More than meets?
I found this in my inbox this morning.
This is what makes me excited.
No kidding.
--UPDATE--
This has been removed from a lot of places, so *shhh*.
For those of you who asked... it's Bumblebee from the Transformers.
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June 28, 2006
June 25, 2006
Pull up a chair for Deadwood-themed poker
If you're not watching Deadwood, you should be. I certainly am, and so I'm quite interested in this -
Found here:
Pull up a chair for Deadwood-themed poker:
Deadwood, HBO's stellar, curse-infused western, is returning with their third-season and, as a promotion, they've enlisted Fuel Games to create a browser-based poker game called Dead Man's Hand. As Deadwood is to westerns, Dead Man's Hand is to poker games. The developers describe it thusly:
"Dead Man's Hand is a first-person 3D Texas Hold'em game that allows you to sit down at the table with the characters from the show: Al Swearengen, E.B. Farum and Trixie. But poker with Al Swearengen is a dangerous game, and he's a less-than-graceful loser. You'll need more than luck to get out of the game alive.
"Just like real poker, you can raise, fold, call or pull out your six shooter and start shooting bottles, lamps and the people you're playing against. Just be careful who you point your gun at, lest you end up downing a shot of hot lead."
As much as I want to be called a c*cksucker by Swearengen, I can't get the durned thing to run. The game requires the Virtools plugin to run and Intel Mac owners will need to run a PowerPC-compiled browser under Rosetta; Universal binary browsers don't work. I'll keep tinkering. In the meantime, anyone else sating their Deadwood-desires with Dead Man's Hand?
[Via Wonderland]
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I guess I could also be interested because my flatmate has got me hooked on poker and stuff. I just wish I could count, and pairs... man that looks a little close to snap for my liking.
Samsung unveils 32GB Flash-based 'HDD killer' | Reg Hardware
Wonder what this woild do in a new machine?
Found here: Samsung unveils 32GB Flash-based 'HDD killer' | Reg Hardware:
Windows Vista boot times to pass by in a Flash | Reg Hardware
Still not sold. I found this a while ago, but forgot to post about it. I'm puting it here so I don't loose it.
Found here: Windows Vista boot times to pass by in a Flash | Reg Hardware:
It's about the new flash technology that is going to make Vista amazing. Or not.
June 23, 2006
Delight
Magnificent sprawl of bountiful clouds carrying a delicious payload of sweetness-in-water.
Noxious fumes blocking my sweet sun?
Not sure, but it's a nice photo I've taken. However a lesson in the evils of instant photography; you still have to take time to compose, which I almost did, but nearly didn't.
The tree and the building and the whatever else tainting my art shouldn't be there, yet I was with it enough to have the light, the subject, in the middle.
I could edit this, but that'd be cheating.. and I don't like cheaters.
Noxious fumes blocking my sweet sun?
Not sure, but it's a nice photo I've taken. However a lesson in the evils of instant photography; you still have to take time to compose, which I almost did, but nearly didn't.
The tree and the building and the whatever else tainting my art shouldn't be there, yet I was with it enough to have the light, the subject, in the middle.
I could edit this, but that'd be cheating.. and I don't like cheaters.
NinjaDeath.
I hope I look this good when I'm older.
I wonder if it annoys you in the afterlife, y'know the not having organs thing? I wonder if it's frustrating, all that lumbering and such that seems to be the obligatory for the mummified undead? I'd like to be the stealth-ninja of the undead. The decomposing Mummy Ninja of whirlwind death.
Perhaps I could be the mutant decomposing Mummy Ninja of death? With extra arms. Wait. No. I'd have a mutation like throwing lightening. The extra arms will just be other mummies that I have killed with my ninja ways. I'll get them stitched on by an assistant, possibly called Igor. Not sure about that yet.
But I would sleep in a glass cabinet because that's trendy and new age, and then everyone could see me and be AFRAID.
I wonder if it annoys you in the afterlife, y'know the not having organs thing? I wonder if it's frustrating, all that lumbering and such that seems to be the obligatory for the mummified undead? I'd like to be the stealth-ninja of the undead. The decomposing Mummy Ninja of whirlwind death.
