Check out these small PCs:Wired: Tiny PCsMotherboards and computers the size of a stick of gum. I wonder if it was a black market showerhead?Life imitates Seinfeld
>Bush Cancels the 5th Amendment
>So here’s a good one:5th AmendmentExecutive Order From the Whitehouse – 7/17/2007
>Delusions of Fester
>So here I am again, watching a movie I’m sure I owned at one point – Gattaca. To save you from having to refer back to the archives:There was one point where I had just moved out, I chose a poor area, I chose a poor roommate. That roommate’s sister ran away from home somewhere out west to come to live with us. I agreed on a temporary basis – get a job, get money, get out. It was 2 months too long when she got bored and started hanging with the local “gang”. The IOP – Indian Orchard Posse…
>Best TV for Gaming
>I saw this article about the best HDTVs for gaming on MSN. It caught my eye and it started out with just what I wanted to know: response time and refresh rate averages.Apparently Plasma is 4ms, LCD is 8ms, and refresh rate with the new LCDs is effectively 120hz (120 updates per seccond). It doesn’t really go into what else you may need, but review the models they chose on the seccond page, and compare those stats and you may just learn what makes them better then the others for HD gaming.
LOLCATS Realized
Now, here you go – the original inspiration for LOLCATS – circa 1915. …or is it? I don’t have time to look but I’ll post it because it puts the LOLs in context.
>Before there were motion pictures…
>Before there were motion pictures – there were Magic Lantern slides (PDF)
>Can LOLCATS be explained? Nope.
>Check out this really amusing article attempting to explain LOLCATS.You can’t do it, more importantly – no one should try.
>MixamasterJ
>Listening to some of Justin’s tracks last night got me a tad nostalgic. Where I may not be able to play guitar, I can play with Audacity =) I’ve done some stuff in Reason, but haven’t really taken the time to really learn it. I’d love to do some collaboration with someone who already knows the ins and outs. I have the ideas, I have the music in my head — it’s just so hard to get it out, just like drawing. I’m a frustrated artist with no skills 😉 Speaking of music, here’s a track I did a bit…
>Our Song
>I heard this song a while back, I thought it was perfect but kept thinking we wouldn’t be able to dance to it. It actually keeps a fairly slow beat, though it’s a bit harder then normal mushy wedding songs. I don’t want this to be a normal mushy wedding though, cause I don’t feel that way, I’m much more real in my feelings for Nicole. I appreciate that she came along and I’ve changed my life quite a bit for the better because of her influence and support. I’ve grown a great deal since we met, she was able…
Randoms From a Not-so-Random
Oh, and if anyone was wondering Justin Durand is up to his old tricks. It looks like he checks his MySpace often as well. I can’t believe how much the songs remind me of hanging out after Drama Club =) It’s all great stuff, lots of great music and art – so give it a listen. The tracks work, but the rest of the site seems to be broke.
Phone Dead
Phone’s dead. Motorola RAZR 1.0 – well, maybe 2.0 since it was exclusive with Cingular for the first year. The battery was getting low all the time, phone was barely lasting through the day, then it lasted 2 hours. Last night it wouldn’t charge, wouldn’t turn on – the lights blink on then turn off again. My old Sony Ericson is charging at home now. The screen is obscured by scratches and the plastic over the screen is partially broken away… but it’ll work. (I think.) I didn’t really want to give up the Sony, it does much better word…
>You got to laser operator…
>I’m kind of bummed. I volunteered for the Travelers Golf Tournament for the first time this year. I hadn’t heard back from my “team captain” about what I’d be doing, and was also worried about it being so close to the wedding so I told them to please take me off the list. She replies back “They had you down as a laser operator”. A laser operator?? That sounds cool!!!Too late, though. I did find this article about laser operators in golf. I would have been pointing at peoples’ balls with a laser, measuring their location for input into the…
>Future Mutant Creatures Abounding in Chernobyl
>This article indicates wild animals are migrating towards the Chernobyl. That got me to thinking about why the animals were coming back. The first thing that crossed my mind was that life wants to evolve, radiation helps that fact. Is there an instinct that drives these animals to a location that may help them evolve faster? The other thought is that life is starting to emerge there again. First come the plants, then the plant eaters, then the plant eater eaters. So as things again started to grow, animals would naturally migrate back. Of course I like the first thought…
>Paris Hilton Passes Go, Collects $200
>I just have to vocalize my contempt, though I don’t think I need to. There may be a few disallusioned souls who don’t agree she should have stayed in jail, but the general consensus so far is disgust. Everyone on the radio, anyone I’ve mentioned it to today, they all feel the same. You don’t like hot dogs? You’re cold? SUCK IT! It’s JAIL! Think how long you’d be there if you actually ran into someone while DUI. You’d be in there a hell of a lot longer then 45 days. Why not get a driver? You’ve got enough money,…
>Unfinished Furniture in CT
>Just in case anyone is looking for more tangible gifts:In-wall Drawer UnitCorner China Cabinet[pic] I’m posting them mainly so I can easily find them later, but bonus if we get them as a gift.=)
>Studio 60 "The Disaster Show"
>I was going to do a whole write up and comment about the 1st of the last 5 Studio 60 episodes. It is a rerun next week so I was fully expecting this to be the last one. I thought they pieced together what they had shot. It seemed like half a show. Check out the post below for more, I added my comments:Studio 60 Talkaloo
>-| Sharp Swords Settle Scores |-
>You Tube: Sharp Swords Settle Scores!~ there’s a story about this.
>Playing with speech recognition in Vista
>I’m testing out dictation I’m not sure how this is going to work I’m not sure how this is going to work stopped jumping on the monkey please. Stop jumping on the monkey please. Jumping on the monkey please stop jumping on the monkey please! Next paragraph I am a coal miner’s daughter and I’m wondering why the world is so vain. if only I was a scarlet albino. Then I would get the respect I deserve. I see a turtle it is as Scarlett as scarlet can be. Can you be my magic whale child? I always wanted one…
>Tomb Raider: Legends for PC
>Jay’s Birthday party / Cinco De Mayo was fun.I can’t download Rockstar Table Tennis, but I can download Tomb Raider: Legend for PC. I did just that, and it plays (with my XBOX 360 Controller) just like XBOX 360.Take a look, I may take another pic at a full 2560 x 1600, but this one is 1600 x 1024.
>Big Update
>So the opposite of not much happening has been happening – I’m wishing now I kept up on the posting. I’m going to have a hole in the whole “just got my first house” period. Most of the reason I keep a blog is for my own recollection. It’s not very good on it’s own, so throw a couple pictures and paragraphs together and I have a much better recollection. Just this weekend:– friday ~ I had off to get a tooth pulled. I actually had the gas/IV and it was awesome. It was considered “a luxery” by my insurance,…
>Job Openings
>Anyone want to work for Travelers? They have openings in Fall River MA, Hartford CT – just let me know and I can send you a referral notice.
>New Beginnings
>I'm feeling good.Yesterday was the real clocks ahead so I'm feeling more alert.I spent all weekend improving my house and even got things a little together after painting yesterday.We've got the cats moved in and they're aclimating.I played in the pouring rain on Sunday, moving the pooling water away from the house and in turn sending all my newly spread grass seed all-over the driveway. I guess all that time playing in the runoff as a child really paid off 😉 I like the paint colors… though for the record Velspar has much better coverage then Bear paint. It was…