Random Rants

AM Labratory

2009-04-14T12:33:00.002-06:00

Man I just found this awesome Music Dealy thingy.
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Its a matrix of tones, the up and down are pitch, and left to right is the timing. If you right click you can copy and paste the coordinate schemes.

64,57856,128,32,20488,128,16,10760,0,2564,0,43024,0,2180,16384,272

Problem slueth come to an end.

2009-04-09T23:49:00.003-06:00

Sadly one of the better things on the internet is coming to a close. He's finishing up the story, and there will be books, but it is over. If you don't know, MS Paint Adventures is a webcomic like thing that resembles the old Click adventure games.
http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=4

I think someone might have just drawn this, not the actual artist.

SOTC!!!!

2009-03-30T09:36:00.003-06:00

Got to play Spirit of the Century with some friends over spring break. Got to GM it, so I didn't get to play much, but I got to throw a character together to make the backgrounds work while we waited on another player.

It was
The Narwhal - A canadian Batman type hero person, who had changed his name to John Jackson, or Jack Johnson or something like that. Best Bit: Aspect - Suspiciously Canadian. Didn't even need to compel it much. Sometimes an "...eh?" or some bits about Hockey would come up, and he would just clam up and hand over mouth. Alliteration Abounds in Abstract Alternate History.

Shannon Cannon - almost swarth swashbuckler with alien tech from space. A ray gun adventurer.

Can't Remember name now. hmmm. How about Pulp Fiction.

She was a literary bookworm from an educated family who studied and learned about the occult, science, and religion from books. Lots of knowlege, but nonpractical applications.

It was a pretty standard murder mystery, but looking back at it, I probably should have thrown more minions at them.

FlashBack Music

2009-03-03T17:46:00.002-06:00

So there I was right, reading Wil Wheaton's blog, and he says that the episode of Criminal Minds he was in, is going to be rerun again on tv. So being impatient and able to summon Episodes of Tv Programs from the depts of the internet, I decided to check out the episode.

And Wil Wheaton was really great in the episode, being EXTREMELY good at the serial killer that would spring from the mind of a Geek (or at least thats how I looked at that). But the whole episode was so bad, it was tough to make it to the end of the episode where he appears. I haven't watched ANY Criminal Minds, but this episode had a lot of good points where important character development SHOULD have happened, they were written in, but only got paid lip service. There was one point where the mentor character was talking to one of the younger team members, about how Wilw dressed up as one of the "good guys" and he fell for it. Could have been a revealing moment for Both characters, but the Actors, Directors, Producers, and everyone else decided, "you know what, lets just keep going and leave this as is." Then they did it again, with a part that was supposed to be humourous and dark about how because they are in this job, they can't do things anymore like roadside motels. But its done so fast and without emotion, its hardly noticeable.

The writers were definately reading into these techniques that make the shows great, and decided to throw some of the stuff in there.

Hurm

2009-02-28T19:13:00.001-06:00

Spring Break... What to dooooo. what to doooo.

Been a While

2009-02-02T23:41:00.002-06:00

This is for both Liam and D. Liam might enjoy the colorful imagery, and cheerful sounds and lyrics. D might like the They might be Giants-ness of the whole thing. They also have a Internet show at http://www.tallyhall.com/.

From the internet show: AND NOW FOR SOMETHING EXTREMELY SATISFYING. *Steamroller and a long stretch of industrial bubblewrap."

I recommend checking these guys out. They get my endorsement from being on my playlist all week.

Geek Christmas

2008-12-15T20:42:00.005-06:00

I guess this is a fun happy time Christmas geek wish list.
1. Netflix
With NXE, watch movies anytime through your xbox on your tv. AWESOME. 9 bucks a month.
2. Ipod Touch/Iphone
These things are ridiculously powerful. Last year I was wowing about the Kindle. This can do all that that can (download books, newspapers, etc) and play Youtube, surf the internet, have lightsaber battles, play games (and not just regular games, like quake 3 levels of games) so much free things. (apps) There was a webcomic talking about the how you can call anyone, meet anyone and find the directions to anywhere in the world. You can look at anywhere in the world, anywhere in the world. And how you would have crashed you flying car anyway. The Iphone is the first landmard that the future is here.
3. Steam Games
Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead. Valve keeps coming up with these awesome games, but I can't bring myself to get them because of the Mac. Now that I have the desktop in optimal gaming position, i have been using it more. These games look amazing.
4. A Hacked Original Xbox HDD.
So I can place emulators and a media server on my old xbox. This is way to complicated to do myself. It involves unhooking your xbox HDD while the power is on, and when you hit that point its time to stop.
5. Rechargable Batteries Packs for 360 and Wii. The Wii batteries just keep dying, and the i still need 1 for the 360.
6. TV series.
One can never have enough TV series. If You own it, and think i should own it, theres a good chance i need to watch it. Unless your Cody. Then reverse that. Same thing for books.
7. Something that would help write more in this blog. Something not numerical post wise, just more verbose posts.

