Anyone interested in a free trial of Champions Online? They're starting up a new referral program, looks like an unlimited time with a level cap of 15 (out of 40, which is high enough to do the tutorial and the low-end content of the first three zones ( Read more... )

I finally got around to watching the end of Kyle XY, and MAN, I have not been as disappointed in how a series ended (or how the writers/directors wanted to take the series if it ever restarted - Julie Plec Answers Questions About Kyle XY) since Cowboy Bebop ( Read more... )

Two posts in a row about almost the same thing: is anyone looking at picking up Champions Online? Open beta starts tomorrow; only way to get into Open Beta is continuing from Closed Beta or having Pre-Ordered. That being said, is anyone in Closed Beta or waiting for a pre-order code?

IF you haven't already hit Rolling Stone for Matt Taibbi's article, go now ( Read more... )

I cackled insanely for at least a full minute after I found this at work today:

From: <dsfa-furisiki@Bourdon-Haenni.dk>
Date: 3/19/09 4:38PM
Subject: The reduced pricing structure may encourage many douche bags to spend more time in Starbucks doing douche bag type things on their laptops and listening to Maroon 5 on their Zune devices.

You can almost ( Read more... )

Working through a backlog of tickets, I found an email that began as follows:

"This is an automated reponse to your email.

No one will ever see or read the email you just
sent"

and for some reason I spent the next five minutes laughing hysterically.

Warren Ellis fans will have already seen this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/09/germany-serial-killer

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If you're writing a rambling screed to a faceless corporate entity to provide clarification for your previous rambling screed, it's probably best to proofread your clarification for obvious errors:

[My last email dt contain all the relevant data and its formatting may
have been garblsimos@hermes~/Desktop/Downloads$ cat *attack*
I kind of hope that' ( Read more... )

Tangential to BrawdYmchwil's last post:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/23/what-went-wrong.html