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Oh Joss I have foresaken thee. I did not know. Truly. I knew not.
There’s no way around it. I’m guilty. I’m guilty of doing a very bad thing. I don’t know if there’s a way I can be forgiven for the sin I have brought unto myself. I mean *how* HOW could I even consider myself to be a fan of Joss Whedon *and* be oblivious to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog? I could use the excuse that I don’t have iTunes, but really, is that a good enough excuse? No. No it is not. For those of you who have been like me, living in a cave- I give you 'A brand new day, last song act 2'. It should be coming out on DVD, but in the meantime you can catch pieces of it on Youtube (thanks Cavtroop for showing me the error of my ways and pointing me in the right direction. One day, year, decade; I hope to be on good side of the Whedonverse again).
Continue reading...World of Warcraft for old fogies
8. July 2008
Gus over at GiantRealm has an easy to read, insightful and. . . and. . . what was I talking about? Oh yeah, and informitive article on how to survive and thrive in WoW if you’re over 30, have kids and don’t want to dedicate your life to doritos, pasty skin and undead elves. Check [...]
Continue reading...What is the sound of 10,500,000 firecrackers? Why, it’s this.
5. July 2008
Now that the 4th is over, here’s a little tidbit for you. 10,500,000 firecrackers - at the time this was filmed, a world record. Also a second record for most firecrackers blowed up in 5 seconds (a mere 800,000 of ‘em). snap-snap-snap-snap-snap-BOOM! Technorati Tags: boom, firecrackers, millions, world record, lotta gunpowder, BOOM Click the [...]
Continue reading...To Wii or Not to Wii
14. June 2008
Wii. While I can’t afford all the new consoles out there, I must slowly take my time to decide which would be the best for me and my son. I’m an old school girl; it started with a paddle, ball and a wall, then scribbling two walls on a piece of paper and zipping my [...]
Continue reading...Can we call it a constellation prize?
11. June 2008
For those who have felt bad for our little Pluto who was stripped of its title a couple of years ago of being considered a ‘planet’, perk up, all other little psuedo planets shall from hence forth be called a plutoid in honor of Mickey’s dog. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, [...]
Continue reading...Skyscraper of steel toy parts sparkles in New York
10. June 2008
Holy glittery goodness Batman! If you’re going to be in the NYC area before July 19th, make sure you add this to your “Must See” agenda. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A million pieces of stainless steel toy parts assembled into a nearly seven-story model skyscraper glimmered under the hot sun in New York on Tuesday, in [...]
Continue reading...Darth Vader Soundboard
26. May 2008
On my quest for really fun widgets, I found this one at Widgetbox There were a few issues I have ran across: 1. Adjusting the size still didn’t make the boxes legible 2. Clicking on “Full Screen” only took me to a site with the google ads. The game didn’t show up. Regardless, it’s still uber fun to randomly click [...]
Continue reading...The new wave of online dating. Part 1
26. May 2008
I have to admit that when I saw this on E! Entertainment I thought it was a little weird, yet at the same time I was both curious and impressed.In this day and age where almost every minute and mile counts, why not take a virtual date before you go on the real thing? It’s [...]
Continue reading...Fun, creepy way to save the ever increasingly rare “spare change”
26. May 2008
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Continue reading...Review: Into the Wild
13. May 2008
I didn’t know a lot about this film before I had it delivered to my mailbox. I knew it was a coming of age story about a man bent on going to Alaska. In fact I didn’t even read the synopsis until after I watched it: Sean Penn directs this feature based on best-selling author Jon [...]
Continue reading...Severe OpenSSL vulnerability reported - affects many Debian based (i.e. Ubuntu) distros
13. May 2008
Right from the horses mouth as it were - this affects a huge number of Ubuntu releases along with other Debian based distros. Be sure to regenerate ANY SSL key’s you may have out there that were created with the older version, even if they were just imported on to non-Debian based machines. =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice [...]
Continue reading...The “Hello World” Program, in 366 Programming Languages!
4. May 2008
“Hello World” is the traditional first program you write when learning a new language, first appearing in K&R’s “The C Programming Language” book in 1978. Since then it has been implemented in almost every programming language on the planet. This collection has it in 366 coding languages (even LOLCode!) and 58 human ones! [...]
Continue reading...Bravo Bravia, Bravo!
2. May 2008
While Ben has been on vacation, I’ve had my own little adventure: Foot being crushed by a powered chair lift that prompted me to take meds for the pain; which caused me to sleep walk resulting in moving my son’s wheelchair that got tangled up in my television wires which caused it to fall screen [...]
Continue reading...My Geeky Ideas
26. April 2008
While I’m busy getting back into the daily grind and healing (I had a powered chair lift carrying a 300lb chair land on my foot on Thursday), I’m going to toss you guys an idea I had while walking through the city that never sleeps: The Lightsaber Chandelier. I currently have 4 sabers of various colors and I [...]
Continue reading...Wonder Woman
12. April 2008
Because of Comic-Con next week I wanted to keep (for my part) the superhero theme going… and of course other genres of comics (while I can; I still have two days of work before getting on a plane to head East to NYC on Wednesday!!!) Earlier I wrote about mothers being non-existent in the upbrining of [...]
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24. July 2008
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