Teh Webolg

New pictures for:

* These Things Take Time
* Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
* Suffer Little Children
* Girl Afraid
* Heaven Knows I`m Miserable Now
* I Want The One I Can`t Have
* Still Ill

Many thanks to angstriddenyouth, Daya, Matthew Coombes, AnotherMask22, Chris Wright, and Jonathan Swan!


on top of that, I`ve added a weblog archive thingie so you can view all entries; you lucky people

Oh yes, just for you sexy chicks out there, I`ve created a really sensual ringtone animation.

I hope you like your Burberry lightly sprinkled with parsley.

clicky!

I don`t often rant on here, and in fact don`t often post anything that isn`t a site update. But today I had to fork out a couple of hundred quid on a copy of Flash. Again.

I did a little bit of work in Flash that would have earned me a couple of quid; less than the cost of any version of Flash that didn`t come off the back of a lorry.

I bought Flash MX probably two years ago, on an educational licence, just to play with, and assumed that if anything commercial ever came of it, I would be able to upgrade my licence to allow for this.

Here`s what Macromedia had to say:

"Further to your query regarding an Upgrade form Educational License to a Commercial License. Unfortunately selleing your application created with an educational is no allowed. There are also no Upgrades available form educational versions."

Absolutely ridiculous.

I didn`t want to sell something created with an educational licence. I tried to do the right thing and pay for a commerical licence.

They don`t seem to realise how easy it is to just steal the software off the net, and what am I paying for? I have the box, I have the CD, and I have the bloody manual. Would it really have been so difficult to pay for a new `commercial` serial number? I didn`t ask for a new manual, a new CD, or even a new cardboard box. I just wanted to pay for a commercial serial number.

Now I`m out of pocket, and will have a bookshelf with two frigging copies of Flash sitting on it.

Money grabbing bastards.


Update, 29/May/2005
Well I now have Flash, and can`t install the fucking thing on my desktop and laptop as it uses online registration. Is it any bloody wonder people steal this stuff?

clicky

Jim`s back, doing battle with the music thieves.

Today, he brings you:

- Pink Floyd`s Another Brick In The Wall
- ELO`s Mister Blue Sky
- The Butthole Surfers`s Bar-b-q Pope
- Muse`s Hysteria
- The Pet Shop Boys`s It`s A Sin
- The Dead Kennedys`s Moon Over Marin
- The Killers`s Smile Like You Mean It
- Keane`s Somewhere Only We Know
- The Knack`s My Sharona

..what a musical treat for your poor, weary ears!

The phat beatz are available from the music linky as usual. And remember - these songs were written and originally performed by Jim Branning.

Woo! three new additions to the Smiths page, courtesy of Heidegger555 (What Difference Does It Make?), John Dietzel (You`ve Got Everything Now), and McPony (Heaven Knows I`m Miserable Now).

A big thanks to the chaps for their lovely contributions!

Two more Jimsongs added:

- Don`t Dream It`s Over: shamelessly nicked by Crowded House
- Call Any Vegetable: robbed by beardy weirdy Frank Zapper

available from the super duper music linky

Today, Jim brings you:

- Karate: nicked by Tenacious D
- Don`t Believe A Word: stolen by those 1970s rockers, Thin Lizzy
- Coconut: lyrics stolen by that bearded crazy man Harry Nilsson
- Sing A Song For You: stolen by the talent thief Tim Buckley
- Distant Sun: pilfered by Crowded House

Yes, Jim`s been busy re-recording his classics that have shamelessly been stolen by today`s hit parade pop and roll stars. Today we have:

- The Man Who Sold The World: nicked by David Jones
- Radioactivity: plagiarised by Kraftwerk
- Heat Wave: stolen by lots of people
- The Boy Racer: shamelessly pilfered by S.P. Morrissey

Songs available from the music linky on the left.

New songs! All available from the Jim section on the music page

- Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie)
- Nobody`s Fault But Mine (Led Zeppelin)
- When The Moon Is High (Jack Lukeman)

Lyrics have finally been added for:
- Beatles Medley
- For Tomorrow
- Generation Sex
- Libido (one day Chris Cattermole will perform this version live)
- Love Song
- Moonlight Shadow
- Slow Hands
- Tie Your Mother Down