Hellooooooooo! And welcome to the 161^st EVER newsletter from rathergood!

I've got the most juvenile, rude animation ever made to show you today! Hoorays! Marvel at the glory of Base Wanking! You have been warned!

www.rathergood.com/base_wanking

Well if you watched that then I expect you are now in a state of some disarray. Maybe you should go and have a cup of tea and a sit down. Please though, whatever you do, don't attempt any of the stunts featured in the Base Wanking video – it is the most extreme of all the sports and you'll probably end up hurting yourself really quite badly.

The other thing to mention is that I'm going to be at ROFLCON at MIT in Boston very soon!

http://roflcon.org/

You should totally go it is going to be literally the best thing ever!

I'm going to be showing Uncle Wormsley's Christmas - my greatest work to date - in a private viewing there and doing a Q&A so if you want to be way cooler than any of the rest of humanity then you should def come along!

My spot will be at 1.30pm on Saturday 5^th May.

Anyway that's about it for now except to tell you that I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU SO HARD!

I'd do anything for you! I'd open up my skin in hundreds of little pouches with a scalpel, and in to each pouch I'd put a slice of beetroot. The beetroot will stain the underside of my skin with its deep red juice, and so eventually my whole body will turn a deep beetroot red.

I'll walk around in a great deal of pain of course, and bleeding profusely, and as the beetroot starts to rot it will almost certainly cause horrible infections in the wounds, but it will be OK because you will love me because I have stained the underneath of my skin red for you!

You'll love me then. I'll climb through your window and I'll wait for you in the dark, whimpering from the pain, and when you come in I'll surprise you and you can eat my delicious beetroot and chew it right out from my skin and you'll love me and I'll love you and everything will be OK.

So yeah I reckon I'll take a trip down to the greengrocer now then yeah?

Yeah?

Cool.

Mwah mwah femtohugs and nanofrots and then slightly larger strokes

Yours sincerely

Joel Veitch

Founder of rathergood.com
Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Winner of 3 Webby Awards
Master of Arts (Electronic Media) Oxford Brookes
Bachelor of Arts (English and History) University of Leeds
Marksman (.22, 5.56, 7.62, LMG)
Former Sixer of Grey Six, 19th Forest Hill Cub Scouts
Former Member of MGS school cricket team
Former Sergeant, Combined Cadet Force (RAF Section)
Silver Swimming Badge
3rd best Cross Country runner in my class at age 12
Once had a letter published in the New Scientist
Attended one-night Pork Butchery Course
Keen amateur ukulele player
Bronze lifesavers swimming badge
Full clean driver's license
Passed Cycling Proficiency Test
A levels – English Literature, French and History, all grade A
GCSEs 7xA 2xB
Good understanding of the principals of flight
Good understanding of the principles of spelling
Winner of the Head's Prize for Progress, first year, Aylesford School
50 meters swimming badge
Once did a wee in a loo containing Dannii Minogue's wee
25 meters swimming badge
Amateur experimental rocket / meat scientist
Has caught piranhas on a hand line
Willing to learn semaphore if required
Able to sing The Girl From Ipanema and Mas Que Nada in Portuguese
Survivor of Trans-Atlantic Airplane Fire Horror
Wielder Of The Power Of Science
Inventor of the Dictator Finger Thingdicator
Defeater of Transformers (regardless of voltage)
Founder member of the super-secret League Of Internet Justice
Has eaten chicken madras for breakfast
Commander In Chief of Pork Force
Saver Of Old Ladies In Distress
Owner of Monster Truck
Experienced lawn mower
Finder of camouflaged flip-flops
Amateur Marine Biologist
Vaguely knowledgeable about steam engines
Paper Plane Expert
The man behind many of the Internet’s biggest online successes (London Evening Standard 6 October 2010)
Pie Master
Some bloke who makes cat videos on the internet (copyright Aleks Krotoski)
Kitten Wrangler Extraordinaire
Inventor of Hairy Tongue
Christmas Tree Decorator of some renown
Able to slow kittens to 1/40th the speed of a normal kitten
Fan of all ungulates
Moon Baron
Able to do a passable impersonation of a trumpeting elephant
Fixer of aircraft using glue, tape and bog roll
Cyborg Warrior
Repairer of small shock absorbers
Owner of a skin-tight lycra suit
Knower of some stuff about pulse jets
Able to identify many cartilaginous fish
Painter of RC cars
Able to fly a radio control plane briefly before crashing and destroying it
Knows what a lift pump is in a diesel engine
Understands clutch shoes
Loop-the-looper extraordinaire!
Getting less bad at soldering
Has a vague understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of a small propeller spinning quickly vs a big propeller spinning slowly
Knows that volts times amps equals watts
Father of Ultimate Nail Baby
Hasn't even mentioned that he cut the tip of his finger off because he's so brave
Builder of Sausage Drone
Not responsible for anyone injuring themselves while attempting dangerous erotic freefall

Hellooooooooo! And welcome to the 160th EVER newsletter from rathergood!

