns keeping the title for a bit, they are actually entertaining. Just make at least 5 more tag teams.

Knockouts Championship - which is currently Angelina Love. Again. Do you know how many other people could possibly contest that title as of right now? 8. Thats right TNA have the grand (actually rather crappy) total of 9 female wrestlers available. Yet again my comment about toilet queues seems to apply here. Time to hire at least another 10 female wrestlers. I dont care where from, as long as they can bump & sell.

Knockouts Tag-Championship - Held by The Beautiful People (yet again) but theres currently no other team for them work against seeing as the only other Knockout Tag Team have been shown feuding on-screen so I can only assume its to allow both Taylor Wilde & Sarita to form brand new teams. Their viable partners (if TBP remain together after the mystery woman is revealed) are Hamada, Rosie Lottalove & Daffney as I can't really see Love getting involved with a tag partner right now. I could see Wilde & Hamada making a good team, with Sarita having instigated the feud on a heel turn she could tag with Daffney if she was correctly repackaged with a new gimmick & look.

Heres some interesting facts & figures.
TNA have 42 available men to wrestle.
I'm not counting Bischoff & Flair (Bisch could & Flair has but really SHOULD stop before he dies in the ring) or Hogan (who is no longer fit to after his back operation) in that. Or Taz. Or West & Tenay. Or Willy Urbina & Hector Guerrero.
33 of those men are viable Heavyweight workers.
19 of those men are viable X Division workers.
Theoretically all of them COULD potentially be in a tag team, 10 of them currently are.
There are 9 women who work as wrestlers. Christy Hemme is now retired to announce & Chelsea doesn't wrestle but I hear IS training. SoCal Val can & HAS wrestled in the Indy Feds but as ring girl & occasional announcer I think she has put her in-ring days long behind her. She's been in TNA a long time, IF she was going to wrestle she would have already.

Mirror on depression.

I've been watching this thing about Stephen Fry and depression. Its rather scary because so much of it sounds too familiar. I think I'll pass on any kind of diagnosis thanks. If I am slightly mad or depressed its not going to help much to know for definate.

Fuck that for a game of soldiers, I'll just plod on. I dont think I've ever really been normal, I've always known I was a bit weird even as a child. After all its not really normal to write stories where you as the main character dont overcome whatever obstacle is thrown at you & succeed but instead die horribly in many varying ways. Thats not remotely normal, or healthy I guess. And I can recognise that fact so I know I dont need help.

I also guess my issues with crowds & social events & socialising in general are related to that, its easy to be out & relaxed under the influence of drink but painfully tough when stone cold sober and free to roam my own mind which can be a scary place to be allowed to roam unhindered inside. I try to be creative but I think I burnt myself out 15 years ago, writing stuff every day or even several things a day took it out of me. Now I struggle to even finish a review.

I'm not even sure why I wrote this, if it helps someone else I guess it was useful. It wasn't as theraputic for me as I thought it'd be. I still feel the same.

End Of Year Escape Game Walk through

go left & find scissors (to right of bookcase) & magnifying glass (behind book case)
go left & find present (in bin) & crowbar (by clicking on electric fire).
go left twice & Use magnifier on calender to get 12/31 (new years eve? My Birthday!)
go left & Use crowbar on tv cabinet, click tv cabinet to zoom in & get key.
go right & use key on chest to get hammer.
go right & use hammer on vase in front of xmas tree.
find fork (click under bottom right tree branch).
use scissors on gift to get cake.
use fork on cake to get key.
go left & use key on door, you are free.

Dharma Doll walkthru

previously the game was completable without finding the 1st symbol but the author fixed that so here is the full walkthru using all objects.

View of front door, main room:-
click the cover on the right chair, get the power lead under it.
ignore that red box on the left chair that needs 3 symbols to open it, we'll focus on it later.
click the middle shelf of the cupboard in the far left corner for a box cutter.
ignore the code box above it & the object below it does nothing.
are you enjoying the rather groovy piano music? cool isnt it?
its not important, i was just asking ;-)

in the background click the box on the door then get the newspaper, clicking the bit of paper sticking out of it.
THATS a clue, easy enough if you know your 3 times table. or you could just google them. like i did ;-)
2 o'clock = 60. so 1 o'clock =30. 6 o'clock+8 o'clock+11 o'clock, or 180+240+330=750 (if you cant work it out yourself use google).
enter 750 then click the button on the box to get the black ink.
the 2 images on the wall are clues we use later so ignore them for now. click the arrow at the bottom to see:-

