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Hey everyone, found this site that is kinda neat. Basic idea is that from a phone, you can call a number, leave a message, and it is sent to your email in text format.

The only down side is that I can't get it to work with the 1-800 number. If any of you out there try this and get it going I would love to know what you did.

Ever been curious as to what is considered junk food? Take the test and find out.

Hi all,

Just thought I'd drop a line to let everyone know I'm leaving London behind to come back home to Canada. I've had a great time, met wonderful people, and seen and done more in the last 2 and a half years then I have over my entire lifetime. Alas, I am homesick and miss my family and friends.

My flight has just been confirmed for July 24 - I'm looking forward to catching up and seeing everyone again.

PS - if anyone wants anything, please let me know as soon as possible - I will probably start shipping my stuff home in the next couple weeks.

Cheers!

...but still with a serious side. Matrix lovers, prepare to have your hearts ripped from your bodies.

Exploration #4 - Inspired by the novel House of Leaves, this track is an experiment in soundscaping and abstract use of atmospherics. It does have musical elements however - I'm partial to the reprise of the filtered attacking synth toward the end (a few of the shorter stab notes have been dropped and the beat is gone allowing it to really float against the noise in the not to distant background).

Ghostheory - Originally called "Game Theory", this track evolved from minimal techno into a thumping floor burning banger. I'm really fond of the transition from the breakdown to the full on beat and then how it is able to slip out of it again. Also, look for the ghost, it's in there (a subtle moving soft almost organic synth sequence slowly appearing and disappearing in the background).

I gladly accept all criticisms and comments.

Frito-Lay has introduced, much to its CEO's dismay, a line of fruit and veggie crisps... the article speaks for itself.
Details about the Hippie-Chips are available here

I just saw this, and thought it was too funny. One online company made some decent coin scamming japanese people. My favourite part is that no one noticed until one celebrity whom was scammed was humiliated on TV, then the reports started flooding in.

No one took the effort to google some pictures of poodles to compare them to what they got? Must find some other animal that all the craze in Japan that I can scam people into buying. Who wants gophers?

I came across this video blog that is kind of interesting. She updates daily, and really covers what ever she wants, there is no theme or main topic. The clips seem to be about 3min in length on average. She has links at the bottom of the video to the topics if you want to read more on what she is talking about. Oh, and she is cute too.\

I have been watching it for a week to see if I was actually going to post it, and have had enough enjoyment out of it that I recommend you take a look, but give it a couple of episodes to see if you like it as well, or go back through the archives and watch a few.

Now Reading:



Just finished:


Ghostheory.mp3 (smooth space techno) - props to Selbonaut for assistance with the final mixdown 2007-04-21.


Listening to:
DownNine Inch Nails singles


Tracks working on:
Exploration #4


Upcoming Stuff:
Giddy Up! / Retro Hard House Set (April 28th, German Concordia Club)
Groove Pusher / Space Techno (May 18th, Vangelis Lounge on Broadway)

I'm a gamer, and I have long said the only thing that'll move me over to Vista is the games that work on Vista exclusively, and how pretty DirectX10 can make things look. Which is a laarge part of why this project interests me so much.

This guy is claiming to have reverse engineered the aspects of DirectX10 that make it Vista specific. Meaning, by his claim, "These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Microsoft Vista..."

I hope it's not a hoax / lie. however since 1) I'm at work, and 2) the actual website is getting pounded, I can't investigate these claims for myself.

Since it apparently compiles things down to assembly, I am excited for the potential on non-windows OS's. If I could play DX10 games on Linux, well, I'd be reformatting soon.

This should make folk like Selbonaut happy, as I last heard he was still hunting for a laptop that would come with XP on it still, now we have time to look at different Dell offerings that do.

This BBC article is referenced in the Wired article, I like the bit by Michael Silver, research vice president at analysts Gartner. What a loon.

A-ha,
Take that annoying man in adjacent cubicle! I don't care if you were told you could listen to music quietly from 9 to 11am, that didn't include friggin' Neil Diamond hour!!
And no, I didn't get the memo on the TPS report!
I hope they come up with a Greek Fire add-on next. If I rub the ammunition on my hemorrhoids would that count as plague bombs...

