I mentioned recently about a great new method of keeping your TomTom up-to-date. What I didn’t mention was about the problem that then ensued as I found that a map updates completely wipes your favourites. Oh yes.
It would appear the “bug” (I’m sure it’s an intended feature) has been around for some time – certainly I’m looking at a forum entry about it from the beginning of this year.
Anyway, the answer is to backup before you do a map update and then restore the file MapSettings.cfg.
Laura meets Luigi and MarioBetween the 30th October and the 1st November, Nottingham was host to GameCity3 – a series of video-game themed events happening around the city.
On the Saturday I was lucky enough to pay a visit to the Market Square – there was a large tent with more lego in it than you’d have imagined possible. There was also a stage where you could play Wii games on a large screen. Whilst we were there they were playing the new Guinness World Records game.
I say “we” because I was there with my daughter. And the reason for that was because Mario and Luigi were due to make an appearance to celebrate Luigi’s 25th birthday. The picture that you can see is the result!
She also got a chance to play on the video game stage – this was being videoed but I’ve not seen any results on the official website.
I mentioned before – with the help of videos – my love of Family Guy, but a recent episode that I saw, I think, sums it all up.
There are many US references in the show that I just don’t get. The jokes are, well, they’d get a BBC presenter into a LOT of trouble (and towing that line of taste is something that I particularly like). However, I love the TV and film references.
The episode “Road to Rupert” is all about Stewie’s toy bear, Rupert. When he’s accidental sold, Stewie thinks he’s dead – cue a superb re-enactment of the funeral scene from Wrath of Khan, but with Stewie instead of Kirk (complete with speech and emotional lip quiver) and Rupert instead of Spock in a photon torpedo (Thanks to IGN for the photo!).
I thought that was superb but later they replaced Jerry Mouse with Stewie in a scene from the film Anchors Aweigh. This is a 1945 film in which Jerry dances with Gene Kelly. Again, superbly done and very funny.
Other references I picked up on…
Billy Dee Williams is the “cool” side of the pillow.
Peter hiding in the fridge and saying “There is no Peter, only Zool” when Lois opens it up.
Peter interacting with an episode of Cheers, complete with George Wendt providing his voice.
Peter dreams about being in his own 80’s sitcom, which includes references to Family Ties and Laverne and Shirley.
During a helicopter crash scene, Stewie appears to Brian as a laughing Satan, as John Candy did to Steve Martin in the car crash scene in thefilm Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Meg and Peter go to the drive-in, Peter sticks his head out the roof and Meg puts Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles on his head.
Whilst Meg is driving Peter around he’s watching Spongebob Squarepants. Because I’m sad, I recognised the song as The Campfire Song from the episode The Camping Episode.
Maybe I’m just a sucker for shoe-horned culture reference’s and bad taste jokes.
No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon – No dawn – no dusk – no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member – No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! – November!
For a while now I’ve not been happy with the sound my car was making. Not from the engine but what appeared to be the suspension. It was quite subtle, but I’m sure it didn’t sound quite right – the thud as I went over pot-holes and speed humps was louder that it should have been.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I took my wife’s car to the garage because I thought the exhaust was blowing. It wasn’t and I felt I’d just wasted the garage’s time. So I put my car’s suspension problems to the back of my mind.
