What, you thought the site was broken? No no. We were making some changes. INTENTIONAL CHANGES.
Actually, fuck it, I broke something and lost some stuff. All the content should still be here but my banner and logo vanished, so I made new ones.
Firstly meet the new logo, same as the old logo, at least in the sense that there are gridlines behind it because I didn’t want to register the creation software. It’s in the upper left of every page, in case you want to look at it that frequently.
Then the banner, which is a still from my second favorite film, North by Northwest. No real reason for cycling out the Air Man stage except that as long as I’m FUCKING EVERYTHING UP I might as well add something new.
That’s also why we have a handsome robot in the logo (and serving as the new favicon), replacing the old one that I couldn’t find anymore. Oh well, this one looks like Calculon so I’m not complaining.
I was going to hold a robot-naming contest but I’m not really feeling up to it so the first person who leaves a comment suggesting a name wins.
There are no prizes. Life will be much easier for you if you learn that now.
LOL, still no takers on the robot name. Usually I try to win everything, even… no, ESPECIALLY contests with no prizes. But this time I’m coming up with nothing.
I’m tempted to come up with any old name–oh, I dunno, let’s say Mr. Fabiola–just to be a dick, because the first entrant automatically wins. But I’m not sure this guy looks like a Mr. Fabiola, and it probably would be wrong to saddle him with such a moniker.
How about Googy-Fab?
Gotta take your first answer.
Welcome to Earth, Mr. Fabiola.
He does look awesomely like Calculon. Maybe an earlier model. Not as much range, but (judging by that smile) nicer to his fans.
Yeah, this is like Calculon if he were a nice guy. Needless to say he’ll get nowhere.
Call the robot Blatty, please.
On an unrelated note, I approve of this post and the changes.
Glad the site is back, and yes, I know that I meant to have something for you around mid-October – work gets in the way. I would blame it on my broken ankle, but that would have given me even more reason to sit around watching Peep Show so negates the argument.
Anyhow, glad you’re back. I was hoping to call the robot Johnson in hono(u)r of my missing post, but it seems the name has been taken. For shame.
Ben, no worries, but I still want that post! I’ve been rewatching the previous seasons lately…I forget sometimes just how masterfully layered it is. Now I just need to decide on an episode to write a Spotlight about. Sure enough, it’d probably be Johnson’s first episode…
Well how about I do that one for you instead? I think a spotlight on one particular episode will be a lot easier than a retrospective on 7 series (soon to be 8 as the new series starts over here on Sunday).
I’d also like to do one on Alan Partridge, given the ‘They’ve Rebadged It You Fool’ comment – at a later date.