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Tony Stewart won the Brickyard 400 (that’s what it’ll always be to me!) as was promptly fined for swearing during an ESPN interview afterwards. Yay Tony! I didn’t see the whole race, and I wish I’d seen the swearing, I love Tony being Tony! But I definitely do not love the ESPN coverage which to […]

Inspired by some others, and a little bored, I decided to remix my Otakon pictures as a YouTube slideshow.

On the whole, the fun I had at Otakon this year is still resonating within me days after the event ended. Friday was a good start, but little did I know the hotel horrors that awaited me the rest of the weekend! This year I stayed at the Sheraton Baltimore Inner Harbor, formerly the Wyndham. […]

This year getting to Otakon seemed to be fraught with peril. The washer and dryer broke and nearly caught fire. I had to fix brakes and air conditioning in the car, and of course the AC broke again before I left promising a potentially very hot 700 mile drive to Baltimore. And on the morning […]

I got back from Otakon late last night and boy do my feet hurt! Never never never spend a whole day in cosplay wearing shoes that are a half size too small! Owwwww! Oh, and don’t dance later that night in the same shoes! >.

Honestly, I don’t think calling this greed is quite enough. But scumbag may have a new definition today. When first saw the headline concerning the settlement of a $1.63 property tax issue, I thought the amount was a typo. So I read the story and found that not only did the whole sordid mess get […]

Otakon starts in a few days, and I’m starting to get all of those crazy feelings I get when it’s go time! The last week has consisted of fixing cars and broken appliances, including, most sadly, the washer-dryer unit! But I anticipate/hope/pray for success. This year promises to be my busiest Otakon ever because I’m […]

There’s nothing like the good creations of others to inspire greater creativity in oneself. In that vein, entries for the GBAX 2007 coding competition are now available for download! I’m particularly excited since this weekend I finally got some time to really start coding for the Xbox 360. They’re baby steps in the larger project, […]

Crying? In NASCAR? No Way! There’s no crying in NASCAR! LOL! Just kidding. After breaking a 5 year 166 race winless streak to beat Kyle Busch by 0.005 seconds, Jamie McMurray can cry all he wants to! Just don’t make a habit of it like Carl Edwards’ backflips or something. Oh heck, why not? Anything […]

Wow, Keith Olbermann is majorly pissed! And after hearing his reasons for it being time for Bush and Cheney to step down, I’m a bit more pissed too. I haven’t been happy about the way there has been a continuing erosion of American freedoms since 9/11 in the name of defeating the terrorists. And I […]

The Consumerist has a video showing a Geek Squad tech charged with installing iTunes on a computer, helping himself to some delicious porn on said computer as well. This was a sting operation set up to investigate complaints of Geek Squad techs copying personal files from customer computers. My my my, stealing porn…Is nothing […]

Looks like I’ve fallen in love with a new song! Well actually Silly Go Round has been growing on me since I started watching .hack//roots. But it’s only today that I finally heard the full song with lyrics and translation in a YouTube video performance. Here’s a link to the lyrics at the Cherryblossom.
FictionJunction YUUKA […]

Over on CNET this morning, there’s an article that explores the question of whether internet movie piracy helps or hurts box office receipts. This isn’t new, but I guess Michael Moore’s relative lack of upset over piracy of his health care documentary, Sicko, prior to its release, has given the question some new life. So […]

I just got a link to ifixit’s iPhone Disassembly from my brother in-law who is also into tech gadgets like me. It looks like quite an interesting device inside too. I know, most probably wouldn’t dare think of immediately taking apart your shiny new $600 device! But this sort of tech strip tease has become […]

I ran across the following on CNN’s Political Ticker today from a blurb on Hillary Clinton’s comments regarding the need for a clean sweep in the White House.

“If Hillary Clinton thinks women will support her candidacy simply based on her gender she is mistaken,” RNC spokeswoman Amber Wilkerson said. “Women, like men, will vote for […]