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Game Review: Infinite Undiscovery

  • Feb. 24th, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Writing
Blog: Game Review: Infinite Undiscovery (Xbox 360): This review is one that I posted over on GameFly.
IR.. http://ping.fm/Ml6EL

Facebook Privacy

  • Feb. 10th, 2009 at 4:47 PM
computer, work
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know:
I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy.
A friend of mine posted this link on Twitter and it's important enough for me to want to share. Not everyone does facebook, but honestly I like it a ton better than myspace as it has tighter controls as to what get's seen and how. This really is a good write up on how to protect what you have up.
Contemplative

The Serious Need for Play: Scientific American:
Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed.

"... Parents should let children be children—not just because it should be fun to be a child but because denying youth’s unfettered joys keeps kids from developing into inquisitive, creative creatures, Elkind warns. “Play has to be reframed and seen not as an oppo­site to work but rather as a complement,” he says. “Curiosity, imagination and creativity are like muscles: if you don’t use them, you lose them.” "


I caught this article from Laura's blog and found it very informative and just an all around interesting read.

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The Roof is on Fire

  • Feb. 6th, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Music
Ok, another bout of insomnia strikes again. While trying to relax, I end up perusing YouTube and one thing leads to another and I'm wanting to find the song "The Roof is on Fire". You know, the one everyone sings at sports games. I remember hearing the original sometime when I was a kid but I never could remember who did it. All I could find was the version by The Blood Hound Gang which, while the lyrics are kinda right, the whole song is a parody. I want the original. Google is virtually no help. All I get are lyrics to the previously mentioned one and to one by Blizzy Bone.

I forgot how, but some how I ended up finding that the original song was actually by "Rockmaster Scott and the Dynamic Three". The lyrics are very different that what the "sports rock" version is however.Read more... )

I did also find a version that sounded much more familiar. It was attributed to Grandmaster Flash, but I'm not sure if that's correct or not.

Just.. priceless

  • Sep. 18th, 2008 at 2:42 PM
SilverShadow, WoW Lethann
Updated: Image wasn't actually LINKED to the fullsized version. Gods I miss my Semagic. Need to get it reinstalled.


 

A friend sent me the URL to this. I just HAD to screen it and keep it for posterity. Probably one of the best Blue replies I've seen in forever. Someone give this man a cookie, maybe a raise too. You can see the official thread here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9336870406


Take my advice, copy and paste the ASCII art into something that has 10pt Arial, looks fucking awesome.

Yea, I haven't posted in forever again, got depressed for awhile  after Dragon*Con so I visited a friend and been busy since. Have a WiiFit now and been making sure to do anywhere from half an hour to a full hour a day, not to mention taking River down to the park to walk for at least 15 mins.

I need to post more, but lack of a good LJ client for the iphone is making me drift away from it more and more. Yes, there are half a dozen blogging clients, but none do things like tagging, mood, location, music, or anything. It's just public posting. Hell, the overall lack of a good text editor really makes me miss my old Treo sometimes.

In other news, my new laptop is working great, except my external HD died. As in, corrupt master table. Quu has tried to fix it to no avail. The sad part is, not only did it have all my music on it (which was just copies from our master collection on the network) but all my stories and documents. All my notes. I had no less than two novel outlines in the works. All of it wasn't backed up elsewhere because I was in the middle of moving it to the new computer. THinking about it makes me depressed so unless I post to say it's fixed, don't expect me to talk about it much.

If you don't have a Wii, trust me when I say it's worth getting one just for the Wii fit. People spend thousands of dollars on excercises equimpment, but this is one that you will actually USE. The only bad part of it is that, according to the current BMI charts, the vast majority of americans are OBEASE. Most of these people are not obease by comparison to others, but the poor WiiFit can't tell the difference. Believe it or not, Quu CAN use it, but getting him to do so will be a chore. Pointing out that sex will be better when we're both in shape doesn't seem to effect him. *sighs*

In any case, I have a dozen errands to run and a puppy to take to the park.

