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Superman Returns was good, but not the greatness I was hoping for. You could say I’m a little disappointed.

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• Jesus-With You Always. I really want to comission him to do one for poker.

  Thursday June 29, 2006

I forgot to organize my viewing group for tonight’s 10pm showing of Superman Returns to all dress up as General Zod and his minions.

You’d think Superman Returns would be the lamest movie to dress up as because everyone would naturally go as Superman, but you forget the power and versatility of trash bags…

And yes, I know, Spider-Man 3 Trailer. I didn’t want it watch to watch it yet so I could savor the excitement when it comes on before the movie tonight. From what I hear it’s awesome.

• Postal Service Begin Work on New Album. About time.

  Monday June 26, 2006

• Stephen Colbert vs. Stone Phillips: Gravitas-Off. The rematch is sweet as well.

  Monday June 26, 2006

I joined the Quinn server for some exciting multiplayer Tetris action. Two of the players were still going at it, but I clicked the “play” button anyway in the hopes that I could just jump in, but alas, it was an “everyone starts at the same time” deal.

I fiddled with some of the options as I waited, and then heard the chime announcing the new game was about to begin. Eager as I was, I clicked the “play” button, but as I did the “play” changed to “abort”, and before I even got to drop my first piece, I was out of the game. Who knew it would automatically start the game for me?

I opened the chat for the server and did my whining.

“Man, I accidentally hit abort =(”

Someone responded and asked everyone else to abort their games as well because it wasn’t fair, and to my surprise, they all aborted and restarted the game so I could play! Courtesy and respect are two things I never expected from an online gaming community.

This was a far departure from my usual games of Warcraft 3 with 12-year-olds, who insult other players with names like “gay” and “noob” when they lag the game and bring everything to a halt.

The age difference between people who play Warcraft and Tetris accounts for the perceived immaturity, and yet if all the 12-year-old Warcraft players grew up to become like the Tetris players I played with last night, then there may be hope in a civilized future after all.

• Real Photographs of Scenes from the “Full House” TV Show Opening Sequence. So is this what you use that there Internet for?

  Sunday June 25, 2006

• Music Videos From the 80’s :: Over 1,400 Videos!. Name says it all.

  Thursday June 22, 2006

• Time Breakdown of Modern Web Design. On the nose.

  Thursday June 22, 2006

• Pitchfork Feature: 100 Awesome Music Videos

  Tuesday June 20, 2006

I wasn’t excited at all by the previews for Cars. The story didn’t seem all that interesting and the humor was flat. Even with my low expectations though, I enjoyed Cars, but it’s probably the worst of Pixar’s films so far, although the worst of Pixar is still better than most of the other movies out right now.

The most obvious problem with the movie was the poor pacing. The movie was slow in the beginning and felt rushed in the last 15 minutes. And the whole NASCAR culture just doesn’t appeal to me, and I was never fully immersed with the Cars universe like I was with the plastic toys or the underwater sea life. I guess you could say the movie was a little flat.

Their usual short-before-the-feature “One Man Band” was awesome though. Wonderfully done.

I hate buying first-generation products because they’re bound to be full of kinks and bugs. Regardless of the prestige of the company or their track record of reliability, there’s always problems because of rushed schedules to meet deadlines.

But I had to get the new Apple MacBook. Probably more “want” than “had”, but you know how consumerism works. I read everything I could about the MacBook and lurked the Apple forums to see what problems the it had, which included a whine, a moo, and a sizzle. That kind of sounds like the process a cow goes through to become my delicious steak.

I went with the 2.0 Ghz White model, cause only suckers pay for black paint, although I admit the black one looks sweet. So far I’m really liking it, much more than I liked my PowerBook. The 13.3″ screen is the perfect size for a laptop, and the machine is pretty damn quick for just general chatting/surfing/writing purposes. I haven’t tried any games on it, although Quinn and Lemonade Stand work just fine =P

I readily recommend to everyone who’s looking for a laptop to get the MacBook. With the ability now to dual-boot into Windows (which I’ve yet to do myself), and being competitively priced with comparable PC models, I really wouldn’t see a reason not to get one. Although I highly suggest waiting for the second generation to come out, and maybe then they’ll have fixed all the kinks. Plus this thing runs ridiculously hot. I don’t care what anyone says, 80 degrees celsius is not “normal”.

To help pay for my MacBook (which, by the way, I call a MacLop, cause it sounds cooler), I remembered that the Coinstar machines will take change and dispense as an Amazon gift certificate with no fees at all. So I took the accumulated buckets of coins in my room and was surprised to find I had $307.46 in change. The breakdown:

2 dollars
429 quarters
1583 dimes
782 nickels
81 pennies

The funny part is while I was dumping coins into the machine, a girl was next to me making copies. When she finished she placed a leftover nickel on the Coinstar machine for me and just smiled.

• List of problems solved by MacGyver. If there was ever a need to justify the existence of the Internets, this would be it.

  Saturday June 17, 2006

valloq: did you trade in for the DS Lite yet?
derosamerak: ya
valloq: how’s it compare?
derosamerak: i want to grease up the DS lite and fuck it

• Apple Sponsors In The Piston Cup Circuit.

  Monday June 12, 2006

• Things That Make Me Angry. The one about dinosaurs is dead-on.

  Friday June 9, 2006

• Their War. Our World. This better not suck.

  Thursday June 8, 2006

My iPod’s battery died on me while I was listening to Huey Lewis. If I was an Engineer, I’d put in some precautions to make sure that never happened.

	
onPowerDown () {
	if (artist == "Huey Lewis") {
		battery.drain(toTheLastDrop);
	}
	else {
		shutOff();
	}
}
	

• Clever ad campaign for Amnesty International

  Monday June 5, 2006

• Outsmarted by a Chatterbot

  Monday June 5, 2006