January 2008
Zack & Wiki
While the Wii has a shitload of fun multiplayer games, it’s a bit lacking in the single-player department. Fortunately, a bunch of cool games are about to come out which will rectify that. The first one in a line of neat Wii single player games is Capcom’s Zack & Wiki (Check out other reviews at gamerankings). First of all, don’t let the look of the game deceive you. While...
Burnout Paradise
(This review is of the PS3 version, which - for once - is slightly better than the 360 version) I have to admit, I had the highest hopes for the most recent version of Burnout, and I have to admit, I’m disappointed. Yeah, sure, the game delivers the typical Burnout blend of high-speed racing and incredible crashes. Sure, it’s pretty and fun and fast. Unfortunately, the developers had...
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“Word 2008 no longer supports macros, but still has a command called “Macros…“,...”
– Betalogue » Blog Archive » Word 2008: Now calls its own commands ‘macros’
“if (exitStatus==(3-3)) // Sorry, some ov my keys are broken”
– On a Budget - The Daily WTF
“Cloverfield is a great movie because a bunch of whiny self-absorbed...”
– Grumpy Gamer Cloverfield
The Future of Music
Complaining about the music industry is one of my favourite hobbies. Not really, but I’ve been known to do it. I’ve sometimes been challenged to offer alternatives to getting albums funded by record companies, but that is a hard problem. The easiest solution would be to just don’t spend hundreds of thousands of dollars creating the album in the first place. It used to be that...
icore - are you scared? →
icore has a link to a list of the 100 scariest movie scenes of all time. I should probably admit at this point that I’m the most cowardly coward of all time, which means I love to start watching horror movies, only to then hide below a blanket or my jacket during large parts of the movie while swearing that I would never ever watch another horror movie again. Of course, I’ve seen most...
“The percentage of European iPhones being unlocked is estimated to be between 35...”
– Up to 40 percent of European iPhones may be unlocked
“Trend Micro claims that its US Patent 5,623,600 broadly covers the concept of...”
– Barracuda defends open-source antivirus from patent attack
“Paul McGuinness, U2 manager, took the stage at the Midem music industry...”
– U2 manager calls Safe Harbor a “Thieves’ Charter” (oh yeah? Well, fuck U2!)
“Retro’s next title is a Zelda spin-off”
– Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars: Zomoskepsis
“None of these are possible — or to the extent that they are possible, are...”
– waffle → Shape It Like a Polaroid Picture
“Trees. It seems like you see them everywhere these days. But are trees viable in...”
– stevenf.com: Trees Reviewed
The Simpsons
Some people seem to think that the newer Simpsons episodes suck. Well, screw them. The recent episodes contained some of the best Simpsons episodes of all time. “That 90s Show“ has some awesome parodies of Nirvana songs, and even a parody of a parody of a Nirvana song. I also love the episode where Ralph is elected president, the one with Milhouse as the cool kid, and the one with Art...
“Logistep, which calls itself a “specialized privately controlled...”
– Antipiracy investigators run afoul of Swiss law in P2P sweep
Apple iPhone Doomed To Failure -- Windows Mobile 7... →
Don’t click the link. No, really. I’m hesitant to even link to the article, it’s pure linkbait. But I just do have to point it out, either way. Did you know that the iPhone is doomed to failure because Microsoft’s plans for Windows Mobile 7 (which will come out in 09 or later) are so awesome? That’s right, the iPhone of 2007 will fail because Windows Mobile of 2009 is...
MOApp | Custom Applications for Mac OS X →
“Another fight appears to be brewing in Switzerland over how file sharers are...”
– Slashdot | Anti-Piracy Group Violates Swiss Law to Track File Sharing
“Wikileaks has released documents from the German police revealing Skype...”
– Slashdot | German Govt. Skype Interception Trojans Revealed
“A 17-gigabyte file purporting to contain more than half a million images lifted...”
– Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download
“In the bizarre California metropolis of Santa Destroy, your trainer encourages...”
– No More Heroes for Wii Review - Wii No More Heroes Review
“German scientists recently showed what many of us suspected but could not prove...”
– Slashdot | Some People Just Never Learn
Slashdot | Edward Tufte Weighs In on Apple's... →
“[An advanced publication released by Science today] describes the assembly of a...”
– Full bacterial genome assembled from scratch
“Based upon figures released by Apple and its iPhone partner companies, then...”
– Analysis: One-third of iPhones sold to unlock (via ars technica)
“Correspondents say the centre-right opposition alliance led by the former Prime...”
– BBC NEWS | Europe | Prodi resigns after losing vote
