Dangling Conversations

Posted 26 Jul, 2005 at 11:10 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

On the stupidity of the uproar over the sex scene in GTA. You can read it here.

I have to say I largely agree with the author... I mean... I'm much happier to see kids running around looking at sex scenes, than getting hyped on gun-play, violence and so on. But hey... I'm a lover not a fighter so maybe it's just me. ;)

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Posted 25 Jul, 2005 at 18:13 by blue in /MovingPictures | Permanent link

Have you heard that you Can't stop the signal?

While it's too late to get in on these showings if you missed them, Serenity has been showing in cities around the country. Word of mouth, largely passing from one browncoat to another. Be it here or overseas. The ones listed on this site aren't all of them. They are still showing selected advance screenings.

Some people I know where hanging out in San Diego when Comic-Con aired it (not that what they were doing wasn't important... but this would have been cool too ;) )

On the bright side... the movie is good :)

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Posted 25 Jul, 2005 at 09:36 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

This link is really aimed at one person in particular... but I'm sure she knows who she is.

(some of the rest of you may waste a moment or two playing as well)

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Posted 22 Jul, 2005 at 06:49 by blue in /Enviroment | Permanent link

These are neat to look at.

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Posted 20 Jul, 2005 at 13:33 by blue in /Social | Permanent link

Okay... so this is one of the more ridiculous sites I have seen yet.

The Gap, it would seem, is encouraging everyone to become a stripper.

You can create a virtual you, customize it... and then put on a strip show for your friends.

Warning: the following link contains no nudity but may still be highly disturbing to some people ;) My show is here. Did you get suckered into making one too?

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Posted 20 Jul, 2005 at 10:47 by blue in /Technical | Permanent link

Someone had developed a means of sending data over your electrical outlet. Crazy eh?

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Posted 19 Jul, 2005 at 13:25 by blue in /Chatter | Permanent link

And he'll steal yours too if you let him.

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Posted 19 Jul, 2005 at 07:50 by blue in /MovingPictures | Permanent link

It's really more of a see it to believe it sort of thing.

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Posted 18 Jul, 2005 at 08:06 by blue in /Technical | Permanent link

The latest in high tech gear... GPS panties.

While clearly a joke... one has to admit that the ability to wear discrete clothing that can be tracked could be useful at times. Children, when traveling in dangerous countries, when you want someone to be able to find you in a crowd, when kidnapped, to cheat at hide-and-go-seek... the possibilities are nearly endless ;)

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Posted 15 Jul, 2005 at 07:44 by blue in /Technical | Permanent link

So this is one of the coolest inventions I've seen in a while...

It's a keyboard where each key has it's own little screen... so you can customize it on the the fly or based on what language, or program etc you are using.

Very useful, very good design.

You can see it for yourself at this site.

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Posted 12 Jul, 2005 at 20:17 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

So, outside of just being an addictive game... Microsoft's online version of the Settlers Of Catan also allows you to play rated games against other players.

Have any of you tried it? It will eventually be a subscription based game, but for now it is free to the public.

You can find it at http://zone.msn.com/en/catanonline/

If you do try it... let me know what your rating is... cause in 2 months of playing, I have yet to face anyone with a higher rating than myself... (which makes it a real pain when you lose cause you lose so many points and have to win several games to make it back).

It's not so much that I care what my rating is... I'm just playing for fun and will keep on playing... but I'd like to know if I'm actually that good at the game now, or the rest of the world is just that bad ;)

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Posted 12 Jul, 2005 at 07:47 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

This requires shockwave... and though a no brainer is actually kind of fun... if only for the accent. Give it a try.

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Posted 11 Jul, 2005 at 10:10 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

... they used cactuses and blindfolds like this show.

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Posted 11 Jul, 2005 at 09:46 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

Yet another little game called Planarity.

(grin) this one however is aimed at the graph theory geeks among us.

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Posted 05 Jul, 2005 at 07:43 by blue in /Games | Permanent link

Here is a fun little test.

See, the questions themselves are simple, but the whole test is self-referential, making it much more difficult.

I'd love to hear how people make out. How long did it take? Were you able to complete it?

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Posted 04 Jul, 2005 at 18:36 by blue in /Chatter | Permanent link

This time of Questionable Content.

Actually, it's not rolling down funny, but I found it to be a good read. Made me smile.

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