Things I gotmyself for Xmas.
Ipod touch !st Gen (With Macbook- Free)
Lego Star Wars Complete (10)
Warhammer Online.
$20 Xbox Card for Rockband songs

2008-12-12T12:06:00.000-06:00

Jillian Knippling

Nerdgasm

2008-12-12T11:25:00.001-06:00

Stargate Atlantis
Now with more Jewel Satie! Kaylee from firefly.
Episode guest starring....

DAVE FOLEY - Newsradio, kids in the hall
BILL FING NYE - SCIENCE GUY.

BEST episode ever.

I have some of the pictures of the new niece on my phone, and if they saved to the memeory card I will try and upload them soon.

MacBook

2008-12-02T09:00:00.002-06:00

I suppose I should say something about the new laptop, a Macbook from 1 gen back. The lowest level solid white. I have several opinions about it after using it.

OS X
Very shiny, Cool easy to use

All of the new cool stuff was ported directly from linux. Spaces and Time Capusle, just right from Ubuntu.

Mac Hardware
Smaller than I am used to, really light, and quality stuff. Everything is really well made. THE TOUCHPAD IS HUGE. No really, its the size of the Ipod.

But everything was made difficult for the user. Instead of having a regular HDMI port or DVI port on the side, neither are larger than the mini-DVI. But you have to puchase a mini-DVI to DVI or HDMI cable AND then you have to buy the Cable. NEITHER of which will work unless they are specifically made by apple, they won't work. If I purchase a new video card for my PC, it come with 2 DVI ports, 1 DVI->VGA adapter, 1 DVI -> HDMI adapter, A DVI cord. Also mini-DVI IS ONLY USED IN APPLE PRODUCTS. They didn't have to create a new format for this.

Also my touchpad can support multitouch gestures, but becasue i have a Macbook and not a Macbook pro, i can't use them.

I might just end up putting Vista or Ubuntu on this guy.

Names

2008-11-24T10:14:00.004-06:00

1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's and father's middle names)
Alan Marie

2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
Durwood Lambert.

3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name)
Knand

4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Blue Duck

5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live)
Joe Madison

6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite alcoholic drink, optionally add "THE" to the beginning)
The Green Carbomb

7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Anng

8. GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite cookie):
Double Nut

9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pet's name, current street name)
Egan

10. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
Oscar Route (I think the big black don's name was Oscar, I was really young)

Wuxi Finger Hold

2008-11-10T00:02:00.002-06:00

So i just rented Kung Fu Panda, and still wondering about the Wuxi Finger Hold they reference. I was thinking that it was some sort of inner movie joke about the chinese version of the Pull My Finger Joke, but i didn't see anything else that would give me any evidence of that.

1. Then you Must know what happens when i "Flex My Pinky"
2. The hardest part is cleaning up the mess.
3. What's brown and rhymes with snoop?
4. There is a golden cloud emanating from the Po when he uses it.
5. They were making fatish jokes the whole movie
6. -> 3.a. Dr. Dre

But anyway, I laughed the other day at the open discussion forum for the election results. There was a chick who said something derogatory about Obama winning the Election, and cause quite and uproar. She said something along the lines about a hunting trip and causing an accident, there were a bunch of irritated people and she had to explain herself. I noted that she should be expecting a call from the Policia about that, and my roommate was quite confident that they can't do anything if the threat was made with joking intent. And I just Laughed and LAUGHED.

They can do anything they want. I guess he wasn't paying attention in 2001 and 2002.

Oh, watching the stuff leading up to the Election is almost as good as watching the resulting people fight it out. It was like the newest South Park episode, where the Obama people were out in the streets and partying, and the McCain people were hiding in fallout shelters. Obama people were too exited for something that was going to happen. McCain people got way to butthurt.

Mark the date

2008-11-05T12:52:00.001-06:00

I just saw the first Christmas commercial. And it was a Christmas, not a happy holidays.

Point, Windows

2008-10-09T21:47:00.002-06:00

Apparently, Macintoshes do things that are proprietary for their own CABLES. BULLSHIT. BULLSHIT. BULLSHIT. If I got to the Apple section of the of Best Buy, go over to the accessories table, pick up an adapter(THAT SAYS MAC COMPATIBLE), AND HAVE IT NOT WORK DUE TO APPLE'S DVI OUTPUT CHOICES.

ONLY LARGE UPPER CAPS LOCK CAN EXPRESS HOW ANGRY I AM.

Ren Faire

2008-09-29T09:10:00.002-06:00

So got to go to the Renaissance Faire in Minneapolis. Easily one of the high points was a group of chorus singers singing the Manamana song, led by pirates. It was awesome, they were almost done when I got there otherwise I would have gathered a video.

We're Detectives! Not Mind Readers!

2008-08-25T22:29:00.000-06:00

I'm So glad they brought this back. Now if i could only find a way for the old games to be played.

Dimitri Marten

2008-08-23T21:33:00.002-06:00

These are one shots from dimitri marten.

