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>I just picked up Call of Cthulhu today (that’s Cath-u-loo) and my first impressions are mixed. I’m not overly good at this sort of game, but it looks really nice, though the graphics are a bit on the low side. It makes up for it by it’s use of shadow, and cinematic effects. You’re a PI in the 1920s (maybe a tad before) and you begin your journey investigating an odd Cult that’s set up near a seaside community in Massachusetts. They’re involved in horrific experiments, and the experience leaves you scarred and amnesiac. You then get a mysterious call…

>MySpace Harbors Terrorists! I feel that even though this article is sensationalistic, it has a point.There are people in this country who see the terrorists as heros. Theyread the scriptures, practice martial arts, and share ideas.One of the items that scared me was the guy counting down to “WWW III / IRAN War”That lead me off on a tangent in my head, what if these people are actually in on the plan. Even if they’re not, since they posted it on myspace, where did they get the information? Do they have relatives whom they’re emulating? Parents? Did they actually overhear…

> 10 days, still raining. I swear if I hear one more ARK comment, I’m gonna… I’m gonna… swim away.…cause there’s a lot of water. So much that I could… swim, you know?

>Believe it or not… the ferrari saga continues. See the links page for more information. I am attempting to do music stuff. I am inspired after setting up my keyboard again. It was really lagging when Dan was playing, but I think it may have just been the particular sample he was using. I found the other program that actually notes the notes that are on it – Cakewalk. It can mix waves, and add effects, and take midi and form it into wave and then add effects to that. It’s pretty cool. I just have to sit down and…

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>Eurika! I have a masterful idea, please let me know what you think of this: The problem with underwear:Briefs just make everything stuffy.Boxer briefs are better, but the legs ride up and it still holds everything up against the crotch.Boxers are great, but it’s either one side or the other. The side with fabric is nice, it feels comfortable, but the other side is constantly rubbing.You can move to the other side to give equal opportunity, but it’s never a win/win situation. The solution:A “pocket” for the scrotum in the underwear. A sort of “change purse”, but with very loose…

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> I don’t think I’m really this bad at communicating. I have my issues, but I can relay my point to a normal person.The Boss likes to say I can’t get my point accross, but he doesn’t understand half the things I try to tell him. He’ll repeat something back as a problem, when there is no problem if he actually understood what I told him.He freaks out, so I have to tell him a certain way, trying to think how he’d take it and get the point accross so he’ll think of it in the right way. Between not…

>…this is why I have stats trackers, so I can see where my visitors come from. This particular user was looking for “Dyno Tummy Sex” and they found my page.1.) Why would anyone search for this?2.) What are the chances of this being not (which it wasn’t, by the way) relevant to their search?!!

> Where are you coming from?

>I just realized I was featured a couple of times in Masslive: Blogbeat, but I never knew it!July 2003 and August 2003. Man… that would have been fun to know at the time.

>I have heard of these before, even looked at them before… but I finally have broken down. If I get 5 people to click this link for getting a free ipod and sign up for a trial of Blockbuster, as soon as your first shipment of DVDs arrives I get a credit. Once I get 5 credits, I get an iPod but I only have 90 days to do it. I know you have 5 friends who wouldn’t mind trying Blockbuster.If you know of 5 friends who’ve got an extra $20 for some DVDs to rip… then you can have…

>The Real History Behind Cinco De Mayo: It all started in 1912: back when Helmans was in England, the Titanic was carrying the single largest shipment of mayonaise ever.Mexico was actually the seccond stop after NY for the Titanic, and the shipment would have provided the Mexicans enough mayonaise to last them for a very long time. Unfortunately the Titanic sank, and with it — all of Mexico’s mayonaise. Thus they proclaimed a day of mourning – Cinco de Mayo.

>updated 050306[ LINKS RELOCATED TO LINKS PAGE WHERE THEY BELONG ] Also now with link goodness from today.

