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Nine Easy Steps to Becoming a net.kook...
Ever wanted to sow the seeds of distrust and panic among your social circle? Here's a simple plan on how to become a crackpot conspiracy theorist in the comfort of your own home, for fun and (if you're especially lucky and/or devious) profit!
1. Pick a topic of which very little is truly known to the Joe Sixpacks of the world. Bonus points if ( Read more... ) -
At Least You Can Still Get Out of Jail for Only $50...
A little while ago, I had occasion to get a good close look at a recent Monopoly set, and was a little bit shocked to discover that the overall look and feel of the classic board game -- which has stayed relatively constant since the '50s -- had undergone a major facelift. Oh, it's still recognizable as Monopoly, of course; it still plays the same ( Read more... ) -
General update...
Unfortunately, this entry is probably not going to appease those of you reading this that like to think of me as being a magnet for one disaster after another. At least I haven't come down with H1N1, or swine flu, or whatever it's being called this week ( Read more... ) -
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Spyware sucks...
Yay, I did have this installed in Vista after all! Ahem...
Spyware is evil. Pure evil. Don't believe me? Let me relate a little tale...
About two weeks ago, I noticed I was getting ads on my XP desktop for something called "MS Antispyware 2009." Now, right away I should have had the oldschool Trek "Red Alert" Klaxon blaring through my skull ( Read more... ) -
Back on the road again soon...
The word just now came down. I'll be headed back in a Long Islandy direction in just about a month's time, to check in on the health of my grandfather.
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Like GlaDOS, I'm "Still Alive"...
I'm waking up here to point out the completion of my latest project - a video "guided tour" of one of my favorite NES games ever, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. You might want to check it out if you're of a mind. (And if you still have this LJ friended, despite my lack of updates, you're a true friend and I salute you.)
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Last post of 2008...
Well, 2008 is now more or less in the books, barring any major earth-shattering events that may take place within the next ten hours or so, and on the whole I'd have to say that it was a lot better to me than 2007 was. Last year at this time, I was saying a well-deserved "good riddance" to a year I'd just as soon forget ever took place, what with ( Read more... )
