Book - Magic Incorporated.

Posted on July 18, 2007 at 12:03 pm.

Just finished reading Magic Inc. by Robert Heinlein and didn't like it.

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.

Book - Time for the Stars.

Posted on July 17, 2007 at 11:01 am.

I read Time for the Stars by Robert Heinlein and loved it!

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.

No more fotki.

Posted on July 16, 2007 at 10:31 am.

If you noticed the absence of the "Photography" button from the right, this is because I closed my fotki.com account and in doing so took all of my pictures offline.

This is too bad, since I had over 6 gigabytes uploaded there, but I really had no choice. Fotki became a really sucky site and my membership had expired, so I had to pay up or leave.

So I left.

If you are interested in the reasons, read this entry.

Comment on this post - 3 existing comments.

Russians fine a dude for hating russians.

Posted on July 16, 2007 at 9:24 am.

You know how on every forum in the world there are people who hate America or Americans. They are usually a pretty boring part of the forum-scape so most of us tend to just ignore them.

Now imagine if these people were prosecuted and fined instead of ignored. Then America really would be a pretty nasty place.

Well, I got this article forwarded to me this morning. Unfortunately it is in Russian, but basically it talks about a guy who was taken to court and fined (along with his PC being confiscated) for saying bad things about Russians on some Ukranian forums...

Like my grandmother said this Saturday, "I am so glad that we are out of that shithole once and for all."

Comment on this post - 2 existing comments.

World of Warcraft VISA.

Posted on July 15, 2007 at 4:12 pm.

I got a World of Warcraft VISA. :-)

It will serve as my official Nerd Card.

It will help me finance my Legendary Gaming Rig (0% APR for 12 months on purchases and balance transfers).

It will also earn me a few free months of WoW play, if I ever decide to come back to the game or if I feel generous and decide to sponsor someone else's play.

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.

Legendary Gaming Rig.

Posted on July 15, 2007 at 12:56 am.

I have pretty much finalized the specs for the Legendary Gaming Rig!

I am ordering all the components this week. Well, except for the CPU, because it doesn't come out until the 22nd of July.

Here is the list:

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6850 3GHz FSB1333MHz, 4MB Cache

Motherboard: EVGA 680i SLI Extreme Overclocking

RAM: OCZ 2GB Kit DDR2 PC2-8500 SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel

Video1 (SLI w/ Video2): XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express

Video2 (SLI w/ Video1): XFX GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express

HDD1 (RAID-1 w/ HDD2): Raptor 150GB SATA 10,000 RPM 16MB Buffer

HDD2 (RAID-1 w/ HDD1): Raptor 150GB SATA 10,000 RPM 16MB Buffer

DVD: ASUS DRW-1814BLT SATA, Dual Layer, LightScribe

Case: NZXT Nemesis

PSU: Thermaltake W0131RU ToughPower 850W Modular w/APFC EPS

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.

Miniature golf.

Posted on July 13, 2007 at 3:53 pm.

I went mini-golfing today for the first time in my life. It was lots of fun, I will do it again for sure!

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.

Trade your bible for porn!

Posted on July 12, 2007 at 9:38 am.

While I support this operation, I thing they aren't doing enough. They should also accept Korans and Torahs.

Diversity, maaaan!!!

Link to the article is here.

Comment on this post - 1 existing comments.

Building a PC.

Posted on July 11, 2007 at 10:40 am.

Selecting the parts for my future computer is hard work as it turns out. I built my current PC about 3 or so years ago and since then I have followed the market only marginally.

It turns out that there are some new names out there, many new products and the ballance has tilted in the nVidia vs. ATI as well as Intel vs. AMD world.

Here is what I learned over the past month and a half:

• Intel rules, AMD drools.


• nVidia rules, ATI drools.


• AMD bought ATI, so thats why they both drool at the same time.


• Asus is no longer the best for motherboards although still not bad.


• XFX and eVGA are pretty awesome for motherboards.


• XFX and eVGA are pretty awesome for videocards.


• To run 8800 GTX in SLI, you need at least 850 Watt PSU.


• Overclocking is pretty much SOP as far as everyone is concerned.


• XFX has double lifetime warranty, which means I get it and if I ever sell my card, the next guy gets it too.

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.

Real use for a Muslim face-rag.

Posted on July 10, 2007 at 10:24 am.

Jolly Old England.

A Muslim woman stands accused of listening to an MP3 player under her ninja-garb. What's the big deal? Well, she was doing it at an inopportune moment. You see, the dumb bitch was a juror in a murder case. Apparently it got boring and she decided to rock-on!

Well, now she'll be rocking on for real. Fun times.

Full article is here.

Comment on this post - 0 existing comments.