This one's for Brent
Posted 31 Mar, 2006 at 13:15 by matt in /MovingPictures | Permanent link
July 25th: the Animaniacs on DVD.
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MMRWGs
Posted 27 Mar, 2006 at 10:49 by kael in /Games | Permanent link
This might provoke some discussion about MMORPGs.Shamelessly ninja'd off of here. I especially liked the ganking bit for some reason.
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The memory of a flame
Posted 22 Mar, 2006 at 17:17 by matt in /Technical | Permanent link
Picked up a new stick of memory for Titania the Powerbook earlier this week, in hopes that maybe she'll run a little smoother. (My peripheral-storage-heavy lifestyle leads to some quirks now and again, and I'm hoping to ameliorate them at least slightly.) This leaves open the question of what I should be doing with the old memory stick that used to be in there.
The guy I was talking to at the computer store this past weekend suggested that eBay was a reasonable solution; I'm not convinced that's the case, since the sale prices the guy was quoting were a little inflated. From the looks of things, if I did sell the stick (PC2700 256MB 333MHz SODIMM, if anyone's interested) then UPS would probably make more on the deal than I would, and something about that bothers me.
I have this problem with computer equipment in general, really --- too many old bits of computers, with the conviction that there's a better solution than just throwing them away but no clear idea about what that solution is. 256MB of notebook memory is just the most recent bit for the pile.
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Elvish
Posted 16 Mar, 2006 at 16:21 by kael in /Chatter | Permanent link
Here's a site that lets you get down to writing in Elvish right quick.
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So much more than just a breakfast drink
Posted 16 Mar, 2006 at 12:50 by matt in /Social | Permanent link
The Beer Bistro: a new restaurant in downtown Toronto, devoted to the simple premise that beer makes everything better.
Any of you folks who might be in T-dot this Saturday (the 18th) should feel welcome to join Kael and I in checking this place out. Meet there around 6ish. If you're a random interweb surfer who doesn't know us, you're welcome too; I'll be the one in the funny hat.
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Posted 14 Mar, 2006 at 14:47 by blue in /Games | Permanent link
For those of you who, like me, constantly like to see what the latest little web games are (but get tired of poorly made side scrollers and FPS's... here is a nice little word puzzle you can enjoy. Word Sandwich is a clever little game that tests your vocabulary, or at least... your 5-letter word vocabulary.
Post some of your scores so I have an idea how I rank at around 10,000 each time I play.
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Homeland Security is coming to a Church BBQ near you
Posted 08 Mar, 2006 at 10:20 by brent in /World | Permanent link
This is f'ed up. Why is an established organization for security trying to build a center for faith-based and community initiatives? WTF are they going to do? Hold a church BBQ and frisk everyone? Have a bake off at a mosque and have a dunk your most hated homeland security member? I'm glad I got out when I did, they are some f'ed up: Homeland Security and Neighbourly Love.
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Spore
Posted 07 Mar, 2006 at 07:47 by blue in /Games | Permanent link
Here is a little video highlighting a new game... personally... I think this game looks fantastic. Most of my favorite games of the past wrapped up into one.
What do you think?
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Neat Lego Projects
Posted 07 Mar, 2006 at 06:40 by blue in | Permanent link
I came across this page of cool lego projects and thought I'd share it.
Those here may want to pay particular attention to the Difference Engine someone built.
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Genetics are fun!
Posted 05 Mar, 2006 at 08:04 by blue in /World | Permanent link
For those who enjoy the wonderful variety that genetics can produce... here is one for you...
Two parents, both of mixed racial background, gave birth to twins... but the twins are one of each race.
The odds of this happening are apparently quite high, as you might guess, but I mean... wow... a black girl and a white girl who can honestly state with conviction that they are each other's twin.
Cool eh?
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Where is Desiree?
Posted 03 Mar, 2006 at 07:44 by blue in /Arts | Permanent link
Here is a neat little bit of Camoflague. Now, you too can play your own home-made version of Where's Waldo.
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The 39 Dollar Experiment
Posted 03 Mar, 2006 at 07:36 by blue in /Chatter | Permanent link
IN keeping with my previous post about $2 bills, here is another fun sort of experiment you can run.
Tom Locke, average Joe, took $39 in stamps and e-mailed companies to see what sort of free-bee's he could get... with the hope of improving on his $39 investment.
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Another Virgin Music Muscle Game
Posted 01 Mar, 2006 at 08:53 by blue in /Music | Permanent link
Virgin records previously put up a contest which showed a picture and you had to guess which bands were represented.
Now they have gone one further and released a video where you have to guess the names of songs represented.
Here are a couple to get you started:
Purple Rain Message In A Bottle Dancing Queen Hotel California
I'm up to about 25 songs already and I'm sure there are more I'm not seeing.
One word of caution, if you listen to the song they play in the background too much, it will get stuck in your head.
Good luck! (and post your guesses here in the comments!)