SubscribeMonthly Archives: November 2007
Vikings bringing the blitz
NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
The return of the Squibster. Now the good and the bad. The good is that my most excellent boss and coworkers filled in quite nicely and that is most appreciated.
The bad is the Squibster is diagnosed with Cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. This will go on for 6 months and may limit my blogging at time to time. Fear not, they say the cancer is one that is curable, so let us… More »
B5 Holds the Key to the Future
I always figured the world was in for big trouble in the future, but I had no idea that our dear B5 editor Arieanna would be responsible for saving it. A mysterious package arrived at her home this week and it was, quite literally, the key to future.
Take a look:
Hmmm, what is A-117. A locker at the bus depot? A storage unit? The parking slot of a very special rent-a-car? And will Arieanna have what it takes to keep the… More »
Smith Leaves Midway
Harvey Smith has left the building, folks.
OK.
So maybe not the building…how about just Midway Austin.
GameTap is reporting that Smith left “by mutual agreement between Harvey and the studio”.
First we had Gerstmann getting canned and now Smith is gone.
Who’s next, kiddies?
You know what they say, right?
They always come in threes.
Who’s next?… More »
Top Public Relations Posts – September to November
Here are some of Common Sense PR’s most-read posts in recent months
Strumpette’s Amanda Chapel Calls it Quits
Taliban Winning the PR War – What Planet Am I On?
Lululemon Has a Secret that Undermines its Reputation
Second-guessing Virginia Tech’s Crisis Communications
Nine Ways to Disengage your Employees
Advice from a Tech Blogger about How to Pitch
Border Guards’… More »
Annabeth Gish Q&A
Express, the Washington Post’s free read-while-riding-the-metro paper, has a nice little interview with Annabeth Gish re: her role as Eileen on Brotherhood. Here are some of the high points. Head here for the full deal.
Politics keeps showing up in your roles. Why is it so entertaining?
GISH: I think politics is extremely dramatic. Doing these roles, you realize that there are masks, certain faces you have to present to people in the public arena. It’s a negotiation of image and presentation,… More »
Check Out Elisha Cuthbert in ‘He Was A Quiet Man’
If you’re in the LA area, check out Elisha Cuthbert’s new movie, He Was A Quiet Man. It co-stars Christian Slater and William Macy. Here’s the official synopsis of the film:
Bob Maconel (Christian Slater, “Bobby,” “True Romance”) is about to have a bad day. Another eight hours of sitting in a dull grey cubicle, ignored by his co-workers, existing in a world where he feels completely out of sync. On this particular bad day Bob crosses the line… More »
Guest Post From The Good Musician
As you all know, once in awhile I feature a guest post. This months guest is Arjun Muralidharan. He gives us his outlook on how to become a metal musician. In my opinion a real Metal musician isn’t” Made” but is born with it in his/her blood even if it’s not the first music genre they start enjoying. While I agree with most of this article, I also must disagree with some of it. As always feel free to… More »
Bad Beat 2nd Runner Up
Here’s a slightly different variation on the bad beat story: the author is the one PUTTING the bad beat on. In this particular instance, the recipient of the two beats in the story is none other than myself.
So from the mouth of Durden (who owns rights to the hand 3-5 off at our local game) here is his story:
We had been playing for like two hours and I had already been sucking out on people. (thats what I do) Then… More »
Some of my favorite photos from the week
Just some of my favorite photos from this week’s games. Enjoy.
(AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang/Andy Carpenan)
(AP Photo/Paul Zoeller)
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)… More »
Craving for a slice of Zhu Xian
After getting a taste of a good massively multiplayer online role-playing game like China-made Perfect World in the Philippines, I’m starting to wonder what my “brothers and sisters” back in the mainland are cooking up for the neighborhood and other MMO-crazy Asian countries.
A well-placed clicks have done the trick. Aha! Apparently, the folks down in Beijing at the office of Perfect World Co. Ltd. are indeed firing up the wok in preparation for a sumptuous feast, MMO style. The company… More »
Rather Depressing View of the Earth
This was taken from the ESA’s Rosetta Spacecraft while enroute to a comet. On it’s way, it passed over the night-side of the Earth and took this image:
Image Credit: ESAWhat’s depressing is that how bright the lights are, and how many. This is only a five second exposure, look at all the photons we are blazing into space.
Please turn off a light people.
Here’s the full press release.
Technorati Tags: esa, rosetta spacecraft… More »
Death and Family Guy
One of the funniest and long-running characters on Family Guy is that of Death, voiced by Adam Carolla. Here’s some information about the Grim Reaper:
Harvests the souls of the dead. Portrayed as a “loser” who still lives with his mother, has asthma and has never had a successful date. He is seen as a skeleton in a black robe and seldom removes his hood. He apparently hates the fact that he is technically dead and the fact that he has… More »
Very Cool Dark Energy Multimedia Presentation
The guys from HubbleSite.org have put together this amazing multimedia presentation on dark energy. Go check it out!
It’s very well presented and geared toward regular folks. It’s clear a lot of effort went into it. Here’s a screenshot (click on it to see a bigger one):
Screenshot from HubbleSite.orgOooh, I’m getting all warm and fuzzy thinking about this stuff. I’m so glad I’m going into the field. I start next week!
Technorati Tags: dark energy, dark energy… More »
Arctic Monkeys Release Secret Vinyl Single Under ‘Death Ramps’ Moniker
The Arctic Monkeys are without doubt, the biggest band in the UK right now. Their albums sell in huge amounts around the world, and their gigs sell out in hours, if not minutes. So it comes as a bit of a surprise to learn that they have chosen to release a single under a different name.
A band called Death Ramps have a 7″ vinyl single listed on Domino Records website (Arctic Monkeys record label) which includes the songs The Death… More »
Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 coming early next year
Scott Guthrie’s blog post about the upcoming Silverlight 2.0 early next year. He shared in his blog entry of some new features and development about this upcoming release.
Next year we will be releasing a major update of Silverlight that focuses on enabling rich Internet applications. This release will include a cross-platform, cross-browser version of the .NET Framework, and will enable a rich .NET development platform in the browser. Earlier this year we shipped an early Alpha containing some of the… More »
