Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Winamp and I? We're TOTALLY through. Over. Kaput.
Ah, Force Monkeys. How we've missed you. Yes, the most loyal and diehard fans are still around, trolling on the happy forums, but the comic has a slight case of dead right now. Fortunately, it's successor, The Indomitable Mr. Stick should be coming soon, like a phoenix from the ashes, but it seems to be a very procrastinatific phoenix indeed. I can't blame Sam though, since he's the one doing the whole drawing bit and I'm sure that takes a long time. I do hope that the writing has been continuing all this time though and that we will have one bitch-ass story waiting for us at the debut.
Winamp ate my babies.
A veritable dingo in disguise, that one... See, we hit it off really well. It sounded great, and looked pretty, but unfortunately it moved in and started eating my food and not paying for gas and stuff. I was happily listening to Outkast's Speakerboxx/The Love Below, when all of a sudden Winamp threw a tantrum and decided to start not playing music and crashing my computer. Needless to say I kicked its sorry ass out into the street with naught but a dime to its name. I'm back to my old standby, WMP9 (heh. "whump"), at least until I get rid of Windows entirely. Yes, I've decided to flip (again) over to Linux, this time using the Gentoo distro. The biggest reason being is this Portage system they've concocted. Basically it's like the communist form of software distribution. You just use this emerge command on your terminal, and Gentoo will go and download the software and install it for you. Cool, right? But wait, there's more! For the low, low price of free, it will do all that, plus check to see if you have all the other programs needed to run what you want to install! Ever try to install something and then find out you need Java, or a C compiler to get it working? Portage will check that in advance, and will get everything you need at the same time! And that's not all! It will also keep your system up to date with the latest patches and fixes for everything you have installed on your computer, including kernel fixes. Perpetual cutting edge technology, at your fingertips! This might not excite some, but to a geek like myself, I just have to try it. Even if it only lasts for a week and I go back to Windows, it'll be worth checking out, if only for curiosity's sake. I'll hopefully get everything set up this weekend or shortly thereafter, so I'll let you know if it works like I hope, or if I will have to get a new computer due to smashing this one out of rage.
Things... in mittens!
Things like mammoths? How about ice mammoths that shoot icicles from their trunks? Because I play one of those in Gunbound. I think this game is growing on me, since I almost overslept this morning from playing too much of it last night. See, Gunbound is like Scorched Earth, only with more interesting, simpler mechanics, and little chibi anime characters. And you get to have a triceratops as a tank! Unfortunately, the only people who play this game that are of any intelligence are either friends of mine, people from websites I read (like PA and Porkfry) (and these two groups are a vast minority) and 9 year olds who take their anonymity for granted. Other than just being annoying, it's almost a chore to learn the game, since nobody will explain things or cut you any slack at all. Understandably so though, since I know if I see someone struggling with something, the first thing I do is call them a "n00b", followed by laughing at them and shooting their ass off a cliff.
All this is due to the betrayal of anonymity I mentioned. Being anonymous is like having a warm snuggly blanket around you, (you get a cookie if you guess the movie reference!) not dissimilar to hiding from the monsters at night as a kid. With the blanket, you are safe and free to sleep peacefully. Some people don't though, and choose instead to taunt the monsters, knowing that they are safe. The internet is the same way. Since nobody else knows where you live, or can come give you wedgies and swirlies at recess, there's no reason not to simply insult people and be an ass in general. Anyone who plays Counter-strike also knows where I'm coming from. The only downside to acting like a retard is that people get angry with you, and due to the aforementioned retardation, chances are you don't care. The cycle continues. Your best bet is to simply ignore them until you can beat the punks at their own game. If you're actually good, their whole strategy crumbles and they run away to pout. Getting to that level of skill can be rather arduous though.
For the greater good!
I am so totally making this pumpkin for Halloween this year. Definitely would be super creepy on the porch, especially if decently backlit.
Now in boxes of Oatie O's, FREE Hoth play set!
Also, possibly in the same box, you can now get an eight-legged hermaphroditic pickled pig! Isn't science grand? Not much more to add on this one, since it really speaks for itself. Would look great on my mantle, only I don't have a mantle.
Finally, an excellent case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't". Personally, I find some perverse sort of excitement seeing these all-powerful companies seemingly brought to their knees. Makes you not feel so bad for not being a boardroom exec. To make things last longer, try not to think of the way they'll buy themselves out of the jam. (You just did, didn't you? Weeeeeeak.)
Anyhoo, due to the nature of preparation involved with my cheese pudding, (it's better than you'd think!) my dishes are basically done already, so off I go do play more Gunbound! My handle is cornixvagus since my usual tag of Crowebert was taken. Gimme a shout if you play. ¶ 5:34 p.m.
