Archive for December, 2005
*Wipes Tears From Eyes* Hahaha, Oh Man!
For whatever reason, I was reading about the philosopher Chrysippus (a trail of links I could never trace back), and discovered that he is believed to have died from laughter after, get this, seeing a donkey eating figs. This is referred to as “fatal hilarity”, and in an ironic twist, I nearly experienced fatal hilarity [...]
Read More..>>New Photo Gallery Software
It’s been quiet on the photography front, but mostly because I don’t REALLY want to take any decent pictures until I get my new camera. Unfortunately, though I can afford things like this now, I’m car shopping this week, so putting aside for my new beauty will have to be pushed back a paycheck or [...]
Read More..>>Linux: Week One
Well, it’s officially been one week of a Microsoft-free desktop, and I have to say I seriously don’t see myself going back to Windows. When I get to work and boot up my workstation to that cold, gray desktop, I’m instantly disappointed. I haven’t had this much fun with my computer since my great BeOS [...]
Read More..>>Challenged!
I haven’t made regular trips to my local arcade since junior high, a period during which I counted my allowance in terms of ‘number of games of Virtua Fighter’. There were a couple phases (mostly pre-Dreamcast) where I was playing regular games of Virtua Tennis and spending disgusting amounts of money on House of the [...]
Read More..>>Huge NES Purchase
So my e-friend Socheata was unloading a bunch of his games (for whatever reason), and he was kind enough to hold several NES titles I wanted until I could afford them. Well, that was like 7 months ago. I had all but forgotten about them until about a week ago when I remembered I can [...]
Read More..>>So Long, Windows. It’s Been Real.
Well, after a 14 year on-again/off-again relationship with Windows, we finally broke it off yesterday. The fire just wasn’t there any more, and honestly, I’d had a couple shortlived affairs with other operating systems in recent years. Of course, I’d always come crawling back, and I’d be comfortable in Windows’ arms again.
This time is different, [...]
Asimo 2.0!
I think it needs to be said that Asimo is the coolest invention…well, ever, and Honda has just unveiled version 2.0 of its robot today. The new version can RUN, among other things, and if you only watch one of the Asimo videos, I recommend the “New Mobility” video. Watching Asimo manuever stairs was pretty [...]
Read More..>>Office “Humor”
I generally find all office humor unbearable, especially if it has anything to do with Mondays or golf, but I’ve recently discovered the most obnoxious universal office “joke”:
“Are we having fun yet?”
This “joke” can be used at any time; upon entering a room, passing in the hallway, bullshit on the phone, etc etc, and at [...]
Generation Nex
Though I’ve been meaning to buy one for a while (they came off backorder last month), I finally placed my order at Messiah Entertainment for my Generation Nex last Sunday. Well they didn’t mess around, and I received it Thursday.
The packaging is really cool. In fact, it was so small, I originally thought it was [...]
Merry Christmas, Time For Some New Theme Music
I may be a goat-burning heathen, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like Christmas. C’mon, you’re just some kinda jerk if you don’t like Christmas. Yeah, I don’t believe in Santa and I don’t believe in Jesus…what’s the point, right? Well if that’s what it takes to get people to be DECENT to each other, [...]
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