tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68729842011-10-31T08:34:12.065-07:00Phoenix and Corben <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060976241/qid=1094524614/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-2386161-7076020?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;n=507846" title="See the reference">fistfight in heaven</a>.Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03413309927621977196noreply@blogger.comBlogger8601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872984.post-24851023539122712652011-09-17T01:57:00.000-07:002011-09-17T02:04:55.792-07:00

Shortly after extolling the virtues of my phone-run life, while updating said phone, it crashed.But not all the way. While restarting Springboard (the interface), _that_ crashed, but the phone itself was still running. Now, the normal thing to do in this rare situation is a hard-restart; that is, hold the power button until the phone cycles power. However, my phone's power button has long since

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Recently, I had my 1TB Fantom external drive go belly up. It was my old storage drive, so it was mostly filled with media and installation files, not critical stuff I need every day. Nevertheless, I figured that it was long past time to set up the barest of redundant systems so that I would stop losing great swathes of stuff every time a drive died (because DRIVES DIE). I elected to go with a

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0th, The Fine Brothers. (Mostly about the flak YouTube earners got [due to jealousy], but also this:) How many people truly want to watch short form television style content inside the web? We’ll tell you how many. TONS. Hundreds of thousands, millions, but you know why they don’t watch your show? Because you have not built a connection to them, because you haven’t built a personal brand and

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So, I have sleep apnea, which means that I stop breathing in my sleep.I went through a sleep study, and got a CPAP. So I won't die in my sleep.But it wouldn't be a blog post if that's all that happened. ^_^My nose is all messed up (partly because of genetics, and partly possibly because of the bike accident three years ago). Recently, one side closed up and I can't really breathe through it.

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I've been working on my thesis again, having slacked off a lot the past few months. But having slacked off for so long, it's only recently that I discovered that I have misplaced one of my notebooks. That's pretty bad. But things get worse.Yesterday, I needed a bookmark from XP. I upgraded to Windows 7 in January and haven't really used XP much since then. But I use Zotero to manage my

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So, recently, Roger Ebert (whom, to be clear, I adore) once again declared that video games are not art, and CAN NEVER BE!Which is absurd. Of COURSE games can be art. Everything about Shadow of the Colossus is art, not just the fantastic visuals, not just the story, but even down to the controller itself! But it's clear that Ebert has never played SotC. (This, despite it being mentioned

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I was on Facebook today, and noticed that I had a friend request from Lauren Hudson (from April 8th, if that gives you an idea of how often I check Facebook. Which is never, actually, I was only on because I noticed a friend request from Ken). So, who is Lauren Hudson?I'm not sure.BUT, I saw that I had 15 mutual friends with her. So, I looked at that list, and they were predominantly people

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I can't believe I'm still awake at nearly midnight, as I got up around 3am. This is what happens when I get in the groove on the computer and lose all track of time. It's also how my sleep schedule gets all out of whack.Choices, choices. Get up early tomorrow (and be groggy all day, but have a normal sleeping schedule), OR sleep in (wake up refreshed, but slide my rhythms around until I'm up

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BECAUSE I keep forgetting what it's called, here's a post I can look for later. This morning I was trying to remember what it's called when someone takes an image, and you see a sequence of zooms, usually to a close-up of someone's face. Apparently, that's a Tenso.The word “tenso” is Portuguese for “tense”. This is a meme that spread through Brazilian blogs and forums in 2009, and consists of

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So, The Passing is still not out for the PC, despite being April 22nd for over 7 hours now. I should be happy that it's going to be free for me, as the XBOX360 version costs cashy money (an edict by Microsoft, because they don't want XBOX customers getting accustomed to getting things for free. Really.), but the XBOX crowd already has theirs. I imagine it can't possibly be more than a few more

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In my recent Magic and Not A Spiral posts, I used mouse rollovers to help illustrate the differences between two images. For anyone else who uses Blogger and wants to know how, here is a handy guide.First, Blogger doesn't (easily) allow Javascript, so this will be pure CSS. Second, I wanted the rollover code in the post to be as small and repeatable as possible. So, I used Tables (gasp!).There

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Good morning, world! I love getting up before the sun, especially that part where I can stalk around my apartment like a cat, seeing everything so clearly in just the ambient light. What I don't like is the fact that I live in Cheney and absolutely no stores are open right now. So I'm going to pass some time on the computer.First up, how do I UNSEE something? Somewhere along the line, I

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Following up on this article, which was shared in Reader.I wondered why it seemed to spiral in counter-clockwise. Dan suspected that it was the orientation of the corner diamonds, so I made a second image with the black and white squares reversed, which you can see below (mouse-over the original). Does it reverse the spiral for you?