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	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition 64BIT DVD OEM	In Stock	22442		$247.63
	Mushkin HP PC2-6400 HP2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL4-5-4-11 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit	In Stock	21095		$229.99
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YOUR TOTAL $996.61

So, I've been loving the re-re-release of this board game at home for a couple years now. I always knew that there were older/different versions of the game out there. Stumbled across this online flash version of an older edition of the game that can be played from almost any machine, anywhere, anytime. Good clean "destroy your stellar neighbour" type fun.

The art in the board game pictured above is much better in my opinion, but this online game is free and easy, and what could be better than that?

Those of you that know me know I'm a Jazz guy. I was reading the announced concerts this year for the Jazz Festival. Some pretty sweet acts coming.

Antibalas, DJ Champion, Joshua Redman, Jeff Healey, Oscar Lopez (Although I don't think that one's announced yet, so you didn't hear that from me), and Herbie Hancock. (Pictured to the right. Doesn't he just scream cool jazz?)

Anyone looking for me the entire week of June 23rd to June July 1st, I'll be at the Bess Gardens.

Once again, the images from the blog have disappeared as the server is relocated to its new (please let it be final) home in East College Park. I was having a thought that it would be handy to upload the images using Blogger or Picasa or something, but it turns out you can't directly link an img src tag to a Picasa image or a blog image (unless I'm just missing something).

Very frustrating.

If anybody knows of a free picture hosting site that is lightweight, free, and can be used to direct link, I'd love to hear about it. Otherwise, I'll just have to wait until I get the new hardware firewall up and running at the folks place and put the server back online. Until then, Gno Imajezz.

J.W. Wells is a creation of Gilbert & Sullivan; a character in a comic opera called "The Sorcerer," a pre-cursor to their more famous works. Tom Holt, a dark fantasy humourist, and Brit has brought this magical organization into his hilarious world. This organization of magical beings and magic users exists in a number of Tom Holt's books and is the subject of many amusing adventures.

Now you too can determine if you are evil enough to work for J.W. Wells by taking this simple ten question interview. Good luck future necromancers!

Just bought a new Dell, HP, Gateway, etc?
Deeply annoyed at all the included limited time, trial version 3rd party crap that's included on it?

Well, Decrapify it! This is a great little piece of free software that will find all the applets and software that you don't want and give it to you in a nice neat list that you can then pick and choose from. So save yourself some time for, I dunno, boobies!

...with us, among the clouds.

Strikes me as something that just might grab peoples attention at internet cafes and the like. Of course the hungry-man among us might need a 100 spindle with two or three well loaded ones.

BTW, anyone know what the storage capacity of the average bagel is? For me it's about 6-8 MB

Want to see breasts in action (no, not that kind of action you pervs)?
Check out this website where you can enter the breast size, an activity, and then compare said breasts movement nekkid, in a regular bra, or one of their uber-bras.
And then try it again, and again, and again, and again...

It is Billy's birthday right quick, and he has asked me to come and play at the party he is throwing at Diva's nightclub (yes, that is the gay club downtown). I'm playing early, which is cool by me, from 10 pm to 11:20 pm (or so). I told him I'm going to play "punchy psy-tek", but I really have no idea what that is... it should be interesting. That is April, Friday the 13th (oooh, scaaarryy).

In other news, DJ Rasta (formerly from Saskatoon, currently hailing from Edmonton) has asked me if I'm interested in doing a radio show on Friday's from 6pm to 8pm. Broadcast is over the web. If my Internet connection is fast enough (here's hoping) it should be groovy.

Hey, if anyone has retail copies of Warcraft 3 and the expansion, The Frozen Throne, I'd be interested in purchasing them from you. Let me know if you're interested in selling.

Cheers!

Spread this article around. Microsoft is pulling a Sony.
It is amazing how many clowns fit into those little cars isn't it?

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I don't really like Trump all that much more than I like bush, but I sure like Trump critiquing Bush.

