dimo Anyone attending Record Store Day As some of you know this Saturday the 19th is Record Store Day, with thousands of shops round the world participating. Who is going? If so what exclusive releases are you looking to pick up? Personally I am after: The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - West of Memphis Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple (mono)

dimo And so the student becomes the master It seemed only yesterday that I was a wide eyed young teenager sitting in my very first university lecture, never did I dream that in a few short years I would get to cross the podium and actually stand in front of these wide eyed teenagers as a lecturer. Yep, in a few short hours I will be giving my very first lecture on Advanced Molecular Biology at a university. Not going to lie to you, I am a little bit nervous.

dimo Vinyl records collectors Anyone else collect or listen to vinyls? If so post your collection / setup. Pro-ject Xpression III Comfort -> Rega Brio R integrated amp -> Usher S520 bookshelf speakers.

dimo Does a girl/guy like me? There seems to be a resurgence of threads asking for advice about whether someone likes them or not. Thought I would share my experience/advice as an older Basiler who has gone through his awkward teenage years already. This is the simplest, most effective and usually least awkward way to find out. Ask them out to do something on a particular date. Usually you will get one of 3 answers: 1) Sure 2) I'm busy, how about on <insert another date here> instead 3) Sorry, I am busy. If they respond with 1 or 2, you're at least partially in. If they respond with 3, the bad new is that they most likely do not like you in that way, the good news is that it's pretty easy to play it off by saying that you were going to mee

dimo Tv show recommendation Just finished Battlestar Galactica (which was incredible apart from the finale) and looking for another TV show to help me pass my time at night. Fairly open to genre but must be at least 2 seasons old (prefer if it has finsied). Currently considering The Wire, Dead Like Me or Sopranos. Thanks in advance.

dimo Anyone use Nas for media storage and streaming? Looking into upgrading to NAS for media storage, primarily so I do not need to have the computer on to stream media to my TV. Anyone running NAS at home? Thoughts, recommendations?

dimo 1993 vs 2013 It's easy to lose perspective of how far technology has advanced in 20 short years. To understand how different it would have been growing up in say the 80s. This simple image shows exactly how far we've come. What is even more impressive is that the top image does not portray the adequate storage media required for the equipment. [url=http://i.imgur.com/nuUGHaY.jpg]1993 vs 2013[/url]

dimo Has anyone done any modelling before Long story short I had my first ever photo-shoot a few weeks ago and it was nothing like I imagined. Quite frankly I thought it was going to be a bit of a laugh, but it ended up being one of the more stressful hours I've had this year. It took almost 1 hour to get the shot which involved alternating between sitting awkwardly for 10+ minutes straight and doing various gym exercises to keep my body pumped up. Anyway, wondering if anyone has done any sort of modelling before? Before people ask, the photo-shoot is not exactly suitable for Basil's demographic which is why I am no posting the end result, but it did involve me sitting in a wok.

dimo Finally a girl after my own heart [url=http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f362/drdimo/75AC21B3-D30A-4468-B4E2-7DA26755E69A-8041-000005B0F86054F9_zpsb432b5eb.jpg]Got to babysit some kittens over the weekend.[/url]

dimo Gay marriage vote passes in Uk "The Commons voted in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, by 400 to 175, a majority of 225, at the end of a full day's debate on the bill. " It still has to pass through lords, but signs are extremely promising with almost half the Conservatives also voting in its favour. As an interesting aside, all 6 Muslim MPs voted in favour of the bill.

dimo Recommendation for songs to play at a wedding This might be a long-shot considering the demographic of this site, but I have been surprised before, so here it goes. Long story short I am in-charge for a 2 hour playlist to be played at the conclusion of a wedding. By this time everyone should be rather liquored up so I have been asked to try and get everyone dancing. So I am looking for suggestions in-case I have missed anything obvious. [b] Now, most importantly the majority of the the guest attending will be in their early to mid 30s, so the songs will have to reflect that demographic, none of them will get up and dance to Nicki Minaj[/b]. Instead I am looking for songs such as Wham - Wake Me Up, B-52's - Love Shack, Billy Joel - Uptown Gi

dimo McDonalds to be called Maccas in Australia In a world first, to celebrate Australia day, selected McDonalds around Australia will be rebranded as Maccas, a widely used nickname for the franchise here Down Under.

dimo Stay classy Saudi Arabia I present to you what may very well be the most backwards place on earth.