“I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word ‘dude.’ ‘Dude, these are isotopes.’ ‘Dude, we removed your kidney. You’re gonna be fine.’ ‘Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.’”

“I like the beach. I like to get there really early before everyone else shows up and take like thirty bottles with notes in them and throw them into the water. Then I wait for everyone to come to the beach and when someone goes to pick up one of the bottles, I go up behind them because when they open it there’s a note saying ‘I’m standing right behind you.’”.

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I’d probably just start calling out letters.

Graffiti… I don’t like graffiti, unless it teaches me something, you know? Like “Oh, that’s how Alex feels about Maria. I wouldn’t have known if I had not walked by there, thank you.” Graffiti’s the most passionate literature there is, you know? It’s always like “Bush sucks!”, “U2 Rocks!”. I want to make indifferent graffiti. “Toy Story 2 was okay!” “I like Sheryl as a friend, but I’m not sure about taking things further”, “This is a bridge!”, “That guy’s right!”

2 guys at the bar

2008-08-09T00:22:00.001-06:00

2008-08-06T00:46:00.001-06:00

The Guild

2008-08-03T22:26:00.001-06:00

HERE COMES THE DEVIL!

2008-08-02T22:59:00.000-06:00

Week of Youtube

2008-08-02T00:05:00.002-06:00

I have decreed that this be the week of youtube.

This game remindes me of half Team Fortress 2 and half hogans heroes.

Boom di Ada

2008-07-31T19:21:00.000-06:00

I think I'm going to make a list here soon.

Epic

2008-07-18T02:30:00.002-06:00

Note the time is 3:30.

Just got back from the 12:30 showing of batman the dark knight

Refer to title of blog post.

Watchmen trailer

Repeat 3rd point.

The joker was amazing. there was no doubt after the magic trick done by the joker, on how f-ing crazy this guy is.

Not aimed at the younger audiences.

Muppets

2008-07-04T21:58:00.001-06:00

Best Patriotic Video Ever...

THAT WAS TERRIBLE, HORRENDOUS, I'M OFFENDED, I'M APPALED!

rushed

2008-06-26T21:41:00.001-06:00

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

I was going to do the whole thing, but i found Mystery Science Theatre 3000 on youtube.

2008-06-24T02:10:00.000-06:00

Crystal Skulls

2008-05-25T17:48:00.002-06:00

Saw the New Indiana Jones, movie, and they almost had it. Without giving too much away, It felt like there was too much of an ending. It was all really good up until the chamber at the end. After that it became less like the old Indy, and more deep. They leave, killing the bad lady for some reason, taking off, and leaving nothing behind. I felt that there should have been something physical for Indy to take back, as unlike the other movies, nothing was accomplished. there were moments of very cool action and memorable parts, although nothing spectacular. The Motorcycle chase was good at parts, particularly the beginning, where he gets pushed back into a group of bikers... GET THAT GREASER! was pretty cool. And in the library, when Indy recommended a different book to read. The most memorable was probably the refrigerator, and when it closes, the door reads "Lead Lined." I wasn't expecting it but the Waterfalls was pretty well done. They could have coped out and did a panic bit like in the Last Crusade and the tank, but they all had the characters be like, Ya whatever. And the car chrash that they show in the previews. in the lead up to that a character betrays Indy, (Hint, its the only guy you don't recognize) and he is shouting, "Stay back, you don't know jones like I do. You don't know Jones! YOU DON'T KNOW JONES!" *crash* Overall they movie had a feel like Destroy all Humans!! with the communists angle of things, not a bad thing. But the killer was the ending, it felt like even though technically they left it open for a sequel, they were wrapping up 4 movies.

tl;dr Ending needed something. Less Wrap-up, and more cheesy JOOOOONES! moments.

Where have all of the action heroes Gone?

2008-04-20T16:52:00.003-06:00

I had just finished watching Judge Dredd, when a thought occurred to me. When was the last time, I had seen an action movie that had not delved into the complicated world of thought. In Judge Dredd, the was Rico, the Ultimate Bad Guy, and Dredd the Perfect Good Guy. Explosions, Good guy wins, the humorous sidekick, Rob Snieder complains the entire way. It made me go Woo! inside after watching it.

Another Example, Die Hard. Die hard 1, he's fighting terrorist who are also greedy. Die Hard 2 same thing. Die Hard 3, he's doing it with Samuel L Jackson. Die Hard 4 he got some whiney little computer hacker that he has to protect the entire time. The Bad Guy was once a good guy, and he is really just doing this to protect the country from an attack that really means it and make some money. With the addition of all of the technology, computer hacking, and the removal of the signature line in order to keep the rating, the movie was terrible. Killed by modernization and new movie making techniques.

