1. titanium spork
2. IR contact-less thermometer
3. reupholstered chair
4. sawzall
5. 5hp 2500 psi gasoline pressure washer
6. 7.2V cordless drill
7. 2x 120V 3/8″ chuck drill
8. various thinkgeek shirts (prefectionist, never finish anyth, and roses are #FF0000)
9. candy etc.
10. TITANIUM SPORK!!!!11
so writing on the wii isn’t that easy, but dammit, it sure is awesome. now to find some component cables…
I’m 30 hours into Zelda, I’ve reached Pro status in Wii Sports Tennis, and I wasted $40 on Rapala Tournament Fishing. Seriously, that “game” sucks. In non-game news, I’ve now got the forecast channel, and the Opera browser should be released by the end of the week. Nintendo may be giving its Wii players a Christmas present. Last, but not least, I signed up for the wiikly newsletter.
In other news, Senior Design Bash ‘07 is scheduled for January 6-7. Should be a blast. Now if I can just find two more wiimotes…
digg – NYC 5th Ave Apple Store Glass Cube Attacked with Green Lights by Activists
I was originally gonna post with a link to the Greenpeace article, but the digg link is so much better. The comments contained within are priceless:
i hope those lights don’t run on batteries.
Right, I’m sure Apple uses some bizarre amount of harmful chemicals. Target somebody worthwhile. I think the setup to this little event went something like this:
Greenpeacer #1: Dude, I heard that, like, Apple, like, uses chemicals in their computers.
Greenpeacer #2: Man, that’s bogus.
#1: I know. We should, like, do something about it.
#2: Yeah, but I’m way too stoned
#1: What if we just go shine a bunch of lights at that big glass box on 5th avenue?
#2: Can they be green?
#1: Sure.
#2: I’m in, dude.Hippy/attention whore is a dangerous combination.
My favorite comment has got to be this one:
Friends, there is a much more serious threat to our environment than Apple. This offender leeches thousands of tons of sulphur and smoke into the atmosphere every year. It ruins natural habitats, killing countless millions of plants and animals, turning their habitats into barren wastelands. Who are these gross murderers, you ask? They only go by one name…
Volcano
What are these kids thinking? Do they not understand how we, as a race, do things? Their coats, their shoes, their food, and (in this case) their flashlights with green filters are all made without regard to any environmental concerns! What about the digital cameras they used to record the event, or the servers used to host their website? If they really believed what they preach, Greenpeace couldn’t exist. Rather, it could, but all its members would live in the wilderness. Except that wouldn’t work, because they’d still need to eat, which means they’d have to kill animals and/or destroy foliage. Greenpeace is self-defeating. All the little hippy rich kids need to go home and do something productive. Like sending me some of their rich parents’ money.
It’s not just because I wasn’t that great at the sport in high school. If that were the case, I’d hate all active sports, the English language, history, and biology. (Ok, I kinda do hate all those…but I’m already way off point.)
I was mindlessly going through digg posts over the weekend and stumbled across this gem:
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Right. The pansy you see running away like a little girl is Carmello Anthony. He got in his one open-hand slap and turned tail. I thought he was supposed to be this big baller, this new breed of “basketball gangster”. In the video, you can see Mr. Anthony and direct participants looking for someone to “hold me back” so they don’t tear into their adversary.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Basketball is no longer about the team. End of story. Certain players have tainted the game with their juvenile attitudes and disrespect for the institution of the game. (I’m not naming names because (a) there are too many to mention and (b) i honestly don’t follow b-ball enough to know who they are.) These players may have grown physically and may have improved their basketball skill set, but their maturity level has (if anything) dropped. Why? Why has basketball devolved into a gang war fought with and excuse for rules and an orange ball? How has the game of American football been given a relative pass in this case? This is not to say football hasn’t had its own share of problems (the Vikings Love Cruise is just one example); however, football games are still games about the teams. Why? Why are we allowed to enjoy football as a team sport, commenting on the teams’ offense and defense as if they were a cohesive unit? Because, little Johnny, you can’t see the players’ faces in football. On the field, every player is every player. Unless you’re really up on your stats (or have an HD set and can read the names), it’s somewhat difficult to know who just caught the quick drop for 8 yards. Furthermore, to play football, you need a team. It’s pretty much impossible to play a football game and make successful scoring attempts (even in your backyard) with only one person on a team. In basketball, you can see the players’ faces, and it only takes one guy to drive the ball from the far side of the court and slam the ball in the hoop.
You may be thinking that I’ve been living under a rock and haven’t noticed that football has just as many star players as basketball. Au contraire, I recognize that football stars are just as plentiful. The difference is that every one of those football players would be nothing – NOTHING – without a good team to back them. How good was Brett Favre when he had a solid offensive line? Damn good. How good is he now that his offensive line could be replaced with swiss cheese and his receivers’ hands ooze butter like well-oiled movie popcorn? Not anywhere near as good. Michael Vick: pretty good, but give him to the Cardinals and watch his stats tank. Now for the basketball analog: back in the day, you could have put Michael Jordan on any team in the league and he’d have done very well. The same can be said of any good player in the sport. I already explained why: you don’t need more than one person on a basketball team to play the game. Sure, the other guys are good distractions, but only one player needs scoring ability. “But Ross, basketball keeps track of assists!” Bah. Worthless. No one is going to think you’re badass just because you’ve got the leading number of “assists”. What, you couldn’t finish the job? Pansy.
Now that I’ve listed the problems with “professional” basketball, I should probably attempt to provide solutions. The only problem is that I can’t, short of firing half the players and imposing strict behavioral rules on the remaining players. And force players to attend social-awareness training. And shock-therapy away their inflated egos. We could force the players to wear full-face helmets, but we’d still be stuck with the ability to have a single player run the game. In short, the game itself can’t be fixed. The players simply need to grow up and realize that the antics they could pull as teens can’t fly in the world of professional sports.
the latest issue of MSDN magazine has a cover with a black background. usually, it’s some combination of light and/or vibrant colors. it’s black, though, which is the color of death. the cover story is Vista. coincidence? i think not.
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Bob & Bryan just threw that out as a good name for a band.
Anywho, I’ve got about 25 hours into Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. There is probably another 15-20 hours before I beat the game, but I won’t have truly finished the game…crazy mini-quests.
Then I grabbed the PHP-executing version of the text sidebar widget and dropped the little line of code in there to get and display a random quote. Scott’s is in there. Time to get some more.
