Monthly Archives: October 2007

Oct 07 2007
Life in general

Dr. Who

I cannot believe I had not watched Dr. Who before just recently. I started watching about a month or two ago, and was instantly addicted. It is the perfect blend of comedy, science fiction, and action. The cheesy special effects are just part of the charm, and the storyline is too awesome for words.

I just finished The Last of the Time Lords on Friday (the final episode of the latest season), and I must say that The Master is officially my favorite villain of all time, with Emperor Palpatine in second. He has the bounce and humor of The Doctor, but also that evil twist. He is also too awesome for words.

So yeah, if you haven’t watched Dr. Who before, you definitely, absolutely have to watch it.

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Oct 06 2007
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A Very Scratched Disc

My computer’s disc drive is not the most reliable in the world. I’ve found that to successfully burn something, I have to do it at 2x or 4x speed, as opposed to the 24x that it is capable of.

Anyway, when a burn fails (as they often do), I enjoy taking out my anger on the disc in question. Usually by completely maiming its pristine, shiny underside with a key.

Here’s my latest failed burn, which occurred about a month ago (I rarely burn things to disc). I think it’s actually very pretty.

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Oct 06 2007
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Lame Staples CD Packaging

I just bought a ’75 disc’ pack of CD-R’s at my local Staples, and upon unpackaging it, I discovered this:

I smell cheap-o manufacturers who don’t want to make a smaller spindle for the 75 pack… The bottom of the spindle was broken, too. As a result, the cover doesn’t stay on them. Oh well, at least I got 75 discs for the cheaps.

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Oct 06 2007
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The Simpsons Game (demo)

The Simpsons Game (what little I’ve played of it) is really really awesome. It’s definitely the best cell-shading I’ve ever seen, and also the best Simpsons game ever. Using the giant homer ball is really really fun, same with El Barto. If you have a PS3, definitely download this demo.

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Oct 03 2007
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I Would Now Buy a Zune

after watching a video of the New Zune Interface, I can no longer claim to not like the zune. It is almost as thin as an iPod, and very sexy. They’ve dropped brown as a color choice, opting for shiny, shiny black for the 80gb version and green (olive green), pink, silver, and black for the 4/8gb.

The new ‘zunepad’ interface looks very nice, not as intuitive as a touchscreen, but more intuitive than an iPod Wheel.

But, of course I won’t be getting one. It’s not even a possibility, since Microsoft is still not offering Macs any compatibility.

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