I take it back. There is a god, and he loves us. He loves us so much that he is giving us a Bioware-produced Knights of the Old Republic MMORPG. Praise be. Praise be.
Unless this is just another internet rumor, in which case I take it back: there is no god, life is meaningless, and all existance is but a hollow shell.
So, most of the Ziggurat is still tangentially in the Cleveland area, so this might matter.
On Murray Hill Road, soonish (May) we will have our very own noodle shop. I saw it advertising in the shop window down there, and my reaction is OMGYAY!!1eleventy1!
Check out the menu as well. Unfortunately, they seem to be catering to the “Healthy” crowd, so they don’t have things like, say, beef. Or Pork. We will have to get this fixed.
Other than that, sounds kickass and I’m going to try them out the day they open, if I remember to.
The newest Madden cover player has been selected. EA uses reason, logic, to attempt to say the Dragon of Superstition.
First Look at Vince Young in Madden NFL 08 news from 1UP.com
We asked if the decision makers at EA felt nervous about throwing such a promising, young player under the bus, considering that most of the athletes have suffered significant injuries.“We’re trying to go with a really young, healthy guy who’s not going to get hurt,” Erb joked. “The jinx thing bites us every year. I haven’t told this to people, but I’ve got a bottle of champagne in my office that we’re ready to pop once someone breaks the curse. And we’re hoping Vince has a tremendous year, and will be that guy, because that’s the best story for us.”
My money is on the Dragon of Superstition taking a bite out of Vince Youngs knee next year.
This almost sounded like news, but it’s really too general to be of any use.
Report: 80 percent of blogs contain “offensive” content
Blogs are known to be a free-for-all for “expressive” content, but according to a new report by ScanSafe, a vast majority of blogs host content that is considered “offensive” and potentially “unwanted.” ScanSafe’s Monthly “Global Threat Report” for March 2007 says that up to 80 percent of blogs host offensive content, ranging from “adult language” to pornographic images…
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But what’s really considered “offensive” content? A blog merely has to contain a single instance of profanity to be considered offensive, according to ScanSafe. “There were as many blogs with the ‘F-word’ as the word ‘China’,” Nadir told Techworld.
I’d have to say, we’re guilty. I’m actually kind of surprised that 20% of all blogs don’t have anything on them that trips this definition of ‘offensive’.
I do find this mildly interesting as a spring board to this thought: Outside of blogs, there’s other ways to get the same info, assuming I’m not talking about diary type blogs. Just news type blogs. If even 20% of those had any of this objectionable material, I’d be surprised.
Indialantic physician Raymond Adamcik — dressed in the signature red, white and blue — was jailed after witnesses said he became too super-friendly — approaching a woman with a burrito in his hand, saying dirty things, then groping her — Melbourne police said Monday.
It’s about a month in to the new anime season in Japan. I’ve given a brief blurb on the shows I’ve actually bothered to watch. Naturally ymmv, but if you’re looking for things to check out I’ve tried to note the bad / generic-but-good / cool.
So, does everyone remember this comic?
Good. Now that you’re appropriately prepared, view this mindfuck. Someone actually did it. I am flabbergasted.
More Photos.
Also, This also Actually Happened.
I’m all for this trend, it’s awesome and also at the same time incredibly disturbing.
Edit: Damnit, now I need a Blogging Outfit. Where am I going to find a high-altitude balloon?
So, have you ever wondered why some places have a speed limit that bears no actual resemblance to what people drive? For instance, in Louisville there’s the Gene Snyder, where the theoretical maximum speed is 65mph (which is fairly high already), but in truth the minimum expected speed is 80.
Well, some Atlanta college students decided (in true College Student fashion) to be dicks about it. The speed limit on I-285 is 55mph. From all reports, actually driving this speed on that road would have been suicidally stupid.
That is, unless you use multiple cars to block off the entire interstate to do so. The Associated Video is worth a watch too - be careful, the volume’s a bit wonky.
The only remaining reason to even think about buying a PS3 is gone:
Final Fantasy XIII, the blockbuster RPG highly anticipated by millions of fans of the series, will not be an exclusive game for the PlayStation 3 console.
I’m going to go celebrate with my now-traditional Sony Gravedancing Dance.
I know, there’s a database thing busted. Hopefully it will be fixed soon, but I can’t do very much about it at the moment. Will be attended to as soon as possible.
UPDATE: It should be fixed. I did a table repair a few hours ago and it hasn’t reappeared. Go back to your lives, citizens.
I feel sure I’ve said this multiple times in the past, but the goalposts keep moving: this is by far the most awesome nerdiest thing I have ever seen.
In light of the VT attacks, this is relevant again.
A LOST VALIANT SURFACES - BEHIND SECRET WEAPONS #22 - NEWSARAMA
Some guy scrapes together all the pages of a missing comic from a decade ago. Quite a story of love, learning to respect your teammates under coach Denzel Washington, a young girl finding herself, ok, so they won’t be making a Disney movie out of it, but it’s got geek appeal.
I am going to review Grindhouse. What basically happened here was that Quentin Tarentino and Robert Rodriguez had explosive nostalgia for the B-movie pulp exploitation “Grindhouse” films of Quite Some Time Ago, a time when double features were also popular. So they decided to make their own grindhouse double feature. I wasn’t alive in the jurassic era of cinema (though I do kind of want to see Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), so I have no idea if these two films are anything like their namesake genre.
Oh, oh! First, I want to point you to the IMDB Plot Keyword List for the movie. Those lists are always hilarious, and this one is almost a complete review of the movie on its own.
Cut for length; this is a more-or-less spoiler-free treatment.
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Premarital Sex Is Nearly Universal Among Americans, And Has Been For Decades
Further, contrary to the public perception that premarital sex is much more common now than in the past, the study shows that even among women who were born in the 1940s, nearly nine in 10 had sex before marriage.
Sounds about right to me. Also reinforces my perception that the people I’m friends with are outliers in most things.
Ziggurat Con - The World’s First War Zone Game Convention? | Gamegrene.com
Words fail. Donate five bucks.
pandemonium_bks: Toys for…..Troops??
To Summarize: they’re having a gaming con in Iraq at Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, with a sidebar of anime showing, but they don’t exactly have a Friendly Local Game Shop to go to for supplies and prizes.So we’re going to help out! Tyler and I were talking yesterday after I pointed him at the entry, and we’re going to be sending them some of the stuff they specifically need. They also want prizes and stuff, and that’s where the rest of you come in. Pandemonium will cover shipping to get the games to the organizers; over the next 2 weeks, starting tomorrow (when I’m next in the store and can set things up :-) ), people will be free to buy or bring in new games and drop them off, we’ll collect them, and package them up May 2nd, to allow for time to get over there. As they also mention having an anime room, if you have new or gently used anime for us to send them, please feel free to drop that off.
I came home to an IM from Post with a link to this. I think this is his FLCS, but I’m not sure. I sent a paypal donation today.
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