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12/29/2004

Jerry Orbach dead at 69. What a shame! I was really looking forward to Trial by Jury.

12/27/2004

I got some really neat presents this year for Christmas, but the coolest gift by far would have to be the sweet five-string banjo that Tammy got me.

It's a cheap one, perfect for learning without making too much of a financial commitment, just like I wanted. Finding someone who teaches banjo locally is pretty much impossible, so luckily it also came with an instructional DVD.

I'm finding the free tutorials at FolkOfTheWood to be very helpful in learning the basics. Also, BanjoHangout.org is basically THE site for everything banjo-related.

I've been messing around with it, trying to get a feel for the thing, learning some basic rolls... It's tricky! I've ordered some picks and a tuner, so within the next few days I can start practicing in earnest.

12/26/2004

It's been a long time coming, but after nearly two and a half years ZSNES has been updated to 1.40.

ZSNES is the best Super Nintendo emulator in the world, and one of the most impressive emulators ever written!

12/22/2004

The final release of Dolphin, the world's only GameCube emulator, was released this week. Sadly, it's not complete...however the screenshots are rather breathtaking.

Farscape's Ben Browder has just joined the cast of Stargate SG-1.

WHAT.

12/20/2004

Think you live in a safe neighborhood? Think again.

Check out California's online sex offender database! No town is spared! Hell, I've got a child molestor living just a mile away from me! Creepy mugshots included.

Trust me on this one, folks - ignorance is bliss. Once you see all of the blue dots pop up in your neighborhood, you'll never look at it the same.

12/15/2004

Anarchy Online is a reasonably popular MMORPG that's been around for a while. Like most MMORPGs, it has a monthly subscription fee of $14.95 per month. Annoying.

BUT!

If you register for an Anarchy Online account between now and January 15th, 2005, you can play free of charge until January 1st, 2006! Go do it!

You pay enough monthly bills for all sorts of things already - playing video games shouldn't be one of them!

12/14/2004

JavaHMO is an open-source replacement for Tivo's own home media software. No warranty-voiding modification of your Tivo is required to use it.

If you don't mind running a dog-slow Java application in memory all the time, it's actually pretty useful. It adds support for streamed Internet radio stations, local movie listings, even RSS feeds.

Attention rap stars! 'Bacardi' kind of rhymes with 'Party'.

You can use that one in your songs if you'd like. Oh wait, you already did. About a million times.

PeopleSoft is a big software company.

I've spent a little bit of time reading their website and apparently their products claim to "leverage industry process models," "mitigate risk," and "reduce cost with an affordable solution."

That's all very impressive sounding, but there's not a screenshot to be found anywhere. Not one! Why can't they just tell you what their software does? Is it so hard to explain in a sentence or two?

12/12/2004

Jets'n'Guns - old school shoot 'em up action for today's discriminating gamer. Awesome soundtrack, but the game is hard as hell!

12/10/2004

Wow...First Cingular and AT&T, now Sprint and Nextel? Whatever they do, if it involves eliminating iDEN from the airwaves I'll be happy.

Go watch the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory teaser trailer!

It mostly looks good, with the glaring exception of Johnny Depp's gay-as-can-be haircut.

Look closely for an overt nod to Edward Scissorhands.

12/09/2004

desktopgaming.com - high resolution wallpapers using background sprites from classic video games.

Duck Hunt, Super Mario Brothers and Dual-Monitor SMB 2 make me happy.

This fan-made iPod Mini commercial is pretty sweet.

12/07/2004

Thunderbird 1.0 was released today.

I don't know if it's really the 'best' email client out there, but it beats the hell out of Eudora, Outlook, The Bat, and, well...Okay, yeah, it is the best email client out there.

12/06/2004

If you're like me, and I doubt that you are, you grew up with a Sesame Street record player and a stack of 78s from the 50s and 60s.

In 2005 you'll be able to download a kiddie album, one per week, from your pals over at Basic Hip.

Kiddie Records Weekly might just reintroduce you to some of your old favorites starting January 3rd, 2005.

Internet Explorer users are four times more likely to click on web ads than Firefox users.

I think a surprisingly high number of people running Firefox also use the Adblock plugin. If there's no ads to click, there's no clicks to track!

NetZero throws down the gauntlet and starts broadcasting parodies of AOL's latest commercials just weeks after they hit the airwaves.

Check 'em out!

12/03/2004

A federal law that recently passed enables any American to obtain a free copy of their credit report, once per year.

If you live in the Western US, you can take advantage of that now and get a copy of your report at AnnualCreditReport.com.

While your credit report may be free, you'll have to pay money if you want to find out your actual credit score.

Last night we spent a ridiculous amount of money buying gas logs for our fireplace.

Ever since we moved in in 2002, our fireplace has been empty. Completely empty. Oh sure, there's a gas line in there, but the previous owners never saw fit to actually use the fireplace for anything more than holding candles.

After two Christmases with no fire in the fireplace, we couldn't take it any longer. We broke down and ordered the Forest Oak series from Anaheim Patio & Fireside last night. They look a lot better in person than they do in those photos.

I am very excited! It's fun to be warm.

12/02/2004

Historically, if you wanted to install a modchip in your PlayStation 2 you needed to solder it to the mainboard with something like 14 individual wires. 14 wires! That's 14 chances for you to screw something up with a soldering iron.

X-Box modchips have for a long time been 'solderless,' usually requiring just a clip or two that hold the connections in place through pressure - and no soldering skills required.

The DMS4 E.Z.I. is the world's first PlayStation2 Solderless modchip. Pricing hasn't yet been announced.

In a fantastic twist of Engrish, "EZI" stands for "Effort Zero Installation".

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