Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Aug 27, 2008 7:50pm PDTFor those of you who sent in applications for the first job opening here I should have all the responses out by the end of day tomorrow. Thank you for the interest to everyone who applied.
- An auction of private emails?
- Dude, dark matter
- Chocolate science
- IE8 trying to
catch up
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Nintendo swears it loves core gamers
- Geometry Wars 2 makes Nick angry
- GTA4 team doing PS3 game
- Warriors handling Max Payne 3
- Far Cry 3 details already coming
- Sin City game changing developers
- Far Cry 2 trailer
- UbiSoft hates America, loves Europe
- Meteos heading to Xbox Live Arcade
- Will Wright loves him some Spore porn
- Nintendo responds to new DS rumors
- Skate It screenshots and trailer
- Prince of Persia trailer
- Guitar Hero meets Jesus
- Dinosaurs in NWN2 screenshots
- Gaming is good for the office!
Lastly, I spent the last few evenings checking out Generation Kill. As someone who spent many years on military bases and with family in all branches I found it quite interesting. Worth checking out if you have HBO. Too bad about the lame name.
Binary Domain demo available this week
Shack PSA: Angry Birds on Facebook today
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
Shack PSA: Mass Effect 3 demo out today
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
I've been going to college for the past 3 years, mainly for a lack of having any other particular direction to go in. But college is boring, classes are easy and uninteresting, and getting a degree so I can sit in a cubicle and then an office for the rest of my life is unappealing.
However I have recently begun to write not just one book, but a pair of books, alternating between each depending on the day. Now this IS interesting, and I appear to be fairly decent at it. Problem is for whatever reason my skills at getting an actual job have proven paltry up till this point.
Obviously writing a fictional novel and college do not coincide well with each other. But I doubt my parents would be interested in giving me money to do it. So I pose this question to you mighty lords of shackland: Should I stick with school and hope that my novels will eventually be completed, or should I risk the wild blue yonder to try and do what I really want?
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http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/youtube-comment-snob/
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http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=1003
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Our mini daschund is awesome. He's about 6 months old. The only problem we have is that he constantly nips at one of my daughters. Me, my wife, my other daughter, and my son he pretty much leave alone but my one daughter he just follows around the house kind of nipping but not really biting her constantly. It's weird. He usually doesn't hurt her but sometimes he does. Any ideas why he does it or what we can do to stop him?
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http://www.ajc.com/pets/content/pets/stories/2008/08/28/cat_lost_airport.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab
TL;DR
father flies into Atlanta airport with cat he agrees to take for dying father. Cab driver, while loading bags into the cab, unzips the carrier that the cat was in and the cat escapes. Man spends 7 hours looking for cat, cab driver gets no tip.
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Also the Arena fights get hard after awhile. I got my ass kicked a few times thinking I was finally on the last wave of guys and another one spawns out. I will defeat all the arena's I must unlock all the characters.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJf59zLzyfg
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http://www.myspace.com/acdc
"Rock 'N Roll Train"
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Best deal on a DSLR camera?
One that would be good for a beginner (my Dad)
I might get one for me too. Nothing too crazy but one that will allow me to take awesome newbie photos and have the possibility of becoming herb ritz in the future?
Bonus points if you link me to one.
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I have just received my hardcover copy of Achewood's The Great Outdoor Fight.
YESSSS
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Since by default LatestChatty filters NWS, if we make every post NWS, LatestChatty will appear to be blank to the newcomers and they'll go away.
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http://mobile.blizzard.com/
Mobile ringtones and wallpapers... :|
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People taking mailing lists and putting them on crappy websites so when you search for something on google, the first ten hits are to the same thread but different shittily presented formats.
Its especially annoying when the original forum is getting mirrored at other sites, in a crappy format, and its higher the results.
Google needs to look into this, for great justice
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Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood
specially-compiled No Doubt Best Of collection
All to be out by end of 08.
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/rock-band-2-ful.html
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/journal.
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I've moved into a flat (apartment) with cable broadband and so am now in the market to get a wireless router, can anyone recommend anything from the following page?
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1207732770.1219928828@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeemllllgdcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=ProductList&category_oid=-28361&fm=13&sm=1&tm=1&show_all=true
Or is there little or no difference between them?
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cheap battery: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830998743
"official" battery: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830998254
What gives?
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Is this something insanely difficult to fix?
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