Saturday, January 12, 2002
Sucky, SuckyThat's what it is like searching for an apartment. I've been at it now for a week and I'm ready to punch the next real estate agent I see. Some are to small but good location, some are huge but in east bumfuck. This blows.
The war on rodentsI strongly suggest you check out
this site. You may also want to bookmark it and check it periodically for updates until "the war" is over.
Link found at Metafilter.
Microsoft busted for poll riggingI'm not sure why M$ is so concerned about the results of a ZDNet poll that they felt the need to bumrush it with
spam and scripted multiple vote attempts. That's too much work just to make it seem that their .Net plan doesn't suck.
Link stolen from Camworld.
I want my MTV...in PC format. Well, maybe not in a PC format per se, since this unknown device is supposed to "virtually replace the television, personal computer, DVD player and music CD/FM stereo."
Yeah...
Friday, January 11, 2002
Happy birthday to me!Put on your party hats and have some birthday cake. Whee!
The new iMacWe've been getting
The Times at my house recently for some reason, and the latest issue has this
neat article on the new iMac (requires free registration to read). I think I want one now. How can you go wrong with a flat-panel screen that swivels in every possible direction? I don't think you can. If only it wasn't a Mac... or better yet, if it was just a monitor instead of a complete system...
As Lewis Black would probably say...How many drugs must you consume over what period of time to subscribe to
Weekly World News? Or, better yet, how much higher is the drug rate for those who regularly write articles for it? I mean, look at
this week's headlines! wtf?
Link found at Must See HTTP.
Blogger is having issuesI ain't too sure what's going on, but various posts have not been publishable until a day or two later. Hum.
Sex in video gamesI started playing
Bionic Commando for the NES earlier this week just for the hell of it. I was just minding my own business in the game, and before I knew it, the main character achieved every man's dream:
What a stallion! He's even getting a hold of his comrades back at HQ to let them know about it!
Not only that, but Bionic Commando features "the goriest and most rewarding death scene in NES history," according to a walkthrough of the game (No, I wasn't cheating; I just wanted to know what the hell some of the items I picked up actually were supposed to do, you bastard. :)). That statement is pretty accurate, too, as I would later find out.
Wednesday, January 09, 2002
Geeky stuffNo, I'm not going to go into some tirade about Intel vs AMD or how Company X sucks. Not today, anyway. But I do have a pair of links I stole from Weblog Wannabe (the site URL is to the left somewhere) of or pertaining to geekdom.
First, it is important to know the geek hierarchy. Can anyone enlighten me to the definition of a "furry?"
Secondly (and unfortunately lastly), here's a guy's guide to geek girls. The girl's guide to geek guys has been linked here a couple times; this was inspired by that guide. Also, beware of the Helvetica font.
Looking for something to read?Well, I'm looking for something to write about. I guess that makes us even.
Football postseason is amongst us now. I wonder what the odds were the Pats would get a first round bye after they went 0-2 (and/or 1-3) and Bledsoe was tapping out to internal bleeding. Then you have teams that sports commentators won't shut up about (like the Raiders) being forced to play in the first round. Ha!
Should I make predictions on who will win each first round game? I dunno. I don't think I'd make a good football predictor. And since football games are played using a best-of-one-game series, there's too many chances for fluke games and... uh... some other stuff.
But what the hell. I'm bored.
Jets over the Raiders. Eagles over the Bucs. Packers over those 49ers. And (*gasp*) Dolphins over the Ravens.
Sunday, January 06, 2002
It would take 4 nukes to take out Iraq.4 nukes to end North Korea.
11 nukes to eliminate Canada.
51 nukes to destroy Russia.
124 nukes to devestate the United States.
300 nukes to annihilate all NATO countries.
And 368 nukes to raze China.
Masters of the mediaThere's about ten companies that own almost all of the media in this country, regardless if the medium is phone services, publications, radio, televison, or sports. These ten companies shrink and grow, but they are unlikely to go bankrupt anytime soon. And if you
click here, you can see which ten companies control the flow of information and entertainment, and what related companies they own.
Heh, and I thought Cinemax and HBO were "rivals." Same goes for MTV and VH1...
I'm done.Finally.
December is still fresh in most people's minds, so let me spare you of any introduction.
12/3 - The rules of Shotgun.
12/3 - RuPaul's weblog.
12/3 - Segway is revealed.
12/7 - Castration stories and stuff.
12/8 - Art test.
12/10 - The Home Depot vs Peanut Butter bet.
12/16 - Keith gets farked.
12/21 - Jerome isn't happy. Do not fuck off in the forums!
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