Great game so far. Really leverages the Batman mythos and isn't just another generic puncher in a bat-suit. A lot of Batman-specific things like grabbing baddies and leaving them hanging up by a rope, which really freaks out the other enemies ( Read more... )

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( SCA geekery below the cut, but possibly of interest if you're into molten metal )

Saw a poster at the gym this morning advertising "Habitat for Humanity: Women's Build." It's a female-only Habitat project ( Read more... )

Heard a female coworker laughing uproariously from her office, so I ducked in to see what was so funny:

Dear Lord,

I pray for
Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him;
and Patience for his moods.

Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death.

AMEN

Funny, in that men are often the butt of jokes and are portrayed as ( Read more... )

So I finally finished Halo 3 on Legendary (got all the skulls too) and moved on to Fable II. So far I'm underwhelmed. I mean, it looks great and all, but I can't shake the feeling that I've done it all before. I made it through the first cave and got to the first town, met all of the merchants, earned some skill and money as a blacksmith, and ( Read more... )

One of our projects is a minor enhancement to a very large app built by an outside development firm down in Argentina. We're trying to reuse existing stored procedures whenever possible because we don't have any documentation on the app itself and only spotty documentation on the business logic. But the new requirement is just another report that ( Read more... )

So take a look at this article. I'd heard about this a while ago and it looks like SCOTUS finally ruled on it today ( Read more... )

Went to WizardCon this weekend. V. Awesome. Only problem was long aisle of celebrities signing autographs: Edward James Olmos, Michael Hogan, Emma Caulfield (although I don't think she ever showed), Marina Sirtis (who still looks v. good), a few WWE stars, maybe 15-20 total. It really creeped me out because each celebrity had their own cubicle, ( Read more... )

The latest from the Anus in Chief[1] of the RNC:

Gay marriage will cost small businesses more because it will increase the number of employees who can claim spouses for their health coverage.

I was just going to comment "WHAT" and leave it at that, but this quote deserves special attention:

Steele said that was just an example of how the party ( Read more... )