This article may contain spoilers for the graphic novel Watchmen Watchmen is a graphic novel that was produced in the mid 1980’s. It portrays a world where super heroes are common people who have decided to wear a funny suit and exact vigilante justice.It is an alternate time line where Richard Nixon still holds the…
Year: 2007
Mondays are for eBay
A few months ago I signed up for AuctionAds, ShoeMoney’s new venture in affiliate marketing. At first I was not very impressed. I had a lot of zero dollar days. Then, something strange happened.After running the widget in my sidebar I began replacing my Amazon affiliate blocks with AuctionAd$ affiliate blocks. Let me tell you…
Microsoft releases Surface, Internet says, “been there, done that.”
No, I did not stay up late just to see Microsoft’s newest offering Surface. I saw it this morning and all I can say is, “didn’t someone else already do this?When you boil it all down Surface is nothing more than a touch screen set into a table top that allows for multiple touches to…
Only in New York…
In a fit of jealous rage a two-timing pregnant woman ran over the father of her unborn child, then she backed up and did it again!Janine Harrington (25) was so obsessed by the belief that her boyfriend, Jeffrey Moore (45) was sleeping around behind her back that she took her live-in boyfriend’s Nissan Pathfinder to…
Nintendo DS WI-Fi tops 5 Million users
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection has crossed two huge milestones within just days of one another. Worldwide, since its launch in November 2005, Nintendo’s wireless gaming service has now connected more than 5 million unique Nintendo DSâ„¢ owners, and those gamers have racked up more than 200 million game-play sessions. Worldwide, nearly 65 games can be played…
Further thoughts on the “Surface”
Now that the news about Microsoft’s new product “Surface” are beginning to surface all over the net I have a few questions that I would like answered.1. When will the ‘killer app’ be released for this? What killer app? Why there is just one killer app that I am thinking of and that is using…
Mario Party 8: First Impressions
Now that I have my copy of Mario Party 8 and I have spent some time playing it I feel qualified to report to you my first impressions of the game.After reading all of the negative reviews about this game I was prepared for the worst and hoping for the best. Some of the points…
Stop complaining about your bandwidth
>I work in Telecom and a lot of people ask me about DSL and faster forms of data lines. The most common complaint I get from people is, “why is my upload speed so low?”The simple answer is that when DSL was designed the average Internet user downloaded far more data than they uploaded. DSL…
Pokemon Farming: Torchic
This past weekend I hatched a bunch of Torchic. Why I hatched so many that this time the trading is going to go a little bit differently.This time around I will not be listing six of them instead I am going to simply tell you to drop your trainer name in the comments along with…
1100 Reasons programing is better than having a girlfriend
You need to be a programmer to understand these:0001. No matter how many times you call an “X” no one gets jealous.0010. Using the same line over and over again always works!0011. Accurate comments make everyone happy.0100. If something is not working correctly you can always change the source code.0101. Programs don’t get offended if…
Where did all the fans go?
RT over at Untwisted Vortex just tipped me off to this one.If you go to Technorati and look at any blog you will find that the listing of who favorited that blog is no longer there. In fact, except for the Top 100 Most Favorited blog list there is no indicator anywhere of how many…
Wii Preview: Mario Strikers Charged
Mario Strikers Charged for the Wii is due to be released in the US on July 30, 2007. This one to four player sports game will be the second American Wi-Fi enabled Wii game to hit the market.The captains from the original Super Mario Strikers game are back, as well as four new ones. Players…