I, personally, can’t believe all the hoopla over a mouse that Apple should’ve had years ago. Regardless, Paul thinks the mouse could’ve been better, so he decided to let Apple know thinking that a single-fist or single-forehead design might have been more appropriate.
Month: August 2005
Cramming For Kindergarten
My daughter is going to be starting kindergarten here in a few weeks (assuming the district transfer to Ensworth — which is actually closer than the school whose district we’re actually in — goes through). I think she’s more than prepared for kindergarten, but apparently some parents are worried and are getting private tutoring for their kids before they head off to school.
That’s sad. Very sad. If your kid isn’t ready, it’s probably because you didn’t interact with them enough growing up — reading to them, playing games with them, turning off the TV, etc… . Doing last minute cramming isn’t going to help them that much, it’s just going to frustrate them.
Moron Crook For The Day
If you’re going to rob somebody, don’t do it on a live TV show. Thanks Cheryl for that.
(And for those folks who are thinking about giving me crap because the news is a week old, don’t bother because I really don’t care how old it is if it’s still funny.)
Quote Of The Day
“All they are is sperm donors, and most women aren’t going to want an unemployable sperm donor loafing around and making the house look untidy.”
Thanks Cheryl for that.
That’s Some Good Bud, Man…Mooo….
I can picture milk becomming the most popular drink in Russia because of this.
MOSCOW – Russia’s long winter will just fly by for a herd of Russian cows which, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, will be fed confiscated marijuana over the cold months.
Drug workers said they adopted the unusual form of animal husbandry after they were forced to destroy the sunflowers and maize crops that the 40 ton of marijuana had been planted among, Novye Izvestia daily reported.
Thanks Cheryl for the link.
The Worst Smell In The World
Note to self: If you ever see one of this big moths flying around the house, make sure you turn off all the halogen torch lamps in the living room. Otherwise, when they’ll fly towards the light and when they hit the bulbs of the stupidly hot, burn the hell out of you if you touch them lamps, they go *poof* in a nice little cloud of smoke and stink of rotten, burnt, flesh.
Moths are attracted to our lamps. Moths are dumb, and smell really bad when burned to death. Now excuse me while I go air out our house from the latest victim.
Do They Need Percussionists?
Why doesn’t our local symphony do cool stuff like this?
Gamers get to control a lot of things in the videos they play. They choose their characters, their weapons, where they go and what they do. And Wednesday, during “Video Games Live” at the Hollywood Bowl, they will get to control something new — the L.A. Philharmonic. For a portion of the two-hour video game music concert, the actions of two gamers playing live on stage will actually direct the 105-piece orchestra.
This “interactive symphony,” as the event’s founders call it, is one of the more intriguing segments in an already groundbreaking show. A conductor, watching the video game play out on a screen on the Bowl stage, will lead an orchestra that has rehearsed five musical sequences based on the action of the game. The music is for a vintage arcade game called Frogger.
Video clips, laser effects, costumed characters and stunt men will also share the stage as the Phil performs 20 other pieces of classic video game music, including Donkey Kong, Halo and EverQuest II.
Thanks Ken for the link