I have just had a sit down read of Salam Pax's blog catch up entries and I must say that I am saddened and relieved and angry and scared. He captured a very small slice of what it was like to live through the short Iraqi war that has been going on. He also confirmed for me what I thought must be happening, CNN and MSNBC are to far left, Fox is to far right and all of them are slanted and sensationalizing the coverage. I was happy to see the that some of the things I thought impossible to believe were true(fall of the statue) and sad to hear that the Iraqi people did not all embrace the change. I understand, as best I can. If this were not to have happened, the house across the street would not have burned for 3 days and you would not have had 15 guns pointed at you all at once. How can that be something to wish for! As it turns out I think Salam is starting to see the good that could come out of this. Saddam was a bad man and now half of Iraq is starting to say it, but why not everyone? Look to yourself for the answer there. Do you know someone who in this day and age is racist? I know that my grandparents were to a degree. They may not have freely said as much but you could tell. Why? That is what they grew up with, what was put into thier heads from day one to day 9001! What would you say if tomorrow you were told the sky is actually red and not blue? Would it not be impossible for you to say red red red when you are thinking, nothing has changed and it is still blue? Over time things will normalize and even though I do not know Salam I wish him and his family and friends well. Please stay safe and thank you for what I believe is the most informative and best thing I have read or heard in all the coverage and news on the war.
Do you KaZaA? Well recently the RIAA has been targeting people through the network. Basically if they catch you sharing copyrighted songs they are notifing you and maybe even getting after you legaly... well check out this. PeerGaurdian can firewall you so they can't, sorta, detect who you are. AWESOME!
INDY! is finally coming to DVD! Yes it's not out there yet, but it will be.
Look at the this and see how the media bends the truth to the sensational. Aholes!
I have one thing to say about the Stars... shit. Oh well at least ratty ass beard is gone now... I'm feeling pretty sleepy so this is going to be short today.
WTF! I swear the next time the French need help I hope it's because we are kicking thier ass... France helped Iraqis escape... what did they have to gain after the fall anyway? Just to spit in our eye I guess!
When I was little I looked just like Dade! I mean t's uncanny! Look at my baby pictures and you'd think we just took them of Dade. Anyway check out WhenIWasLittle.net. Kinda fun there.
WTF is today Monday? Shouts out to JG happy bday! This weekend was a giant blur... Friday came and went in a few minutes with a haircut and trip to see X2... which I thought was better than the 1st one. Saturday STARS WIN! Sunday huh... alot of coding in the middle and a cople of games of Mario Sunshine! I like MS better than Metroid Prime right now due to the Dade factor. Anyway I'm fried but I'll dispense a few links for masses!
For those webdev heads out there we've been waiting for this for a long time! To cool!
Damn this Iraqi thing is scary Nuclear site looted ... now wtf happend to that uranium?
The Star Wars kid is getting very very very popular. That was the remix that added music, sfx and sound!
SPOILERS WARNING The Matrix Unlocked over Time magazine has some small spoilers into the new movie that I refused to read but if you caught in the hype swirling around and thirsty for more go on with it!
The RIAA and others are quietly seeking a software bullet to kill file swapping. This is treading on a very slippery legal slope here and if they don't watch out they are going to have the wrath of a thousand hackers after them, as if they didn't already.
Ok so your at a bachelorette party when the stripper dressed as a cop shows up at your door... umm wait is that a real cop? Hilarious!
Finally some tech reading for all you geeky Digital Video nerds out there... the infamous doom9 have put out the comparison article for video codecs... have fun!
Whew! I am whooped today! I need a nap, but I have to rush home and do a little work, one screen and fix some credit card thingy, then I need to get in a game of Super Mario Sunshine with Dade, then I can get a nap before the 9p game. It'll never happen! I'm stuffed!
I was sent to the 3rd Level of HELL! where will you be! Gluttony is my sin...
There are some beautiful photos here, but the interface is ummm IMHO crummy.
Star Wars Episode III will be here in May 2005! but the trailer is already out... we are screwed! ... here is the first extra... behind the scenes... I think I have tear in my eye!
