Mathematica 2.

 One of those weeks where I've had to work hard, we had pigeons invade and nest on the top landing and after they've raised a family, brought what seems like family down to watch their youngsters fly off. The resultant bird crap from this means I had a few late lunches, after cleaning it up. 

So we watch NHKworld over lunch. If I'm home early enough, I'll get Ukiyo-e life, a look at a famous wood block print, or if not the main midday news. Today we got back late and we came across a delightful little kids show called Mathematica II. 

In tone its sort of like Playskool in that it has that feel of a classic kids show. In this episode I saw a bunch of kids were asked what was bigger, their new basement or the living room. The result was to measure it out with a baseball bat! Not kidding turned out their new basement was 4 and a half baseball bats across.

There were a few things to compare the size of stuff and there was a rock people skit where some cubes of stone wondered who was the biggest out of the three. 

Sadly I can find nothing but this clip shot on someone's phone. Which is basically opening credits and the like. 

To make up for it here's a link to A Cat's eye View of Japan which is also up on YT. Which I can heartily recommend you watch. 

Delisted

 Here's a weird thing, loaded in today and found out we have two things censored by the goolag Google Stasi. One has  gone behind a google content advisory wall (I'm guessing its the girls of Charmed post for boobie shots.) the other was delisted in its entirety, to vague guideline violations.

Looking through their list I could have gotten delisted for and then at the post I can't really see what I got it punted for. The post is me talking about Dungeon Travellers 2 for PS Vita one of the good RPGs for the system (and probably pricey as fuck now.) This along with Exp. Inc's Demon Gaze and Strangers of Sword Coast series of dungeon crawlers make up the god tier of Vita RPGs.

I'm guessing branding the shopkeeper bear, Ron Trent, in a caption was the straw that broke the donkey's back. We also self censored some bits where we mentioned that you could see some fan service style shots of the girls, once you defeat them in battle. Also glossed over the lolis in this too, It's for the best, poor lambs.

GPX2 Dock for no apparent reason

In other news I've found an old blog of mine that had been integrated under this one. Robots Nunca Vista, robots never seen in Spanish, was a music blog of mine, putting out cool stuff I found on Youtube and the net. I haven't updated in 7 years, as I lost interest, only by clicking around to see what the pendejos at Goolag got me delisted for did I find it again. 

Edit. seems to be a moral panic piece from the Mail on teh pr0n. with no photo's. 

Double Edit. There was a few that goolag emailed me about, that had at the time perfectly normal links but now link to somewhere shady. After some re editing we're good to go. 

Tower Treasures

 This is one of those that I could have sworn I uploaded ages ago, but as I can't remember and its customary for old folk to repeat themselves as they get older... have a new version of this.

This was my first ever Ebay purchase along with Missing Chums its follow up in the UK.

The story brings the two boys seeking approval from their dad as they attempt to solve Hurd Applegates missing jewels and bonds. He blames a pals father, Henry Robinson, who works as a caretaker to Hurd for the theft. But the real culprit is Red Jackley, a career criminal who dies in an accident on the railway. 

There are a few differences between the books. The original Chief Collig, is not their friend and along with Detective Oscar Smuff and Constable Riley prove the short arm of the law in the city of Bayport. 

Rocco, an Italian immigrant, is a lot less stereotypically jumpy and quick to anger in the remake, he also has a shop rather than a fruit stand (stall). Nor does is outwitted by the fake bomb the boys plant under his stand. 

All in all though its a nice origin story in the original and American version. The boys being sixteen, are still in school which you rarely see in the books, and in the original they graduate. The gang is all here too, with Chet Morton, Tony Prito, Allen Biff Hooper, Jerry Gilroy, Phil Cohen and their GF's Iola Morton and Callie Shaw. 

The UK version has a few lines missing here and there as well as Anglicized spelling and removal of US idioms which you don't always get. It's also not our origin story as that goes to The mystery of the Aztec Warrior. 

Read it here and here.  

Dick Whittington

I can count on the fingers on one hand of all the famous people I've seen. Bill Oddie walking down Soho,

a pregnant Stella Creasy at Walthamstow and now Sad Dick Khan, Lord Mayor of London also walking down the street. But first some context. 

This is the first Junk Tour I've taken down to Streatham this year. Getting off at Balham to check the Charity shops there, before getting the bus down to Streatham properly. This time Balhman was a total bust with a lot of indie CD's and the only thing  I'd really like, was massively overpriced (a Holger Czukay album for £10). On the plus side, they had a real nice French bulldog in Mind, who was friendly. 

Taking the bus along past Tooting, the people behind me suddenly say there is Sadiq Khan. I look out an there is the sad fucker walking down with a big entourage of people. Can't say it was great or so just that he was there. 

Anyway, we get off at Streatham and manage to pick up a few things, a Moby mix of Erasure and a few Italo Disco records for cheap. A replacement Dmitri from Paris mix that I  already had but this time with the actual CD in it. Best of all, a few compilations including one for UNICEF and Underworlds Dubnobasswithmyheadman. Which can't be beat.