Jerry Orbach dead at 69. What a shame! I was really looking forward to Trial by Jury.
Archive for December, 2004
LikeI 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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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?
- HomePlug AV2 is here
- Nest thermostat installation
- Battlestar Galactica will take over your life
- The champ from Ipanema
- Murmuration
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