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xkcd has a great statement on it.

Just finished playing Portal. I'm behind on the curve since I was out of the country for four months.

Cute song, but the lyrics are probably a lot funnier if you've played the game.

Oh, the lyrics also contain spoilers of a sort so don't clickeh unless you've already played (in which case you know the song) or don't plan to.

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I'm not actually scheduled to leave Rochester until 5pm tomorrow but I don't have to be at the client office so I get to sleep in ( Read more... )

Delta has now managed to misplace my bag *3* times in the last 3 months.

ffs!

Long story short, my gaming system is up and running.

The longer story of course is that:

So a friend of mine graciously volunteered to help me assemble the machine.  I brought all of the equipment over there except the hard drive which for reasons unknown, I had simply left behind.

We started with the case and with the exception of a few minor ( Read more... )

It's huge in Australia and it's catchy.

I like it.

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It makes me lol.  It's a Hulu link so I hope non-hulu folks can watch it.

Having been the brunt of many a jokes for the past 18 months or so because my gaming rig was "an HP Pavilion?!" I decided to order a new system.

I think I may have just sprouted another chest hair or two (bringing the total to about 15):

GIGABYTE GA-EX38-DS4 LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz ( Read more... )

The flight from Australia was a long one but one I've made a few times now.  Eighteen hours later I'm home and am on a completely messed up sleep schedule that doesn't even make sense on Australia time.

Thanks to those who wished me a safe journey.