Pizza tautology
Getting a slice of pizza for lunch, I noticed a phrase that seemed appropriate considering a recent XKCD comic:
It’s hot or it’s not!
Well… yes.
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A few years late, but Half-Life 2 makes me ill.
I’ve just purchased the Orange Box from Steam, given that it’s now priced down to a quite reasonable $29.99. Unfortunately I recall the last time I borrowed a Steam account to play the game and suffered incredible motion sickness after about an hour of playtime.
The problem isn’t the refresh rate – it’s the field of [...]
BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac now available
If you haven’t caught the news from one of your usual sources, BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac is now available in a preview version. (It works just fine for me, though – OS X 10.5.6, Bold, 8GB microSD card and a ridiculously sized iTunes library of 25,682 songs.)
One option I’d suggest avoiding (depending on library/media [...]
BlackBerry Media Sync: check it out
If you’ve picked up a BlackBerry, have a microSD card and run Windows, I’d highly suggest grabbing a copy of Media Sync. This application links in with your iTunes playlists and copies selected ones to your media card, letting you hit up many tunes on your device.
While I know the app has been available to the public for a [...]
Send in a rebate recently? Don’t get screwed.
If you’ve sent in a mail-in rebate recently that advised you to check its status on rebatestatus.com, think again. Continental Promotions Group (CPG) has recently filed for bankruptcy, which means any cheque you may get will come back with non-sufficient funds. If you haven’t already received a cheque, you probably won’t be getting one.
Your best [...]
Booerns.com has gone live: Angry consumer advocacy
Warren and myself have just launched booerns.com, a consumer advocacy site with less hand-wringing. It’s a place where I’ll be only slightly more angry than here when talking about people that write “See ID” on their credit cards.
The first post up from me, because Warren’s far too lazy, is called “Ten secrets to not being [...]
Apparently you can get scammed using PayPal and Gmail
I’ve been trying to sell my MacBook on Craigslist and Kijiji and had an inquiry. After searching for the obviously Nigerian-style phrases in the second message, I sure wasn’t going to wait around to find out how you can get scammed by PayPal.
(Messages posted in reverse order for your reading pleasure. I’m posting this to [...]
XKCD – “New Pet”
After reading today’s xkcd I actually laughed out loud at work – which was surprising because the comic had been rather lame until the last frame. Gotta love Python – the language that takes everything and still manages to spit out functional programs. Too bad the lead up was weak.
Hit the link for the full [...]
Neat high-resolution wallpaper site
From the “Let’s Share Our Awesome Wallpapers” thread at Something Awful: Mandolux has some neat nature-themed and macro photography desktops, especially useful if you’re rocking two monitors. (All hail the BenQ FP241W!) I enjoy a nice mint leaf with my desktop icons.
Tagged background, desktop, image, picture, wallpaperUnited States of Pop – Top 25 Billboard 2007
Normally I’m not into YouTube video whoring, but the United States of Pop video (which remixes the Billboard top hits of 2007) is alternately impressive, but really demonstrates that all the top songs of 2007 sounded the same, and that “Umbrella” is a track that can accompany any lyrics.
Tagged billboard, pop, remix, umbrella, usa, youtube