View of tv, main room
click the object on the table, its a cookie in a bag. also get the blue cup, we'll use both later.
drag the power lead to the tv for the worlds smallest clue, you might want to take a screengrab & zoom into it.
its telling you to use the box cutter on the top right corner of one of the chairs behind you.
so turn around & use it on the top right corner of the right chair to get a paint brush then turn back around.
view the paint & use the brush on it to get an inky brush, use that on the red statue to paint in his eyes (click it twice).
which gives you a clue behind him, nice one weird red statue dude!

click the panel to zoom in, thats a clue to open the door in that view, count how many points each shape has.
564 is the answer, ok?
enter 564 on the panel by the door, that door is now open but we're not going in there yet. why not?
because we need to open the safe by the door & get our power lead back, we need it again elsewhere thats why.
click the power lead to get it back then click the shelf above the tv.
looks like a clue? thats because it is & a darn sneaky one too!

looks like the safe combo is 5 left, 7 right, 6 left? WRONG!
imagine you are standing where they are, its actually 5 right, 7 left, 6 right.
you'll know it worked because you'll hear a click, you safe cracking ace!
click the safe handle & grab whats inside, its not useful right now - I'll tell you what it is later.
open the door and we're into a new room:-

dressing room
use the box cutter on the box (duh, obviously genius!) & get the swirly thing. i have no clue what it is.
click the orange then blue dresses on the hanger (i guess the character we're playing is either a girl or a closet transvestite then?) & note the clue.

F=2, SxOxD. also note the calendar on the wall, its a month with not many days in.
february maybe, as its the 2nd month? F=2!
so thats september times october times december or 9x10x12=1080 (thanks google calculator!)

zoom into the left cupboard, enter 1080 then zoom out & open it to get matches.
please be careful with them, matches are not toys!
get the bottle of water then open the right cupboard to get the other bit of the object from the safe - its a key! but its broken so dont celebrate yet!
use the water on the jug on the table then use the lead on the outlet. its a kettle!

leave the room & return then use the blue cup on the kettle to get a mug full of hot water which makes a cloud symbol appear. remember that, ok? we can return to:-

View of tv, main room
view swirly thing & use matches on it, oh noes! its on fire!
dont panic, use the smoking swirly thing on the pig statue to get a sun symbol.
we have 3 symbols & can open the box behind us. turn around to:-

View of front door, main room
zoom into the box on the left chair & note the painting next to it.
swirly thing, cup, round thing.
the swirly thing code came from the pig, it was a sun.
the cup gave us the cloud symbol.
the round thing is the cookie in your inventory,
zoom in & click it, theres a juggling snowman on the back of it so use that as the final symbol.
the whole code is sun, cloud, snowman.
click the box to get instant glue, sounds useful? it is!
zoom into the 2 halves of the key then use the glue on them for a whole key, much more useful!

use the key on the door. did i just hear a click? your darn tooting i did.
click the handle and you are outta there baby, well done.

thanks to everyone who helped make this walkthru possible - celli, stefano, megajar & sneaksnake without whom i would be nought but a humble stuck person ;-)

The Escape Of Gemini all cards location walkthru

red card behind boxes with books (opens left door in corridor).
blue card 1, open window.
blue card 2, move clock.
blue card 3, by stairs.
blue card 4, under pillow in left room.
red card under bed in left room.
blue card 5, to left of desk by clock.
blue card 6 in boxes, 2nd row across, 4th box down.
red card in boxes 4th row across, 3rd box down (unlocks box on desk).
blue card 7 in box on desk.
red card in bottom drawer of desk behind scroll (opens wardrobe).
red card in wardrobe (opens locked drawer where books are).
blue card 8 in 2nd drawer down where books are.
blue card 9 in boxes, 1st row across, bottom box.
place to enter password in boxes, final row, 4th box down.
switch to turn off lights in boxes, 4th row across, 2nd box down.
blue card 10 in boxes, 4th row across, 3th box down.

Silent Callers

Just had a phonecall where I picked it up, said hello and there was nothing. Just dead air.

Took a few attempts to break the connection so the old alarm bells were already ringing about autodiallers (which are illegal) and did 1471 expecting to be told the caller didnt leave their number, instead they were spoofing it and calling from 00000 (five zeros which is impossible, no phone number can start with more than 2 zeros) so obviously one of those overseas autodiallers ringing to see if anyone picked the phone up at that time of day.