I've embarked on a truly glorious project to build an airborne drone that will be capable of delivering a sausage at 100mph!

Stage 1 is now complete. Have a look at the video here:

http://www.rathergood.com/drone1

AWESSOOOOOOOME!

I'll be updating this as I progress with the project of course.

In other news I am really outraged at the shoddy news operation the BBC is running. I'm going to send this complaint to whoever is in charge of that sorry outfit, peddling these lies as “news”

http://imgur.com/nIKps

I think that's about it for today, except to tell you that I love you. I love you SO HARD! I'd do anything for you! I'd fly you a sausage to any point on the earth!

If it would help I'd fly you other things as well! How about an anchovy?

An anchovy called Stan Bovey? Stan Bovey the Anchovy will be a brilliant pet. I expect he's very good at predicting the weather, though his dress sense is frankly appalling.

Oh God I HATE THAT ANCHOVY will you take him PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE I can't stand the way every time I wake up he's THERE millimetres from my eyeball waxing that stupid moustache and reminding me of every shameful thing I've ever done STAN BOVEY WHY ARE YOU SO CRUEL?

Yeah you can totes have him if you like. He might be a better pet for you than he has been for me.

Mwah mwah femtohugs and nanofrots

Yours sincerely

Joel Veitch

Founder of rathergood.comMember of the International Academy of Digital Arts and SciencesWinner of 3 Webby AwardsMaster of Arts (Electronic Media) Oxford BrookesBachelor of Arts (English and History) University of LeedsMarksman (.22, 5.56, 7.62, LMG)Former Sixer of Grey Six, 19th Forest Hill Cub ScoutsFormer Member of MGS school cricket teamFormer Sergeant, Combined Cadet Force (RAF Section)Silver Swimming Badge3rd best Cross Country runner in my class at age 12Once had a letter published in the New ScientistAttended one-night Pork Butchery CourseKeen amateur ukulele playerBronze lifesavers swimming badgeFull clean driver's licensePassed Cycling Proficiency TestA levels – English Literature, French and History, all grade AGCSEs 7xA 2xBGood understanding of the principals of flightGood understanding of the principles of spellingWinner of the Head's Prize for Progress, first year, Aylesford School50 meters swimming badgeOnce did a wee in a loo containing Dannii Minogue's wee25 meters swimming badgeAmateur experimental rocket / meat scientistHas caught piranhas on a hand lineWilling to learn semaphore if requiredAble to sing The Girl From Ipanema and Mas Que Nada in PortugueseSurvivor of Trans-Atlantic Airplane Fire HorrorWielder Of The Power Of ScienceInventor of the Dictator Finger ThingdicatorDefeater of Transformers (regardless of voltage)Founder member of the super-secret League Of Internet JusticeHas eaten chicken madras for breakfastCommander In Chief of Pork ForceSaver Of Old Ladies In DistressOwner of Monster TruckExperienced lawn mowerFinder of camouflaged flip-flopsAmateur Marine BiologistVaguely knowledgeable about steam enginesPaper Plane ExpertThe man behind many of the Internet’s biggest online successes (London Evening Standard 6 October 2010)Pie MasterSome bloke who makes cat videos on the internet (copyright Aleks Krotoski)Kitten Wrangler ExtraordinaireInventor of Hairy TongueChristmas Tree Decorator of some renownAble to slow kittens to 1/40th the speed of a normal kittenFan of all ungulatesMoon BaronAble to do a passable impersonation of a trumpeting elephantFixer of aircraft using glue, tape and bog rollCyborg WarriorRepairer of small shock absorbersOwner of a skin-tight lycra suitKnower of some stuff about pulse jetsAble to identify many cartilaginous fishPainter of RC carsAble to fly a radio control plane briefly before crashing and destroying itKnows what a lift pump is in a diesel engineUnderstands clutch shoesLoop-the-looper extraordinaire!

Getting less bad at soldering

Has a vague understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of a small propeller spinning quickly vs a big propeller spinning slowly

Knows that volts times amps equals watts

Father of Ultimate Nail Baby

Hasn't even mentioned that he cut the tip of his finger off because he's so brave

Builder of Sausage Drone

Helloooooooo! And welcome to the 159^th EVER newsletter from rathergood!

