Portal Camera Locations - Camera Shy

I found these at the above linked website, and thought that reposting it here might be a good idea. This one is for all the people like me that kept missing the one vital camera in order to get the achievement!

Chamber 02

3 cameras.

• Camera 01 – Above the entry door.
• Camera 02 – Next to the first blue portal.
• Camera 03 – Above the window overlooking the portal gun.

Chamber 03

3 cameras.

• Camera 04 – Next to the chamber information sign.
• Camera 05 – Next to the orange portal.
• Camera 06 – Next to the exit door.

Chamber 04

2 cameras.

• Camera 07 – Next to the button.
• Camera 08 – Near the exit door.

Chamber 05

3 cameras.

• Camera 09 – Near the chamber information sign.
• Camera 10 – Next to the door in the main area.
• Camera 11 – On the wall opposide the exit door.

Chamber 10

1 camera.

• Camera 12 – Next to the steps at the entrance.

Chamber 11

1 camera.

• Camera 13 – Above the corridor leading from the entrance.

Chamber 13

3 cameras.

• Camera 14 – Next to the button near the entrance.
• Camera 15 – Next to the first door.
• Camera 16 – In the exit corridor, next to the exit door.

Chamber 15

5 cameras.

• Camera 17 – Next to the chamber information sign.
• Camera 18 – Next to the exit from the first area.
• Camera 19 – Above the exit from the 2nd area.
• Camera 20 – In the side room of the 3rd area.
• Camera 21 – Above the entrance to the 4th area.

Chamber 16

5 cameras.

• Camera 22 – Behind the 1st turret.
• Camera 23 – In the 2nd area.
• Camera 24 – Behind the 3rd turret.
• Camera 25 – Above the turret opposite the button.
• Camera 26 – Behind the turret through the button door.

Chamber 17

2 cameras.

• Camera 27 – At the end of the 2nd energy ball corridor.
• Camera 28 – Over the doorway in the main area.

Chamber 18

2 cameras.

• Camera 29 – Next to the entrance to the turret area.
• Camera 30 – At the start of the fling area, next to the water.

Chamber 19

3 cameras.

• Camera 31 – On the wall in the first area.
• Camera 32 – Above the button that opens the door in the moving platform area.
• Camera 33 – Near the end of the moving platform area.

Edinburgh Fringe top ten jokes

The Fringe Festival has been and gone. And here is the top ten jokes as voted by the public once a panel of judges had reduced the total number of entries to 27.

• 1) Dan Antopolski - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"

• 2) Paddy Lennox - "I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting'."

• 3) Sarah Millican - "I had my boobs measured and bought a new bra. Now I call them Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes because they're up where they belong."

• 4) Zoe Lyons - "I went on a girls' night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill'. I went as Rose West."

• 5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is; he's looking down on us. He's not dead, just very condescending."

• 6) Adam Hills - "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. You know you're going to get it, but it's going to be rough."

• 7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

• 8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."

• 9) Dan Antopolski - "I've been reading the news about there being a civil war in Madagascar. Well, I've seen it six times and there isn't."

• 10) Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson) - "I started so many fights at my school - I had that attention-deficit disorder. So I didn't finish a lot of them."

And also here are some of the worst jokes:

• Carey Marx - "I'm not doing any Michael Jackson jokes, because they always involve puns about his songs. And that's bad."

• Frank Woodley - "I phoned the swine flu hotline and all I got was crackling."

• Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."

• Phil Nichol - "She's got a face like a rare Chinese vase - minging."

• Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."

Dos and Don'ts with Babies

These pictures are from a book by David and Kelly Sopp. All credits go to them, for the marvelous book! If you like it, you can buy it on Amazon, as it would make a great gift:
http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Baby-Handling-Tips-David/dp/0762424915

The People's Chart

What is The People's Chart?

This was a three-hour special for Easter Monday, presented by Rob Brydon. It is a countdown of the UK’s most-heard recordings of the last 75 years. These are the records that have “outplayed” all others, not just on the radio but everywhere music is heard in public, from cafés to clubs and from high street to hospital radio.

The chart has been produced by PPL, the industry body that licenses recorded music on behalf of more than 3500 record companies. 2009 marks PPL’s 75th anniversary, and this special survey is being revealed first on Radio 2. Rob presents the records that have been spun the most in clubs, pubs, supermarkets, stadia, on jukeboxes, everywhere, since way back in 1934.

It’s a chart overflowing with surprises, which truly reflects the history of recorded music, not just in the rock and pop era but with songs from the crooning, show tune and big band eras. Rob reveals eyebrow-raising entries for the Beatles, Elvis and the Stones, and many other startling achievements.

You can listen to this program again until Monday the 20th of April 2009 on this link.

