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.