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Content-Aware Fill is making the rounds. Here is yet another example video: Show/HideMwahahaAnd stunningly, it turns out that the basic technology (texture synthesis) has been around FOR A DECADE. That's right, nerds in the know were running magic in GIMP ten years before Adobe posted their sneak peak at CS5. The upcoming Photoshop with this magic isn't yet available, but the GIMP version is

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Seven years ago.

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Caught up on a bit of telly this evening, including the latest QI and Psych.On QI, there was the old canard about if you fired a bullet and dropped it simultaneously, which would hit the ground first?  The standard answer is, they would hit at the same time. Except, that's not strictly true.  They would essentially hit at the same time, but not precisely.  The fired bullet would hit ever so

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Just getting home from job training today. It was long (even though we got out early), but it was a lot of fun. It was mostly women, which was interesting, because they were all swooning over me. One of them even tried to hook me up with her 21-year-old daughter.However, now that I'm home, I've gotten a glimpse of what I look like in the mirror. See, I overslept this morning, and had to rush

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"I've got a story to tell you. It's a good one, too. Imagine, 1962, rural village of Kashasha, Tanzania. Girl's boarding school. Girl is sitting in class.She begins to laugh.The girl next to her, maybe to her left, hears her laugh and she begins to laugh.Across the classroom a third girl joins in, the teacher gets upset, but it's too late. Soon four girls, and eight -- the entire class has

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So, the latest Joss Whedon project has come to a close with the recent Dollhouse finale. Most of the loose ends were tied up, but one thing really bothered me: It's 10 years later, right? Wherefore does everyone look pretty much exactly the same as before? I mean, even down to HAIRSTYLE?People's looks change a lot in ten years. Here's a picture of me just five years ago:Now, compare that to

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It's Saturday, so of course I'm spending my morning playing video games.I was playing on the computer, and experienced a Blue Screen shutdown. :-(So, taking a break from the computer, I pick up my DS and play Rittai Picross for about an hour, and the battery dies. (The power indicator light supposedly changes color when this is going to happen, but being colorbind renders this warning void).

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I got a parking ticket today, my 2nd in recent memory (the other one was Nov. 4th). And of course, I blame Microsoft for this.See, I had never gotten a parking ticket before November 4th. In fact, I've been parking at meters for YEARS without getting a ticket. What has changed?My phone.Previously, I used a Nokia 6800. This was one of the early semi-smart phones (e-mail, limited web access,

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A small follow-up on my previous post, focusing on a subset.Why is Fleetwood Mac so underrepresented?

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It's the end of December, the end of the year. Let's talk about how fat I am. :-PLast year at this time, I weighed 244 pounds. This morning, I weighed 201 pounds.I have ~17% less mass than I did a year ago.Yay, me? ^_^I still have the rest of the day to lose that pesky last pound to get under 200. Anyone know which appendages can safely be removed from the human body? Preferably something I

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Follow me on this one, it gets twisty.So, Kris Straub (you know Kris, he makes Starslip) retweeted Brian Denham's "Only 364 shopping days until Christmas." tweet. I don't know Brian, but I glanced at his feed and saw that he had retweeted a Richard Dawkins post about "7 Reasons for Atheists to Celebrate the Holidays".Now, in that article, in reason #3 was the line "Axial tilt is the reason for

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(via)You guys! This is my favorite Warehouse comic.

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I saw this image today, but I thought it could be better. It's not ordered by size, there's no correlation between order of the legend and order of the slices (important for those of us that are colorblind). Also, what do the sizes mean? Just random?So I made my own, basing the sizes off of the number of hits on a Google Video search for each.

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Today is December 12th, or as it is known in America, the 12th of December.Seriously, it's another non-holiday. And why not? It's the last xth day of xth month of the year!It's also just a couple weeks before Christmas. Last Minute Panic Day? Hmm.Suggestions?