The People's Chart 1-25

1 Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 8/6/67

2 Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody 29/11/75

3 Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 4/7/58

4 Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around 4/6/94

5 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 13/7/91

6 Robbie Williams - Angels 1/12/97

7 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 12/7/57

8 Abba - Dancing Queen 4/9/76

9 Perry Como - Magic Moments 28/2/58

10 Harry Lillis Crosby - White Christmas 01/01/1942

11 Beatles - Hello Goodbye 6/12/67

12 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 9/10/71

13 Beatles - Get Back 23/4/69

14 All Saints - Pure Shores 14/2/00

15 Cristiano Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 14/8/00

16 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ 31/7/00

17 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 5/12/92

18 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 30/1/71

19 Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women 23/7/69

20 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 3/2/90

21 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 16/6/97

22 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 27/10/97

23 Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart 24/7/76

24 T Rex - Hot Love 20/3/71

25 Madonna - Vogue 14/4/90

The People's Chart 26-50

26 Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 10/8/98
27 Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be 10/8/56
28 Al Martino - Here In My Heart 14/11/52
29 Paul Anka - Diana 30/8/57
30 Harry Lillis Crosby - Santa Claus...01/01/1943
31 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 19/9/70
32 John Lennon - Imagine 10/1/81
33 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free 1/1/76
34 Glenn Miller - In The Mood 01/01/1939
35 Elton John - Sacrifice / Healing Hands 23/6/90
36 Texas - Say What You Want 1/1/97
37 Frankie Goes To Hollywood -Two Tribes 16/6/84
38 New Radicals - You Get What You Give 20/4/99
39 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 5/5/60
40 John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - You're The One That I Want 17/6/78
41 David Whitfield - Cara Mia 2/7/54
42 Archies - Sugar Sugar 25/10/69
43 Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never 3/11/60
44 Cliff Richard - The Young Ones 11/1/62
45 Human League - Don't You Want Me 12/12/81
46 Judy Garland - The Trolley Song 01/01/1944
47 Slim Whitman - Rose Marie 29/7/55
48 Celine Dion - Think Twice 4/2/95
49 Macy Gray - I Try 27/9/99
50 Nilsson - Without You 11/3/72

The People's Chart 51-75

51 Beatles - From Me To You 2/5/63
52 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 15/12/84
53 Les Brown And His Orchestra - Sentimental Journey 01/01/1944
54 Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child 22/11/57
55 Cher - Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) 4/5/91
56 Robbie Williams - Strong 8/3/99
57 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl 5/11/83
58 Frankie Laine - I Believe 24/4/53
59 Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone 31/10/63
60 Outkast - Hey Ya 10/11/03
61 Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 1/11/71
62 Shadows - Wonderful Land 22/3/62
63 Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything 7/12/74
64 East 17 - Stay Another Day 10/12/94
65 No Doubt - Don't Speak 22/2/97
66 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 13/12/77
67 Sean "Puffy" Combs - I'll Be Missing You 28/6/97
68 Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home 1/12/66
69 The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything 26/6/76
70 John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Summer Nights 30/9/78
71 Ella Fitzgerald - It'S Only A Paper Moon 01/01/1945
72 Wings - Mull Of Kintyre 3/12/77
73 Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa 8/1/54
74 The Police - Every Breath You Take 4/6/83
75 Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer 8/8/92

I am off to the Theatre!

Well, this IS good news. I managed to get a couple of hours off work so I could run off to the theatre to watch the latest production of Waiting For Godot at the Theatre Royal in Brighton. It is not usual for me to spot something I want to go and see at the Theatre. I wanted to go and see Little Shop of Horrors but, unfortunately, I could not have the time off work to go. But this time we prepared well in advance, and on the 28th of March I am off!

It is not only that it is a good play, it is also the fact that the two main leads are none other that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.


A friend of mine I am going with is hoping that Mr McKellen will reprise his role as Magneto and warn the audience that if they do not turn their mobiles off he will melt them, I suppose Mr Stewart would then have to reprise his role as Professor Xavier and rein him in. These are such two great Shakespearian actors that I just cannot wait a minute longer. Although knowing my luck I will get their understudies, as happened years back when we went to see Jason Donovan as Frank in The Rocky Horror Show and he was off that evening with throat problems or something like that...

I will try and write a review of the play after I go to see it, if I remember...

Popstars vs Rockstars

It has been a long time and I have been meaning to get this link up. Now, most of you might have seen this before. I mean, it's been doing the rounds on YouTube for ages, but just in case you missed it...

Here is the original, by Nickelback and their lovely singer who was voted the ugliest rocker in history (obviously people have forgotten Mr Steven Tyler or Mick Jagger or any of all the other ugly singers out there)



And then there is this little gem, worth of the great master that is "Weird Al" Yankovic. Which means I am going to have to list my top ten of his since I have his complete discography on my iPod (sad I know, but the man is good)



Please, watch, enjoy, and pass it on to those who might have had the misfortune of missing out of this gem.

New Stock Market Information

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on Northern Rock in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan. In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived. While Samurai Bank are soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank are reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.