My heart goes out to [info]synamontwist .

Lyrics: TBITEITB - Smashing Pumpkins

  • Jul. 27th, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Music
Ok, by now everyone should have seen The Watchmen trailer. If you haven't, you suck.

The song is "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" by the Smashing Pumpkins. It's from the Batman and Robin soundtrack, but don't get it confused with "The End is the Beginning is the End" since the lyrics are slightly different as well as the tempo as well as the feel. Quu was able to get it for me and I've been looping it since last night. >_>;; Listening to it, I've always caught a few lyrics here and there, but not everything. So, after having just pulled it up.. holy cow! Get a load of this: Read more... )

Link: Watchman Trailer

  • Jul. 17th, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Dawn Angel, Story
Nerdgasm: Watchmen Trailer Hits Web a Day Early:
The trailer is due to hit the web tomorrow, but Empire put it up early by accident before quickly pulling it down. Not quickly enough! So, what say you?


Yes... I'm sure you all can hear my screams of joy from wherever you are, probably still echoing through the ethernet along with all the other screams of joy from the geeks in the world. BTW, if you haven't read this comic yet, feel free to come over and read it. I'll only loan it out after I've finished reading it again myself. Yes, most of the costumes have been updated and modernized, but to me that only adds to it. The only one that looks -drasticly- different is Ozymandias, but [info]quu says it has gold trim on it. Dunno. Looks cool just hope it stays with the whole 'goldenboy' image he's supposed to have.

Anyway, what are you doing still reading this?!? GO WATCH IT NOW!!!!!!!!

Pandora Radio

  • Jul. 17th, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Music
When I finally managed to get my new iphone, the first thing [info]tatianamik & [info]internetbrain say is "You have to get Pandora Radio". At first I'm wondering why on earth would I want an internet radio station on my phone when I can use my entire iTunes Library at last.. but then [info]rhast piped in and said I needed to check it out so I caved. So will you when you hear about all of this.

One of the difficult parts for me was having to wrap my head around what Pandora actually is. It really is like flipping through radio stations. Each 'station' will have themes, similarities, etc. How it obtains those 'seeds' are up to you. For better explanation, I'm going to take you through the process of getting setup. It's how my mind works, so bare with me.

Read more... )

There are a lot more options and tons more information in the FAQ. I strongly suggest going through it sometime.

My only real wish is that I'd be able to listen to Pandora on my iphone in the background. But that's not Pandora's fault, that's an Apple decision.

Lyrics: White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes

  • Jul. 11th, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Music
FLEET FOXES - WHITE WINTER HYMNAL LYRICS:
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the
I was following the pack
all swallowed in their coats
with scarves of red tied ’round their throats
to keep their little heads
from fallin’ in the snow
And I turned ’round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
and turn the white snow red as strawberries
in the summertime

I was following the pack
all swallowed in their coats
with scarves of red tied ’round their throats
to keep their little heads
from fallin’ in the snow
And I turned ’round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
and turn the white snow red as strawberries
in the summertime

I was following the pack
all swallowed in their coats
with scarves of red tied ’round their throats
to keep their little heads
from fallin’ in the snow
And I turned ’round and there you go
And, Michael, you would fall
and turn the white snow red as strawberries
in the summertime

~"White Winter Hymnal" by Fleet Foxes


Check out the Music Video here with an article or here in HD.

Console Quote

  • Jul. 7th, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Writing
Yes, I live. Had company this past weekend and just not been near a computer in ages. Anyway, was poking around getting caught up on Zero Punctuation and Yahtzee had this quote:
"This is probably the most balanced generation of all time with it all coming down to what you personally want from a console. The Wii is an excitable little yappy bastard good with children but a little exhausting. The PS3 is a big dependable black monster slow but lovingly bringing in your slippers every morning. And the 360 is a good all rounder, but only occasionally pisses itself and dies. " ~ Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw from Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown.