Which is also illegal.

The TNA ECW Invasion angle

I've been doing some research on which TNA employees were ECW Alumni. Going by people who I've either seen on tv recently or know for sure haven't been recently fired my list of names goes as follows:-

As Active in-ring wrestlers - Brother Ray, Mick Foley, Brother Devon & Rob Van Dam.
I've included Foley here as we all know his "firing" was kayfabe as he'd signed up to do a certain number of appearances on tv & had already well surpassed that number so TNA Creative addressed it with the kayfabe firing.

In a non-wrestling capacity - Taz, Al Snow, Scott D'Amore & Pat Kenney.

Status unknown - Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Rhino & Stevie Richards.
I have no idea if Dreamer has actually signed any kind of contract with TNA hence his "unknown" status. Raven has always been a pay to play employee in recent times, the main reason for that being TNA haven't always trusted his reliabilty to be clean & to turn up. As far as Rhino & Stevie go I can't recall either of them getting fired but they have both been off tv a fair while so they may now be on the same deal as Raven.

TNA have previously employed other ECW alums such as Spike Dudley, Sabu, Balls Mahoney, Jerry Lynn, Justin Credible, Cyrus, James Mitchel, Shane Douglas, CM Punk, New Jack, Sandman & Johnny Swinger, some longer than others & obviously 2 of them didnt wrestle.

Most people are still debating over if Paul Heyman will come in during this angle, talks have taken place with him and that seems as much as the Internet news appears to know. Alledgedly Tommy Dreamer has been given the job of booking the Hard Justice PPV & the claims are it'll be all the former ECW guys and none of the current TNA talent.

The only problem there is they only have 2 weeks of tv to set anything up, and they only really have at most 11 guys who could potentially work there, thats not really enough people to fill a PPV card. The best solution for the whole company is a current TNA versus ECW Alums PPV.

Team 3D were obviously heading for a breakup by their current storyline so why not have Brother Ray, Rhino & Stevie vs Devon & Ink Inc. Theres an obvious rematch between Foley & Abyss (possibly even throwing in Raven for a 3 way dance as a Clockwork Orange House Of Fun match) but the one guy I have no clue how to use is the Inovator of Violence, Tommy Dreamer.

My best match for him would be against Jeff Hardy, a hardcore TLC match. This would still leave a lot of PPV unfilled so put on at least 1 Knockouts match, maybe for #1 contender which also allows you to reveal who the mystery woman is AND resolve the breakup of Sarita & Wilde possibly even making a new tag team of Rayne & Tara who in case you didnt know IS the mystery woman. I think the Legends title has lost its interest and needs to be scrapped, whoever wins it next should retire the belt as its pretty much pointless. It'd be nice to see someone who actually cares about the X Division title winning it, why not put it back on Jay Lethal? I guess we also need the main TNA title to be contested so have RVD meet whoever is #1 contender when the PPV airs. Try & make someone decent or just have him face Kurt Angle.

So the PPV card would potentially run as follows but not necessarily in this match order:-

TNA versus ECW Alums Hard Justice PPV.

3 way dance Clockwork Orange House Of Fun match - Mick Foley vs Abyss vs Raven
Brother Ray, Rhino & Stevie vs Devon & Ink Inc - Special Guest Ref Brother Runt.
X Division title Jay Lethal vs Doug Williams
Hardcore TLC match - Tommy Dreamer vs Jeff Hardy.
Legends title Kevin Nash vs Rob Terry vs Jeff Jarrett (whoever wins retires the belt)
#1 contender Knockouts Gauntlet match (features ALL Knockouts except Angelina Love)
Ric Flair Fortune 5 Minute Challenge - Ric Flair vs Kazarian.
Ric Flair vs AJ Styles.
Ric Flair vs Desmond Wolfe.
(stipulation is opponant MUST pin Flair within 5 minute time limit)
TNA Heavyweight Title RVD vs Kurt Angle - Special Guest ref Bill Alphonso.

So there you go, my thoughts on the current state of play.

Imagia Part 1 - The Tower walkthru

Full walkthrough with 8 secrets.