We've made a new TV ad for Crusha. It's got breakdancing kittens in it! YEAH! Look! It's AWESOME!

Http://rathergood.com/streetdance

That's actually pretty much all I've got to tell you this week. Except that I cut the tip of my finger off with a scalpel the other day. I'm not complaining about it though because I'm so very brave. I'm not even mentioning it. Much too brave to make a fuss.

It bled, like, LOADS and stuff.

I've been very brave about it though. You won't catch me going on about how I cut the tip of my finger off.

I was cutting down a steel ruler with a scalpel and I caught my finger, and I looked down at it to see if it would bleed. You know, how you do when you catch your finger with a blade.

And the tip fell off. It just totally fell off.

And then I shouted something rude and then it bled like ALL OVER THE PLACE like it was a horror film or something and I was so brave I didn't make any fuss and there was loads of blood and a bit of finger and a GREAT DEAL of bravery.

Anyway yeah I haven't really mentioned it since what with being so brave and stuff.

Hey did you know that I love you SO HARD! I'd do anything for you! You can have the tip of my finger if you like! Just for you as a token of my love and bravery! You can stick it on your forehead and when people say “what's that gory lump on your face?” you can say “It's Joel's finger tip he gave it to me because he loves me really hard” and they will be all like “OH MY GOD YOU ARE THE COOLEST PERSON IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND YOU ARE WELL ULTIMATE”

Mwah mwah superhugs and megasmooches!

Yours sincerely

Joel Veitch

Founder of rathergood.com
Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Winner of 3 Webby Awards
Master of Arts (Electronic Media) Oxford Brookes
Bachelor of Arts (English and History) University of Leeds
Marksman (.22, 5.56, 7.62, LMG)
Former Sixer of Grey Six, 19th Forest Hill Cub Scouts
Former Member of MGS school cricket team
Former Sergeant, Combined Cadet Force (RAF Section)
Silver Swimming Badge
3rd best Cross Country runner in my class at age 12
Once had a letter published in the New Scientist
Attended one-night Pork Butchery Course
Keen amateur ukulele player
Bronze lifesavers swimming badge
Full clean driver's license
Passed Cycling Proficiency Test
A levels – English Literature, French and History, all grade A
GCSEs 7xA 2xB
Good understanding of the principals of flight
Good understanding of the principles of spelling
Winner of the Head's Prize for Progress, first year, Aylesford School
50 meters swimming badge
Once did a wee in a loo containing Dannii Minogue's wee
25 meters swimming badge
Amateur experimental rocket / meat scientist
Has caught piranhas on a hand line
Willing to learn semaphore if required
Able to sing The Girl From Ipanema and Mas Que Nada in Portuguese
Survivor of Trans-Atlantic Airplane Fire Horror
Wielder Of The Power Of Science
Inventor of the Dictator Finger Thingdicator
Defeater of Transformers (regardless of voltage)
Founder member of the super-secret League Of Internet Justice
Has eaten chicken madras for breakfast
Commander In Chief of Pork Force
Saver Of Old Ladies In Distress
Owner of Monster Truck
Experienced lawn mower
Finder of camouflaged flip-flops
Amateur Marine Biologist
Vaguely knowledgeable about steam engines
Paper Plane Expert
The man behind many of the Internet’s biggest online successes (London Evening Standard 6 October 2010)
Pie Master
Some bloke who makes cat videos on the internet (copyright Aleks Krotoski)
Kitten Wrangler Extraordinaire
Inventor of Hairy Tongue
Christmas Tree Decorator of some renown
Able to slow kittens to 1/40th the speed of a normal kitten
Fan of all ungulates
Moon Baron
Able to do a passable impersonation of a trumpeting elephant
Fixer of aircraft using glue, tape and bog roll
Cyborg Warrior
Repairer of small shock absorbers
Owner of a skin-tight lycra suit
Knower of some stuff about pulse jets
Able to identify many cartilaginous fish
Painter of RC cars
Able to fly a radio control plane briefly before crashing and destroying it
Knows what a lift pump is in a diesel engine
Understands clutch shoesLoop-the-looper extraordinaire!
Getting less bad at soldering
Has a vague understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of a small propeller spinning quickly vs a big propeller spinning slowly
Knows that volts times amps equals watts
Father of Ultimate Nail Baby
Hasn't even mentioned that he cut the tip of his finger off because he's so brave

Helloooooo! And welcome to the 158th EVER newsletter from rathergood!

