Overly Complex Consumer Items

Posted by Doug on January 31st, 2006 | 6 Comments

I have a fairly good media setup at work, with the vast majority of my CDs having been converted over to OGGs and residing on my computer, ready to be listened to at a moment's notice. Additionally, I have my iTunes setup on my Powerbook to automatically download the different Podcasts I subscribe to, [...]

Posted in General, Observations, Technology

Attack Of The Review Of The Bacon Robots!

Posted by Doug on January 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment

Title: Attack of the Bacon Robots (Penny Arcade, Vol. 1) (henceforth AotBR)
Authors: Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Genre: Comic strip collection
Available From: Thinkgeek, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
The Setup
I've been a fan of the Penny Arcade crew since almost the very beginning of the strip and so I was extremely excited upon first hearing [...]

Posted in Reviews

Doing My Part In The War On Terror

Posted by Doug on January 30th, 2006 | 4 Comments

During the 2004 election cycle, Lefty bloggers of varying stripes took to labeling Rightwing pundits (such as myself) "chickenhawks" and, less-commonly, the "101st Fightin' Keyboardists". Their claim was that, if we supporters of the WoT were to be non-hypocritical, we should head immediately for the nearest recruiting station and request to be shipped off [...]

Posted in Humor, Military, Outright Geekage, Video Games

Hey Jerkface

Posted by Doug on January 30th, 2006 | No Comments

Yeah, you there. Stop printing out 75 page stock prospectii on the printer in my area. We're behind a card-keyed door, so you can't even get to the bloody thing, yet day after day you print out veritable tomes of useless information. My two page printouts get lost in the shuffle and you [...]

Posted in Asides, Technology, Work

I Take My Laughter Where I Can

Posted by Doug on January 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment

Seen on a bumper sticker as I was approaching the Tacony-Palmyra bridge this morning:

Fat people are harder to kidnap.

Heh.

Posted in Asides, Humor

Tag, I'm It

Posted by Doug on January 27th, 2006 | 1 Comment

Zoinks, I've been tagged by Ryan, my Philly-area compatriot (sorry I haven't been to a Meetup recently. Next one, I promise…). Yeah, I know it's the blogging equivalent of a non-anonymous chain letter, but hey, it's fun.
As such, my Fours follow:
Four jobs I’ve had

UNIX Systems administrator
Java/C coder
Sporting goods megastore employee
Paperboy

Four films I can [...]

Posted in Blogging, Friends, General, Movies

Funny, My Wife And I Were Just Talking About This

Posted by Doug on January 27th, 2006 | No Comments

Apparently, since the Seattle Seahawks have been so miserable for so long, the administration of Texas A&M has remained ignorant of the Seahawks' "12th Man" tradition, at least until this past week's contest between Seattle and Carolina. Well, apparently the Aggies are miffed and are suing the 'Hawks for trademark infringement. Since they [...]

Posted in Asides, Observations, Sports
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