1st screen - move rocks to get inkblot painting. go right.
stone on stand room - get hook. go left twice.
trapdoor room - get key by door, move chair & carpet, click trapdoor to open. get top right piece of diagram. go down.
sink room - get scrubbing brush. go right.
pan room - click black pan for bottom right piece of diagram, click left door for handle, click right door for red paint. go right.
broom room - get rope (use hook on rope), use key on door, go right
"empty" room - close door, get bottom left piece of diagram, remember image near floor for later. open door & go left 3 times.
go up & right twice, use handle on stand, use handle to get key, go left.
Use rope & hook on beam, click rope to go up.
roof, easel area - The object hanging off the candle stand is a telescope, click the eyepiece to look at buildings. get telescope.
Click easel to stand it upright, place painting on easel then remove it. go right.
roof, far right - Click rectangle on right to find paintings, click paintings to move them, get yellow paint. Go left twice
roof, far left - click left table leg for blue paint, click left side of carpet, then painting, click right side of carpet for top right piece of diagram.
Click table drawer, get pipe. Use key on chest to get paint brush. go right, down, left & down (to sink room)
go right (to pan room).
Use pipe on falling water, go right twice & close door
use telescope on candle stand, click eyepiece to see stars. click front of telescope twice (until it points down) then click eyepiece to see picture.
Open door, go left 3 times to sink room.
Use scrubbing brush on sink, get wet scrubbing brush, use inkblotpainting on sink, use wet scrubbing brush on inkblot painting to get fresh painting.
Go up, go right, go up (to reach roof, easel area) and put fresh painting on easel.
View diagram and use brush on blue paint, use blue painted brush on top part of painting.
View diagram and use brush on red paint, use red painted brush on bottom part of painting.
View diagram and use brush on yellow paint, use yellow painted brush on centre part of painting.
Click painting to complete game with 8 of 8 secrets.

Downloading off 4OD

I've been Googling around to try and grab stuff off the 4OD web page and it seems I've actually found something that works. Grab a gizmo called Stream Transport (it used to be known as Any FLV Downloader) from here :- http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/StreamTransport-Download-HTTP-RTMP-RTMPE-streams.htm

And give it the URL of the show you want to grab (which you can copy & paste off the pop-out window), let it play the adverts then once the show starts highlight the last article on the list and click download. Its not very quick but you'll get a decent enough quality FLV that you can convert into a slightly more watchable format if you so desire.

Things worth bearing in mind. It will grab shows in real time, in other words if the show lasts 25 minutes it'll take 25 minutes to grab it. Regardless of your download speed.

The FLV's are in a slightly weird format so I had to use FLV Convertor from here :- http://www.flv-converter.org/
which made decent quality AVI's but was able to produce most formats you might want to edit. Make sure you adjust the video bitrate as it defaults to 64k which looks awful.

This has been confirmed as also working for shows off ITV Player & Demand Five.

Ghost Hunters International - S02E14 - The Spirit of Robin Hood

Ok, lets address a few things first. If this IS a new season why isn't it Season 3?
Secondly, why are GHI hunting for a person who never existed? Even a tiny bit of research shows Robin Hood is generally acknowledged as a myth.

Coming from the Galleries Of Justice, Nottingham, England. Our team this week are:- Robb Demarest (Team Leader), Barry Fitzgerald (Tech Manager), Brandy Green (Case Manager), Paul Bradford (Tech Specialist), Ashley Godwin & Scott Tepperman (Investigators).

Scott Tepperman is their newest member, no clue how he got this gig but I assume he will be replacing Dustin Pari. We also meet Karl Pfeiffer & Susan Slaughter who got here by winning last seasons Ghost Hunters Academy - they are listed as "Investigator In Training", isn't that what GHA was for? I assume this bull is so they dont have to list Susan & Karl in the opening credits & it also allows GHI to get rid of them whenever they want with as little fuss as possible.

Scuttlebutt says Karl wont be joining GHI full time despite being the GHA series 1 winner, in fact it says this show will be his 1 and only appearance as he is currently working on some sort of kids summer camp. I guess that remains to be seen when future episodes air.

For those wondering about the absence of Joe Chinn & Dustin Pari, Dustin & Joe had been moved onto the main TAPS team to replace Steve & Tango during the filming of GHA. It is also pretty widely acknowledged that Dustin won't be returning to GHI as he said he wanted to be with his family more.