At least one Genre is still getting better. Horror movies are still remembering where they came from and where they should be going. Planet Terror was one of the Best Zombie/Plauge/Psycho Killer/Shocker movie I've ever seen. Deathproof put Kurt Russell back where he should be, as the rough, tough Bad- Ass. (cept for that part at the end, that was a mistake, a true tribute to the stalker movie should have been the new chicks getting killed in, and the killer starting on the next victims)

I really really really hope that the new Indiana Jones movie has as little as possible of Shilo Lebueaf or whatever his name is. The movie should be Indy shooting Nazi's, Wooing Women, and Grabbing the treasures. I swear to God if they start to get deep on me I will walk out. Fight Nazi's, Women, Treasure. simple.

Movies made from past pop culture. Spiderman, hulk, transformers. You're starting to leave me empty inside after I watch one of these movies. I would REALLY like to see one of these that has NOT been dummed down for general public viewing. You just end up with a movie that been remade like the new action movies. Speed Racer goes fast, and fights baddies. Preferably at the same time. He WILL not debate the ethical consequences of driving under the race company, unless they are clearly names TEAM EVIL. (way to go Shaolin Soccer)

Too many movies try and make me think when they should just be silent. Unless I want to come out of the movie thinking, like V for Vendetta, I don't want that. No one does. Piracy isn't causing drops in movie, neither are home entertainment systems, HD in the home. It is the quality of the cinema. (WTF was No Country!? Best Picture!?!)

I heard a statement the other day. I originally thought It was rediculous, but the more and more I look into it, the more and more it seems to be more true. The more intelligent you are, the less happy you are. A comedian made an amazing comment along these lines. I can't remember his name at the moment but here is what I remember from it. "I thing 'Tards, are the evolution of man, not a disease. Sure they're stupid as hell, but look at how happy they are. They get a new lunchbox and thats the highest point of thier day, until five minutes later when something Better happens! Continuously reaching new high points in the day, man it must be great. I would kill for 5 minutes a day of 'Tard happy. "

*Edit* I just remembered another quote from the episode of South Park, "Cartoon Wars", A random trucker give Kyle a ride to try and stop Cartman from canceling a Family Guy episode. "I mean, I know it's just joke after joke, but I like that. At least it dosen't get all preachy and up its own ass with messages, you know? "

Classics

2008-04-07T12:09:00.001-06:00

Snow

2008-04-01T12:49:00.002-06:00

I just get ready to do outsidey stuff, it keeps dashing my hopes to the ground with bad weather. Oh well.

Snow Happens.

2008-02-14T14:00:00.000-06:00

Delayed

2008-02-09T14:54:00.000-06:00

-OMG HTML BARF-
If there's one thing I hate more than anything, its myspace pages that look like someone threw a grenade made out of HTML code at your page. Holy shit your site has sparkling letters, moving pictures, crazy sounds, and an X instead of a cursor? Wow, you're the lord of the internet! It doesnt do anything but make your page annoying and unpalatable. Probably just like you.

Found this online, sums up my thoughts torwards html people quite nicely.

2008-01-01T23:30:00.000-06:00

2007-12-22T20:12:00.001-06:00

I Am A: Chaotic Good Human Bard (2nd Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-13

Dexterity-14

Constitution-15

Intelligence-16

Wisdom-16

Charisma-12

Alignment:
Chaotic Good A chaotic good character acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations. He hates it when people try to intimidate others and tell them what to do. He follows his own moral compass, which, although good, may not agree with that of society. Chaotic good is the best alignment you can be because it combines a good heart with a free spirit. However, chaotic good can be a dangerous alignment because it disrupts the order of society and punishes those who do well for themselves.

Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.

Class:
Bards often serve as negotiators, messengers, scouts, and spies. They love to accompany heroes (and villains) to witness heroic (or villainous) deeds firsthand, since a bard who can tell a story from personal experience earns renown among his fellows. A bard casts arcane spells without any advance preparation, much like a sorcerer. Bards also share some specialized skills with rogues, and their knowledge of item lore is nearly unmatched. A high Charisma score allows a bard to cast high-level spells.

Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)

Catch up

2007-12-17T01:19:00.001-06:00

Well lately I HAVEN'T been playing a lot of new games, I unsubscribed to WOW, COH, and any other form of online entertainment, and only really started replaying some of my older games. But not even that often.

But after being subjected to all of the gametap commercials, I finally broke down, and decided to check it out. Suprised the hell out of me. I thought they were going to stick with the 14 days for free model forever. But now they changed it to resemble the Xbox Live business model. Levels and Whatnot. Green level gets you access to a random circulation of free games from some of the old arcade games, and some of the old computer games, while gold offers access to everything. But when you get access to the free level, you get full access to the whole game. You just have to watch a little ad before you play. And because it was December, the Hitman games, Psychonauts, and Some Psychic Soldier game are available for free. Only downside is you can only play games that you have downloaded on an internet connection.

Games I still want to play that have come out, Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxy, and Lego Star Wars Saga ftw. FTW = for the Wii in this case, I new they would release a Star wars game on the Wii, and it was only a matter of time until the controller got to be a lightsaber. Using the Speaker in the Wii-mote, the game also makes the Lightsaber Noise.

