Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Adult Swim Ad Causes Bomb Scare


Adult Swim Ad, originally uploaded by Vanderlin.

Some idiot mistook this sign as a bomb. The Boston bomb squad came in and...

why am I bothering to regurgitate, here... read it for yourself.

Can you see this, Denver? I'm doing it as hard as I can...

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Human Slingshot

What do you get when you mix one girl, one bungee cord, and one ATV? A human slingshot, of course!

Un-effing believable!

Monday, January 29, 2007

LifeDrive Discontinued

If you check out the LifeDrive's page on Palm.com, you'll notice that it's listed as "No longer available". Dig a little deeper and you'll find the truth:

LifeDrive "End of Life"

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Moon Patrol


Moon Patrol, originally uploaded by macfixer.

It's 1989, I'm staying after school in the school library to play Moon Patrol on my high school's Apple IIe. I'm with Mike, David Erb, and possibly an Englebrecht or two... and my nemesis is this game. I'm absolutely lousy at it.

Now, courtesy of the internet and emulation, I can exact my revenge on Moon Patrol and finish the game! Woo-hoo!

Of course, this was only the 'beginner' level, and finishing it meant I had to then hit the 'expert' level.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Error Message

I tell ya... some days, I just don't understand Windows at all.

Now THAT'S Cold!


Now THAT'S Cold!, originally uploaded by macfixer.

This is what greeted me waking up this morning. I hear it's -6 over in Cape Cod, MA (hello Spivvy!)

Thursday, January 25, 2007

That Just Ain't Right

Just found out a real close friend of mine found a growth where a growth ain't supposed to be. He's not worried, but I am. How messed up is that?

UPDATE: The tests came back negative, and my friend is fine. Which is cool, being that he totally thought it was cancer and that he'd need some heavy-duty treatment. Word.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Transfixed


Transfixed, originally uploaded by macfixer.

My sister was in town this weekend, so we had a dinner that was an experience. It was a dinner for 7 at this place called "Rainforest Café" -- which is a jungle-themed place for families to eat. The kids get to eat things called Shrimpkins (don't ask) and The Volcano -- and the parents get to drink booze and drown out the pain caused by all the overactive kids jumping up and down while imitating the gorillas.

Yes, the place has gorillas , elephants, snakes, and butterflies (not real ones, animatronic ones). Wild stuff. In the middle of all of this chaos, Alex spilled his drink on his pants, and poor Erika had to run next door to the Gap and get him some new pants, which were not necessary because they had dried by the time she got back.

It's total sensory overload. They have all these animals making animal noises, a water fountain with Atlas in the middle, a overhead star scene (complete with shooting stars), and a thunder storm every 15 minutes, which spooks all of the animatronic animals. Did I mention the drinks for the parents?

...after all that, went to the kid's museum the next day.
Apparently we're all suckers for punishment.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Requisite iPhone Post


Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah iPhone Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah OS X Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Internet Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Wireless Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Cingular Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Bluetooth 2.0 Blah Blah Blah iPod Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Cover Flow Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Steve Jobs Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah rumor mill Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah "Treo-killer" Blah Blah Blah iSync Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah touchscreen Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah lickable.

Thank you.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Greatest Goal Ever!

This is funny. If my dad was a hockey fan (and whose dad is, I mean really...), I know he'd be yelling and screaming at the screen the whole time.

Unbelievable.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Saddam Execution Video

No, I'm not going to post a link to the video, because it can be found in all of the usual places. It's graphic, real, and raw. Should it have been surreptitiously recorded? Probably not. As one of the officials said when they saw the cameraphone in the hand of someone in the mob, "Please stop, the man is being executed, please stop."

Stephen Moss writes:
The man. Not the monster, the butcher, the tyrant. Saddam's killers have achieved the impossible: they have made us feel sympathy for him, for his grace under pressure. There may not have been dignity in the dying, but there was courage. A five-star death.
However, "this man" is not just any man, and the people most interested in seeing the video, Iraqis -- as we're being lead to believe -- wanted to see it firsthand. What better way to capture history these days? The future of video truly belongs to cameraphones. Maybe Time Magazine was right all along?

edit: Added quotes from The Guardian and Stephen Moss

edit: Picture removed

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Apple's Teaser: What does it mean?

If you were to head over to Apple.com, you'd notice this picture:
What does it mean? You got me -- you'll have to wait for Macworld Expo like the rest of us. However, the strange glow has me wondering: "Does it have something to do with the new Mac OS X interface, AKA Illuminous?"