I've been listening to 1UP.com's 1Up Yours podcast. I downloading it expecting something like Penny Arcade's podcast: basically fanboys ranting about anything. It's not. It's actual video game news and it's really good. They joke around and swear, still, but they come to the game, so to speak, with facts, direct quotes, and numbers to back up what ( Read more... )

...But I get a little angry when I hear things about the thirty-two victims from the Virginia Tech incident. Today, I hear that the bells there will toll thirty-two times: once for each victim. Where's the thirty-third for Cho? Wasn't he, too, a victim? I'm not saying he wasn't guilty of his crimes, but he wasn't born crazy. Something happened over ( Read more... )

I'll be honest: I'm not loving my iPod. I don't hate it; I do like it, but for the money I've shelled out, I was hoping for a little more. I enjoy iTunes and, being a free download, the price is right. DRM is an issue, for sure; my entire CD catalogue is on iTunes and if the apocalypse comes and iTunes is no longer supported by Apple, I may be in ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I headed down south to visit my friends who just had a baby. I'm not a big fan of babies; they don't do anything interesting. Their first kid is four and she's fun. She's got a lot of energy and treats me like her personal jungle gym but I'm used to it by now. I'm really surprised, too, about how well behaved she is around the new baby ( Read more... )

Part of my job here is to review requests for remote access to my company's network (for telecommuting, off-hours support, etc). It really blows my mind how many people select the box for "wireless" for their router setup and then select "no" under the section that asks if they changed the default SSID, password, security settings or encryption. I ( Read more... )

but expect a pile of crap that destroys my favorite childhood memories.

We have a new version of Outlook Web Access (the program that lets me check my work e-mail from any location) only it's not working so well. It will always tell you your password is about to expire and log you out of Outlook after 120 seconds. Great. I should have remembered this when I wrote a letter to one of my utility companies. I wrote the ( Read more... )

Sad Kermit sings the most depressing songs of the 21st century. I wouldn't have linked it, but he sings Twilight by Elliott Smith. When Fozzie comes in towards the middle, I was almost in tears with laughter.

Just to give you a taste, here he is singing NiN's Hurt.

So my car is still busted up. I haven't even called a mechanic yet because I'm considering some options. The problem stems from my car being my only mode of transportation. Since I need my job, I need to get to my job, and thus, I need my car. So, I have several options ( Read more... )

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