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A while back, I found this Berkeley Breathed book at Auntie's.Disney is making a movie version of the book now, which if you know Berkeley and Disney, is incredible.You can find a bit more of the story here (along with more history between Berkeley and Disney), but basically it's this:Milo (the son) doesn't much care for the way his mom treats him (making him do chores and eat his vegetables),

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So, I saw this video on The Daily What. It's a mashup of Frosty The Snowman and Barney Stinson. Show/HideI love it. I love Barney. I want to change my name to Swarley. Which brings me to the main point of today's post.I google'd Swarley because I wasn't sure of the spelling (-y/-ey?). One of the results was a wikipedia page that talks about all the tie-ins.There are websites for Marshall and

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Dear T-Mobile,Thanks for texting me at 4 in the morning to let me know the balance on my account. Also, thanks for texting twice, in case I accidentally slept through the first one.Stay super.Sincerely,A very grumpy tired Phoenix

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I recently ran through the Starslip archives. Totally worth a read. Often funny, but sometimes very touching. I'll show you a taste with bits of the Jovia storyline.Spoilers ahoy.Memnon Vanderbeam is in love with Jovia, daughter of the King of Jupiter. He saved them from an assassination attempt.Later, a critical flaw is discovered in Starslip technology.Eventually the flaw catches up with

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Today is November 11th, or Veterans Day here in America, Remembrance Day in the British Commonwealth, and Armistice Day in Belgium, France, and New Zealand.In Commonwealth countries, it is traditional to wear poppies on this day, in remembrance of the end of World War I. Why poppies? Because of the poem In Flanders Fields:In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That

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So Han’s walking down the halls of Bespin with his old friend Lando. Leia’s there, and lookin’ good. Han thinks he’s off to dinner - maybe some wine, a little flirting, and then back to the ol’ guest quarters with Her Hotness.But the door opens, and there’s Darth Vader.Han doesn’t look incredulously at Lando; he doesn’t duck or run away.What does Han do?He starts shooting at the motherfucker.He

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Retail | Spokane, WA, USA (A pimply, overweight 18 year-old boy dumps a satin black flame-job man thong on the counter.) Boy: “Uh, can I return this? My mom got it for me.” via

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Convenience Store | Spokane, WA, USA Me: “How can I help you, sir?” Customer: “I want one single cigarette.” Me: “No problem, can I see your ID?” Customer: “What? Do I look 14 to you?” Me: “No, you look 18, but unless I get ID I can’t sell them to you.” Customer: “Why cant you sell me the beer and a cigarette?” Me: “I am sorry, sir, but I could lose my job if I sold it to you without ID.”

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OK, fine, here's a post for today. I'm at the programming contest right now, and we're not allowed a real browser. This one keeps crashing. Which is fine. People don't like long posts anyway. :-P

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No post for today! I'm *OUT* of forward posts! I've barely stayed a day or so ahead, but now I'm in Moscow-Pullman for the weekend. Will I post? Probably not!So, tomorrow may be the very first day without a post since JUNE 30th of this year! How truly sad.Guess I didn't make it to Christmas after all...

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The fifth of November,Gunpowder, treason and plot.I see no reason why gunpowder, treasonShould ever be forgot...Show/Hide

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The recent XKCD has brought Primer back to the collective foreground.I've seen many MANY people explaining the timeline in Primer, and with the exception of the 'birds nesting in the attic' (which I didn't catch when I watched it, because it was too far away from the Big-Reveal), they don't seem to add much to the conversation. The timeline didn't really seem complicated enough to need an

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This is a recent screenshot of my Gmail tab. Yes, that is five chat windows open at the bottom. I can't see enough of the screen to reply to the e-mails I'm getting.SO, if you send me a chat and I don't respond right away, don't take it personally. There may be a line ahead of you.

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Just watched the First-Look for the V remake (starts tomorrow), and I gotta say: I am underwhelmed.There are so many problems here, I'm not sure where to begin. Yes, I know a giant spaceship filled with extra-terrestrials is not realistic, but I can suspend my disbelief on that. BUT, nobody is looking up until the thing is over a city? Really? It's presence comes as a huge surprise and nobody

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I briefly mentioned this on my Enicycle post (or, in the comments, actually), but a new video has surfaced so of course I had to share it. Show/HideRAMPANT are the comparisons between this device and those chairs from WALL-E. I don't get it. This is MUCH too small to support such weight...