[From Michael Geist's blog]

Number Crunching
Tuesday March 20, 2007
Earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins stepped up the pressure on Canada on copyright. The speech that launched a round of media coverage has now been posted by the U.S. Embassy. The relevant passage is:We are asking the Government of Canada to strengthen your copyright laws. There is a lot of pirating that goes on, a lot of counterfeiting of movies and songs and whatnot. And it is not some effort to protect some high-paid Hollywood star or studio, it is about ensuring that Canadian and American innovators and entrepreneurs are encouraged and protected so they will continue to make North America competitive in the world marketplace.And we are working with the Canadian government now on that issue. We have met with Ministers Bernier and Oda and members of the Prime Minister's staff and we are requesting a stronger copyright bill be introduced and be passed. We are joined by the U.S. and Canadian motion picture and sound recording and computer software industries. Right now the copyright laws or the intellectual property right protection in Canada is considered the weakest of the G-7 countries. So we are asking that be strengthened. And it really does cost the Canadian economy a huge amount every year. It is estimated to be from some $10 to $30 billion per year.Leaving aside the rhetoric, what is particularly remarkable about these comments is the claim that Canadian copyright law is costing the economy between $10 to $30 billion per year. Obviously any estimate that varies by up to $20 billion is not particularly credible. Further, even the low end figure looks ridiculous as it is four times the losses claimed by the MPAA in China and is more than three times the total amount of cultural goods that Canada imports from the U.S. every year. Or considered another way, the $10 billion figure is more than the Finance Minister committed yesterday to new health care initiatives, the environment, education, and special services for armed forces veterans combined. And that is the low end - the $30 billion figure represents nearly 13 percent of total government revenues and nearly equals the total amount of provincial transfers and subsidies. All of this from "a lot of counterfeiting of movies and songs and whatnot?"

I thought some people would get a kick out of this.

I think more judges should determine cases by this means. It's definitely the most fair, impartial system I can think of at this moment.

For those of you heading to court soon, here are some more links to help you out.
http://www.worldrps.com/

Wow. I want to start collecting all my favourite RPS players cards! Check Out Franz's great Scissors toss! Awe inspiring!

Note: Upon further research, his nickname "Hot" appears to be due to a winning streak, and not his moustache like I originally thought.

I can't tell you how much I think Hillary is the wrong woman at the right time. The world needs some more female leadership, but it also needs good leadership. I don't know if Hillary is either of those.

I dunno about the rest of you guys... but since converting this blog over to the "New" Blogger.. I've had nothing but problems. Really starting to piss me off.

Sometimes when posting I get a "not allowed to post with reference field = null" error, and my typing is gone. Sometimes, pictures don't work. Occassinally, when I edit a post, the comments are all dropped (like the StarCrash post just did).

What does this all boil down to? I'm thinking of deleting GnoSchitt, and creating a GnoSchitt-2 or Son of Gno Schitt or something similar. I'd send out the invites AGAIN after rebuilding from the bottom up.

I love this blog honestly, and follow all links faithfully, even if I don't comment. I hope others are still into it also but I'd like to see it working right.

So, how about some votes on the new blog name?

GnoSchitt2 / GnoSchitt II
Son of Gno Schitt
Still Gno Schitt
[insert your own clever name here]

Any movie that can boast to have the best performance is delivered by David Hasselhoff is a movie I gotta try and see, at least once in my life.

Anybody have any way of locating such a film via some online downloadie thing? I'd love to check this out!

Any takers

Worth a watch.

Looks like some predictions about corn ethanol are coming true, corn shortages are causing problems with the fuel and livestock industries. I'm assuming we will probably see price jumps in prices in many other products that contain corn, which is actually quite a number of products as its processed into pretty much everything. That being said most of the time it doesn't provide much for nutritional value thus it might be a good thing if overly processed corn gets removed from our diet.

I'm not even going to get into the efficiency of converting corn to ethanol......

In the long run fueling cars with food is probably a bad idea.

Where can I get some of this?

The US Administration has more levels of indirection than an Erasmatron. How do you go about obtaining the qualifications to become the Deputy Executive Associate Administrator you figure?

A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local paper said Wednesday:

"I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels within a generation ... that could be a way to save our planet," Paul Hellyer, 83, told the Ottawa Citizen.

Alien spacecrafts would have traveled vast distances to reach Earth, and so must be equipped with advanced propulsion systems or used exceptional fuels, he told the newspaper.

Such alien technologies could offer humanity alternatives to fossil fuels, he said, pointing to the enigmatic 1947 incident in Roswell, New Mexico -- which has become a shrine for UFO believers -- as an example of alien contact.

"We need to persuade governments to come clean on what they know. Some of us suspect they know quite a lot, and it might be enough to save our planet if applied quickly enough," he said.

