I bought a Roomba Discovery today. I welcome our future robot masters, but while they're still figuring out how they'll take over the world they can do some vacuuming for me ( Read more... )

I wasn't going to go to Friday's holiday party for J's org. I was certain of it. Then around 7 pm I get an IM from Mark asking whether I was going to the Showbox tonight. I said no. He then said him and Bec were looking forward to hanging with me that night over free food and booze. I said it was tempting, but I was already mentally set on just ( Read more... )

There were three Noels in my high school class. Me, my best friend, and a third guy I hardly knew; the third Noel and I were never in the same section and our sets of friends didn't overlap. It seems a bit strange that I'm learning about him now by browsing the memorial website set up for him after he passed away on Wednesday ( Read more... )

Just as I suspected, it was a cooling fan that blew up inside Zephyranthes. If something was going to fail in there and make such a loud startling sound, it'd have to be something mechanical. After eliminating the three hard drives as suspects, I zeroed in on the four fans: power supply, CPU, case, and video card. A quick eyeball confirmed that it ( Read more... )

Hold mail.
Suspend newspaper delivery.
Reserve shuttle to airport.
Verify plane seats don't suck. (thanks, www.seatguru.com)
Drop off drycleaning.
Get haircut.
Buy Return of the King extended edition DVD.
Watch the extended edition and extras eight hours straight.Buy glasses or contacts to not waste vision benefit. - tomorrow ( Read more... )

The drive-thru latte stand at the bottom of the hill from my place is damn convenient. Coming to work late today (late = heading for work after 2 PM) I swung by Mondo's for a soy sugar-free vanilla and a ham-and-cheese, and once more reflected on the fact that the baristas are all young, attractive females baring as much midriff as an R&B video. ( Read more... )

Sad to say, but Blade Trinity did not kick ass. It was just ass ( Read more... )

Sent out my Xmas wish list to the fam yesterday. For some years now I've been telling everyone exactly what I want. It's not just me, Eileen started the practice. Sure it kills the surprise, but it saves the hassle of running around returning to stores the stuff that doesn't fit, is the wrong color, or just plain ugly. One time my evil aunt gave me ( Read more... )

Finished Half-Life 2! Yay! Feels pretty good; I don't finish games very often. That's because most games suck, and then there's the few that are really, really good, which I stop playing 90% into the game because I don't want the experience to end. Retarded, innit? I've got 10% to go on Final Fantasy X, maybe 15% on Star Wars: Knights of the Old ( Read more... )

I saw a couple of first season episodes of The Ali G Show on DVD over the break, and man, it's funny stuff. The Borat character cracks me up. "Sexy time ( Read more... )