Archive for May, 2004

O. M. G.

Unbelievable. Just read it.

I am so glad I do not work in an office.

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From Red Wheel Barrow:

Ohio principal Karen Abbot kicked a student out of school for hitting her in the face with a pie. OK, you might think, it’s a dumb overreaction to a crazy stunt. That wouldn’t make her a stupid principal. But there is one little detail….the boy was in a school sponsered contest, and was called upon to throw the pie into the willing principal’s face. But she apparently had pie-receiver’s remorse, and is going to town on this kid, expelled, trying to get the cops to lay charges, etc. Congrats on reaching a whole new level, principal

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Tip for iTrip users

I posted this to Sledge’s blog, but thought since I was about due for another post I’d do it here too”

One annoying thing can happen when using the iTrip in random mode on your entire library; the tiny tracks that you install into your iPod to “tune” your itrip are capabale of being played as well when you hose your entire collection to random play.

Playing one will cause your iPod to retune itself to a new channel frequency and cause you to have to try to set the frequency back while on the road. BIG HASSLE. DANGEROUS.

To stop this from occurring:

Make a Smart Playlist, tell it to ONLY include any and ALL songs over say 10 seconds long.

Call this playlist “random” or something memorable. if you want it up top of the playlist list, give it a number at the front (”1 Collection Random”

Drag the playlist on to the ipod. Update that puppy. (If yours Auto updates: right click iPod in tunes set to “iPod Options…” and turn it to “Manually manage all playlists”, and drag it over to the iPod, then set back to Auto.)

Now when in the car, when you want your whole collection to randomize, play the new random playlist.

You will now NOT play ANY itrip tuning tracks and reprogram your itrip as those tracks are only 5 seconds long and not included on that playlist.

TADAH!

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Cool link

NERFECT WORLDWIDE - short attention span, design and desktop yummies, done fun.

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Design blog

Found a link to Pixeldecor on thisGraphic design interest blog

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Vindicted!

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My bad week via the SCA looks to be over.

WOO!

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GO MIKE!


Rick Biggs again…

Richard Biggs, 44; Television Actor Known for Featured Roles in ‘Babylon 5,’ ‘Days of Our Lives’ tells what the cause of death was and something I did not know…

His own hearing problems were diagnosed when he was 13. Completely deaf in one ear and partly deaf in the other, Biggs wore a hearing aid and learned sign language as an adult after doctors told him that he one day would lose all his hearing.

You should read the whole article. What a guy. What a goddamn shame.

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Shrek 2

Dear god I didn’t think it was possible to have a sequel THIS good. If this movie could be funnier I’d be dead by now.

I can’t even break down the best gems, they were ALL gems. Every bit of it. two hours of laughing till I absolutely hurt. it’s a comic masterpiece I tell you. NO one is safe, everything gets barbed, so many hollywood movies are parodied it’s mind blowing to try to recall them.

Antonio Bandaeras has earned big respect for playing puss in boots, he was a brilliant casting job. Almost stole the whole film.

Best of all it’s the same themes we loved in Shrek 1: Love is blind and to thineself be true. Be who you are, and be happy for there is someone out there for everyone - somewhere.

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Weird rituals of the world

Hounen Matsuri - Japanese fertility festival

I would say this isn’t safe for work. As if any page with a 6 foot long schlong a dozen anatomically correct phallic shaped religious items could be?

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Woah.


A mac cornucopia of news

Extra! Extra! 10.3.4 is out.

Hopefully it might fix a problem, and make this brand new app obsolete.

Word is 10.3.4 it fixes ATI drivers, maybe my second monitor will once again be useful for more than post it notes?

And the age old chicken little chant: Will Apple stop making computers? by a man who probably names his salad forks after the Dione Quintuplets and juggles badgers for fun and profit.

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What do you get

When you mix a coffee and anime?

The Frappuccino Faerie!

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Goodbye Doc.

biggsy.jpgRichard Biggs, TV star died suddenly on Saturday, May 22, 2004 at the age of 43. Biggs was a series regular on Lifetime TV “trong Medicine” as Dr. Milo Morton, Ex-Dr. Marcus Hunter on “Days Of Our Lives”, Ex-Dr. Stephen Franklin on “Babylon 5″, Ex-Dr. Clayton Boudreaux on “Guiding Light”. He was also a screen and stage star. He was a leader in fund raising for academic scholarships and the anti abuse program, Victims of Violence No More. He was the beloved son of Colonel Richard J. and Delores Biggs, beloved husband of Lori Kay, beloved father of Richard J. (RJ) and Hunter, cherished brother of Juanita, Celia, Kathy and Maria. Richard is also survived by many relatives and friends ranging from England across the nation to Hollywood. The family will receive friends at 1 p.m. on Wednesday May 26, 2004 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 6020-Radford Ave., North Hollywood, Calif. phone: 818-761-6124. There will be a memorial Service at 2:30 p.m. at the Will Geer Theatre Topagna Blvd. Woodland Hills, Calif. The family requests that in lieu of flowers that donations be made for Richard’s sons college fund. The address of the bank in California handling these arrangements can be secured by calling (520)389-9400 or emailing dreichelman@yahoo.com.

He also was starting to get a good series of minor one on CSI and ER the last few years. I was waiting for him to get a big part on a new series and just explode.

One of the old B5 video editors put together a tribute video which if you know him as Dr Franklin on Babylon 5, you should watch.

I met him a few times at scifi cons, he was always just a great guy. I’ll miss watching him. At least I will always have the dvds of B5.

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Just ducky

Duckomenta museum exhibit of the worlds finest art and antiquities - with Disney ducks for heads.

It’s in German, but you are smart people, and it’s not that hard. German is almost English.

Yeah I think it’s real, honest to god. Almost want to buy the exhibit catalog now.

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Still in a bad mood


History of The Middle Finger: Part One and Part two.

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SUNDANCE INVOKES M-WORD* FOR TARNATION - first Sundance feature made on iMovie.

There are two other US films here that can’t be so easily absorbed into the pomp and circumstance. They are smaller, quieter films and they represent something else, something very basic. Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation is all about the future: a wry, heartbreaking autobiographical “essay film” in danger of having its serious cinematic virtues swept aside by the celebrated fact that it was created entirely on an iMac computer using built-in iMovie software, for a total budget of just over $200. Not only do the ways justify the means, but the means virtually have created new ways of inventing: it’s the future of homemade cinema.

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If you have a junk drawer of neat doodads you dont have the heart to throw out, then this blog of found items is for you.

It’s like peeking in someone’s medicine cabinet. I love it. Start in the archive at the beginning and work your way forward.

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Somedays I hate the SCA

(SCA is my medieval group)

This is one of those days whenI wonder if a flame thrower would be a good investment on return.

AHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAH! AHHHHHHHH!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Sic Semper Tyrannus!

BTW, Regicide is very underappreciated concept in modern days, I swear.

Ok, I feel much better.

No I don’t. GRRRRR!

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