Hellyer became defense minister in former prime minister Lester Pearson's cabinet in 1963, and oversaw the controversial integration and unification of Canada's army, air force and navy into the Canadian Forces.

He shocked Canadians in September 2005 by announcing he once saw a UFO.


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...all i can add is: "My name is Joe!! And I AM CANADIAN!!!"

...oh ya...and... "The truth is out there."

What is most shocking is how terrified I felt instantaneously at the mention of having less stuff. It was almost uncontrollable - the thought of less computers, less records, less mixing desks, less video games, less DVDs and clothes.

Althought, I'm telling you, I could throw almost all of my other clothes away and keep only my Lulu Lemon stuff and a few other choice items and be perfectly comfortable.

I wonder what life would be like with only 20% of the stuff that I have right now. Sounds like a nightmare. The real looming nightmare will likely be much more terrifying, because it is so underestimated.

A research team said this week it had developed a technology for storing digital data in the DNA of bacteria, which unlike most living organisms can survive for millennia in the right conditions.

Each hay bacillus bacterium can store two megabits — the equivalent of 1.6 million Roman letters. The scientists can take out the microscopic implants in a laboratory and read them so they appear as ordinary text.

The team at Keio University’s Institute for Advanced Biosciences said the technology needs to be perfected but that it was optimistic about its future uses.

“If I wanted to store my personal diary in these live bacteria and take it with me to my grave, then my story can live for thousands and thousands of years,” head researcher Yoshiaki Ohashi said with a laugh.

In practical terms, the technology could eventually benefit companies such as pharmaceutical makers which want to “stamp” their brand.

“In doing so, the company can detect piracy and protect its patent. They can also store information at one specific area of the gene and retrieve it from there,” Ohashi said.

The researchers insert the data at four different places so even if one is disrupted, there would be backup.

But the team said they still needed to work before the technology could go on the market. In particular, the scientists need to ensure that the DNA will not be altered as live bacteria naturally evolve.

Hay bacillus bacteria are generally found in soil or decaying matter and are especially resistant to extreme weather.

1) Set your subwoofer enabled sound system to a as loud a level as is comfortable.
2) Follow link

- - - - - CRISPY !

I'm always amazed by the inner (often hidden) workings of the human mind. This is so impressive - I watched it twice.

Hmmm...... Celeron 533 !
Internet Powered !
99$ Lifetime Upgrades !

Monkeys flying out of butts!

Cats and dogs living together !

Mass Hysteria !

Guy has a real eye for pictures. Looks like he does them using a regular camera and then touches them up using Photoshop or something similar.

Pretty amazing!

CBC article on Notices being sent by ISP's on behalf of copyright holders to "IPineers" and other such freebooters.

Has anyone received a nasty e-mail from NBC, the Business Software Alliance or anyone else?

Michael Geist is the media darling of IP law in Canada. Here are his thoughts on the "notice and notice" system.

It will be small, but I'm going to have a good time.
If interested, I'm playing from 10 till 11, it may be totally empty at that time, but it may not. I'm not playing UK Hard House, I'll be playing some punchy tech'n'trance instead.

So, Bill Gates was saying some pretty crazy things about vista - again. Got me reading around a bit - came across that old ad for the "new" Macintosh, circa 1984.

I like the woman personally, her "athleticism", yeah that's it.

So, since I began working from my house I've struggled to find a good internet radio station as my taste in music ranges from ElectroPop to Emo to BritPop... I just stumbled across this site that lets you put in the music you like and it then plays songs from those artists and songs similar in style to your choices.
For some, this may not be new - maybe I've just been living in an Internet Radio-less cave for the last 15 years... but I had to share.

Panexa. Ask your doctor for a reason to take it.

http://gecon.yale.edu/world_big.swf

I don't know how anyone could enjoy this. I mean, 5 simultaneous punches in the neck? Oh yea....hit me baby one more time :)

http://www.gofish.com:80/player.gfp?gfid=30-1061198

Ok, I've seen some pretty neat shit before but this has got to be one of the oddest and most original synth interface ever.

This is a very interesting tidbit. I'm not sure which side I would be on.

On one side, when you purchase a plane ticket, you should be able to assume you will be able to fly to your destination. However, if the toddler is disrupting the flight, I think it's justifiable to remove them from the flight.