>”I’m a PC” – “I’m a mac”“Careful, I’ve got that virus that’s going around” – “That’s OK, I’ll be fine”*Sneezes* – *looks chipper*Apple was touting the mac as the solution for those tired of viruses. Granted, it’s been known for quite some time but they never needed to advertise it.What makes it worse is that Apple really isn’t immune anymore. They’ve got an intel core, a processor that can be accessed via code already made for the PC, so a virus can be adapted with a modified front end designed with a certain mac in mind.Power PC chips just didn’t…

>Pigs may be the future for EnergyI can’t believe it, here we have a whole rant on why corn can’t be used, and the situation presents itself in the form of pig dung. Yes, that’s right – turning the sow’s ear into a silk purse… or a sow’s rear into oil first. That’s what these guys have done, a giant oven like contraption that will get 3.6 gallons of crude. Set up some sort of conveyor belt into said oven, and you’ve got a poop-converting oil factory. I don’t know the technicalities of the emmissions released while creating said crude…

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>I’m spending a very cool Saturday inside, it’s wonderfully sunny and I’m doing Javascript, for fun. I found the greatest Javascript tutorial ever and I’ve been reading and coding the examples. It’s a little advanced, but I need that. I need large steps and a challenge to get from what they just showed by example to what they are proposing for self-learning. I used the examples they gave, but had to incorporate those with different variable and function names, and implement them into a demo page. I’ve already learned a great deal. I’ll probably be able to streamline a lot…

>Why Ethanol Isn’t Actually the Answer Leave it to some Professor to figure out that it’s not really efficient to use corn as a fuel.Apparently factoring in farming costs, transportation, and related costs, it costs 70% more energy to produce Ethanol then it will produce.Ethanol was originally established to make fuel burn cleaner, not replace it. People are getting confused (as usual) and are expecting this to be a gas substitute. Where it’s true that the flex fuel vehicles can run on 85% Ethanol / 15% straight gas, it’s really not efficient to do so.The professor’s main point is that…

>I love this chick’s music: Imogen Heap It’s by the same guy who produces Frou Frou, and it sounds similar, but it’s also really good stuff. Heard Matisyahu yet? Check it out. I found this one by accident: Tori Amos – Fade to Red: Video Collection I adore Tori, and the videos are always so artsy 🙂 I also found this WinXP64 site: WinXP64.Blogspot.com Not too much yet, but looks promising. He’s got Win3.1 themed wallpaper, wha wha? throwback to the wizzie!

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>******************RANDOMBLURBS******************I keep reading about the sectarian violence in Iraq. They want to disband militias and integrate them into the national forces. As they’ve proven on several occations, this only gives them access to sensitive areas.They don’t actually disband, they just appear to, they keep up with their “brothers”, their meetings, and plan a greater attack. They’re able to use their uniforms, or steal them for others, form a plan, and attack. That’s how they pulled off the mosque bombing that started this whole doubleishious.It’s impossible for me to fathom having to be responsible for resolving this sort of enigma.****One year…

>The time has come, pick up your routers, run your cable, and point your dishes. We need to make this information independent of those who wish to control it. Congress has voted to relinquish control of the freedom we’ve come to take for granted, information available at the push of a button. Just as the digital divide gets smaller and smaller, commercialism will elevate those who can afford it.Quick paths, higher bandwidth, and priority to those who pay the premium is what lies ahead once AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner, Comcast, and what’s left of the telecommunications industry take the reins.…

>Bush is going to put a “temporary hold” on the emergency oil reserve. I originally noted this a while back. I’ll get that search script working soon enough so you can actually see these things when I say them, instead of just taking my word for it. For though I know I said it, and you can probably find it, having it right there leaves no doubt.Anyhow, he’s going to decrease demand by not hoarding. I believe this is what has driven our prices up. It’s just a theory, but they already know it controls us all… the price of…

> Today is friday.See the date? See the time? It’s the beginning of a Friday. I just got to work, ate my breakfast, and read that the unemployment rate (nationally) is the lowest it’s been in 4.5 years. From that I’m making an inference that about September 2002 the economy started gonig down. It was about then that RCN went under. I was no longer working a year after the terrorist attacks, almost exactly a year.I know it had a big impact on the economy, not right away, but after… and it bothers me that I can’t remember accurately. I’d…