Wii-less
Curse and blast! Above is the screen that I am now resigned to staring at each day until my Wii returns from the Nintendo service depot. It started exhibiting “visual tearing” (little black shimmery spots) artifacts a few months ago,…
Month June 2008
Soliciting Reader Feedback, Minivan Edition
So it’s official: we’re in the market for a minivan. Our legendary Passat has run its course and is no longer sufficient for conveying our burgeoning little family about town, so we’re looking to upsize (read: with two car-seats in…
Great Grandpa B.’s Kiwanis Club Chicken
Update Note: My grasp on family lore was apparently mistaken. Note the corrected portions. With Father’s Day behind us, we’re into the grilling season proper. My family rang in the summer last weekend with an old family standby: Great Grandpa…
‘Cause I’m A Big Picture Kind Of Person, That’s Why.
The Boston Globe’s online edition has an incredibly cool photo blog called The Big Picture featuring very large photos culled from the day’s news. Get started on the pictures of Chile’s Chaiten volcano, follow that with shots from the Space…
Friday Video Hyperbole
“The Great Office War” could quite possibly be the best thing I have ever seen on the Internet. I’m not kidding. Well, at least in the last 5-10 business days. (Via Gizmodo.)
The Internet: Giving New Meaning To “Alternative” Music
Let’s face it: there’s lots of folks on the Internet with lots of time on their hands and more money/talent than sense. Fortunately, these surpluses generally result in entertainment for the rest of us. For instance, Radiohead’s “Nude” performed on…
Bravo, Sun. Bra. VO.
As you’ll note, there was very little blog output ’round these parts two days ago (read: I didn’t post a single durn thing). This was entirely due to a very, very long 16 hour day which featured a large-scale LAN…
You Just Got Served, Comrade.
Run DMC + Red Army dancers = hilarity. Via Dvorak.
Excellent Soundtrack Choice, Lads
When faced with a compilation of folks mishandling firearms in highly dangerous yet entertaining fashion (read: no lasting injuries), Boots Randolph’s Yakety Sax aka “The Benny Hill theme song” is really the only choice. WARNING: There are some expletives audible…
There’s A-Doin’s Afoot
Can’t go into depth right now, but I’ve been busy, busy, busy as of late, thus le output du blogge has been, well, downright pitiful, and for that, I R Sorry. I promise you, though, things will soon be Oh,…