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Another month with daily posts, AND not so many far-forward posts like before. (Of course, that leads to yesterday's random crap)And because it's the end of the month, it's time for my cop-out. ^_^ Tomorrow I'll have something real to post (maybe).....alright, alright here's something for today: Sexy Halloween Costumes: When Does A Costume Go Too Far?

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Recently ran across the Mental Floss shirts. Most shirt stores have a couple good ones (and because I couldn't think of anything else to post today*); here are some of my faves.(in random order)*and tomorrow is not looking too good either.

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(CLICK THE IMAGES TO PROCEED THROUGH THIS COMIC)Ze Frank recently buzzed about this, and I thought it was interesting enough to pass along. For me, there were two pages in particular that I thought deserved a comment.#1:Aha! I'm normal, bitches!#2:Argh! No, no, no. Money is not evil.It's the *LOVE* of money that is the root of all evil! This is an important distinction! Timothy 6:10, look

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I recently finally got around to watching Important Things with Demetri Martin. So far I've seen 1.5 episodes, and I have this to say: Demetri Martin is a Genius.This show is great. Part stand-up, part sketch, part philosophy, each episode tackles one important thing.And to show you how great it is, here are some clips.The first episode was about Timing.Timing - Anger Scene Management Show/

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Here's another reason (of many) that I like Google:If they block some results, for any reason, they will TELL YOU.Right there at the bottom of the page. Not in tiny text either. They practically bold it and surround it by flashing lights.Yahoo didn't. Bing didn't. And I couldn't find any results that they were showing that Google wasn't (because maybe they weren't asked under the DMCA to

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@wilw brought to everyone's attention that the Big Bang Theory characters have Twitter accounts.PennyLeonardSheldonWolowitzRajLeslieI don't know who's running the accounts (I do know that they aren't officially affiliated with the show) but whoever is doing it manages to do a FINE job of staying in-character. Tell me you can read Sheldon's tweets and not hear his voice?

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Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole 'IZ' 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' Show/HideDriving home from work today, I saw a rainbow.Actually, that's not true. I saw the place where a rainbow was. I couldn't see the rainbow itself.I'm colorblind. Whereas a person with normal vision sees a spectrum like this:I can basically see two colors: Blue and Not BlueOr maybe I should say: Blue and I-Don't-Know.(I'm guessing

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So I'm only hearing about this now, and it's old news, but whatever. Barack Obama beat out Jack Ryan for his senate seat?Now, I know that this is politician Jack Ryan (then-husband to 7 of 9), but the image that came to mind was:

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(via)Statements like this bother me, because intuitively they seem correct, but are actually wrong. Just because something is infinite and non-repeating DOES NOT mean that all possibilities are expressed.For example, consider the infinite sequence: 17, 34, 51, 68, 85, 102, 119, 136...It increases by 17 each time. It's infinite, and it never repeats, but the number 2 is never going to exist in

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Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork - not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go going when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else.The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street

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Love that search engine.So, someone recommended Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture to me recently. It sounded interesting, so I decided to check the Spokane County Library page to see if they had it.I threw the title into the search engine, but forgot to set it as Title and it searched as Words or Phrase.The first result was Threeway sex, whose only result was Triangles (Interpersonal

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Was browsing around and saw this:(via)Hey! I know that saying! In fact, I put it on a t-shirt over a year ago!It looks almost identical to what I made! AND the earliest version of that image I could find was from May of this year, over a YEAR after I made my t-shirt! They're ripping me off!And then I found this:(via)Not quite an entire year before my shirt. Almost identical wording as mine.