Remote Viewing

2007-12-02T19:24:00.000-06:00

So I just finished reading the book, Wicked, and read the plotline to the Musical, I like the fact that all of the characters are more interconnected than in the book. Like how the scarecrow was Fyero, Biq was the Tin Man, and the Lion, she rescued in College. And that there was less in the play. It seemed that the book just went on random tangents that didn't really affect the plot in any way shape or form.

And oddly enough now there is a new "reimaganing" of the Old Wizard of OZ, called Tin Man, on Sci-Fi. Where the scarecrow is just a genius without his brain, the Tin Man a disgraced Cop, and the Lion a Psychic. Hopefully it will turn out good, because it has Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming.

DO WANT

2007-11-19T13:19:00.001-06:00

KINDLE BOOK READER BY AMAZON

Defying Gravity

2007-11-19T10:23:00.000-06:00

So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!

Men are Stupid

2007-10-31T10:17:00.001-06:00

http://www.killtenrats.com/2007/10/30/men-are-stupid/

This article shows how men are more often more stupid than women when coming to work. And thats why there is a wage gap. Men make sacrifices for the make more money. If you ask how much more money they would need to work in conditions that had a 5% increased chance to be maimed, and No air conditioning, Men would come back with the lower number.

2007-10-30T22:08:00.000-06:00

Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again

I REALLY LOLED. HARD.

2007-10-14T22:53:00.000-06:00

Face down in the gutter won't admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black,
He's a big, strong man with a childs mind, don't you take his booze away!

He's been at it for years drinking balls and beer he's a hero to most he meets,
But inside he cries black swollen eyes, this man he sheds no tears!

Now his wife and kids sing a different tune as they worry about their daddy dying,
But this arrogant fool breaks every rule it'll be nothing but pride that kills him.

Could he listen no he won't that's all she wrote he'll be dead before the daylight shines,
But the thoughts and prayers of a million strong might keep this fool from dying.

He's a legend in the bar with every scar fights a thousand bigger men,
But now he fights and looses got all the bruises will someone please step in?

Cause this Irish fools got a great big heart he keeps climbing back in to the ring
In the low down circles where he holds his court this man he once was king.

Could he listen no he won't that's all she wrote he'll be dead before the daylight shines,
But the thoughts and prayers of a million strong might keep this fool from dying.

Could he listen no he won't that's all she wrote he'll be dead before the daylight shines,
But the thoughts and prayers of a million strong might keep this fool from dying.

He's a legend in the bar with every scar fights a thousand bigger men,
But now he fights and looses got all the bruises will someone please step in?

Cause this Irish fools got a great big heart he keeps climbing back in to the ring
In the low down circles where he holds his court this man he once was king.

Could he listen no he won't that's all she wrote he'll be dead before the daylight shines,
But the thoughts and prayers of a million strong might keep this fool from dying.

Could he listen no he won't that's all she wrote he'll be dead before the daylight shines,
But the thoughts and prayers of a million strong might keep this fool from dying.

Interesting Finds

2007-10-05T10:43:00.000-06:00

I found two articles or finds on the web that i thought were EXTREMELY worth talking about.

http://howardlindzon.com/?p=2725

In this one someone goes onto Craigslist(A classified for the internet. Personal adds, selling stuff, etc) looking to to a little golddigging. She looking for someone who makes 500k a year, and gets an incredibly honest response.

And as a decisive blow to liberals everywhere, Ann Coulter, wants to rid the USA of the one thing keeping the democratic party in power. Womens Sufferage.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/04/coulter-gardner/

It comes from a liberal source, but WTF. She, a single woman, said that SINGLE WOMEN SHOULDN'T VOTE. WTF.

Game News

2007-09-26T23:36:00.001-06:00

So this Tuesday, Halo 3 came out, and I'm pretty much addicted to the music. This video has got the major theme. And I don't know if I'd ever describe music as epic, but this come REALLY close. It just like you could really set it to Anything that would be Bad Ass. Killing Covenant, Golf, Frisbee, etc. It could make an awesome montage out of pretty much anything. As long as you had it in slow motion, Everything would work out.

Game News

2007-09-26T23:36:00.000-06:00

Eye Opener

2007-09-21T10:36:00.001-06:00

The coffee drink "Eye Opener" at Java city, is possibly one of the best ideas ever. Its normal coffee with shots of espresso. Its like having a hamburger, but replacing the lettuce and buns with a super concentrate of meat. I'm pretty sure having that much coffee in your system allows the drinker to see the inner workings of the universe, because I got my physics homework done in like 2 hours.

And my words per minutes jumped up like 50 words, but the errors rose about 50% so it evens out.

Holiday

2007-09-19T09:07:00.000-06:00

Happy Talk like a pirate day!

YARRR!

