Not really. I’m back in Austin after having a lovely Christmas break on the east coast. I went to NC and NJ as well as hanging out in the ol NoVA. Friendmas-lite pics will be up later. Thanks to all for the lovely time and new memories.
Russell Peters says, beat your damn kids.
If The Sims was a horror movie
How not to get your ass kicked by the popo
The Captain Jean-Luc Picard song!
I came into BWI last Thursday and I had to take the train down to D.C. since I would not want anyone to fight thru hellish 495 traffic when I can just ride the Amtrak for 12 bucks. I really miss trains. Austin is working on a light rail and Omaha had nothing so I haven’t had public transportation fun in about 3.5 years. It sucks. There is something about riding the train that I find therapeutic. I watch people, listen to the sounds of the train going across the track, rock to the motion of the sway of the train and just find comfort in public yet private place. I’m probably not explaining myself right but… Ya, trains are awesome.
Also they changed the metro lady voice. I’m kinda sad. I miss the robot trying to impersonate a human lady’s voice recording. Now it has weird Nintendo Animal Crossing dings and this other lady who sounds like she is in a hurry. She really wants those doors closed.
Click the image for the rest of the Team Fortress 2 Propaganda poster winners!
In a twist of irony I will post on my public blog how to gain some privacy back on Facebook. Ha! Last week FB changed their privacy policy settings around. It seems folks are not too happy.
To be clear the following information is now public and cannot be set to private: Name, Profile Picture, Gender, Current City, Networks, Friend List, and Pages. If you have some questionable pages you are a fan of and do not want some potenitial employer who knows a thing or two about the internets to find out, I suggest removing yourself from the pedobear fan page.
The other part was some settings that were “private” may have reverted to public. For example, wall photos. Gawker has a really good article that sums up what changed and how to change it back.
Now if you excuse me I need to sort thru these 10,000 spoons to find me a knife.
I’ve been saying to myself, “self, what kind of gifts can I get for all the wonderful people in my life? Self said, use the internet Luke oh and I am your father. What? Oh, nothing, nothing. Just use that internet thing, yeah.” So after searching I finally found some gifts totally worthy of giving because deep down, I really don’t like my friends.
1. Micro S’mores Have you’ve been craving the deliciousness that is a graham cracker, marshmallow and chocolate melted together but have no fire? Well never fear because now you can use your microwave to create such treats you only thought capable with a bad night of camping. Besides, using the microwave adds that oh so special dose of radiation. Mmm, I can taste the goodness now. (goto the site and please watch that video)
2. USB Heated Gloves Do you work in an office that has fake thermostats that are set to 74 but you know the truth that it’s only 65 degrees in the building? Or do you live with a “frugal” roommate where each degree is calculated at an additional 23 cents per hour and that is just too much to spend on heat? Have you lost all feelings in your fingers just by reading this post? If any of these answers is yes or you are just the biggest dork ever then I suggest picking up these gloves. Nothing says cool like wearing wool gloves that plug into a USB port. Smokin’!
3. Bluetooth Banana Headset Do you like bananas and technology? As we all know adding bluetooth to anything totally brings on the wow factor. I guarantee if you are walking down the street talking on one of these, you are sure to get some looks. Oh yeah!
4. Banana Bunker Speaking of bananas… oh man, yeah this is creepy, I got nothin’
5. Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Is there a special someone in your life that you are just stomped on what to get him? Does he sleep on Endor sheets and have a wookie straw? Now he can relive that great Stars Wars fantasy of sleeping inside the carcass of a dead make believe animal. Totally rad man!
Truthfully? I totally know people in my life that would appreciate all these things.
Except for the Banana bunker…yeah, still creepy.