Sorry, not much time for blogging today, but have been killing time on these two little puzzlers (you’ll have to sit through an ad on the last one) the last couple days. Enjoy.
Month: September 2005
What To Read Next
I don’t read as much as I should, but if I ever get the time to do so again, I’m going to head here. Based on the last book I read, these are the recommendations (I had read Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland).
Great Build-Your-Own PVR Resource
I’m bookmarking this great community site mostly so that when I finally get around to building a Freevo, I’ll have good resources.
Extreme Rock Paper Scissors
Three options for the game is wussy. Try Rock, Paper, Scissors, Fire, Water, Air, and Sponge. Or Rock, Paper, Scissors, Fire, Water, Air, Sponge, Gun and Human. Or Rock, Paper, Scissors, Fire, Water, Air, Sponge, Gun, Human, Devil, and Wolf. It only gets more complicated after that (with the latter option having 25 options).
Fried Chicken Gun, Poisoned Breasts…
…and other weapons that don’t exist but should.
Why Didn’t I Think of This?
Because I guess I’m just not all that smart. This guy’s got one-million pixels for sale on his page. You can buy a pixel for $1 (in blocks of 100). Buy a big ad, or small, and you have the million dollar home page. He still has over 800,000 pixels left, but that means he’s sold nearly $200,000 worth of space.
Still a damn brilliant idea. Anybody want to front $100 for an utterlyboring.com perma-link on there? The donate page is here.
Free Stuff
I’ve got some stuff that needs to go, and I just don’t feel like putting it on eBay. The items came from our lost and found here at the office, they went unclaimed for three months, so they’re going in the garbage if nobody claims them (and I’m certainly not giving them to Goodwill).
Here’s what I’ve got sitting here (all “as-is” as I have no idea if any of it works, and I’m linking to a site-customized Google search for reference on each part that I have a model number for, just to experiment with the custom Google search). Either you come pick it up at my office, or PayPal me the shipping to ship it somewhere.
An X-Box Remotepending- A Canon Camera Battery Charger (Model CB-2LT)
- A Motorola Phone Charger (Model PSM468OA)
- An iPod Power Adapter (Model A1003).
If you’re interested, pop me an e-mail at jake [at] this site’s domain [dot] com.
NEED: Basic, No Frills, Dial-Up Service
I’m setting up a computer for a friend of mine who wants dial up access where she’s at (she’s not online much, and can’t get DSL, etc… where she lives). It’s been a long while since I’ve shopped for Dial-Up service, so I post here: I need a cheap Dial-up service that has local phone numbers in Bend, Oregon. I don’t need any of the fancy crap that gets installed with many of the providers (I’ll install my own pop-up, spam, virus, and spyware blocker, thank you). I just need good, reliable, dial-up access.
I have a back-up account through Surf Best that my in-laws mostly use (and I use it when I’m on the road and can’t pirate a connection from somewhere), but I just wanted to know if there was anything else out there that might be cheaper.
Any recommendations?
Wish I Could Quit And Blog Full Time
There’s apparently some decent money in it.
Latest Sign Of The Apocalypse
In “an alliance you thought you’d never see,” Microsoft has announced that the next Treo will run Windows Mobile 5.0. More comments here.