Toms View of the World

According to this post on CableForum, I’m not the only one having serious DNS problems tonight…

Now, following a discussion on the ECC mailing list, I decided to see what Expedition GeForce would look like as a wooden coaster. This was actually fairly easy, as the NoLimits simulator includes GeForce as a steel coaster anyway, so converting it to a wooden coaster wasn’t particularly hard.

The layout had to be tweaked a little to resolve the fact that a wooden coaster with the walkways and handrails is wider than a steelie, but the end result can be seen here…

Expedition GeForce as a Wooden Coaster
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I’ll say here from the start, I didn’t watch the whole thing this year, but did catch the end, when the winning band gave their encore performance… and of course, have been reading up on the very unusual winners…

Looking like extras from Lord of the Rings, “Lordi” produced one of the most unusual Eurovision winners for years - none of the traditional meaningless pop ballads and love song, but a heavy metal rock track, Hard Rock Hallelujah which has to be one of the most distinctive eurovision winners ever, and if we’re lucky will change the face of the competition forever.

The victory is a vote against empty soul-less pop music across Europe - the winners had something distinctive, and put on a real show.

Lordi on Last.FM
Flickr Images of Lordi
The bands website
BBC News story