You have to admit, he's quite true. Though I see the xbox more for FPS and hardcore gamers, PS3 for RPG graphics whores, and the Wii for Kids and Parties. I just like how he puts it so much better. Watch the video though, it's hilarious!

Link: Urban Spoon

  • Jun. 24th, 2008 at 8:22 PM
Food
Atlanta Restaurants | Restaurant menus, reviews and maps on urbanspoon.com:
Tanya tuned me n on this website after the iPhone 2.0 specs were released as they are going to be making an iphone app that makes use of the rotating sensors and gps in order to do a "magic 8 ball" style 'find random restaurant' feature. Not all restaurants are in there yet (Ru San's isn't in there), but it's already coming in handy.

For those who asked: Fizzy Fruit

  • Jun. 5th, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Food
http://www.fizzyfruit.com/

It is real fruit pieces that are infused with carbonization so when you open and consume them they 'fizzle'. Marketed mostly towards kids to try and help them eat more fruit. I saw it on the Food Network show "Unwrapped" and was curious enough to try and dig up where it's sold. So far all I can find out is "the southeast and southwest" and "select walmart and 7-eleven's".

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"Yes, it was awful -- now please shut up"

  • Jun. 4th, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Contemplative
Yes, it was awful -- now please shut up - CNN.com:
Poignant, tragic, funny, outrageous --most of us have at least one story we tell (and retell) to explain our emotional bruises. But there's a big difference between understanding the past and being stuck in it.
--
"Oh, for God's sake," she says, rolling her eyes. "Could we please stop the drama and get on with our life?"

I normally try to avoid anything dealing with Oprah anymore, but I stumbled across this article on CNN. It echos nicely what I've been saying for years. For me it can be very very easy to slip into self pity. My brother died when I was eight; my father has a violent temper, though never physical hit anyone; was constantly bullied throughout school; so on and so forth. I could weep and moan and go on about how my life was so horrid.

Your life is shaped by your past experiences, not defined by it.

Probably the greatest thing about this article is the points it has to help you avoid getting stuck in that self pity rut. Teaches you how to recognize it and how to fight it.

Link: Girl Scouts of NW GA

  • May. 27th, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Maiden2
Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia Home Page:
I had a dream this morning about me being back in Girl Scout camp. It occurred to me in my sleep fogged mind after waking up that one of the things i could do to keep myself occupied was to possibly volunteer with the Girl Scouts. Used to love it and was so disappointed when I couldn't go from a Junior to a full Girl Scout (not enough in my area at the time). Maybe someone else out there might be interested in it as well.

Chore Wars

  • May. 21st, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Rage, Agressive, PissedOff
I think I linked Chore Wars before. Anyone else signed up? I wanted to see if anyone had a party going before I made my own.

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Link: Not Always Right

  • May. 16th, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Devilish
Not Always Right | Funny & Stupid Customer Quotes :
I saw on MakeUseOf.com this article about the best timewasters on the internet (besides being sucked into Wikipedia). The first one I tried, and probably one of the ones I'll visit regurlarly is (The Customer is) Not Always Right. Halarious! One of my favoriates is this (Full) Font(al) Desk story.

Fun Commercial

  • May. 15th, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Writing
I mentioned this commercial earlier. Just found it on Youtube. Soo adorable!


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Link: Komen Atlanta

  • May. 14th, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Dream
Komen Greater Atlanta Affiliate | Home:
I'm probably not as vocal as I wish, but some of you might know about my passion for finding a cure for breast cancer. My family has a long history of breast cancer, most recently my sister having a double mastectomy. In getting some new luggage tags, I just found out that there is a local Atlanta group for the Susan G Komen foundation. They have events, volunteers, and newsletters. I strongly suggest to all local women (and men too!) to try to find some way to get involved. Might just see about volunteering once I get back home.

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