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It hurts.Many years ago, when I was younger and more foolish, a moment's horseplay crushed my right hand in a door. In an instant my life's path was altered. For about six months, my fingers wouldn't open up. I had a permanent fist. Couldn't type on a computer, couldn't brush my teeth or tie my shoelaces, and have you ever noticed how jeans are really biased against southpaws?I played piano

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A follow-up to my previous post on marriage. I saw both of these today:(via The 8 Phases of Dating)(via The 5 Stages of Most Relationships)

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Google Voice lets me invite other people now? A couple invitations showed up in my inbox today.Speaking of Google Voice, here's something I've been meaning to post for months now but kept forgetting. It's about sending texts from Google Voice:

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Here's why I don't think that downloading TV shows off the Interwebs is a real threat to broadcasters:I can get better quality picture and sound for FREE over the air with a simple antenna. Plus, I can get THAT faster than I can download it (often before it is even available for download).Downloading has some advantages, I guess, but I have a DVR to capture off the air, which gives me most of

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So, Spokane has a piano bar‽I don't know how it came up, but my sister and I decided to go there for our birthday this year. I'll give you a quick rundown of the evening, Twitter-style (but since I hadn't bothered to setup my phone for Twitter, these aren't actual tweets. God, I just used 'tweet' for the first time).Anyway.9:30 Dueling pianos played Billy Jean (briefly).9:45 Night is young,

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I turned on my Nintendo DS, and instead of the usual musical notes it played some high-pitched chimes.What? Are the speakers broken? No, the sounds in the games work fine...Yeah, this is a feature of the DS. It knows that today is my birthday, so it played a slightly different opening.That's right, I was just wished happy birthday by a machine! In case you didn't realize that we're living in

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And I'm not talking about STIs (this time).It was dusk when the first fireball burst from the Mekong. A glowing pink orb hovered over the chocolaty waters for a split second then accelerated noiselessly skyward, winking out some 100 meters above. So begins the Time article Behind the Secret of the Naga's Fire.I am of course talking about Naga Fireballs, a not-fully-explained phenomena that

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Today is my BIRTHDAY. ^_^ Time for the MEME!The instructions:Go to WikipediaIn the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.List three events that happened on your birthdayList two important birthdaysList one deathOne holiday or observance (if any)Three Events1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's

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Soon (very soon) all the forward posts I've written will run out.How did I go from several months of queued posts to nothing? Well, I have other outlets now.Pictures get posted to tumblr. (I have ~100 pictures in that queue, even though it posts every four hours!)Articles, Comics, and Blog Posts end up on Google Reader. Do you use Google Reader? It's awesome.Short notes get posted to twitter.

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Odd things about Phoenix:This is the opposite of most people, but I find that the more I drink, the greater my inhibitions. What's up with that? Am I just naturally so uninhibited that a little alcohol pushes me out the other side?Weird.UPDATE:Further experimentation has led me to the conclusion that a small amount of alcohol takes the edge off, but any more and I lock down.Still weird.

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Sometimes it feels like I'm not getting enough oxygen. I find myself suddenly taking great gasping breaths. What the heck is going on there?I'm wondering if it could be related to my abnormally low blood-pressure? Like, my lungs are bringing in plenty of O2, but the blood moves so slowly I run out?I've no idea. One of these days, I'll have to bring it up with a doctor.

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Today is October 10th, and ... there's really no holiday.In Japan, this used to be Health and Sports day, but that was moved to the 2nd Monday of October (this year, it is the 12th). So... what do we do now? Make up our own holiday?I could move my birthday forward four days, no problem. I could celebrate it as Phoenix Day! Yeah! It'll be like "The Christmas In September", only, like, in

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Big deal, right? Just another picture of Phoenix in a wig. Or... is it?Actually, it's a Motion Portrait.I uploaded a picture of myself, and it did the rest. Really, a static image just doesn't convey the effect, because on the site I'm looking around, smiling, blinking, etc. It's like the pictures in Harry Potter.You can change the wig or facial hair and save a snapshot, although the

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(Slightly NSFW [but hot] content that makes up a tiny portion of the video warning) Show/Hide18 SecondsThere are a lot of things I like about this video. I like the mood, the small details, the snsfw bit... But the ending is extremely predictable.Still, overall worth a watch.

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As I previously mentioned, I walk around in my boxer-briefs a lot.It occurred to me a moment ago, as I was in my kitchen making another cup of coffee, that my neighbors across the way can see me through the gap between my blinds and the side of the window.Cheers.

