Don’t bother buying a Brother printer. I helped to set up a new one today and, get this, it didn’t come with any type of interface cable. No USB, no parallel cable, nothing. It even says so on the quickstart instructions. WTF? Is that stupid or what? Speaking of stupid, or perhaps just stubborn, AOL… Continue reading Crappy tech service
Month: October 2004
Grand Theftendo
Via Slashdot tonight, this is totally amazing and cool: Grand Theftendo, a port of Grand Theft Auto III to the original Nintendo Entertainment System (an 8-bit machine!). (“Port” is a bit misleading; it’s all original, from the graphics to the dialogue to the code—it’s probably more of a tribute.) What’s more, the guy is writing… Continue reading Grand Theftendo
First snow of the season
Just looked out the window here at work and saw that it’s snowing. As far as I know, this marks the first snow of the season for Bend.
No, I’m not dead
I guess I’d better blog something before people think I’m dead. Well, not totally: I’ve been posting to The Brew Site, so it’s not a total wash. So let’s see, what to blog about… this looks interesting: National Novel Writing Month. Write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. I’ve almost half toyed with the… Continue reading No, I’m not dead
Private Solar System?
I saw this headline from Reuters in Bloglines today: “FedEx to Build 2nd-Largest U.S. Private Solar System” and of course I immediately wondered if they were building a model of the Solar System and why that would matter to FedEx (and why would it be private?), before realizing what was meant was Solar Powerered System.… Continue reading Private Solar System?
Tasteless… yet funny
Found on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Ad Graveyard, via Boing Boing. Pretty much speaks for itself.
When Bush was in Medford…
I’m very, very surprised this story isn’t being picked up nationally (or if it has, I haven’t seen it anywhere yet except locally): during Bush’s visit to Medford, three schoolteachers were removed from the rally for wearing offensive T-shirts. How offensive? They read, “Protect Our Civil Liberties.” Via Jack Bog’s Blog, this post points to… Continue reading When Bush was in Medford…
Doom Dog
Okay, here’s a picture of the scariest dog I’ve ever seen—come to think of it, the entire picture is pretty freaky: (Picture found on Strong Gundogs) Holy shit, that looks like something that would come from Doom or something… Apparently people breed dogs like these to hunt wild boar. Jeez…
Flesh Jacket
Okay, this article on a living tissue jacket is just disturbing and yet darkly funny. Basically, some guys are literally growing a jacket from living tissue… Grown using a combination of mouse and human cells, the jacket is currently quite tiny (about 2 inches high and 1.4 inches wide) and would just fit a mouse….… Continue reading Flesh Jacket
Mission Beach
When we were in San Diego, we of course had to visit the beach. So on one of our “off” days we packed up a picnic lunch and headed over to Mission Beach. It was a nice, sunny, hot day, pretty much what you’d expect for Southern California (even in late September), but you know… Continue reading Mission Beach