NFL Europe, or NFL Europa ceases to exist.

It wasn't the best league; it's basic purpose was to "farm" NFL players. Still, it had that sort of underdog charm. Plus, it was real humiliation to beat someone with an NFL Europa team in Madden. Also, it was the land of kickers.

Goodbye, you little champ. May you play games eternally in the great beyond for retired leagues...

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Civilization Revolution? What is that, some sort of adaptation of Civilization to consoles and handhelds or something?

Hearing that makes me want to start recording my games of Civ Three somehow. Kinda in the vein of my Football Manager summaries.

I don't know if they'll be more interesting, but there might be pictures.

Oh, right, the article that finally egged me on to write this.

So I did a Google search for, "penguins in popular culture." I was expecting to find a Wikipedia article or something.

And I did find one.

However, I still haven't found what I was looking for. Does anyone know the name of the penguin that's used to advertise modern TV dinners or something? They're sold with a particular bend towards children.

Anime Bunny Girl HTML

So I'm going to try something new. If I find a really good video, I think I'll share it. I'll just embed it in the blog and be off with it. I think that's what Youtube was meant for.

So, here goes. Like the title implies, an anime bunny girl done entirely in HTML. Specifically, in tables.

I was just reading a post from an RSS feed I subscribe to, and I just realized something. There were way too many acronyms. I didn't even know all of them.

Once you start using three or more, you might as well just give up.

But, in the techno-moderny world, even writing out what the acronyms stand for doesn't work.

Why can't they give things nice and easy names to remember? Like Dog.

Australia must be some sort of alternate dimension.

My proof?

The PS3 is outselling the Wii.

Now, I'm not a fanboy or anything, but everywhere else the Wii is outselling the PS3. Except in Australia.

A New Mexican security camera has caputed something that is, "unexplainable."

When asked, ome people think it's a ghost. But there is a clear distinction that needs to be made. This isn't like UFO "unexplainable," it's being contacted from beyond the grace "unexplanable."

To me, I can't really make anything out of it.

But why don't you try?



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Video games are the wave of the future. Why do I say this?

College librarians are being told to play video games, so they can think like those who do.

Now, is that cool or what?

Also, I better give props to the Slashdot article that led me here.

Xerox unveils a cool new search. One that works by understanding what you said, not just matching it blindly.

Too bad the link leads to the article where I heard about this!

Xerox hasn't actually released this tool to the public yet! Man! And this sounded pretty cool, too.

But, if you really want it, it comes bundled with Xerox software. Not available for standalone purchase.

From "Interesting Thing of the Day";

Breathing Liquid
The frontiers of human respiration

Reduced to its base components, the article talks about the very cool world of breathing liquids. Yes, you do need to go to the actual article to learn more.

Iwo Jima renamed Iwo To

But it's not actually such a big thing. Both names are "spelled" the same. (In the Japanese writing system, anyway) They're just pronounced differently.

This led to the mistaken name, Iwo Jima. The name, "Iwo Jima" came from the mistaken reading of a map or two.

So, Iwo To is the correct name, as far as history and the locals are concerned.

So perhaps you should count this as a good thing.

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OLPC's goals shady

I've been reading the One Laptop Per Child's independent blog, and it really seems as though this project is just a little misguided.

Negroponte (big cheese of OLPC) claims that it's all about the education, but the pieces on the OLPC blog make me question that.

In particular, this one.

But most of them point out that just releasing the laptops alone would be a travesty. And it would be. Big changes really do have to happen before it all works out.

But on a different note, if you view One Laptop Per Child as a laptop project, then it is succeeding wildly.

Oh, this confusing world...

Fans getting a chance to create their own Doritos game?

Doritos, from the user created commercial fame, is now extending that to video games. They want people to submit their creations, and the best one will be picked.

Heck, the winner gets their game included on Xbox Live Marketplace, so you know it's official.

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North Korea and America getting along?

According to my source, North Korea agreed to speed up removing their nuclear facilities after a surprise visit from an American diplomat.

It also seems the conversation went well.

Who knew?

How long until mankind has the ability to move things with our minds?

Alright, so it's not telekinesis I'm talking about.

Japanese scientists are in the process of making or have made something that can detect certain patterns of brain thought. When a certain pattern is detected, it can be wired to do something else. Like, run a toy train.

Now, don't get too excited. From my vague reading through of the article, it seems that this is limited to vague types of brain thought. Such as "problem solving."

In other words, it can't be told to go whenever you think about what you did on Jevember 31.

Although, I could be wrong. Just read the article for the details.

What do you do if your plane's landing gear doesn't work?

You still land it, duh!

And that's what happened. Hardcore.

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Nelipot;

One who walks barefoot.

Thanks, Futility Closet.

PS3's cost to become reasonable.

Did I say reasonable? I meant less ridiculous.

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While no price is given, it's obvious that it will be lower. With all of my experience in electronics combined with Sony's previous price, it will probably be around $500 (drop of $100). This is still ridiculous. And, keep in mind, but this is pure speculation of the most uncertain kind. I'm not even an expert in anything.

