Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Dec 12, 2008 5:20am PSTDamn Friday, way to represent.
First, I wake up to a snow-covered winter wonderland and blue skies, which are much nicer than the grey overcast and its soggy "don't worry, I'll only freeze at night" rain.
And then, Tim Schafer's latest, Brutal Legends, finally gets a new publisher.
Plus we get the first in-game footage of BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic today.
In conclusion, Fri-to-the-day knows what is up. Let's keep the good times coming, eh?
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I just bought this D:
$175 was too good to pass up, and I'd been thinking of getting a 1U soon anyways.
sheesh, i really expected too much from this movie I guess. I think I laughed 3 times, there were a few Office type awkward moments but overall it was just really plain jane boring.
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I'd describe it as the Wal-Mart underclass of America getting together to scream at a giant TV in the middle of Times Square.
It was kind of terrifying but, like a train wreck, I couldn't look away.
^^^elitist liberal
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16262-fertile-women-more-open-to-corny-chatup-lines.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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TIA
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http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/636/4818&cl=us,en
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http://www.justin.tv/gamernookdotcom_pooksie
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/3102061413_797d0f5c45.jpg
BTW the best present I ever bought my wife was an AXIS 207 webcam. She watches the dogs all day long from work.
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I'm up to book.. 6? now, this is fantastic.
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http://www.autoblog.com/photos/best-of-the-autoblog-speech-bubble-comics/1219405/
Are any of you into the post-apocalyptic show Jericho? I randomly stumbled onto the NBC main website the other night and started watching the first few episodes. How could I have missed this?
Between playing Fallout 3, reading The Road, and now watching Jericho, I would say my mood is set for this upcoming holiday season.
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My bank recently changed their online banking system so it no longer works with mint.com, plus they also changed their password format scheme so you can't use special characters anymore. WTF?! How do you move BACKWARDS in password security?
Anyway, they also don't have overdraft protection, which dinged me really hard when I wasn't paying attention during my extended unemployment (my fault, but still). Their interest rate also sucks compared to a lot of places.
Mint.com is suggesting an e-trade account (3.3 APY). Anyone use them? How do you like it?
I also say megara9 talking about Northerntrust (or something) as being good because they reimburse all ATM fees. Anyone else use them?
I am pretty much completely open to suggestions as long as they have online billpay, overdraft protection, decent APY, and work with mint.com. Oh and I needs a debit/check card too but I figure most places if not all give you that now.
TIA!
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In this thread we can talk about our Friday/weekend plans, if you want. You can also suggest fiendish things to do to my party to make them start taking actually playing the role of their character seriously. I'm thinking of having a rival clan issue a fatwa (for lack of a better term) against one of the players.
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Was last night the Christmas Special?
I haven't seen it yet, but it's up on hulu and I wanted to make sure I was seeing the most current episode.
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Overstock.com is doing a 4-day sale of games. There are some really good deals in here and would make excellent cheap gifts for gamer friends:
GTA4 (PS3/360) - 24.99
Bully (360) - 15.95
Lego Batman (PS3/360) - 24.99
Kirby Superstar Ultra (DS) - 16.88
http://www.overstock.com/20919/static.html?&TID=VIDSP3&siteID=FKSJxY2VJAk-HHE_R5eht3dPD3eUOYhLQQ
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CyTunes.org is up!!!! TL;DR- music fan friend of mine gets brain cancer; dies. Music community and friends in Chapel Hill, NC put together awesome music downloads with proceeds going to charity.
Coverage in Pitchfork: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/148099-superchunk-polvo-rosebuds-share-songs-for-charity
Polvo fans- there's a great live set from the most recent tour up there for $7. A steal at any price, and even better for charity.
Cy was a good friend of mine in college and is greatly missed by everyone who knew him. If you're a music fan, download a few tracks for charity today!
About Cy: http://www.cytunes.org/about/about_cy.html
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Myself, I'll be doing lots of studying, lots of gaming, and lots of whatever else.
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So for BlackFriday i purchased Farcry2,Fear, and Stranglehold.
Tried to install Fear and Stranglehold and both gave crc errors, even tried to copy disk contents and still failed. Checked with shack and conclusion reached was probably dvddrive was dying. (didnt try to to install farcry2 because thought drive was busted)
Ordered new one arrived last night installed tried Fear and Stranglehold.. both fail same exact spot. Though hey i should try Farcry2... installed perfectly fine no issue at all.
so
a) original drive works perfectly fine and i randomly got 2 bad copies of games i ordered :(
b)drive is bum
c)? dont know what else can cause it
Not worth returning also since i payed 2.95 for stranglehold from gogamer (shipping cost more) and 10bucks for fear :(
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I saw this an wanted to know if it is it or not. I am buying this for a gift and don't know jack about HP.
Harry, A History (Paperback)
The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
http://www.overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/Harry-A-History-Paperback/3030005/product.html?&tid=BMMGSP8
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So far 20 shackers have joined up, have you?
http://www.360voice.com/join/TFPRC3H8
Winner gets a prize! Prize will not be awarded to anyone who wins by using Avatar or 2K6 sports games. This all launches midnight PST on December 18th.
Haven't joined the 360voice group blog? You can do so with password lampsandlime, http://360voice.gamerdna.com/group/564
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/12/1/
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http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/abea/
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