| Monday, November 23rd, 2009 |
| 6:57 pm |
|
| Friday, November 20th, 2009 |
| 5:24 pm |
|
| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 |
| 6:12 pm |
|
| Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 |
| 4:16 pm |
Lyrics by Google
"Why Is" Why is the sky blue? Why is my poop green? Why is there a dead Pakistani on my couch? Why is Pepto Bismol pink? Why is my computer so slow? Why is a raven like a writing-desk? Why is yawning contagious? Why is the ocean salty? Why is my hair falling out? Why is the sky blue--short answer! Short answer! Why is the sky blue? |
| Monday, November 16th, 2009 |
| 6:37 pm |
|
| Saturday, November 14th, 2009 |
| 3:54 pm |
|
| 4:09 am |
Steam statistics
One complete playthrough of Mass Effect (with most but not all sidequests): 21.3 hours. One complete playthrough of CoD4: 4.3 hours. So that's interesting. |
| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
| 3:17 am |
Fascinating New Yorker piece on the psychology of a small city in China. It's amazing: pure self-reliant capitalism; 19th-century America. Let me know if you want the full text. |
| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 |
| 11:30 pm |
CoD4: MW
Fun, but short. (Actually, I had the same comment about Crysis. Is being short a feature of FPSes not made by Valve?) Oh and also: no quick-save/load is unconscionable. Is it too much to ask that quicksave and autosave be standard on all games? I think not. |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
| 1:17 am |
Mass Effect
Just about as good as a CRPG with no lightsabers can be. Annoying save/load, though. |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
| 4:24 pm |
|
| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
| 3:32 am |
New computer
Successful! A few minor issues, but nothing critical so far. I haven't tried a demanding game yet (downloading TF2, then CoD4), so we'll see. This Windows 7 does take a bit of getting used to. |
| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 |
| 3:36 pm |
|
| Thursday, October 29th, 2009 |
| 3:17 pm |
So when you order $1400 of high-end computer equipment, it turns out there's a lot of security. First I had to add my NJ address as an "authorized shipping address" to my credit card, since it's not the billing address. Then I had to do the "verified by Visa" password. And then they called up and I had to confirm each item I wanted and the total amount. Hopefully that's the end of it. I'd be happier about this except that my credit card already has a 100% fraud money-back guarantee, so all the security is really benefiting them. ETA. Oh, forgot one: I also had to pay an extra $2.50 for signature confirmation because my billing address is a PO Box. |
| Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 |
| 2:53 pm |
|
| Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 |
| 3:24 pm |
Bing.com
The official search engine of pseudoscience:  |
| Monday, October 26th, 2009 |
| 9:29 pm |
RFeliciaDayAwesomeP
So, when I first saw Felicia Day in Dr. Horrible, I thought she was awesome. When I saw her series The Guild, even more so. And when in one episode she played the third movement of the Mendelssohn violin concerto, my brain nearly melted with the awesomeness. And now she's pimping for a space telescope: Words cannot express. |
| Saturday, October 24th, 2009 |
| 2:54 pm |
Dream last night
Some other people (includling some Mudders) and I were involved in a bizarre mix of Mafia and a Hammer film, try to figure out which of us were vampires. (Turned out ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vkrafft was one, among others). Unfortunately these vampires were immune to a stake through the chest, as they had mastered the dark art of organ relocation, moving their hearts to elsewhere within their bodies. Fortunately, they were vulnerable to fire. Unfortunately this meant that at one point I had a flaming vampire clinging to my back. But as usual, I was triumphant in the end. |
| Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 |
| 3:21 pm |
|
| Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 |
| 3:30 am |
|
