Sunday, August 26, 2007

I am now leaving for a new vacation. I shall be gone until further notice.

And in the event that I do post here while I'm on vacation, it shall be terse.

Friday, August 24, 2007

You know, I find it crazy that all the promotional pictures from Nintendo feature the DS Lite. It's not like the regular DS's stop working as soon as a new model is released.

I should know. My awesome Mario Kart Red DS is working just fine.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

BibMe - The Ultimate Bibliography Maker

I shall now introduce you to BibMe. The ultimate in lazy person bibliography makers.

It's best feature is the ease in which you can make a bibliography. No more slogging through it with the Citation Machine, then having to copy and paste. No, this little bugger will make the bibliography file for you.

Of course, it doesn't really fill in all the details. Being used to Citation Machine, I frequently think, "Isn't there more to add?"

Still, with the ease which one can use to make bibliographies, it certainly deserves a mention.

UK:Resistance

I feel I must give a shout out to UK:Resistance, a video games blog.

They may be obsessed with Sonic, deep haters of all things Sony, British, not making a difference, and vying for more games that include blue skies, but they are quite funny.

So for that, they have earned my respect.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Even though I'm not posting, I'm still having thoughts. Don't worry about that.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Homemade Lemonade

Give the gift of homemade lemonade!



Courtesy of facebook.

Airplane Liquids Ban Conspiracy

I now know why the TSA is eliminating liquids on airplanes. It's so that they can eventually phase out airplane bathrooms.

Counterstrike Gun Conspiracy Theory

I finally figured out the conspiracy about why the guns in Counterstrike all have fictional names. It's so that when you search the web for a particular fictional gun, and the results will just be Counterstrike related.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Politics All Encompassing?

This is a nice and happy Article. It harmlessly lists various facts British people have found about sleeping. The title is a bit off, though. "Could you Cuddle a Cameron?" Would expect it to be a pun on sleeping or something.

But then, three paragraphs till the end, it starts including political allegiances. Now, I can see how that might be a legitimate variable for sleep studies.

But then, final paragraph, Bam! It just drops the bomb. The whole article was about politics. And, strangely reminiscent of a Simpson's episode, it's hard to tell where it started from by looking at the end.

Man, the things people blog about. Actually, the thing.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

New Airline to Contend for Title of Coolest

Virgin Airlines launched their new Airline, and from the looks of this Article, it sounds awesome.

Now, if only I could somehow get onto it...

Personally, I think this ranks pretty high up there in terms of cool airplanes. Still, the Concord is pretty darn fast. No matter how user friendly Virgin Airlines is, it can't compete with speed. Whoosh!

UFO's Allegedly Caught on Tape

I use the word "allegedly" because with UFO's, can there be any other word used?

So, the details. Apparently it's a home video of some sort, and it was posted on LiveLeak, then later Youtube.

Attempts to contact the poster by e-mail have failed.

Still, the photo afforded with the Article looks pretty realistic.


Why not have a little look-see?

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

WOWIO the Book Website of Choice

The other day I made a great discovery.

www.wowio.com

It's a website that gives you free eBooks. That means they're like real books, but in PDF format. I think that makes them cooler.

Now, you do have to jump through a few hoops to sign up. But it's nothing that costs money. You're best off with having your own unique e-mail. That specifically means none of the common stuff, like hotmail or g-mail. You can also get away with other things, but those involve credit cards.

Next, you need to fill out something that resembles a survey. But really, I've taken worse on Myspace. And this leads to free books. So really, it's all worth it.

And, there is one last catch. Limit of 5 a day. But that's all. Other than that, have fun with it.

I know I'm enjoying it.

But hey, don't take it from just me...
This person and this person too both liked it.

Lego Man Found at Sea, Presumed to be Giant

A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall recovered the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall toy which had a yellow head and a blue body.


Just think, other people made more of this entry than I did. Oh well, that's blogging the news for you.

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Encyclopedia Britannica is Featured on Wikipedia

As many of you are aware, Wikipedia always has an article of the day running. These are the best and the brightest of Wikipedia stock, the featured articles.

Now, the actual news is that Wikipedia featured Encyclopedia Britannica.

As I had just learned, the encyclopedia was critical of Wikipedia in the past. Well, take that.

I also shall add that I no longer use Encyclopedia Britannica, rather I depend entirely on Wikipedia. Not only is it more convenient, but made with that human touch that so few other encyclopedias can claim.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

An Interesting Thief

Finally, some cool news.

