Archive for October, 2005

October 31st, 2005

Halloween

Halloween 2005

October 31st, 2005

Tin Foil Soldier » Quotes that I like

Tin Foil Soldier » Quotes that I like
Show me a completely smooth operation and I’ll show you someone who’s covering mistakes. Real boats rock.
o Darwi Odrade

October 30th, 2005

How Zombies Work

Howstuffworks “How Zombies Work” (pg5)

how to survive a zombie attack:
1. Don’t panic.
2. Get away from the zombies. Most of the time, you can move faster than they can.
3. Gather food, water, an emergency radio, flashlights and weapons, and retreat to a secure location.
4. [...]

October 30th, 2005

Overheard in New York: The Voice of The City

Overheard in New York: The Voice of The City
Hobo: Hey, does anyone have some spare chicken?
Girl: Ha, ha, “chicken”? Sorry, I only had room for one rotisserie in my bag…and this one’s for me.
–L train
Overheard by: diana
rofl rofl rofl!

October 29th, 2005

Meals-Ready-to-Ebay

My Way News
WASHINGTON (AP) - Uncle Sam has tried to feed millions of hurricane victims this year with Meals-Ready-to-Eat, or MREs, only to fear that some of them have become Meals-Ready-for-eBay.
The government is looking into whether eBay sellers in Gulf Coast states are trying to profit from military foodstuffs handed out for free following hurricanes [...]

October 29th, 2005

upgrades

Tin Foil Soldier
um, oh shit
I was trying to update all the pkgs i have on my system, so i randomly picked one that seemed innocous to start with, and it ended up needing to rebuild perl, which ended up rebuilding apache, and mysql and JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER PKG.
as long as I dont stop apache [...]

October 28th, 2005

BRAVIA

Sony BRAVIA - The Advert
An advertisment for a new Sony LCD technology/product line
Sending 250,000 multi-coloured ’superballs’ bouncing down the streets of San Francisco may seem the strangest way to do this
but it it sure is an awesome way
the video in full screen looks awesome, and the song fits it perfectly
job well done

October 28th, 2005

The Haunted Mansion - Secrets

The Haunted Mansion - Secrets
I was supposed to go to bed, but i got stuck reading this instead, its really interesting, be it a long read.
via bb
via Disney Blog

October 27th, 2005

best dmesg on netbsd EVER

Sun fire V40Z running NetBSD
cpu1: CPU 1 running
cpu2: CPU 2 running
cpu3: CPU 3 running
cpu4: CPU 4 running
cpu5: CPU 5 running
cpu6: CPU 6 running
cpu7: CPU 7 running

October 27th, 2005

those who never dare

Wikiquote:Quote of the day - Wikiquote
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and [...]

October 26th, 2005

sad

BREITBART.COM - Just The News
A U.S. Army sergeant died of wounds suffered in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The death _ along with two others announced Tuesday _ brought to 2,000 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the start of the Iraq conflict in 2003.
“The spokesman for the American-led multinational force [...]

October 26th, 2005

An Icon Story

what your computer does when your not paying attention
Old, but still cute

October 26th, 2005

Tunguska

Tunguska
The Rotten Library has a wacky theory about the Tunguska blast as well. We theorize that you are going to hear many, many more theories about what caused the explosion before the issue is ever resolved. Tunguska has become a magnet for the adventurous imagination, among credible scientists as well as random loonies, and that [...]

October 26th, 2005

Rome bans ‘cruel’ goldfish bowls

Rome bans ‘cruel’ goldfish bowls. 26/10/2005. ABC News Online
The Italian capital, Rome, has banned goldfish bowls, which animal rights activists say are cruel, and has made regular dog-walks mandatory in the Italian capital.
The city’s council said the classic spherical fish bowls are banned under a new by-law that also stops fish or other animals being [...]

October 25th, 2005

Set

Set Daily Puzzle
Set was blogged about on BB, which brought back all kinds of fun memories of playing it in high school. Probably one of the coolest games ever, you make “sets” of three cards.
there are colors, shapes, and shading, and in each set, the attributes can either be all the same, or all [...]