Perhaps I could be the mutant decomposing Mummy Ninja of death? With extra arms. Wait. No. I'd have a mutation like throwing lightening. The extra arms will just be other mummies that I have killed with my ninja ways. I'll get them stitched on by an assistant, possibly called Igor. Not sure about that yet.
But I would sleep in a glass cabinet because that's trendy and new age, and then everyone could see me and be AFRAID.
The Future
I can't help but wonder if this is what the future will look like. Some distant part of me hopes that it will... but then that distant part is quite far away, possibly smoking crack given some of the things that it seems to like.
So this building has become a monstrosity and I hate it very much, thank you kindly.
I hate it because I like it, and because it tries to be all industrial. I don't like it because it tries to impress. I want to burn it down as I'm frightened that we'll end up in some hideous metropolis future where all the movies are silent and old, and hardly anyone dies in amusing ways.
The spirit of Christmas is dead and I killed it. I killed it because Christmas themed episodes of your favourite TV shoes blow. Smallville I'm looking at you.
So this building has become a monstrosity and I hate it very much, thank you kindly.
I hate it because I like it, and because it tries to be all industrial. I don't like it because it tries to impress. I want to burn it down as I'm frightened that we'll end up in some hideous metropolis future where all the movies are silent and old, and hardly anyone dies in amusing ways.
The spirit of Christmas is dead and I killed it. I killed it because Christmas themed episodes of your favourite TV shoes blow. Smallville I'm looking at you.
I'm so happy! - Futurama Returns
This is the best news ever. Possibly.
Found here: Futurama Returns:
GrumpySimon writes "Good news everyone! Straight from a one-eyed alien's mouth - 13 new episodes of Futurama have been confirmed by Katey Sagal on Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show. All the original actors have signed up too."
June 22, 2006
Birthday goodness
June 3, 2006
In love
I need one.
I saw this today in the Mac store, and I need one.
June 2, 2006
20 Things You Won't Like About Vista
More vista joy-
Found here: 20 Things You Won't Like About Vista:
feminazi writes "Computerworld's Scot Finnie details 20 things you won't like in Windows Vista, with a visual tour to prove it. He says that MS has favored security over end-user productivity, making the user feel like a rat caught in a maze with all the protect-you-from-yourself password-entry and 'Continue' boxes required by the User Account Controls feature." From the article: "In its supreme state of being, Microsoft knows precisely what's best for you. It knows that because its well-implemented new Sleep mode uses very little electricity and also takes only two or three seconds to either shut down or restart, you want to use this mode to 'turn off' your computer, whether you realize it or not. It wants to teach you about what's best. It wants to make it harder for you to make a mistake."
June 1, 2006
Fuck you, X-Men 3....
Nvidia 7950GX2 cards hit the streets early
Two of these look the bollox for the cards in that machine I'm talking about...
Found here: Nvidia 7950GX2 cards hit the streets early:
Quad SLI board can't do Quad SLI
Interesting. Hopefully it'll be resolved shortly-
Found here: Quad SLI board can't do Quad SLI:
Windows Vista Ultimate: $450 US?
More expense. I bet it's not even worth it-
Found here: Windows Vista Ultimate: $450 US?:
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsWe have absolutely no way of confirming the information ourselves, but according to iTWire, we can expect to really pay out the nose for the most ultimate version of Windows ever conceived, Windows Vista Ultimate. Like, say, something to the tune of $450 US. Yeah, we know that's a lot, but we're assuming that's for the single-license full install retail MSRP; and when you consider the fact that the single-license full install retail MSRP of XP Pro is still $300 US, it's not too drastically unrealistic. Don't get us wrong, we're not exactly endorsing snapping up operating systems that cost more than the machines they run on but, you know, it is Ultimate freaking Vista, dude. Oh, and apparently Office 2007 Ultimate will set you back $679 US, too. Don't get dizzy now, just get your company to pick 'em up for you and you'll be well on your way to the Ultimate Microsoft suite which might have otherwise been used to put a nice down payment on a private jet.