STARS WIN! It's about damn time! BTW I am growing my playoff beard which I know is weird and I think it's not going to make the entire playoff run but wtf I might as well for now, plus I am a lazy bastard.
BTW if your getting the cup crazies like I am the 'nucks v.Wild game should be, well wild! In the last game they were scrapping during the warm ups! I haven't watched any of the Wild games yet but I think I will try to watch tonight!
Stars are on again tonight... it's a must win. They look so good then lose it at the end of game 2... I'm still shattered. Saw Phone Booth this weekend, pretty damn good I thought. Also went back to my pawpaw's old river camp. The camp fell in the river long ago. We did get to fish in one of the old finshin' holes I used to fish in with my cousin Chris and sometimes with my mamaw. It was a blast!
This is cool, they show you a bunch of images drawn to scale at 1 pixel per meter! v.cool
Apple is trying a pay per song online music service. iTunes Music Store wants $.99 per song and you get to mix and match to hearts content. It has some potential.
The Madonna news just goes on! It seems as though Madonna recently put out all of her new songs on to Kazaa before the album went public, but in the songs it was her just cussing you for being a pirate and a thief! Well the hackers none to pleased defaced her website putting links to the actual mp3s of the real songs.(see last weeks blog) Now there is a madonna remix project in which people send in the "remixes" of the cursing. Funny stuff here!
This dingus thought he was pulling a fast one when he tried a cheap disguise while posing for his sex offender picture.
What's good for the gander is NOT good for the goose! I find this highly unlikely!
I used to think Sherlyn Fenn was hot shit! Here she is naked but uggo what's with the hair!
this kid finds a $7000 wedding ring in the sand and returns it to woman becuase he felt bad he once lost a ball.
Ok if you find yourself with some free time click here. Holy crap I think I've just a few IQ points... ATF was that! It's must be like watching the teletubbies on crank or something! goodbye now!
I cannot believe I am still wiped out from that damn game Thursday night! 5 OTs! freaking awesome. It should have been a goal whether or not the rules say so, so I think I'm happy the Ducks won... now it's time to even the score. 2p today! I think the Stars were figuring them out near the end, plus I think there were way to few penalties called. If that goes back to normal I think the Ducks and thier poor record against the power play is in trouble.
BTW welcome GTers I understand I just picked up a few more readers, and already the rewards! Check out one of the links that got a post back from the board! MENWHOLOOKLIKEKENNYROGERS.COM to damn funny... keep 'em coming! Hell post them in a comment for all to see!
Most people I know want to have a boy over a girl just to carry on the family name... well what if all yo have had for the last 200 years are boys! Yes only boys! This family finally had a girl aftert hose 200 years... I hate to see the hell her first boyfriend is going to go through when he has to meet the family.
This is a 17 year old goldfish that lost the ability to swim so some people got together and figured out a way to allow him to swim again.
I'm sure everyone saw this already but this dog was run over and injured so bad that police officer shot it in the head to put it out of it's misery. Funny thing is when the vet went to freezer for something the "dead" dog that was in a plastic bag, found the bag, standing up! The dog seem to be alive and well... other than that hole in his head. Thanks to big G for the link!
So this guy was at a livestock auction and won 5 calves... yes baby cows! So he loaded them into his Toyota Camary and took off! They must be bigger than I remember?!?
/.In the quest for the ever smaller form factor PC these guys have got a good lead on the rest! Wow nat that's pretty cool. It's a little under powered for the speed but for the form factor it might be worth it! I've been thinking of a multiple input stream video system for my home theather that would have the ability for multiple picture in pictures like maybe 6 inline windows... maybe I could use this!
How about a little eye candy! 7 Designers has a ver cool interface!
Those who saw my Smoking Gun link of the hacked Madonna page might wonder who Morgan Webb is?! She is on The Screen Savers on TechTv... go and vote for her please.
This is a 17 year old goldfish that lost the ability to swim so some people got together and figured out a way to allow him to