…for those friendster addicts that just need a new fix:
which looks a little like friendster on crack, complete with animated social network map (check the animated demo).
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Month: November 2003
I am shamelessly ripping them off, but JEEEZ this is a bunch o’ cool links…
Segway based robot
Mayberry gets Wi-Fi
last, but certainly not least…sushi served on naked women.
The last one is just a gratuitous attempt at getting my site listed in Google for “sushi” and “naked.”
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Librarian just doin’ his job…
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The Matrix…
So…saw Matrix Revolutions yesterday, and I’m now amusing myself with attempting to figure out if it was either
A. Brilliant and well done, with a complex, coherent plot
or
B. Sophomorish and overblown, with intensional vagueness overlaying plot holes that one could drive a truck through.
I’d appreciate any thoughts on this from those that have seen it.
Also, since they set the whole Matrix up as a system of opposites/opposing forces, help me fill in some of the blanks here:
Neo = Smith
The Architect = The Oracle
Seraph = The Merovingian
Trinity = ?????
Morpheus = ???? (possibly both of them are opposite the “twins” from Reloaded)
The Source = ??????
Pati = ??????
Again…feedback?
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Penn State and Napster
Terrible reporting from Reuters via Yahoo News concerning a deal Penn State struck with Napster. The article screams “Penn State University on Thursday reached a deal to offer thousands of students free access to the Napster music service” but then goes on to say “Students can also buy permanent downloads that can be burned to CDs or transferred to portable devices for 99 cents each…”
So…it sounds like they’ve just agreed to pay Napster to let students stream music. STREAM MUSIC. Something that they can almost certainly do from any number of websites currently. Streaming music isn’t hard to find….hell, if all students want to do is stream, they’d be better off with iTunes streaming from each others computers. That’s free…
Sometimes, I really think there’s a significant disconnect between people who get digital music, and people who don’t. And people who don’t shouldn’t be agreeing to pay money to other people who don’t….people want to own the music. They want to use it with their portable music players. And they want to burn it to CD if they wish.
UPDATE:
Story on Wired News also about Penn State deal, where it is claimed that the service “includes unlimited streaming and tethered downloads, 40 radio stations and an online magazine and message boards.” Now what the hell is a “tethered download? I’m assuming (since again, we’re short on technical details) that it’s a download that’s DRM’d to your computer. I’m also assuming that it will have “can not burn to CD” DRM attached.
One further assumption: It will take about 3.5 minutes for someone to crack this DRM. Updates as they occur.
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Completely FUCKED UP video….
Evidently, there is a new underground sport brewing in the cities around the world….Le Parkour. Started by a guy named David Belle…more or less, it looks like the art of being as close to Spiderman as possible. There’s an official website, which has a video page. I recommend checking out the USA Parkour video for an example of the sorts of things that they do. Imagine….rock climbing, combined with martial arts, with a side of urban exploration. Very odd, but completely cool to watch. Ignore the French rap music in the background.
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Here’s a number for you…
200 million dollars. I’ll say that again…slowly: Two hundred million dollars.
That’s how much NPR was given today by Joan Kroc, of the McDonald’s fortune. Everyone who loves NPR, go out today and buy a Big Mac in celebration.
…so I suppose it had to end sometime. I thought that MAYBE the curse of terrible comic movies had been lifted, but possibly not. The Punisher, a longtime fan favorite, appears to have been….how to say this politely….completely fucked up.
One: the movie is set in Florida. The Punisher (Frank Castle) is wearing a trenchcoat. In Florida. In the comic, he’s in New York. New. York. Trenchcoats = ok in NY. Not so ok in freaking Florida.
Two: why do we need Travolta as a bad guy? I mean…really. Let’s use Travolta where we need him…as the uber-cool dancing badass. Not as the king of some crime syndicate.
Three: one of the bad guys, seen briefly in the trailer, is none other than “Big Sexy” Kevin Nash, a professional wrestler best known for his participation in the classic wrestling group the New World Order (NWO). He’s the very large blonde guy throwing the Punisher around.
At least we have Spiderman 2 still in the works to look forward to. Sam Raimi isn’t likely to screw things up, at least.
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NEW BLOG ADDRESS
Ok….I'm just gonna give up on Radio. WordPress is more better.
Reset your links: http://www.ibiblio.org/griffey/wp/
If I ever figure out how to forward, I'll set it up. Ibib is being a bit weird about it.
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Poorly Drawn Theatre
For those of you who don’t know about my other life as a brilliant and ambitious playtester for a certain gaming company, you probably DO know about my penchant for gaming in general. Through the course of my tenure with Raw Deal, I’ve met a BUNCH of very cool, funny people. None of them is funnier than Ian, the creator of Poorly Drawn Theatre, the site which I will now selflessly pitch like mad to all 5 of you that read this blog. It’s a very specific type of humor, but it’s funny as hell if you like it. If you like it, tell him so..he’d love to get a lot of random email from strangers about Poorly Drawn. đŸ™‚
For more examples of really odd humor, check out Thuggin’ and Buggin’ No. 1 and Thuggin’ and Buggin’ No. 2, a dual property of Ian and myself. Warning: full of meaningless wrestling and game-specific jargon. Read it for the insults, though, and it’ll be ok.