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September, 2004

  1. How time flies!

    September 10, 2004 by Collin

    Here it is Friday already and I’ve managed to not really post anything of consequence all week. Yay me! I knew I could do it!

    Still, I doubt anyone wants to hear my old (yet true) excuses for not having posted anything worth reading this week. Yeah, sure, I was sick all week (and Labor Day weekend) with a vicious cold, but really, who out there wasn’t?!

    And I have still been unable to “find my funny” that went missing… oh… around about the last time that I wrote something funny. It has been awhile. But I may be closing in on it. If I can track it down I’m going to try to corner it and then bludgeon it into submission with… something handy and heavy. I don’t know. Dammit.

    If you are one of my longtime readers you probably have realized by now that the preceding paragraph means I don’t have anything today either. Well OF COURSE I don’t! I’m still trying to remember the story idea that I thought of and then forgot a few weeks ago.

    I briefly toyed with the notion of discussing religion in a rant fashion, centered mostly on self-proclaimed “tools of God”. But then I didn’t. It’s just too serious for me to get away with at this time and would have probably, at the very least, pissed a few of you off. Or made me look like a devil worshipping moron. Neither option appeals, personally.

    So, lacking anything better, I would like to point out that I have filtered through my mammoth links list again. Yes, that LONG string of other, funnier places to go has gotten a tinch longer! And possibly funnier! “Retail Blog”, “Foxy Mama’s Blog”, and “News of the Dead” moved out of Fresh and into Keepers. And in Fresh I’ve added “Adverbloggin”, “43 Folders”, and “Pup”. If you have the time, check them out.

    With that I’m going to get back to… you know… work. I hope you all have a good weekend. Mine looks to be a bit packed. Perhaps I’ll post on Monday how I was caught cheating at tomorrow’s poker game. I never got in any practice playing this week (see “Reasons for not posting”) and I’m doomed if I don’t cheat. I may as well set my $5 on fire. And I KNOW I’ll get caught because I don’t really know the game well enough to be very good at cheating either. It isn’t going to be pretty.


  2. Boing Boing: Underground movies

    September 8, 2004 by Collin

    And another boing boing link that I found interesting. The previous one looks to be very interesting for us Mac users.

    Underground movies


  3. Boing Boing: Merlin’s tips and tricks

    September 8, 2004 by Collin

    “Merlin Mann, the hilarious polymath geek dude, has started a new site of usability tips-and-tricks called 43 Folders that is chock-a-block with really excellent tips for getting the most out of every bit of technology in your life.”

    Merlin’s tips and tricks


  4. Go build an airplane.

    September 8, 2004 by Collin

    The Flapper


  5. A little sumpin’ for my homies.

    September 7, 2004 by Collin

    Linkin’ the bling bling.

    Word to your mum. Yo.

    (I’m so white I glow in the dark.)

    And at the other end of the spectrum I offer this: Godly Play Resources

    While I have no first hand experience with either of these businesses, it is obvious to me that they each are doing their part to make this a better, more diverse world where we can all live in harmony. Prove they aren’t.


  6. My eyeeeeeeeeesssssss!

    September 7, 2004 by Collin

    Don’t follow this link.

    Don’t!

    You have been warned.


  7. About that art program…

    September 6, 2004 by Collin

    … yeahhhh. It seems my computer’s video card isn’t powerful enough to run it.

    Back about two years ago when I got my computer I decided to NOT go with a G4 tower, which is relatively easy to expand and instead went with a G4 Cube which was cool looking, less expensive, compact and easier to keep out of reach of my then 2-year-old demolition expert.

    It really seemed like a good idea at the time. However about a month after I bought it, Apple announced that they were discontinuing the Cube because nobody was buying it. So the price dropped to about half what I paid.

    Arrgh.

    Still, it was a good computer at the time. And I wasn’t really regretting my decision until about a year ago. That was when I went to our work tech support guy and asked him if there was any way to increase the speed and the video card on my cube.

    It’s possible, but it’s not cheap and it’s not easy. A faster processor and more powerful video card mean increased heat and the Cube doesn’t have a fan. It’s quietly air cooled which was one of it’s selling points. So upgrading it would mean jury-rigging the thing and it’s not worth the risk of frying it and winding up without a computer.

    So what it comes down to is I need a new computer. I NEEEEEED a G5 tower. But I really can’t afford one.

    At times like this it’s a good thing that I don’t have any elderly, rich relatives that have me in their will. It would lead to evil deeds and guilt, you can be sure.

    *sigh*

    So, no art for you people just yet. Sorry.


  8. Not a post. Or: Another non-post.

    September 3, 2004 by Collin

    Yes, Jenn, this is not a post. Enjoy at your own risk.

    TOKYO DAMAGE REPORT: japan, punk, hentai, engrish, goth, robot, kogal, otaku, shibuya, harajuku, schultz, fetchi, etc.


  9. A Strange Ghost

    September 1, 2004 by Collin

    Busy. Saw this. Liked it. Here you go. Bye.

    A Strange Ghost