Weekend fun

2007-09-17T10:55:00.000-06:00

Well, I got to go to my first Renaissance Fair this weekend. It was pretty fun, but a little to focused on selling me shit. EXPENSIVE stuff that I would only wear to other Renaissance festivals. But the atmosphere was pretty good, and they comedians were really funny, at least the Beggar's Mud Show, and Puke and Snot. And I managed to pick up another Didgeridoo, its still pvc like the first one I have, but this one was about 6 feet long and they twisted it like a tree branch. Its a pretty good imitation. I just need to find a way to paint it now. It looks VERY wood-like, with the way that they melted it, and I want to just put a design on the Top part. I don't know, pretty much a lot of my playing games time has been devoted to finding what to use and what would normally go on one.

PS. People who use computers to grade physics problems should be shot, as there is no way to see what the hell you are doing wrong. For every right answer, there are 1 billion wrong ones. From getting the UNITS in the wrong spacing, to moving a decimal, to dropping a variable down the line. And not telling the exact format before hand.... never before has there been a more dastardly move in all of science.

"Daaaa da da da da da, da daa da daaaa, KATAMARI DAMACY!"

2007-09-12T18:20:00.000-06:00

Well just got the Xbox up and running again, just around the only time I don't have time to play it. So Bob gets to play his brand new Tiger Woods '08 or '07. But I did get to run through the new Bioshock this last weekend. The ending was pretty week, and the ending of the game was way to easy, but the plot twist in the middle was AMAZING. It definatly would have made for a GREAT movie. And speaking of games, one that I'm looking forward too, Beautiful Katamari, comes out the October 15. Not really getting excited for Halo 3, probably just going to dissapoint just like the rest of the trilogies this year. Got an intro from We [Heart] Katamari, that will give you a basic feel for the game. Basically the song is addictive as hell (See title).

Thats all I got right now, other than that during my cooking expriments, I was making a some sage + onion (Green) potatoes and some chicken. I decided i didn't want just chicken, I wanted some chicken in some of the gravy like stuff. And I came pretty close, I just put what ever i had handy; Milk, Water, some Chicken Broth, and for the heck of it, some Apple cider Vinegar. and then i just fried it on to the chicken, cuz I felt like it. It resulted in some ok tasting sort of gravy, but when i had some with the potatoes, and i had used a little too much sage making them sort of bitter. But eating the Chicken AND the potatoes in one bite made them taste amazing. IDK what it was.

And by the way, the new IDK my BFF Jill comercial is BAD, like the black plauge. IDK my BFF Rose. ARG!

Errata

2007-09-05T13:18:00.001-06:00

New Tablet, kinda cool, has some graphical power this time, and now its widescreen too.

It was supposed to be John Cormack, one of the programmers who founded Id Software and wrote Quake, Doom, and basically started FPS gaming.

And I might want to add Jim Broadbent, the Inspector from Hot Fuzz, and Harold Zitler from Moulin Rougue.

Quiztionaire

2007-08-25T19:11:00.000-06:00

Four Jobs I Have Had in My Life:

1. Weeder
2. Bag Boy
3. Floor Help
4. Internet Specialist(Hopefully)

Four Places I Have Lived:

1. The Hat Ranch, South Dakota
2. Flandreau, SD
3. Richardson, Madison, SD
4. Lake Madison, SD

Four of My Favorite Foods:

1. Enchiladas
2. Good Burger
3. Coffee
4. Potato Soup

Four Places I'd Rather be Right Now

1. Japan
2. Scotland
3. England
4. On Lake Madison when its not green

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over:

1. Kung Fu Hustle
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. FF7 : Advent Children

Four TV Shows I Like to Watch:

1. Dr. Who
2. Smallville
3. Futurama
4. Eureka (Not Eureka 7)

Four Websites I Visit Daily (or as often as they post):

1. Penny Arcade
2. Google
3. Kingdom of Loathing
4. MMorpg.com

Four Early Musical Influences:

1. Garth Brooks
2. System of a Down
3. They Might Be Giants
4. Cake

Four Computers I've Owned:

1. An Old Power Mac
2. Refuse from Flandreau Public Frankenstien Beastie
3. Multi-Colored Black Mid -> Evolves to BLUE BOX!
4. Tablet

Four places I've been on vacation:

1. Black Hills
2. Colorado Springs
3. NYC
4. Minneapolis

Four albums I can't live without treasure:

1. Fashion Nugget - Cake
2. Running with Scissors - Wierd Al
3. The Arokalypse - Lordi
4. Drunken Lullabies - Flogging molly

Four magazines I read:

1. Aismov's
2. Tv Guide
3. National Geographic (at my parents' house, in the bathroom, which, I'm sure, has always been annoying, but is less so now that they live in a place with multiple bathrooms)
4. Consumer Reports

Four cars I've owned:

1. Woodie Van
2. Family Truck - Just Drove
3. Pre- Explodey Lumina
4. Post Engine Explodey Lumina

Four colors I like:

1. Blue- Navy/Baby
2. Black.
3. Grey
4. Royal Purple

Four Hollywood stars notables I want to have a drink with:

1. Bruce Cambell
2. Edward Norton
3. John Cormack
4. Chow Yun Fat

Questionaire

2007-08-16T17:56:00.001-06:00

You know what, im feeling generous, and i've got a bit of time over the next couple of days. If I get a Questionare thingy in the comments i don't know if i could help myself and answer it...

