I was scared last night for the first time in a long time, not because there was any imminent danger to myself (bodily or mental) but because my mind entertained exaggerated possiblities.

She made it all better and I am not worried now.

What you got what you got in your hand? - a father said to son ( Read more... )

For those of you who haven't noticed via your prefered media outlet or simply didn't care, Hunter S Thompson, the great doctor of Gonzo journalism died on Febrauy 20th, 2005.  I have read more than a few of his articles, interviews, and novels and to me the man represents everything that makes America great....only in the most deranged and drug ( Read more... )

iPods, even older ones are more than able to support ogg. The codec is written all you have to do is add it to the firmware. I am aware that there might be some specifics involved but it cannot be that hard. Ogg Vorbis is an open standard so it would only cost you the time of adding it i.e. no license fees. You would gain more revenue by extending ( Read more... )

The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is very important to know that it is human business, that it is a question of human survival, that is not a question of human luxury. I might say that religion is a kind of luxury. If you have religion, that is good. But it is clear that even without religion we can manage. However, ( Read more... )

This is my first post with the tablet and all I have to say is... sweet.

Props go out to:

Jim Rubarth-Lay
Aaron Reiser
Stevo
Jeff Spears
K. Trivedi
Dougals
Patrick (Polish name)
James Russell
Don Nash
Betty
Nate McVaugh
Bob Penman
Jano Chu
THE ICHI

Thanks to areiser for digging up this Penny-arcade comic. I read it so long ago when I was big into UT2004 and it is so applicable right now. Check it out with my response here.

We all know that the internet is great for anonymously bashing just about anything. We can all agree that it can be really fun sometimes.  Most of us however know where to draw the line.

Earlier this evening someone made a rather rude comment to a post on Athena's xanga.  It is not so much rude as it is childish, even more so by their attempt at ( Read more... )

I'll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowning ( Read more... )

Alright, I need a decision on a new video card. I was originally looking at card based on the X800 Pro chipset from ATI. The card has to be AGP as the Shuttle SN95G5 does not support PCI-e.

The rest of the system specs are as follows:

• 120GB Seagate 7200 SATA HD (already own and looking to make it the 300GB model)
• 1GB Kingston HyperX (PC3200) ( Read more... )

Bush was AWOL

This doesn't affect anything at all but it upsets me, as my family for generations back on both sides has served in the armed forces of this nation.  No excuse.