Simon Cowell is launching an X Factor for DJs. This has got all the proper DJs a bit miffed. Steve Lawler is a proper DJ and he asked me if I'd knock out a vid of what it would be like. So I did, and this is it and stuff, innit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=84b4ICjbGnw

I think you'll agree this is a truly uplifting experience for all concerned. Especially DJ Facebender.

In other news, we've had a baby girl! Hoorays! She doesn't have a name yet, although Zak suggests Ultimate Nail Baby. I was really hoping to go with something a bit more feminine so this has gone on the “maybe” pile. One friend suggested we could feminise it to Ultimate Nail Bar (thanks Jess) which is true I guess.

I do quite like the idea of setting her up with a tiny Octagon cage on caster wheels instead of a buggy. We could have coloured LED lighting, and I could carry a mic at all times.

Whenever anyone asked her name. I could whip out the mic, which will be plugged in to a reverb and distortion unit, and bellow at the top of my voice:

“ULTIMAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE.... NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIL..... BAAAAAAABYYYYYYYYYY-AAAAAH”

She'll love that.

Then if she decides to be a girly girl we'll quietly change it to Ultimate Nail Bar and buy her some manicure stuff.

Anyway here's a picture of the fearsome fighting machine in all her terrible glory:

http://flic.kr/p/boeVvC

I think that's about it for today, except to tell you that I love you. I love you SO HARD! I'd do ANYTHING for you! I love you so much I will forbid Ultimate Nail Baby from destroying you mercilessly.

Mwah Mwah superhugs and ultrakisses!

Yours sincerely

Joel Veitch

Founder of rathergood.com
Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Winner of 3 Webby Awards
Master of Arts (Electronic Media) Oxford Brookes
Bachelor of Arts (English and History) University of Leeds
Marksman (.22, 5.56, 7.62, LMG)
Former Sixer of Grey Six, 19th Forest Hill Cub Scouts
Former Member of MGS school cricket team
Former Sergeant, Combined Cadet Force (RAF Section)
Silver Swimming Badge
3rd best Cross Country runner in my class at age 12
Once had a letter published in the New Scientist
Attended one-night Pork Butchery Course
Keen amateur ukulele player
Bronze lifesavers swimming badge
Full clean driver's license
Passed Cycling Proficiency Test
A levels – English Literature, French and History, all grade A
GCSEs 7xA 2xB
Good understanding of the principals of flight
Good understanding of the principles of spelling
Winner of the Head's Prize for Progress, first year, Aylesford School
50 meters swimming badge
Once did a wee in a loo containing Dannii Minogue's wee
25 meters swimming badge
Amateur experimental rocket / meat scientist
Has caught piranhas on a hand line
Willing to learn semaphore if required
Able to sing The Girl From Ipanema and Mas Que Nada in Portuguese
Survivor of Trans-Atlantic Airplane Fire Horror
Wielder Of The Power Of Science
Inventor of the Dictator Finger Thingdicator
Defeater of Transformers (regardless of voltage)
Founder member of the super-secret League Of Internet Justice
Has eaten chicken madras for breakfast
Commander In Chief of Pork Force
Saver Of Old Ladies In Distress
Owner of Monster Truck
Experienced lawn mower
Finder of camouflaged flip-flops
Amateur Marine Biologist
Vaguely knowledgeable about steam engines
Paper Plane Expert
The man behind many of the Internet’s biggest online successes (London Evening Standard 6 October 2010)
Pie Master
Some bloke who makes cat videos on the internet (copyright Aleks Krotoski)
Kitten Wrangler Extraordinaire
Inventor of Hairy Tongue
Christmas Tree Decorator of some renown
Able to slow kittens to 1/40th the speed of a normal kitten
Fan of all ungulates
Moon Baron
Able to do a passable impersonation of a trumpeting elephant
Fixer of aircraft using glue, tape and bog roll
Cyborg Warrior
Repairer of small shock absorbers
Owner of a skin-tight lycra suit
Knower of some stuff about pulse jetsAble to identify many cartilaginous fish
Painter of RC cars
Able to fly a radio control plane briefly before crashing and destroying it
Knows what a lift pump is in a diesel engine
Understands clutch shoes
Loop-the-looper extraordinaire!
Getting less bad at soldering
Has a vague understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of a small propeller spinning quickly vs a big propeller spinning slowly
Knows that volts times amps equals watts
Father of Ultimate Nail Baby

Heloooooooo! And Happy Valentine's Day! I LOVE YOU!