My good men at Wikinews have uncovered this gem, an Indian thief swallowing a necklace, then he gets caught.

Like and good liar and a cheat, he lies and says he didn't eat it. Of course, he's a liar and a cheat, who would believe him? X-rays showed it was in him.

So what does the owner do?

They decided to force feed him bananas until the thief poops the necklace out. They got this advice from a doctor, that bananas were laxatives. However, it didn't work out so well. So maybe it's something to add to Snopes.

Either way, the thief pooped it out eventually. The necklace's owner hired someone to find it in the poo, and made the thief clean out the toilet.

Then the thief begs for mercy. And the necklace person says no.

His court date is the 6th of August.

Racism in Resident Evil 5?

First of all, some facts. Resident Evil 5. Just another Resident Evil in a long line of zombie shooting and killing fun.

However, there's a little something different to the fun this time. The game takes place in Africa. Naturally, the zombies are Africans. I'll leave you to work out the rest.

Then, Russ Pitts at the Escapist, decided to comment on all of that. Now, I'll let his words be his.

But I'm going to add something. Just a tiny little comment.

Doesn't this seem a bit like that one episode of South Park? The one where Chef (a black man) declares the flag of South Park racist? Now, hear me out. On the flag, there were white figures hanging a black man. As the episode progressed, the main kids eventually had to give a debate that would determine the course of events. The kids for keeping the flag the same argued that killing had been around for a long time and that it was natural or something like that. Then Chef accuses them of missing the point. He then tells them that his problem with the flag was that it was racist. The kids for keeping the flag gasp, then explain that they never really saw it as racist.

If that explanation of the episode falls short, the wikipedia version is pretty good, too.

I just have one more thing to add. A link to a more facty-ish article covering this thingy.

Oh Great, Another Warcraft Expansion

Well, there's another Warcraft expansion pack in the works.

However, I've long since quit playing, so I didn't even bother to read the press release.

American Military has Cyberwarfare Covered

In an Article from Wired, they reveal that the U.S. Military has it's own cyberwarfare division.

The 262nd.

Oh, this bizarre world we live in. Still, it seems like life is now like that one Civ 3 game you once had where all the nations were about equal and were in peace.

Of course, then the clock struck 1980 and everyone declared war on everyone else.

New Xbox Arcade Lineup

But I have Gametap, so I don't care.

Still, you gotta admire them for trying.

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Wii Gets New Channels or Something... But I Don't Care

So the Wii got a new channel or a hardware update or something. All I know is that there's an Article on the Escapist that mentions something like that and my Wii's blue light was on.

Of course, I don't really care about all of that. It's been a good, long while since I last used my Wii.

Edit; I got onto my Wii, downloaded the update, then updated my system. I don't think I can tell what changed.

360 Lowers Prices... The Unorthodox Way

According to my Source, the xbox 360 is lowering it's prices.

But, it's not doing it by the normal cut of a $100. No, it's going to lower it by a smaller amount.

And get this! There are three different price drops! One for each "style" of "system."

Man, this makes me glad I already have one. No worries about prices from where I stand.

Oh, I won't actually list the new prices. You'll have to go somewhere else for useful news.

Games not that Special After All?

So a person over at the Escapist (to me, it's just the editor lady, Russ Pitts, the guy who made Paranoia, and all the other contributing peeps) just said that games shouldn't really be viewed as art but rather for how well it makes money. Or something vaguely like that.

I'm going to say duh.

Because where else is anything made for consumers considered a success for it's "artiness?"

Just paintings. And even then, I'd be willing to bet that the common man would never have appreciated something like Picasso without first hearing the prices his works have commanded.

So really, are games any different from any other medium? Sure they're interactive, but they still "works of art" (meant to be read as "human" from the phrase, "but they're still just human."). They're bought, reviewed, enjoyed. Even though it's a different experience, it's not really a different thing.

Well, that concludes my misguided ramblings on something. I'm sure there's a point in there somewhere.

And here's a link to the original Article. Be sure to pay my respects to the writer of it for me.

From now on, I think titling all the important articles with what could pass off as a bad tabloid headline will become a necessity.

Weird Looking Bridges to Haunt Future

Wired just released a blog entry regarding the future of bridge making.

In short, things are going to look crazy.

Now, to explain. It seems the rules for bridge making are now irreversibly changed. Gone are the simple designs of old.

No, it's going to look pretty crazy. While no pictures were available for example, I'm just going to go off and imagine some pretty cool but crazy bridge on my own.



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P.S.

I'm back.