I like to play video games. I’m from the first generation that every grew up with them, and so I like to follow some of the games industry news. I recently read this great Wired article about the history and current status of the battle between Sony and Microsoft for the third generation games console. …
Category Archive: Ramblings
Jun
09
Bait and Switch
Yes, I am happy that we got Al-Zarqawi. But let’s remember one thing, this was a small time punk until the invasion of Iraq who took advantage of an opportunity we (America) gave him to pursue a bloody extremist agenda. Until we invaded Iraq, al-Zarqawi the terrorist leader didn’t even exist. On the other hand, …
Apr
14
The Fate of Moussaoui
This entire case is an exercise in the farcical. First, the prosecutors bungle the MOST IMPORTANT case related to 9/11 (because it’s the ONLY case about the whole damn thing) by tainting witnesses and generally acting like incompetents. But if that wasn’t enough, then this nutcase of a defendant gets on the stand and says …
Mar
27
More Wackiness
xcnl > en xcnl > en xcnl > en It’s good to see that some things never change. Before the fall of the Taliban I used to read news stories about the crazy shit they would come up with each week and shake my head and say, “Oh those crazy fundamentalists. They’re such a hoot.” …
Mar
17
Spam
xcnl > en xcnl > en xcnl > en Although I hate spammers and wish for them to die slow, agonizing, tortured deaths, I have to hand it to the creative subject lines they have come up with to get past my spam filter: “I’ve been grim with my proportion lately, what and you” “R …
Mar
16
Wacky wacky world
I love it. Jessica Simpson declines to meet the President and attend the Republican fund raiser because she says she doesn’t want to politicize her favorite charity: Operation Smile. And what does Operation Smile do you might ask? They provide plastic surgery for kids in foreign countries who are disfigured. THAT’s what we call charity …
Mar
16
Sony Delays PlayStation3
I don’t know why this stuff interests me so much, but it does. Anyway, they are cracking open the champagne at Microsoft. Not only does Sony have to delay the revenues/profits it is going to get from PlayStation until pretty much 2007, but they are losing something even more valuable: time. The video game console …
Feb
21
More Government Stupidity
Listen to this crap from an AP article: On Tuesday, Bush plans to visit the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., to talk about speeding the development of biofuels. The lab, with a looming $28 million budget shortfall, had announced it was cutting its staff by 32 people, including eight researchers. But …
Jan
23
Mood-altering Cat Parasites
Came across this on Boing Boing and, since I’m tired, I kind of got freaked out for a second thinking about the implications of this. Parasites that alter behavior to encourage hosts to perform actions that are beneficial to the parasite. I probably shouldn’t be reading about behavior-changing parasites when I’m about to fall alseep. …
Jan
19
Europe Shows Some Backbone
Here’s an interesting quote from an AP article about Europe saying no to Iranian request for more talks: “Even if there were consensus on sanctions, the five permanent Security Council members would be faced with a dilemma. Placing an embargo on Iran’s oil exports would hurt Tehran, which earns most of its revenues from energy …