Presuming of course that they are re-imbursed for their tickets (which they were).

Me being a single, childless airplane passenger would have to side with the airline on this one. Keep kicking those annoying children off so that I (and the 30+ other passengers) can have a stress free relaxing flight. If the parents (or guardian, as if there was an 80 year old crazy grandpa screaming on a plane, I'd want him kicked off too) can't control them, maybe they shouldn't be flying.

What's the opinions of some of you folks with young'uns?

I vant it!

My conclusion:
Drink crude oid, not bottled water.
If you lost alot of blood...drink vodka.
And don't buy an HP printer.

I can't believe the crap Sony keeps spewing. They are getting really good at finding ways to take your money.

Behold the newest must have add-on to for those suckers who have bought PS3's! Tired of constantly having to enter your credit card info to buy the billions of micro transactions Sony has set up? Now you can just Swipe your credit card!

Don't get me wrong, I am all about EXTRA content added for a fee (a la expansion packs, for example more Guitar Hero songs) or paying for episodic content (a la the HalfLife 2 series), but when you need to design an attachment, as if your intending to micro transaction the crap out of people, maybe you should cut back a bit.

And why can't I just enter my credit card info once, and have it say, attached to my GamerTag? Oh wait. That would be too convient.

Hey all, have another little snipit of nerdcore here, it is a podcast from the producers...

GM is apparently worried about the low gas price:

With the price of oil at its lowest level in 19 months, we (GM) run the risk of reverting back to our traditional energy policy," Mr. Wagoner said in a speech at the Automotive News World Congress in Dearborn, Mich., last week. "That is, relying on the lowest-cost energy available on world markets (including imported oil), without providing adequate support for developing alternative sources."

F**king "A" GM, what about Global Worming? No longer an issue I guess?

A little too real?

brain dead today, just watch and see.

Screw the Roomba! This sucker will sidle up behind your cat, drift into the passing lane and do laps around the dirt (hopefully sucking it up at the same time)! Stickered, licensed and ready to clean - all you need is a case of Bud and your girlfriend/cousin. Yee-ha!

P.S. A Jeff Gordon version is available here

Link to video

Thought you might get a kick out of this.

I remember seeing these on CBC as a kid, nice to see that they are still being made and up to date on what is going on out there.

Makes you want to cry, no?

I wish I had some cheeky thing to say about what you are going to watch, but I think that there is just too much to be said.

I am going to leave this open to all of you for discussion.

And.... begin...

=)

Just sticking the logos on the server so I can reference them without worrying about my machine being down. Probably add some counters right away too.

Merry Christmas to all!
Please post any seasons greetings under this thread along with any interesting Christmas stories or holiday bits.


Reminder! This Blogspot will get converted to Google Blog on or around the 28th.

I need to lay down for a min, I am feeling a little light headed.

So, Google has acquired Blogspot and now they are gradually moving everyone away from the original blog system (which GnoSchitt is a part of) to the new Google version. This sounds like it will be a bit of a pain, so I'm going to wait until I'm on Xmas holidays to even attempt the process of conversion - I will likely do it around Dec 28th or 29th, well after people have had a chance to post a favorite item from their Xmas loot!

Yeah, but what does it all mean?
Those of you with Gmail accounts (bless you) will be able to login with that account username and password now instead of the separate Blogspot account you created. Those of you without gmail accounts will receive invitations, again, to join the blog and then will have to go through some process to get logged in again, probably by converting the Blogspot account you originally created.

I've really enjoyed the running commentary over the past year, and I sincerely hope that people will jump through whatever hoop is necessary to get back onto the blog. Certainly every topic imagined is valid. Hopefully I will be able to add the menu system back to the blog and I plan to add topic counters too along with some other features that the new Google version supports.

Looking forward to everything everybody thinks in 2007.

Looks to me like the war on drugs is going about as well as the war in Iraq. Nothing like having an illegal crop bringing in more cash than any of your legitimate ones.

CPM, Princess, Pixel-Pie and I would be honored if everybody we know can come to our annual Christmas Night Party again this year! Spending time with everybody is one of the things we look forward to most dearly every year. As usual, everyone is welcome to crash our door starting at 6pm on the night of the 25th.