Connor's cult
Join us!

-Be mercifully exploited by a charismatic leader
-Abandon friends, family, and all possesions
-Help us recruit
-Achieve oneness (or some crap like that)
-Lose your sense of identity
-Free uniform!

"There's a small problem.

It's (frog) covered in cheese."

Apple's next product; it can play music, play videos, watch tv, cook toast, talk to relatives, beat you at chess, and finally, wake you up in the morning.

The product's name?

The iMpossible.

It's funny how I remember the joke promises and forget the real ones.

Welcome to Connor's Blog.

Update schedule; "usually"

I like how Myspace makes you double check when you're leaving a comment, posting a bulletin, or replying to a message, but it doesn't make you double check when you reply to a bulletin...

And now, the most relaxing website ever.

http://www.soundsleeping.com/drums_small.html

Sweet seagull dreams.

I think I might eschew reading anything for my podcast in favor of having a computerized voice do it. It would be so much cooler.

For like the first few times. But then it would get unnacceptable. So I'd have to step in. Still, this can be an interesting tool...

But more importantly, a fun toy.

Someone searched for "mylip glass" and found my webpage.

So, I need to add that to the search terms page.

(Commenting on an self driven car)

In Soviet Russia, car drives you!

Posted by: ce | Jun 15, 2007 8:59:47 PM

Schools' almost out for summer! Just one more day!

But, since we're a high school that does half day finals, it's like a half day. But since I get out of one of my classes early, it's like a quarter day!

Listening to three music tracks at once. Pandemonium at its finest.

"Vizzini: He didn't fall? Inconceivable!
Inigo: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "

In the Puffy AmiYumi song, "Friends Forever," I hear the line,

"But nothing picks me up like knowing we'll be friends forever,"
As,

"But nothing beats me up like knowing we'll be friends forever."

Not quite the same message, eh?

I forget where I left off. So I'll just continue in my 2013/14 season. The season started innocuously enough. No big players suddenly dissipating. It was all in all a peaceful beginning.

Although, I think I did make a big signing in the beginning of the year. I was searching for midfielders, and I found Gavin McCann. He was pretty old, but he was also pretty good. I think he was out of contract, so he was desperate for work and open to joining a team as lowly as ours. So, I signed him, and it seemed like it would all work out.

The first few games went with only one small hitch; Gavin McCann couldn't prove himself because he was injured. Also, we were firmly established as upper table, but not yet at the top.

One of the few things I regretted was being angry at my players for losing a few early games. First of all, we were barely expected to reach a mid table position. So, I should have been happy for anything above that. Also, my team was able to perform miracles when jacked up on morale. So, i n retrospect, shooting them down was the wrong thing to do. Good thing I realized this early on, and stopped.

As far as cup positions went, it was the same as last year. For the first two cups that always happen, good enough to get past the first few, but losing later on. For the Scottish League Cup, we weren't good enough to win, but we were good enough to earn ourselves a sizable amount of cash.

Eventually the games went on and on. McCann got better and started getting into the team of the week. My team was really proving ourselves to be something else. Although, I did notice something interesting. First of all, our strikers weren't really consistently the best in the league any more. They were good, that's for sure, but not quite the best. Still, not really a problem, as we were doing very, very well.

Now, to the dramatic finish. The scene is like six games to the end. Then, we were fist, with Alloa trailing, but trailing close. Then we lost a game, and they somehow managed to be first. So, we went through the next few games with Alloa being barely ahead of us. We were going to catch up. And we did. On our second to last game, we were against and easy opponent, that we easily won. Now we were tied with Alloa in terms of points. And the best part? Our final game was against Alloa.

Everyone was fired up for that game. The starting squad's morale was all very good. The Alloa manager told the press that his team would win, but that didn't affect my players. Well, it did, but I think it just fired them up more. Then, it was time for a final match.

But first, a word on the possible outcomes. A win would mean we were first in the league, and we would instantly be transported to the next division up. A tie would mean we still win, as we had a higher score difference. A loss would mean we would be second, but not necessarily passed by for promotion. There's a playoffs for promotion, but I don't like to chance those. So, we had to win, or at least draw. A loss might mean our doom.

And it was a crazy game. If I remember correctly, there was just one score. It was a seemingly lucky shot by a newly signed striker. I forget how good he was, but he did have some quality to him. And that was it. We were the champions. We got promoted. Everyone was happy. The press fell over themselves trying to compliment me. It was another glorious day.

Ever like that boat problem, with the farmer, chickens, and a fox?

Well, welcome to that problem version 2.0.

Called the Japanese IQ Test, it's a nice little puzzle. And since it's flash, it's pretty quick and easy.

If you're good at those kinds of puzzles.

My hit counter finally hit 1 million.

Well, two million, here I come.

From Futility closet;

"I'm sorry, Mr Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language." — San Francisco Examiner, rejecting a submission by Rudyard Kipling, 1889

Providing a rare look inside Google's ranking algorithm, a slashdot article.

I only post the most interesting things. Or, if not the most interesting things, at least things interesting enough to fool you into thinking they're the most interesting things.