"Is it bad if your mayonaise tastes like alien infection?"
-Guy from The Thing, from Force Monkeys
Ah, Force Monkeys. How we've missed you. Yes, the most loyal and diehard fans are still around, trolling on the happy forums, but the comic has a slight case of dead right now. Fortunately, it's successor, The Indomitable Mr. Stick should be coming soon, like a phoenix from the ashes, but it seems to be a very procrastinatific phoenix indeed. I can't blame Sam though, since he's the one doing the whole drawing bit and I'm sure that takes a long time. I do hope that the writing has been continuing all this time though and that we will have one bitch-ass story waiting for us at the debut.
Winamp ate my babies.
A veritable dingo in disguise, that one... See, we hit it off really well. It sounded great, and looked pretty, but unfortunately it moved in and started eating my food and not paying for gas and stuff. I was happily listening to Outkast's Speakerboxx/The Love Below, when all of a sudden Winamp threw a tantrum and decided to start not playing music and crashing my computer. Needless to say I kicked its sorry ass out into the street with naught but a dime to its name. I'm back to my old standby, WMP9 (heh. "whump"), at least until I get rid of Windows entirely. Yes, I've decided to flip (again) over to Linux, this time using the Gentoo distro. The biggest reason being is this Portage system they've concocted. Basically it's like the communist form of software distribution. You just use this emerge command on your terminal, and Gentoo will go and download the software and install it for you. Cool, right? But wait, there's more! For the low, low price of free, it will do all that, plus check to see if you have all the other programs needed to run what you want to install! Ever try to install something and then find out you need Java, or a C compiler to get it working? Portage will check that in advance, and will get everything you need at the same time! And that's not all! It will also keep your system up to date with the latest patches and fixes for everything you have installed on your computer, including kernel fixes. Perpetual cutting edge technology, at your fingertips! This might not excite some, but to a geek like myself, I just have to try it. Even if it only lasts for a week and I go back to Windows, it'll be worth checking out, if only for curiosity's sake. I'll hopefully get everything set up this weekend or shortly thereafter, so I'll let you know if it works like I hope, or if I will have to get a new computer due to smashing this one out of rage.
Things... in mittens!
Things like mammoths? How about ice mammoths that shoot icicles from their trunks? Because I play one of those in Gunbound. I think this game is growing on me, since I almost overslept this morning from playing too much of it last night. See, Gunbound is like Scorched Earth, only with more interesting, simpler mechanics, and little chibi anime characters. And you get to have a triceratops as a tank! Unfortunately, the only people who play this game that are of any intelligence are either friends of mine, people from websites I read (like PA and Porkfry) (and these two groups are a vast minority) and 9 year olds who take their anonymity for granted. Other than just being annoying, it's almost a chore to learn the game, since nobody will explain things or cut you any slack at all. Understandably so though, since I know if I see someone struggling with something, the first thing I do is call them a "n00b", followed by laughing at them and shooting their ass off a cliff.
All this is due to the betrayal of anonymity I mentioned. Being anonymous is like having a warm snuggly blanket around you, (you get a cookie if you guess the movie reference!) not dissimilar to hiding from the monsters at night as a kid. With the blanket, you are safe and free to sleep peacefully. Some people don't though, and choose instead to taunt the monsters, knowing that they are safe. The internet is the same way. Since nobody else knows where you live, or can come give you wedgies and swirlies at recess, there's no reason not to simply insult people and be an ass in general. Anyone who plays Counter-strike also knows where I'm coming from. The only downside to acting like a retard is that people get angry with you, and due to the aforementioned retardation, chances are you don't care. The cycle continues. Your best bet is to simply ignore them until you can beat the punks at their own game. If you're actually good, their whole strategy crumbles and they run away to pout. Getting to that level of skill can be rather arduous though.
For the greater good!
I am so totally making this pumpkin for Halloween this year. Definitely would be super creepy on the porch, especially if decently backlit.
Now in boxes of Oatie O's, FREE Hoth play set!
Also, possibly in the same box, you can now get an eight-legged hermaphroditic pickled pig! Isn't science grand? Not much more to add on this one, since it really speaks for itself. Would look great on my mantle, only I don't have a mantle.
Finally, an excellent case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't". Personally, I find some perverse sort of excitement seeing these all-powerful companies seemingly brought to their knees. Makes you not feel so bad for not being a boardroom exec. To make things last longer, try not to think of the way they'll buy themselves out of the jam. (You just did, didn't you? Weeeeeeak.)
Anyhoo, due to the nature of preparation involved with my cheese pudding, (it's better than you'd think!) my dishes are basically done already, so off I go do play more Gunbound! My handle is cornixvagus since my usual tag of Crowebert was taken. Gimme a shout if you play. ¶ 5:34 p.m.