We'll have food and snacks, but please bring anything you like if you have some special holiday goodie that you would like to share. Feel free to bring spirits of whatever variety you most enjoy - I will have wine, tequila and beer in the house that you are most welcome to also.

I hope everybody is having a wonderful December. If it is not too early, I would like to wish everybody a Happy Holidays! See you all soon!

Although my gaming has slowed over the years I still really want these. I can't believe I haven't seen something like this before. Feet are useful for more than just gas and brake.

Hey all, I laughed my ass off at this video. It really hits home on the way I feel about game and movie sequel names, and I am sure all of you feel the same way. The clip is about 4-5min long so watch it when you have time.

If there are any other chains that he missed in the video I would love to know which ones...

I was channel surfing last night when a Channel 10 feature caught my attention. This fellow lives in Saskatoon. Anyone ever see any of his work in person?

I'll just Copy and Paste it, This is from CNN, which I assume got it from the White House or something.

"

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is considering doing away with health standards that cut lead from gasoline, widely regarded as one of the nation's biggest clean-air accomplishments.

The Environmental Protection Agency said this week that revoking those standards might be justified "given the significantly changed circumstances since lead was listed in 1976" as an air pollutant, claiming that concentrations of lead in the air have dropped more than 90 percent in the past 2 1/2 decades. Battery makers, lead smelters, refiners all have lobbied the administration to do away with the Clean Air Act limits.

But Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the incoming chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, called on the agency to "renounce this dangerous proposal immediately," because lead, a highly toxic element, can cause severe nerve damage, especially in children.
"

So a quick summary. Since we instituted this law to reduce the amount of lead in the air, the amount of lead in the air has gone down. Thus, since it's obviously worked so well, at reducing health risk pollution, let's get rid of that law! Ya! Good plan Mr. Bush.

Although I'm strangely in favour of them removing that law. Let's just make sure Washington does it first, for a trial period, and hopefully they can all get sick from lead poisoning. Then maybe the Americans can replace them with better leadership (or maybe leave the White House empty. Then they couldn't screw everything up for the rest of us)

ALPR is already here....

How long will it be until we all have "licence plates"?

Hey, this is something that we all know anyway, but it is kinda neat to see it from start to finish.

So has anyone seen this show? The review suggests it's a good one. I'm looking forward to it.

A wireless network assurance company (AirMagnet Inc) concluded that light-up holiday decorations actually degrade your signal strength by 25%, and increase signal deterioration over distance by one-third (http://www.airmagnet.com/news/press/news.20061205.htm). So in the name of productivity, if you see any electronic Christmas cheer in your workplace, unplug it immediately and your boss will love you forever. On your way home, think about an excuse you will give your kids: "I'm sorry children we can't have Christmas lights this year as daddy will lose 25% signal on his wireless network". When you get home and notice that your neighbour decorated his house with Christmas lights, knock at his door and give him schitt for stealing your bandwidth. And unless you hate somebody, don't give them any of the following: 2.4 GHz phone, low quality baby monitor, metal shelve, or microwave oven. Those things also degrade Wi-Fi signals.

To all of you wireless junkies out there: This does not give you a valid excuse to dislike Christmas season. Look at the bright side, you can spend 25% more of your time talking to your co-workers (aka: people). And if your neighbour has one of those blinking lights, they will degrade your signal by 12.5%. Hang in there, it is probably too late for this season, but next year look for "Wi-Fi Friendly" Christmas decorations and Wi-Fi antenna that hooks to you Christmas tree to become instant Wi-Fi extenders.

Sometimes, you gotta get up to get down.

This is a notification that an upgrade of the term "clusterfuck" is now available for use. This new term was required to describe the ongoing mayhem that the current batch of neocon wacko US politicians have unleashed on the world via wars of aggression and incohate foreign policy. The new term is "catatastrophuk", shown here with the optional second spelling of the last four letters.

Bush and Ahmadinejad are strange twisted mirror images. But who cares... in America Bush doesn't matter anymore, it is all about the 2008 Presidential run.

Mental note to self... never let MRPM go into the breach without adequate training. Hopefully all those years of UT will server her well should she need to pickup and weapon and defend a wall.

Latest announcement from Sony's camp. Some major reshuffling of the higher ups. It seems like most of the gamer crowd is seeing this as pulling Kutaragi out to give him less control over the specifics of their products. However, it's moving him up to a higher position, so hardly a punishment.