Please note Robb proves he hasn't watched GHA at all when he makes his 1st error by saying Susan & Karl have the stamp of approval from both Jay & Grant. Jason made no appearances on GHA Season 1 when Karl & Susan were cadets so this statement is a mere assumption. To back up my 2nd complaint Brandy uses the word "story" when talking about Robin Hood during the briefing in the van & even the client actually says "If Robin Hood truly did exist" & "If he did exist" so even he thinks the story isnt real.

Hotspot Walkthrough:- The locations shown to the team are the Court Room Hallway, the Main Courtroom, the Modern Cell Block, the Dark Cells & Robin Hood's Cave.

Robb then proves Karl & Susan aren't going to be full time members of GHI by not including them in a statement where he refers to "The GHI Team & the people coming from GHA".

Robb & Scott in the Modern Cell Block - They get an EMF spike.

Barry & Brandy in the Reception Area - This place was mentioned before the Hotspot Walkthrough even started, Brandy did an EVP where she was getting LOTS of audible noises (and NOT tagging them, I later debunked these as Barrys full spectrum camera taking pictures) but then got what sounded like a breath which made her ask Barry if that was him & it wasn't.

Scott & Paul in the Main Courtroom - During an EVP Paul asks for a sign & theres an audible noise coming from 1 of the balconies, he asks for another noise & gets one but Scott is visibly moving & could have easily caused it. The trouble here is every time we hear a noise Scott is always off camera so its probably him doing it. Scott did explore the balcony but found nothing.

Barry & Susan in the Main Courtroom - Barry explains Transconfiguration to Susan who volunteers to sit in the chair (where Paul was sitting earlier & nothing happened to him), after hearing a bang Barry gets scared by a dummy.

Karl & Robb in Robin Hood's Cave - Which for some reason Robb calls a tunnel as does the graphic (twice, in fact), Robb says he hears "ticks" which Karl describes as "rocks being tossed" which was one of the claims for that area. Robb is talking when you hear movement (which could have easily been Karl or the cameraman filming Rob), Karl debunks the "ticks" as water dripping further off into the tunnels. It comes to something when the rookie makes the boss look bad by debunking something pretty simple like water dripping.

Ashley & Paul in the Dark Cells - Paul uses provoking in his EVP to try an ellicit a response, they both claim to hear a womans voice (all I hear at best is a breath) as Paul is fumbling about for something in his jacket pocket (which I think is far more likely as the source of the noise). For some reason they both run outside but Paul then screws himself & his stupid action by saying the voice was "most likely in the room", so explain exactly why you were running AWAY from it? Inside a cell Ashley feels what she describes as "someone hitting the wall" which Paul is easily able to replicate by hitting the wall on the other side with his hand. Without a camera on the other side of that wall you have to dismiss that as a personal experience.

Robb & Ashley in the Night Cell - This place wasn't mentioned during the Hotspot Walkthrough at all, I even went back to check. Robb uses a light meter (in UV mode) to detect the changes in light levels inside the cell, it certainly detects something and goes off like crazy. In ordinary mode it does nothing. Because its new equipment being used in a new way its hard to draw any real conclusions from that.

Paul & Scott in the Oubliette - This place was mentioned during the walkthrough, claims were of sounds of groaning coming from there. The entrance didn't look very big so it was quite surprising for 2 such big stocky guys to climb down into it. Scott claims to hear a womans voice (I heard nothing).

The Analysis & The Reveal - During analysis the whole team bar Robb appear to be present although there was an extra laptop & seat not being used. Paul finds an EVP & Barry finds something on his camera. During the reveal Robb compounds what now appears to be a standard & extremely regular common TAPS family mistake by presenting personal experiences as actual evidence, whats even worse is he is actually presenting it to the client as actual evidence which is disgraceful, unacceptable and completely wrong.

The "Yes" EVP from the Modern Cells is suspect at best, its barely audible. Its also pretty obvious the client had been pre-briefed about the "Get Out" EVP because until your told it says that its impossible to hear anything other than it possibly saying "Yes". The exact same thing seems apparent about the "Your right" EVP as well, its clearly inaudible yet the client knows exactly what its saying. The other thing that makes me say the client had been prompted about the EVP's is his constant emphasis that all the EVP's definately have an "English accent" almost as though he had been told by a crew member to make sure none of the GHI crew were suspected of faking them.

The "tapping" audio is interesting but not very useful, Barrys "Mist" in only 1 frame of pictures & can be discounted as an anaomaly as it only appeared on 1 picture of a long sequence.

