In a recent blog post HMTK.com reader Jez asked me where I found the information that I blogged about. I replied that it was a sponsored post.What does a sponsored post mean and why should you care? A sponsored post means that someone gave me money to blog about something. It does not mean someone…
Month: June 2007
Pokemon Farming: Update
I have been getting a lot of comments and emails from people asking me for Pokemon that have already been farmed out. I will be going back and offering the Gold, Silver and Crystal starters in the future but not just yet. In fact there WILL be a farming article posted on Friday June 8th.Just…
Bias in the media
Let me start you off with a quote.”The most effectual engines for [pacifying a nation] are the public papers… [A despotic] government always [keeps] a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, [invent] and put into the papers whatever might serve the ministers….
Mom Has A Need….For Speed
The phone rings. I pick it up. The person on the other end states, without preamble:”I don’t like the donut.””Hi, Mom…what’s up?”As usual, I was stumped. Mom speaks with the assumption that everyone knows what she’s thinking and is able to follow her down the rabbit hole with occasional side trips through a wormhole.Destination…unknown.”Donut?””Yeah. You…
1408 – a new movie from Stephen King
There is a new movie coming out based on a Stephen King Book and it is the 1408 Movie.Starring two of my favorite actors; John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, this movie takes place in a haunted hotel run by Samuel L. Jackson’s character. The synopsis of the story is simple. John Cusack’s character is…
Do you suffer with MADD?
Not too long ago my wife told me about a disorder she had read about on a blog. It was called Male Attention Deficit Disorder or MADD for short. The idea behind this disorder is that men can not track a conversation with a women if too many sentences are thrown at them. When a…
AGLOCO releases Viewbar
I just got this via email. I’ll have to download it tonight and look it over.Dear Stephen,We are pleased to report that your AGLOCO Viewbar has been released and is ready for you to download now. Since you signed up with AGLOCO, our community has continued to grow even larger, stronger, and more active. With…
Apple’s YouTube offering is still not as good as My Wii
So Apple just announced some limited YouTube functionality for the Apple TV. They made it sound as if it were ground breaking news! You might get the impression that watching a YouTube video on your TV was some amazing new thing! Guess again.If you have a Wii and a broadband connection you can already do…
Pokemon Farming: Treeko
It is time once again for Pokemon Farming! This time I present to you the grass starter from Ruby and Sapphire.I have been breeding Treeko for a few days now so I have a sizable stock just waiting for new homes. I realize that Treeko is not as rare as the the G/S/C starters are…
Skinning the Wii
Some of you may wonder why I would do this but I did. I got a skin for my Wii and I put it on.The Wii has a certain simplistic beauty to it’s stark whiteness. Ask any Mac fan and they will tell you that plain white is an awesome color for technology products. Even…
Yahoo adds Flickr to MyBlogLog
Just this morning I clicked on the “View/Add Pics” link in my MyBlogLog profile and I was surprised to see that Yahoo has integrated Flickr into MyBlogLog.Right above the are where you can upload new images for your MyBlogLog account is a button marked “Click Here to Automatically Show Your Recent Flickr Photos”. Clicking on…
How much for parking?
I’m sure everyone remembers the episode of Seinfeld when George Costanza did his best to secure a good parking spot in the city. The problem he ran into was that he could never move his car because then he would lose his great parking space!Though on-street parking in New York City is cheap, getting and…