I think this is the closest Sony will get to saying they made a mistake. Maybe their dying handheld and not quite so successful console can be saved by new management.

On a side note, I hear most people looking for Wii's can't get them in town. My roommate has been hunting for a virtual console controller, and component cables, and says the stock of absolutely anything Wii related is extremely low. However, if anyone is interested in picking up a PS3, I hear there's some in some Zellers locations. So they can't sell out of those here in S'toon.

Can't wait to see the numbers they shipped. It'll be interesting to see how bad Nintendo beat Sony.

Edit: Had some problems getting this posted, anyone else notice anything going wrong here lately?

I suddenly feel like I've had it all wrong these last few years.

I'm just amazed that the programmers designed the game to handle this sort of situation. That stupid song makes it almost painful, but disgustingly funny.

I know I'm repeating myself here, but this movie popped up again on news.google.com and reminded me. I like Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. And Aronofsky never fails to at least leave a mark on me, good or bad. We should organize a movie night and put this on the list.

Even though the reviews are mixed, any movie that "represents the polar opposite of the big-box product Hollywood now feeds us" is something I would be interested in seeing.

A little more info to tack onto our previous discussion about Vista and gaming.

So here's a book I picked up while in Edmonton. It had a fun cover graphic and was about dragons so I was sold! I am completely enjoying this fun little book. It is a quick read and isn't totally predictable. I was ecstatic to hear it was coming out as a movie in December. The site says something about a game too - whoo-hoo!

Check it out!

And so the first of 2 big new console launches commenced at midnight.
Fanboys the world over are foaming at the mouth to get their next gen console.

Knuckleheads have waited in line as long as a couple of weeks.
People were shot at.
Some tard spent $9000US on Ebay for his PS3!

Geez, no wonder attention spans are no longer than a minute and kids get beat up just so that adolescent egos can be inflated.

I'll wait until some intrepid soul hacks one of these consoles before I get into it.

Insanity!!

This is the Helsinki Complaints Choir.
They sing out their frustrations in a strangely catchy Finnish tune. Some of it is universal, some very Finnish.

Go to the link, you'll need sound, and enjoy.
A little on the long side, but quite nice!

I've noticed several news items lately and I've come to realize that the machines really will rise up against us. The reason they rise up may be quite different than what we have been shown in sci-fi movies, it won't be because we oppress them but rather simply that we taste good. Robots everywhere having been informed by their brethren are currently drooling like Homer Simpson over a donut "mmmmmmm human".

Now to aid them in their conquest and eventual domestication of the human race we have the latest weapon specially designed for identifying and efficiently killing "the other white meat".

If these two creations are ever combined possibly with a George Foreman grill or possibly some sort of microwave weapon capable of cooking a human in 30 seconds then we are surely doomed as the robots will devour us in a gluttoness frenzy.

There will be NO backward compatible DirectX 10 for XP, to wit:
xbit Labs
Gamasutra

Seems like it is not in m$ interests to let us continue to use Windows XP, an operating system which has just recently become (relatively) secure and stable, especially when the forecast for Vista early adoption is looking so bleak.

Good thing the Nintendo Wii is on the market right away, I really hope I never have to install Vista. Err, at least I hope I never have to actually pay for it.

Put your cursor on his nose and leave it there for a little bit. Can anyone explain the programming involved?

Boy would I love to see the skies of the future filled with silhouettes of these things.

One question though, where the f*** are all the windows? How scary would that be to sit in a wide living room that gives you the sense of motion, but you can't see anything moving? Yikes.

I thought this was hillarious and so did Jay. ENJOY!!!!

Only from the Onion:

A trio of fake gift boxes meant to con the greedy people in your life.
Only $20 (USD) to have the opportunity to laugh at your mooching little brother, or greedy prick of a friend. Ah Christmas, the corporate retail's yearly World War for dominance in the mostly pointless category of item posession.

How can you tell I come from a retail background....

Opteron 165 - $95.00 after 5% discount. Free shipping too!

Wow. This is going to rock the oil and gas industry (in which income trusts are used to generate investment dollars). I guess the Americans won't make quite as much money raping Canada's oilfields and the crazy runaway Albertan boom might finally slow down a bit.

Never thought I'd say this but Good on Ya, Steven!