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The inspiration for Carl Sagans 1980 series, Cosmos, Jacob Bronowskis 1973 series, The Ascent of Man, alludes to and seeks to somewhat challenge the notion of some of Charles Darwins conclusions in The Decent of Man. Over the course of thirteen episodes, Bronowski travelled around the world in order to trace the development of human society through its understanding of science.Jacob Bronowski was

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I don't Twitter, but I do sometimes run across people that twitter (in my car, HO!).Steve "The Sneeze" twitters. Here are some of the gems that you've been missing:# I think I'm turning into my mother. I was just nagging the kids to make their beds. And then I had sex with my dad.10:01 AM Aug 13th from Tweetie # Told my son on 1st day of kindergarten they make you fight a gorilla. He didn't

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Wanna see some random? So, there's this record...(NSFW image warning, don't click this) Show/Hide(via)Here's some more info about the record. It could have been yours for only $22 (yeah, the eBay link will probably expire before you read this, so here's an image; Boogboo was the seller).Want to hear it?(imeem has one of the worst embeds I've seen)Wow that's a lot of red links. Some day, I

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Recently (in my timeline anyway) there was this Basic Instructions comic:Have you read it? OK, let's talk about it then.Some people in the comments noted that panel three could be read in several different ways. It could be the boss and his lady (obviously), or it could be the boss and Scott, or it could be the boss and his lady with the characters swapped around and it would still make sense (

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At least two people I know want to turn their troubled relationships into troubled marriages."While we expect marriage to be 'happily ever after,' the truth is that neither marriage nor divorce seem to have a decisive impact on happiness. Studies have found that after a couple years of marriage, people are just about as happy (or unhappy) as they were before settling down. And assuming that

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So I'm just getting back from a first-meeting with a girl I met on the interwebs. Now, before I tell this tale I should probably delve a tiny bit into my backstory here and explain that almost EVERY relationship decision I've ever made has been wrong.Did you ever see that episode of Seinfeld wherein George realizes that, since very decision he has ever made has been wrong, then the opposite

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Alright, I totally lied about there not being a post today. So sue me.Before I get to today's actual topic, take a brief listen to this: Show/HideNot bad, right? That's DJ Railstone (Paige Railstone). Haven't heard of her? I'm not surprised, almost nobody has, but you can find out a little more on omnictionary.So now that you're possibly a bit more caught up on Railstone lore, you can watch

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So, another full month of daily posts. And since it is the end of the month, it's time for another cop-out post. ^_^ I won't even tell you what day it is I'm writing this, as it's pretty ridiculous, but I WILL say that forward-posting this far ahead has significant drawbacks. You can draw your own conclusions there.But don't be surprised if there is no post tomorrow.So that this post isn't a

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Wow. Watch this and tell me if it blows your mind. Show/HideBusiness wisdom from Gary Busey, and there's a lot more where that came from.The videos are to promote Grasshopper, which used to be called GotVMail. What is Grasshopper?Well, it's a lot like GoogleVoice, except it costs $50 a month instead of being free. That's almost all you need to know, but I will point out one more thing: the

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Best FriendsOriginally uploaded by sixkindsofblueThomas found this picture in the 'girls' & 'kissing' photostream, and I think it is excellent.

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One morning, I had a good cup of hot coffee. At least, according to Translation Party, a site that takes an English phrase and translates it into Japanese, back into English, back into Japanese, etc, until it finds an identical phrase in both. That's referred to as finding equilibrium.Sometimes that is impossible, like when you find a translation loop.They used to let you see what other people

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On the Happy site I saw this line: "let’s get nostalgic"I immediately thought of something I wanted to put on a T-Shirt. I even did a Google search first and found NO hits. Jackpot!Unrelated, I saw this Digg article. "Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies"This is a Demetri Martin joke. Someone even found a video in which he makes this exact joke. Show/HideUnfortunately, one of the OTHER

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After I stopped tracking my weight last year, I swelled up to a ridiculous 244 pounds (according to my December 12th weigh-in at the clinic; it's on official record).At the next check-in, I had managed to drop 20 pounds or so, in four months. It's been about five months since then. How am I doing?This morning, I weighed in under 205 (204.8, to be precise). So, another 20 or so pounds down.

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When I was young, I placed my baby teeth under my pillow and when i woke up I'd find a shiny new quarter. But whatever happened to those little teeth? Where did they go? Would I ever see them again?Many years later, a little tooth was standing at my door. It looked familiar. Its name was ickle. Welcome home, my milk toof!So begins the story of My Milk Toof, a picture-blog about two teeth going on

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There aren't even really that many songs ABOUT rainbows, when you think about it. At least, I can't think of many.Happy birthday, Jim.

