Friday, September 29, 2006

Think your Senators work for you?

This looks pretty useful. It's amazing how party line the Texas Senators are.

From Digg:
Here's how to hold them accountable. RSS feeds for all senators votes.

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Thursday, September 28, 2006

GW Snapshot for the Day





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Originally uploaded by FlipSide3.


I took this little shapshot in my old Guild Hall just before I disbanded the guild. My guild was just me and a friend so it was no big loss. We moved to a guild built around the GuildCast podcast... or are we calling it netcasts now. Anyway... I thought I'd take some pics before the hall went away.

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Jon Stewart's Take on the Bill Clinton Foxnews Interview



From Digg:
Jon Stewart on Monday's Daily Show reviews the Chris Wallace interview of Bill Clinton and makes fun of how the media spins the event in an attempt to make Clinton appear to have "lost it". Obviously, Clinton put Wallace in his place.

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Monday, September 25, 2006

Sam & Max Makers Interviewed

Joystiq interviews Dan Connors and Emily Morganti of Telltale about 'Sam & Max: Culture Shock' the first episode in a new string of short Sam & Max games. They discuss the episodic model the game will be released under.

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Friday, September 22, 2006

Fish Loft, transparent tubes for fishes to swim above water level

If I only had a pond... bah! too much work!

From Digg:
Step 1: Put glass tube on a socket into pond.
Step 2: Suck air out of tube with a swiming pump.
Step 3: Profit-able new point of view for fishes.
Page is german but it's small and simple anyways.
[Insert Ted Stevens jokes here]

read more | digg story

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

University of Virginia student graduates in one year

My cousin Angie(the soon to be lawyer)'s got nothing on this guy. Hope he find time for a life at some point along the way. Sheesh!

From Digg:
And you thought your kid was smart. David Banh, an 18-year-old from Annandale, just graduated from the University of Virginia in one year. With a double major.

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GuildCast Episode 46 is Available

GuildCast is a fan podcast for Arenanet's MMORPG Guild Wars. This episode is their first ever Skype call-in show. Besides answering questions, the main topic is the latest news on the next expansion, Nightfall.

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Monday, September 18, 2006

Nintendo + Telltale Games = Sam & Max on Wii

"Independent game developer Telltale Games have revealed that the company has begun talks with Nintendo concerning the possibility of bringing PC graphic adventure title Sam & Max to the Wii."

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Friday, September 15, 2006

Katamari Damacy A Critique

Ryan Stancl believes that games should be critiqued, not reviewed. As an example, Ryan has embarked on the task of critiquing Katamari Damacy using different schools of critical theory.

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

TX Gov. Perry Saves Park from Himself

Texas Gov. Rick Perry congratulated himself on saving a park from development that was only in danger because his office had authorized the sale. This at a press conference 15 miles away and called 30 minutes before his rival candidate Chris Bell's press conference... stealing all the press coverage.

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Beware This Baby!!!




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Originally uploaded by FlipSide3.

Out of the mouth of this child comes some really disgusting stuff. I was all ready for work today in my nice clean khaki's and button up shirt... when this monster decided to spew all over them. To top it off I forgot to put my ipod back in my pocket when I changed shirts, so here I am at work ipod-less.

Parenthood is such a messy affair. It can only get worse once she goes off formula.

Monday, September 4, 2006

Final Fantasy A+

Here's a little creation I stumbled across on the net. It was a final class assignment for a course on Japanese by a guy named John Su aka Mousekliks.