Archive for October, 2004
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29 Oct 2004
Red Sox World Series victories predict incumbent presidential defeat with 100% accuracy!
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29 Oct 2004
Grand Theftendo, a Nintendo Entertainment System fan port of Grant Theft Auto. It’ll be available for free download when it’s done!
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27 Oct 2004
With a 225 million dollar haul, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has reportedly broken the opening weekend for sales of any entertainment anything. Ever. Spider-man 2 only made $192M. With GTA:SA, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, the Nintendo DS, and the Sony PSP, this is shaping up to be a huge season for video games, perhaps even bigger than the fall of 2001 (when PS2, X-Box, and Gamecube were all released).
Also: Read Wil Wheaton’s story on how he ended up doing a bit voice-acting part in San Andreas.
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26 Oct 2004
Seven days to go. “You know what they call a candidate who’s counting on a lot of new voters? A loser.” — James Carville
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25 Oct 2004
The Gimli Glider: how a talented airline pilot saved hundreds of lives when coincidences converged and his 767 ran out of fuel. This should be made into a movie.
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25 Oct 2004
Free graph paper PDFs. Now if only I needed to graph something..
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22 Oct 2004
Blu-Ray? HD DVD? Confused by the tech? Unsure why you should even care yet? Gizmodo presents a good overview called Blu-Ray Has Already Won.
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22 Oct 2004
As of roughly 15:30 this afternoon, I am no longer a programmer. I am a Unix System Administrator. Go, me. As my first Unix Admin-related post, I’d like to announce that the Sun v20z is a clean, precise, fast-as-all-hell piece of genius.
I’d say more, but it’s Friday evening, and I’m feeling terse.
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22 Oct 2004
There will be a total lunar eclipse next Wednesday, October 27 starting at 20:05 EDT. Totality will last between 22:23 and 23:44. (These times are for Naugatuck, CT. Use the lunar eclipse computer to calculate for your location).
Chris, I’m depending on you to get some good photos.
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22 Oct 2004
SPOnG.com has a long story up about their recent hands-on demo of GTA: San Andreas. This game sounds totally fucking gonzo. You need to eat? You need to exercise? (Oh, the irony of gamers working out at a gym in-game). Swimming! Cars that disappear when you walk off for too long can be retrieved (read: re-stolen) from the SAPD impound lot. And there are far more interesting features hinted at and detailed.
I’m definitely looking forward to this game, although I’ll have to wait a while, since I’m not really willing to buy a PS2 for it.
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22 Oct 2004
Regret The Error, a blog that follows major newspapers’ corrections. Interesting, sometimes funny, marginally socio-political, with a touch of Schadenfreude.
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21 Oct 2004
Between both cellphones and M’s Palm, we’ve got three things on my bureau charging every night. Woe is me, if only there was a simpler solution! There is: Splashpower. That is so damn cool.
Update 10-22: You know, this would be even cooler if there was a module for rechargable alkaline (or NiCD or NiMH) AA batteries. Then my GPS, GBA (non-SP), and even my Gamecube controllers could all recharge on a single mat.
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21 Oct 2004
The second MozParty series is being scheduled right now for the upcoming release of FireFox 1.0. There’s going to be one in the East Village (at the cool Remote Lounge) that might be neat to go to. Either that or this one at the South Pole (I love the directions).
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20 Oct 2004
I’m normally pretty ambivalent about baseball. I enjoy watching the game, sure, but I’m not really a fan of any specific team. But I have to say that when a sports juggernaut goes up against a perennial fumbler, I have to root for the underdog. That’s why I’m a bit excited that Boston has done what no other team has ever done before: come from a 3-0 deficit in a League Championship and force a game seven. In celebration, here’s a fun post about the antics last night, from a Boston fan.
In fact, read through most of the recent entries at baseballblogs.org. Most of them are about last night or tonight, and all of them are emotional. I can hardly imagine being that wrapped up in baseball.
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20 Oct 2004
A zero-score Boggle board is possible. A chance to run to the bathroom for those who are addicted.