Archive for June, 2005



I’m Rick James, Bitch…

… and a Night Elf Rogue.
This article alleges that Dave Chappelle likes to spend his free time playing WoW.

“You know what I’ve been playing a lot of?” the comedian reportedly asked the crowd. “World of Warcraft!” When a few cheers broke out, he reportedly responded, “I knew I had some geek brothers and sisters [...]

A soldier came home in a box, recently. Nothing new there, considering military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. This soldier, one Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Piper, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. He was a supporter of free speech, and a supporter of gay rights.
His hometown of Marblehead herladed him [...]

Review: George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead

Okay, I promised Colin a review, and I’ve been absent from the site entirely too long. Work has been brutal, and I suppose this review will be as good an opportunity as any to signal my return.
George Romero is considered a minor deity among horror aficionados. He created the original zombie thriller, Night [...]

Read for yourself.

Ruling in the case of MGM v. Grokster.
Read it here.
If you have just eaten or otherwise have a weak stomach, make sure to skip straight to Justice Breyer’s opinion (p. 38), as it is much more digestible.
Edit: Not that it has any bearing, but I think it is interesting that when I visited the [...]

Disclaimer.

I am not sure if the Simpsons episode last night was a repeat, but, prior to the episode Fox decided they needed to show a disclaimer:
“THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CONTAINS DISCUSSIONS OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.”
Weird.

Well, Carl has told me that he will write an actual review of the movie since any review that I write will include many profanities and much whining about the fact that my wallet is $7.50 lighter.

Popped my cherry.

Well, it had to happen. And, I guess I kinda felt that it would probably happen during a Monte Cook adventure. You see, I just lost my first character to a giant Umber Hulk.
Camby Underhand died a valiant death. Well, actually, since he was under the guise of a confusion spell, it [...]

Custom Postage Stamps

Well, snail mail hasn’t been renered totally obsolete just yet. And, for those times you have to search the house for an envelope and scavenge the junk drawers for stamps wouldn’t you want something a little different than an American Flag or whatever else might be on USPS stamps at the time? Thats [...]

Monte Cook is on crack.

Image title: Dice and Character SheetFrom: colinrego’s Flickr album.

So, last night, my gaming cohorts sat down for the first time in many weeks to roll some D20’s. Since we were unable to continue a previous adventure due to one of the group having to paint a nursery for an [...]

abligurition

word ‘o the day:
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next?

Ok, Apple fanboys… Take a deep breath.

Image title: Apple and IntelFrom: jeffandcaryn’s Flickr album.

I know many will take offense to being called a fanboy. Well, too bad. If you are spouting forth woe and misery based upon hearing Apple will be using Intel processors in the future, you are a fanboy… deal with it.
Aside from [...]

Bygones

This commercial was fantastic: Apple toasts the Pentium (Approx. 3MB .MOV)
It’s nice to see that the hatchet has been buried and that Apple and Intel can live in harmony.

Apple to Intel Bandwagon.

Update: OMG. It’s true!
Well, just about every blog and news-site I read has officially jumped on the “Apple is Switching to Intel” bandwagon. We could hear something official from Mr. Jobs during his keynote address at WWDC.
Until then, I will sit with my ear pressed against my monitor, hoping to hear something [...]

Dresden Dolls Filming Their First DVD

The Dresden Dolls, the punk cabaret duo, are back in Boston filming their first DVD at the Paradise on Sunday, June 5. As such, an invitation was sent out to their loyal fans (read: people on their mailing list) about the event. This email also included an invitation to request free tickets to [...]

Brand new iMac G5

Image title: 20″ iMac G5
From: colinrego’s Flickr album.

Recently, we got a gander at a desk that was just overrun with geekitude. Carl’s desk had a couple LCDs, a couple keyboards and mice, a couple PCs, mountains of blank CDs… you get the picture. Well, I had alluded to my own [...]




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