Music Review.

Aphex Twin:

I don't know what this guys deal is or even what kind of music. Maybe a harpsicord Techno... But anyway, If you want to know what a drug trip feels like, he does a good job. Not that i know what a serious drug trip feels like, i just listened to this guy's 1 album I have and felt like I should go out and have one, because I shouldn't feel this messed up without imbibing some alcohol.

Fair to Midland:

Some pretty good light rock, Likin Park -esque. Thier single is "Dance of the Manatee" and its probably going to be thier only one. (I'm pretty good at that)

Stephen Lynch:

A comidian that sings songs. COMPLETELY INNAPROPRIATE but hes a genius at lyrics. One of the more relaxed and songs thats not filled with profanities, Jim Henson's Dead, is on youtube. (After the Break) Most of the lines are funny in a thinking kind of way. In Beezl (High Pitched Fast ) "I've got little devil horns, and a little Goatee,little devil eyes to help a little devil see little cloven hoofs that make it kinda hard to ski I'm Satan, Woo Hoo! "

2007-08-14T21:27:00.000-06:00

Warning: Slight Innuendo Humor at the end and begining. But the animation is amazing, and the humour in the begining is awesome.

I want to duel like this.

2007-07-27T22:00:00.001-06:00

Movies pt 2

2007-07-27T21:03:00.000-06:00

Well i've just been looking at some other movies that are coming out in '08 that I'll need to see

1-18-08 - Could be a title, could be a release date who knows?

Iron Man - robert downy jr. as Stark, odd choice.

Movies

2007-07-21T21:08:00.000-06:00

Well already got a list of stuff to look forward to, in 2008....

Watchmen - Directed by the 300 guy. thats about all they know

Get Smart - With Steve Carrell as Maxwell Smart. Movie Page

Dark Knight - Batman begins 2.

Generetion

2007-07-12T10:37:00.000-06:00

Pretty good, apparently its a large problem in the UK. They even had their own myspace.

I was going to put up a random fact, but I can't think of any right now.

"You know I think theres more to you than meets the eye..."

2007-07-02T23:15:00.000-06:00

Just got back from Transformers, pretty standard Micheal Bay movie. Blowemup Smashemup Robots. Pretty cool that they had a Soundwave in it. I had seen most of the other ones, Rachet, Bumblebee, and all that Jazz (Kek kek kek) And I'll ruin the ending, Autobots win. Classic summer movie ending. There were some choppy areas, where the angles and combinations of things might have been kinda cool, but just didn't work. And there are things at the end. And the Number of transformations rise just about exponetially near the end, and they even start doing some Matrix stuff going on.

If I were one to get paranoid, I saw something at Lewis the other day where I work, that MIGHT set me off on the whole Everyone has a twin or possibly a Truman Show crazy So far there are two products in our store that feature models that look AMAZINGLY similar to some of the people that work there, dead on, in fact. I give it about two or three weeks until something else appears that resembles another co-worker.

Oh well apparently there is a thing going around my families blog about 8 random facts.

Random Facts #1

I hate things that are passed on virally, like the emails, or the Random Questionnaires. "Pass This on to 50 people and your tru.." Ya, NO.

Observations

2007-06-22T23:00:00.000-06:00

I've recently looked around the internet and found several things out.

1: Avatar::The Last Airbender will be made into a trilogy of Live action movies directed by M Night Shamalan. I'm hoping he gets his creativity riened in on this project, because his last movies blew chunks.

2: Rum and Sprite = Good, I've just turned 21 the other day (May 21) so this has been taking a front seat in activities lately.

3. NEVER forget that your tops of the feet need sunscreen as well. On a side note, this is possibly one of the WORST places to get a sunburn, SO SUNSCREEN YOU FEET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

4: 80's music was not good. It was the musical equivilent of Cocaine. Gets you high strung and wanting more.

View

2007-06-07T08:57:00.001-06:00

So these guys are here to finally replace our window that was broken and now they went to get more wood for the frame, and i got to look out of the window...

Its like in the movies where you see a picture of the sea suddenly come alive and the waves start moving? Its like that, MASSIVELY enchanced, and 1080i high def. It amazing.

Still can't figure out what to do when we go out to Colorado Springs in Aug to visit my older sister.

"Not Found"

2007-06-02T21:41:00.000-06:00

Today, while working at Lewis, One of my coworkers was trying to find a potting plant, and he was mumbling the last 3 numbers in the UPC number, and how he couldn't find it. This wouldn't have been so bad but he was saying "404 not Found....404 not Found...." and i had this huge urge to say "Of Course NOT! Thats what 404 MEANS!" But that would have made me look like too much of a geek.

