Month: July 2004

Anybody Want A Gameboy Advance SP?

I’ve got a Red Gameboy Advance SP with “Scooby Doo Mystery Mahem” as well as an Intec Wing Grip (looks like this thing). The case is scuffed up, but everything on there works and functions fine. I don’t have the AC Adapter/charger for it, but it powers up and runs fine, it appears. Backlight works. I really don’t know what else to test on it, as I’m not a GBA whiz, but e-mail me if you have specific questions.

I’m not looking to sell this. If I get your cash, I’ll spend it foolishly. I’m looking to trade it for one or more of these things:

-512 MEG PC2100 (or better) SO-DIMM.

-An AIW (All in Wonder) Radeon or better AIW card (if I get one of these, I have a AIW Rage 128 that I’ll get rid of)

-A PDA — I just need something basic, but wouldn’t argue with something fancy ;-).

-Something interesting (just e-mail me, and I’ll see).

I’m getting some parts from an old computer so I might have some other stuff to play with. I’ll post here if I get anything useful.

E-mail or comment here if you have what I need.

Update on 7/19: I’ve posted pics here.

Update on 11/20: GameBoy is LONG gone. Sorry I didn’t update this a while ago.

July 18, 2004

Athletes Compete Better After Sex

I remember when I was a hardcore endurance athlete, I remember reading articles on the pros and cons of sex before competition, and even remember reading stories about how some women athletes would get pregnant just before the games and abort the pregnancy so they could reap all the hormonal and blood level benefits that come with pregnancy.

I did find this article entertaining, and it basically makes the Olympic village look like a giant party with lots of parties and lots of sex, and even quotes a psychologist that says “More sex means more gold.”

July 18, 2004

I see Pet, Pelt, Let, Gut…

That’s just a few of the words I see on this giant boggle game. Thanks Dan for the link.

July 18, 2004

Perl Programming at Its Finest: The De-moroniser

Anybody who knows anything about Web design and coding knows that Microsoft’s products, including it’s “Web developer” stuff, produce some of the nastiest HTML code imaginable. This Perl script will convert Microsoft’s “HTML” into something at least usable as a starting point to use online.

Now what somebody needs to do is take this perl code and put it online somewhere and make it usable so you can just put a URL into a form field, and have it clean it up, and spit back the results (I’m not nearly good enough in Perl to do that). I’m sure it would be a bandwidth/CPU hog, but it’d be so worth it.

July 18, 2004

Smoking Is Bad

Not only is smoking bad for your health, but it can cause nasty toilet explosions that could sting a bit. Thanks Barn for the tip.

July 18, 2004

Friday Flash Fun

A simple game. Use the cursor keys to move the ball around, avoid the floating blobs, hit the square, another blob appears. Wash, rinse repeat. I got 100 points on my fifth attempt.

July 16, 2004

Smart Image Hotlinking Protection

Another one for the bookmarks when I decide to turn back on my image blocking. Thanks to Neil for the link.

July 16, 2004

The Cost Of Sex

How much does it cost to get your girlfriend/wife into the sack? Use this handy-dandy calculator to find out.

July 16, 2004

For The Bookmarks

If I decide to stick with MT, I need to make sure I do this, which will let me use PHP everywhere, working around those pesky CGI templates.

July 16, 2004

Student Photographer Meets Big Brother

The Patriot Act pisses me off. It’s completely asinine to me that a student photographer, working on a college photojournalism project, could get harassed this much (graphical version) for photographing public property. He’s documented very well the dealings and harassment he had to put up with, all in the name of the Patriot Act. It didn’t help that he isn’t the white guy that law enforcement would just leave alone. He has a blog detailing more about the story as well.

July 15, 2004