Online Intimidation
A few stories have cropped up over the past week that cause me to worry quite a bit about free speech protections on-line. First up is the silencing of GayPatriot by a gay activist convinced that if you're gay, Republican's not okay. (Mark has more on this issue and the attempted silencing of [...]
Holy Cow.
If the screenshots attached to this BeyondUnreal article are in any way indicative of the caliber of graphics we'll be seeing in the next Unreal Tournament game, we're in for a real treat.
Jeepers. Just go and check those shots out and tell me they're not swanky, super-deluxe or in any way, shape or form [...]
Curse You, Eticulitermes Flavipes!
Setting the Stage
We've got termites.
Actually, let me rephrase that. That's the rational statement of fact. My own personal, irrational, hyperbolic statement is that we are beset by a plague of nigh Biblical proportions.
This all began early last week as I walked in to my kitchen after a long day of work and HOLY [...]
And Now For Something Completely Different: The Top 20 Python Sketches
As Brad kindly pointed out, Entertainment Weekly has ranked their top 20 favorite Monty Python sketches of all time. I've no beef with their choices, although the fact that "Dennis the Anarcho-Syndicalist" from The Holy Grail is missing is rather glaring.
Here is the list, formatted for your viewing pleasure (my comments in []'s):
20. The [...]
Site Outtage Tonight
Just got the following email from my hosting provider:
Dear Doug,
The primary hard drive on Unix10 has been identified has having serious physical damage and will need to be removed for testing immediately. We have scheduled a window starting at 2AM CST. This testing can take up to 4hrs depending on the tests needed, [...]
From The "Some People Take Stuff WAY Too Seriously" Dept.
MMORPGs are engrossing, even addicting at points - the king of them all, Everquest, has been referred to as "Evercrack" because of this. However, at some point, you have to realize that they're just games. I have seen others lose sleep, fail classes, eschew most human contact, even forget to eat for a [...]