Who is Louis Wain? He was a British dude who painted anthropomorphized pictures of cats. Now, that would normally be something strange, but oddly normal. What made him awesome was that he later contracted schizophrenia and make some pretty trippy pictures of cats.

Like this energy cat;



And the best part? There's even crazier pictures of cats. Come on, do a google image search for "Louis Wain Cats."

And now for something on a lighter note.

Man shatters Hot Dog Eating Contest Record!

You'd have to see the article for more details, but the short of it is included in the headline.

What is ecotourism? It came from a British magazine's comment section, but I believe it is tourism to see a rare animal featured on a Nature-ish show.

The article starts off with a speech made by Sir David Attenborough, about ecotourism. He mentioned that for a few environments, it was a great thing. However, when asked about others, he was hard pressed.

It sure is tough to face the irony that your life's work in nature-ish programs could lead to the destruction of nature.

However, the commenter mentions that tourism can always be good, if it is done with thought and care. And yes, that is one of the more better ways to do it. Still, do you really need to see those rare animals? Isn't visiting a completely different continent enough?

There's a downside to wind energy? According to my source, there are.

But only if you're a tourist or a winged mammal. We all know that wind energy can (seemingly) spoil landscapes at the cost of cheap energy (and the chance to look like the future). However, I had never previously heard that it was a danger to our winged friends. Apparently birds can get killed in the things.

But this doesn't mean an end to all wind energy. Of course not. It just means it might be rethought a bit.

"Some Journals Rejecting Office 2007 Format," according to my source. Specifically, the equation editor.

One of the reccomendations is to use ODF or an older version of microsoft office.

With my experiences of Open Office and Microsoft office, I'd much rather have microsoft office.

However, I do remember that the equation editor (for microsoft office 2003?), once you kicked and screamed enough to get it to work, really kicked ass.

However, the equation editor for Open Office kicks butt too. In an, "I hope you're a coder" kind of way.

What's harder to opt out of than an MMORPG subscription? Apparently, Islam.

A woman is trying to change the religion listed on her national ID. She converted from Islam to Christianity. Apparently since Islam doesn't allow conversions of faith, she can't change the religion listed. So, she's screwed.

Bravo, Islam. Now you're harder to opt out of than an MMORPG subscription.\

Oh, yeah, the article link...

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Perhaps the coolest and weirdest Spanish politician was elected.

Here, check it out.

Why can't we all just get along?

The reason why seems to get fuzzier as Hamas signs a peace treaty with Israel.

Okay, just a year long cease fire, according to my Source.

But still, when you have peace and goodwill like that going on, it makes you wonder why we... can't all just get along?

You know how the default selected text color on computers is blue?

Well, I somehow managed to change it to a darker shade of teal (think background of my website).

It made me wonder at first, but I just accepted it. Who am I to be mad at every little change in the world?

So, I lived with it. But my story doesn't end there.

Just recently, I realized it was reset back to blue. So I changed the selected text color back to the darker shade of teal.

Something that I had initially thought worthless was now worth something to me. Oh, the power of sentimentality.

On that same note, to change it like I did, just go to >Control Panel >Display >Appearances >Advanced >Text Select Color >Change the color to a darker shade of teal.

Well, that's all. For now.

Today's word of the day; Jocose.

No, that's not a joke.

What? Don't know what it means? Well... Let me put it this way.

jokose.

Get it?

Aw, forget you. Now you have to look it up, because you didn't get either of my subtleties.

Apparently Apple's DRM free music is not so easy to steal. Oh man, who saw that coming?

According to my source, Apple records the purchaser's info right into the file.

Of course, this just means you can't instantly share it. With any amount of brainpower, you can get rid of the identification, as my source so happily points out.

To quote the best line from the article;

So. Yeah. Meh. Call me back when this is a big deal.

Scuttlebutt; today's word of the day.

Yeah, I know it looks funky. That's why I chose it. It has a definition here but the short of it is, it means "rumor."

So, the next time the 'ol rumor mole pops up, call him a scuttlebutt.

Google has a limit! Well, Google's calculator, anyway.

According to the Source the limit is 2.001355585641^1023.

As the article points out, there's really no point. However, just for that one day on jeopardy...

Some new fake websites;
Dawdlr- An incredibly slow Twitter
sporkk- The wave of the future

Of course, don't even think for a minute I discovered these on my own. No, that dubious honor goes to the Guardian, more specifically Bobbie Johnson.

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The Online ASCII Art Gnerator. A very cool thing to either play with or use.

The Greek God Family Tree; Just like your's except better.

The Tape is Coming

Overpriced portable hard drives... But they're cool!

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Portable hard drives that are big enough to matter. Of course, they're also expensive enough to matter, too. Not meant for average run of the mill storage; that's what hard drives are for. No, this is just something interesting to look at. And possibly buy to use as a backup, if you're a giant company.

Posting to a blog should be something you love, otherwise you'll resent the amount of time it takes.

Okay, the amount of time it takes other people who don't just focus on three word thoughts and quotes they've imagined.