I'm still going back and forth on what laptop to pick up for school next semester. Mac has lots of Cool stuff, but I can get those all on Ubuntu and save 1k for the difference. but i might have to pick up a 17 inch laptop, because everyone says its too heavy, but the ones I'm looking at all weigh only 7 pounds and 9 with the battery charger and stuff. Everyone says thats too heavy to be portable. ITS TWO extra freaking pounds!!! I carry over 30 pounds of crap in my bag with books and tablet, so an Extra Two pounds is ridiculous to bitch at.

And apparently I've been discovered, so I'm going to actually go around and get a blog reading list for myself going.

messed up today

2007-05-22T06:32:00.000-06:00

I guess when i got tapped in the eye yesterday, now my eye is partly swolen shut. Blarg.

"Cry Some More!"

2007-05-21T16:07:00.000-06:00

Well its my birthday today and I can now legally drink, and go away to prison for life. I don't know if its an omen or not but I saw a dead kitten outside of my window today floating in the lake. It made me fee sad in that short period of time.

2007-05-21T07:41:00.000-06:00

"What?"

2007-04-25T21:39:00.000-06:00

Lost has taken an awesome turn for the better. I was thinking that they were just pussy footing around any real plot advancement. But this week they dropped a real bomb. A report from someone on the outside saying that all of the people on the original plane were found dead. This could mean any number of things ranging from the island is a version of the afterlife, to they were made from copies of the survivors were made by the island. Those crazy Dharma people always have some form of craziness going on.

"You're like me, arn't you. I'd like to see how that works."

2007-04-23T19:15:00.000-06:00

Heroes has taken a turn for the worse. It seems that they are copying "Watchmen" and just playing it out of order.

"If assholes could fly, this place would be busier than O'hare."

2007-04-06T09:10:00.000-06:00

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/04/sexdrive_0406

T-statement

"Geeks don't shock easily
Geeks have seen all the porn you can imagine and then some, priming them to be open to your sexual peccadilloes. They are not only less likely to be shocked by your exotic requests -- they might not even realize that other people think your turn-ons are exotic.
Conversely, your geek lover might be relieved that your wildest fantasy involves only two other people, five utensils and a trapeze."

"My Futures, Futures, Futures"

2007-03-31T17:49:00.001-06:00

I seem to be a sort of pathfinder for Flandreau. Or a mine scout. After I left Flandreau, I head to Dakota State University. So did Josh, so did my sister Katie, and now Josh is going to start working at the same store I am currently working.

I think I'm Being Followed.

Oh My

2007-02-21T21:19:00.001-06:00

These are SO good.

http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html

"Navidson in s.in.kin.g, or the stairs are S/T?R./E./T?C;/H/I.N/G(EXPANDING)

2007-02-21T09:47:00.000-06:00

Well, we started playing Dungeons and Dragons again, and we had an interesting first day of play. I was wandering a new town as my gnome rogue, and botched my search for a decent wench. I then sent a Present to one of my fellow PC characters. He MAY have caught something.... and by may I mean did.

2007-02-15T11:59:00.000-06:00

I may be thinking way ahead, but I want to make a Halloween costume with this mask.

Doctors of the Plague would wear them, keeping things in the beak to mask the smell of death.

I think it could be quite an intimidating Sight.

Wow, that was Wierd

2007-02-12T21:41:00.000-06:00

I had a really weird dream last night. I'm not too sure about the details in the beginning, but it was happy. I had moved somewhere, possibly underwater, and was enjoying it greatly. But the odd part was, I had gone on land, and was climbing some trees, and one tree hugged me.

Then some hunters came and the rest of the dream was about out witting them... I even did some running on water!

"Graaaaaaa!!

2007-02-09T13:44:00.000-06:00

I want to do one of these....

www.zombiemarch.org

"Here's a face full o' dandruf for ye, yer Biggun, coutsey of Big Yan!"

2007-01-06T11:02:00.000-06:00

Ah can't wait until school starts, getting kinda bored right now.

But I need to clean my dorm....

In other news Bush wants a Peace plan and Democrats want more Troops in Iraq. WTF...

"Slight is the Subject, but not so the Praise,"

2007-01-01T21:32:00.000-06:00

Well I still did nothing for New Years, but Ha ha, I have a surprise for them... Mwuahaha.

"Don't Take this wrong Felix, You stink like a Sewer"

2006-12-31T12:32:00.000-06:00

New Years Eve. I am having a Terrible day/Weekend/Week. Well first things first, I think my computer is going crazy. It randomly shuts down when I start to play games. It cannot connect to anything MSN, Apple, or Linux, probably because of a DSU computing services thing. It just snowed and rain yesterday, So I am pretty much stuck in the Dorms for New Years. Those are the big things. The little things are the killers. I cannot find my TV remote in my small room, or my coffee filters, and there are these little fruit flies going around, even though I haven't had trash in my room for 3 days.

I could head back home, but the way things are going, my car has already exploded or will go on my way back.

First Post!

2006-12-23T22:00:00.000-06:00

Arg! I'll try and get a better more meaningful post once I get back to the dorms and back to normal.