Look, we've made this beautiful, touching ballad about the emotional impact of failing to live up to your partner's expectations on Valentine's Day:

http://rathergood.com/valentine

Let this be a lesson to you! Make sure you put the effort in! If you really love that special someone, then you have to work to justify their love for you!

Hey look, I've got another amazing thing for you too! I've got a house that looks like me! It's so awesome I made a song about it! Look!

http://www.rathergood.com/house

Isn't that AWESOME!

Hey check out this AWESOME 8-bit cover of Soupy George!

http://t.co/98JC5XTK

It's by the very talented @colojn_three http://twitter.com/colon_three

And look! Here's an unbelievably awesome cover of Bagger 288 as well!

http://t.co/yzGFKc0w

AWESOME!

And look! Here's another cover of bagger 288! This time in a metal style!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=42JOpzz_ORE

AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME!

OH MY GOOD GOD! ANOTHER COVER OF BAGGER 288!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kkB6p4EjtI

This one is TOTAL ROOOOOOOOOCK! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! HOOARGH!

Which is best? Can you do better? Who is the king of the Bagger 288 cover? This is what we all need to know.

In other news I will be heading back to ROFLCon in May, so if you're in reach of MIT then get your ticket and we can hang out and drink beer and stuff:

http://t.co/pYtD40mW

It is going to be SO AWESOME I LOVE ROFLCon it is the BEST THING EVAR!

I think that's about it for today, except to tell you that I love you. I love you SO MUCH! Will you be my Valentine? PLEASE BE MY VALENTINE!

If you will I'll do something wonderful with laxatives!

If you won't be my valentine then I'll do something awful with acid and tongs.

Mwah mwah superhugs!

Yours sincerely

Joel Veitch
Founder of rathergood.com
Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
Winner of 3 Webby Awards
Master of Arts (Electronic Media) Oxford Brookes
Bachelor of Arts (English and History) University of Leeds
Marksman (.22, 5.56, 7.62, LMG)
Former Sixer of Grey Six, 19th Forest Hill Cub Scouts
Former Member of MGS school cricket team
Former Sergeant, Combined Cadet Force (RAF Section)
Silver Swimming Badge
3rd best Cross Country runner in my class at age 12
Once had a letter published in the New Scientist
Attended one-night Pork Butchery Course
Keen amateur ukulele player
Bronze lifesavers swimming badge
Full clean driver's license
Passed Cycling Proficiency Test
A levels – English Literature, French and History, all grade A
GCSEs 7xA 2xB
Good understanding of the principals of flight
Good understanding of the principles of spelling
Winner of the Head's Prize for Progress, first year, Aylesford School
50 meters swimming badge
Once did a wee in a loo containing Dannii Minogue's wee
25 meters swimming badge
Amateur experimental rocket / meat scientist
Has caught piranhas on a hand line
Willing to learn semaphore if required
Able to sing The Girl From Ipanema and Mas Que Nada in Portuguese
Survivor of Trans-Atlantic Airplane Fire Horror
Wielder Of The Power Of Science
Inventor of the Dictator Finger Thingdicator
Defeater of Transformers (regardless of voltage)
Founder member of the super-secret League Of Internet Justice
Has eaten chicken madras for breakfast
Commander In Chief of Pork Force
Saver Of Old Ladies In Distress
Owner of Monster Truck
Experienced lawn mower
Finder of camouflaged flip-flops
Amateur Marine Biologist
Vaguely knowledgeable about steam engines
Paper Plane Expert
The man behind many of the Internet’s biggest online successes (London Evening Standard 6 October 2010)
Pie Master
Some bloke who makes cat videos on the internet (copyright Aleks Krotoski)
Kitten Wrangler Extraordinaire
Inventor of Hairy Tongue
Christmas Tree Decorator of some renown
Able to slow kittens to 1/40th the speed of a normal kitten
Fan of all ungulates
Moon Baron
Able to do a passable impersonation of a trumpeting elephant
Fixer of aircraft using glue, tape and bog roll
Cyborg Warrior
Repairer of small shock absorbers
Owner of a skin-tight lycra suit
Knower of some stuff about pulse jetsAble to identify many cartilaginous fish
Painter of RC cars
Able to fly a radio control plane briefly before crashing and destroying it
Knows what a lift pump is in a diesel engine
Understands clutch shoes
Loop-the-looper extraordinaire!
Getting less bad at soldering
Has a vague understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of a small propeller spinning quickly vs a big propeller spinning slowly
Knows that volts times amps equals watts