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In yesterday's post, I used two facemarks to represent smiling dogs. Facemarks are like Emoticons, but viewed normally instead of rotated 90 degrees. They also often use Cyrillic and Japanese kana or kanji (so, sorry if your system can't display them. ^_^)There are two good sites I use to quickly look up a facemark.Hiroette's classic site that has been around for years: Japanese SmiliesA new

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Reading the latest Witz Pickz... is he... is he saying that he joined the Mile High club with his sister? This is what I get for skimming the article.Or, this is what I get for being traumatized by the video of the man dying the horrific death on the same page.Either / or.

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I found this EXCELLENT tumblr recently that is all about Happy stuff. ^_^ I *HIGHLY APPROVE*There are far too many awesome things there to link to them all, but I'll share some highlights.Here's a cute stop-motion video: Show/HideThe rest are links to pictures.Falling RocksYes We CanI Love YouWhat I want to beHappy PillsHappy Existence DayAnd suddenly...▽^_^▽Ｕ◕ฺܫฺ◕ฺＵLife is too shortAnd finally

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This guy built his own 1-axis-balancing (forward/backward) electric unicycle.Show/Hide (larger)THIS is a cool toy, and I want one.His website is here and has more videos.Another guy has built a similar one and has all the specs available. The total cost for materials is about $1500. However, that one doesn't have foot-turning like the Enicycle (you turn it like you would a unicycle, eg,

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I was on Facebook today (must be a blue moon), and I was going through my friends list, and I came across someone I didn't recognize.So I opened up their profile, and ... we have NO friends in common, we live in different parts of the country, we've never gone to the same school...Who is this person?This is what I get for logging on to Facebook four times a year.

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Do you like David Burne? I've been a big Talking Heads fan ever since the release of their 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual.I think This Must Be The Place was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding four albums.Show/Hide(via)

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So, I saw this new exercise ... thingy. It reminds me of something, I just can't think of what.Go to the site and watch the video. Does it remind YOU of anything?It's brilliant marketing (like the Tiddy Bear); I'm showing it to you, you might show it to others, and boom goes the dynamite.

Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03413309927621977196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872984.post-7525159104749110362009-09-18T08:23:00.000-07:002009-09-18T10:05:15.193-07:00

I like Bowling For Soup, and have since their cover of 1985. And so, a little Soup for you (possibly NSFW): Show/Hide

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Cleaned out the ol' cubicle today. Felt like I was moving out of my apartment. I might have had too much stuff here.Got all nostalgic, running across a bunch of keepsakes and reminders of the past two years. A lot of good times.Right now, I'm done except for a backup of my work on this computer. Brought in my external, installed Terracopy (if you use Windows...), selected the required folders

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Bluetooth is (at the moment) working again in 10.6.1 and I found a sort-of workaround for the previously mentioned remote control problems.The workaround is to have Quicktime open somewhere. Not in use, just open. Because, hey, what's a little resource waster, eh? (The previous trick was to have iTunes open on a store page, but that takes even MORE resources)Anyway, with the QT player open,

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Ran across this interesting explanation of what XHTML 2 is (and is not).You can read the full comic here.(via)

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OK, in my defense, it was a Honey Baked Ham store. (Or, was it? I can't find it on their store locator. But anyway...)The point is, I was rightly excited, and so my vigorous pointing and gesturing and jumping up and down was well within the norms for a ham-loving man.And so was the left rotator cuff injury. Ah, the rotator cuff, one of the MOST EASILY INJURED parts of our intelligently

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Awesome Katamari Damacy themed wedding. Themed weddings are COOL.(via)LOTS more pictures at this crappy slideshow (seriously, no back button? No speed adjustment? It's not 1997 anymore)

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SPEAKING of Capucha, it's thanks to her that I saw the recent Maru video.Maru has always been a cute cat, but MAN, this is a new level: Show/Hide

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I saw this Shake video on Capucha's blog. Show/HideBikini Machine - Shake Seems alright. Wait, wait, what's THIS?AAHH! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Quick! Before you kill us all! Show/Hide(via)

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