If you compare this investigation to the skills taught in the first 7 episodes of GHA most if not all of this crew would get sent home. Going by the 5 qualities of a potential Ghost Hunter being Professionalism, Scepticism, Honesty, Composure & Respect as well as the various rules & tution that Steve & Tango established on GHA we can critique the GHI team by the apparent TAPS tution methods.

Not taking notes on the walkthrough, showing no composure or professionalism by running AWAY from a noise (something that ended Brian Harnois' TAPS career yet Paul & Ashley both did it tonight), despite the noises of Barrys camera neither Barry or Brandy were tagging those sounds, Scott breaks a cardinal rule by going off on his own to investigate the courtroom balcony (but Paul also has to take some blame for that by encouraging him to do it). Constantly presenting personal experiences as evidence is also a major no-no (but Jason has been encouraging it in the most recent series of GHA so he's a complete hypocrite as well) but Robb was presenting them here as though they had tape of them all.

Its nice to finally be able to document the total inconsistancies of what GHA cadets are taught compared to the so-called professionals investigating out in the field who appear to be equally as clueless when held up to the same standards.

various things off my facebook status over time

When in doubt, throw it out, the thought I can not live without. Say "Fuck it!"

Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov. There should be statues of him in every city across the planet. Why? Because he single handedly prevented World War 3 on September 26, 1983. Thats why. And you probably haven't even heard of him.

I reject your reality & substitute my own. In my reality England are still crap @ Football, Beers slightly cheaper, Cider is ONLY made out of apples & Eddie Izzard is Prime Minister.
Oh, and Jeremy Clarkson was never born. And we get Mythbusters on telly every week ;-) And Pauley Perrette. LOTS of Pauley Perrette.

The end of Goonies, "The Octopus was really scary". Oh you mean the one they cut out of the movie? So your line about it sounds really stupid?

Microwave NSP's. Microwave cooks, microwave stops. There is food in the microwave but no power. Fuse change, cock, hook & look. Forward assist. Microwave continues to cook. ;-) Only the RAF friends are going to get that one.

Its a nonevent horizon with a possibilty of zero squared. Ie:- Never gonna happen.

Boy went to his careers officer & said "I wanna study Stamps". Careers Officers say "Why not become a Police Officer or join the Forces?". Boy says "No, I wanna study Stamps". So the Careers Officers says no, the boy asks him why & the Careers Officer says "Philately gets you nowhere".

I stopped this guy on the street to ask him the time & he had a strange accent so I asked him where he was from & he said "I live in a State of Permanent Confusion". "Isn't that in Mexico" I asked him but he just walked off ;-P

"Welcome to Element Of Doubt Burger, how may I help you?". "Whats the element of doubt?". "If I'm going to spit in your food or not. Should I expect a tip?". "Yeah, eat elsewhere".

Its a Saturday in 1994 in High Wycombe & I'm walking down the High Street outside Woolworths. I kinda half recognise this smiling spikey haired blonde guy walking towards me, as he walks past me I say to myself (but also out loud) "Wasn't that Howard Jones?" & this male voice from behind says "Yes it was!". Made me laugh ;-)

JK Rowling, idea thief:-Goodnight Sweetheart-18 November 1993, Ron Wheatcroft best friend of Gary Sparrow. Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone-30 June 1997, Ronald Weasley best friend of Harry Potter. Both have a friend called Ron with intials RW, both get to their destinations by passing through solid objects, Gary through Ducketts Passage & Harry through a wall to Platform 13a. Who says shes not a plagiarist?

Ellington, a Skellington. He danced in purple Wellingtons. I wish more words rhymed with that ;-)

Useless crap I can remember #1:- Jimmy Neutrons band is called The Llama Lords Of Science. And Kevin (from The Wonder Years) had a band called Kevin Arnold & The Electric Shoes.

Useless crap I can remember #2:- Max Headrooms human counterpart Edison Carter presented the "What I Want To Know" show ;-) On The Young Ones Neils full name is Neil Wheedon-Watkins Pye & Vyv drove a Yellow Ford Anglia.

Firefox ideas

Dear Firefox, 2 things.

Thing 1# When you crash (which is quite often you Piece Of Crap) don't make me have to ALSO kill you in Task Manager you cpu hungry TWAT!

Thing #2 When you reload FROM a crash DONT reload whatever crashed you, you FUCKING RETARD! Its not rocket science. If it crashed you once then its NOT a good idea to try & reload it, is it?