In the news
That's right. I deliver the news in ways no one else can bring them to you. That is, of course, assuming Blogger doesn't erase my shit when I'm trying to upload each post. Heh. But with the Thesevoices.com server being moved to my homie Mike's house, I may move my site onto that server, do some dynamic HTML coding (ASP?) to break off my current dependency on external programs like Blogger (for posting) and Atomz (the search engine), and do whatever my little heart desires. Or maybe I'll use another buddy's server. Or maybe I'll make my own. But I kinda need a job first, and to live in an area that has cable modem or DSL access. Stupid phone modems can lick my ass. But anyways, here were yesterday's set of links:

* Looks like the National Gallery in London is eroding away... because of uric acid.

* Say goodbye to the XFL. I guess making Jesse Ventura more of a trouble starter instead of an actual game analyst didn't help any. Nor could the players play. And you had that idiot whose jersey said "He Hate Me." Plus these guys didn't look like they had a future in the NFL when compared to college players, mainly because the XFL guys are older and... uh... just as bad.

* Hey! Another useless ICQ story! Like all of the other IM stories out there, this one tells you nothing. But you do get that special feeling that AOL ruins everything it buys out. I'm guessing that's not the best marketing strategy ever.

Test...
Work, Blogger, work!

I usually keep a backup of every post before it actually gets posted just in case Blogger hiccups and eats my post. But for the first time in ages, I didn't do that. I had this great post with a bunch of worthwhile links in it a couple hours ago, and what happens? That's right. Fucking A. The piece of human refuse chokes up on me. God damnit. The stupid thing hasn't been working properly for the last few hours at least.

Come back in a half an hour or so. Or maybe tomorrow (aka today?), should I get lazy and not update.

Looking for stories
My usual news sites aren't giving me much news to work with today, and since nothing really happened to me that is worth mentioning, I had to go find some... eh... "alternative" news sources tonight. Heh. Make of that sentence what you will. :) Anyways, story time!

* talkin shit - a little ways down on the left column, there are ten AIM pranks. They are worth reading, although they do get kinda old, since all ten pranks are essentially the same prank done on ten different people.

* The Austrian police are getting some extra cash for... well... it ain't cool. Click on the link.

* This brings new meaning to "cleaning product." Hmmm...

Strom Thurmond is really old
98 years old. Damn.

At 98 and increasingly frail, Thurmond is the central figure in a political drama that has the nation's capital on tenterhooks. As President Bush tries to push his agenda through a Senate deadlocked 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, keeping Thurmond in office and casting reliably conservative votes is key to his party's success. Should he be unable to finish his eighth and final term in January 2003 — a month after he would turn 100 — a successor appointed by South Carolina's Democratic governor could tip Washington's balance of power.

Looks like Bush may have some problems trying to get those bills to pass, especially if they have his oil-drilling buddies in mind.

Thurmond also has "eyes for women," (search for it in the article) which means he must be kinda like Clinton. And since Clinton is the devil... yeah. Both political parties should have all of its members impeached. Or something. Never mind.

Frisbee pics
I got a page full of decent pictures up. You can check out my sexy mug and the other beautiful people here. I will also put a link in the sidebar to the left to it a little later today. Maybe during a hockey intermission (go Penguins). I'm also gonna tweak some of my non-news pages a bit so updating the sidebar on the left won't be such a pain in the ass. Yeah. Sounds good to me.

Also, check out this site's new background image.

Just bring it.

Denmark takes on the music industry
You gotta love that part of Europe where the Netherlands are. Not only can you pay for sex and certain narcotics legally, the RIAA and IFPI (the worldwide version of the RIAA) will probably have a fit with Denmark's latest legalization, downloading music:

[One] would be allowed to make a copy of a CD for use in their car, a form of offline copying allowed in many countries. The proposed law would also make it legal for [one] to copy music from the Internet to their PC, Jorgensen said.

If this goes through... yeah. That'd be great. The only problem would be is how do you know if the person is downloading the music legally (i.e., they own the CD but chose to download it from the net instead of ripping the CD themselves). Then again, does it matter? You know everyone downloading music from the net is doing it illegally, anyways. :)

Cell phone short-hand
I guess people haven't figured out that talking like a 12 year old AOL-er looking for pictures of Britney Spears naked reeks of gaiety. I don't want to ever see people typing like an idiot ever again. I hereby abolish such queer acronyms as CUL8R and RUOK. There is no reason to have to type in what seems like an encrypted code. You'll spend a lot more time trying to figure out what the hell the other person is saying than actually "talking."

Here's a novel idea: use a cell phone as it was meant to be used, as a phone. Save the instant messaging for things like... hmm... instant messaging software and pagers.

Oh, here's a story link. It's a little dated, but hey.

Hail to the Kings, Baby
There was a really, really good hockey game last night. While there was only one goal in the game, you could tell that by the way the Kings were playing and on some of the chances the Avs had, it should have been 11-10 or something equally unbelievable.

Game 7 is gonna be even more ridiculous. I think it airs Wednesday night.

Damn, hockey playoffs are cool. I can sometimes watch a full football game. I can only watch maybe two or three innings of baseball before dying of boredom. I can't watch basketball for more than a minute before changing the channel. I rarely watch season hockey games, but playoff games? Yeeaah. That's where it's at.

Cold Fusion 2.5 released
No, this isn't about the database-webpage integration program thingie that many sites use to run their businesses. It happens to be the name of a mod for Diablo II (see my gaming page for details). Personally, I found Diablo II to be really easy, especially for my wicked cool ice sorceress and even with the 8-player mod running. Supposedly, this "new" mod makes D2 about four times harder to beat. Health potions can only be found (not bought), there's better set and exceptional items, the skill trees have been tweaked for more balance, and some new skills have been added. I may have to install D2 again just to try this mod out. :) And, you can even play it at battle.net (if you have a legal copy of the game, unlike me), but it isn't recommended for LAN play for some reason. *shrug*

If you're familiar with D2, check out the Cold Fusion mod. There's plenty of info available at the site, plus you can download it there as well (go figure).

(Here's another sentence with parantheses, because I didn't have enough of those in this post.)

And you thought soccer moms were bad...
How about soccer dads? Beats me, but there was this one guy who was angry enough to kill after his boy's hockey practice. That's pretty bad. :p "Vocal" parents should be placed in a soundproof booth during their kids' games. Referees are a dying breed.

There is no snow in my backyard
Hooray!

There's quite a number of black flies to make up for it, though. Sonofa...