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I Wanna Be A Pop Star

Brian — 2007-09-30T13:19:09-04:00

I've mentioned this recently to several friends of mine but decided to post it anyway since I don't meet everyone I know in person all that often. This video is pretty darn funny. But then again, anything that makes fun of Britney Spears or Paris Hilton kind of has a leg up in the funny department.

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So, there ya go, another useless blog post.

Human Space Invaders Recreation

Brian — 2007-09-17T11:41:51-04:00

I found this on Break. It was somewhat amusing. I guess some people have way to much free time on their hands.

Even Microsoft Employees Don't Like Live Search

Brian — 2007-08-30T12:31:09-04:00

Well, I should probably say at least one doesn't like Live Search. I was on a tech support call with Microsoft and part of our conversation went like this:

Microsoft Guy: I need you to install a small utility call Filemon. Can you Google for that and download and install it?

Me: You don't want me to use Live Search?

Microsoft Guy: Well, if you don't want to find it...

So, he wouldn't use his own companies search engine. I know he's just one guy and search engines aren't all that there is but it was still somewhat amusing.

Yet Another Geek Test Thingie

Brian — 2007-07-24T22:56:25-04:00

I'm not sure why I fall for these things and keep taking them. I mean, you take one and you've taken pretty much all of them I guess. Anyway, here's my nerdy results.

Big surprise eh?

There's nothing to see here. Move along...move along.

Remember Telengard?

Brian — 2007-05-17T21:33:12-04:00

Out of the blue I thought of that ancient computer adventure game from the Commodore 64 days called Telengard. Oh the hours I wasted away in the 80's with this little gem. I thought the fun was over forever though. I assumed since the game was so old no one would ever remember it, yet alone port it to anything modern. It turns out there is a Win32 version of Telengard to be had. I haven't checked on a Linux version but I imagine it would run rather well in either Wine or Crossover Office. Oh the nostalgia!

Tags: Telengard, Commodore 64

More Fun From Jib-Jab

Brian — 2007-03-29T16:10:54-04:00

Hehe. You just gotta love Jib-Jab.

Tags: Jib-Jab

Happy Belated Pi Day!

Brian — 2007-03-17T21:19:52-04:00

Well, I can't believe I missed it. Just three days ago it was Pi Day and I was asleep at the wheel. I'm not a math geek and I've never even made the connection of 3/14 being Pi Day until I saw this posted on boing boing. Apparently they had pointed it out on 3/14 but I missed it. Still, I don't need much of an excuse to have a celebration and to eat yummy pies so I think I'll add this day to my calendar.

I wonder if I can push to have this be an official paid holiday at work?

Lunar Eclipse Last Night

Brian — 2007-03-04T10:07:39-04:00

I almost missed it until my mother pointed it out last night. It's been years since I've seen an eclipse and it was pretty cool now that I'm older and have a better appreciation of what is really going on. Supposedly it was much better to view in the southern hemisphere but here in the northern half of the planet it started out by turning a bazaar light almost blood red color with a strange opaque shadow over about three quarters of it. Later on it was a normal while colored mood with a dark shadow making it look like it was either waxing or waning but the angle of the shadow seemed off from a normal waxing or waning moon. Since it would normally have been a full moon last night all this was a bit more dramatic I think.

It's easy to see how ancient cultures would take take events like these as mystical in nature. Unless you know the scientific explanation watching the moon turn blood red for no reason can be rather traumatic.

R2-D2 DVD Projector

Brian — 2007-01-10T11:39:08-04:00

Now this is darn cool! You should check out what this thing does. Obviously it's a wall projector that looks like R2D2 from Star Wars but it does more stuff. The Millennium Falcon remote control rocks but I think the fact that you can use the remote to actually move the R2 Unit around takes the cake. Read the article with full details here to get some pics and find out the other things it does.

Now, if I only had an extra $2000 to spend...

Seasons Greetings from Commodore

Brian — 2006-12-11T12:29:15-04:00

'Tis the season I guess, so here's a retro seasons greetings for everyone. Man, this thing brings back memories.