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What if Super Mario Bros. was a first-person shooter? Might look something like this:
On a completely un-related note, Pick ’em games are starting up again tonight in a few hours. There are four tonight, four tomorrow (worth three points each), and then two each on Saturday/Sunday (worth five points each). Good luck!
Looking for some good news from Japan? Look no further than Hideaki Akaiwa, who decided not to wait for rescue workers, instead deciding to take on the flooded streets himself.
Don’t be. This handy-dandy chart shows that you get more radioactive exposure from many other places. And you’re still alive, right?
Yes, radiation poisoning can be a Very Bad Thing™ but the people who are freaking out about it unnecessarily need to calm down a bit. I’d still put a reactor in my backyard if I could.
Why not just use the box your motherboard came in?
In the quest to cut down on shipping waste Taiwan’s Asus has a novel idea: What if the shipping container became the PC case?
That’s the idea behind a box the company will begin using from June to ship one of its Mini ATX motherboards. It holds the motherboard snug for shipping and is constructed so additional components required to make a PC can be added.
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Asus said the box is intended to allow PC enthusiasts to get their new computers up and running quickly while they search for the perfect case.
If you dig through the Ghetto Mod thread on [H}ardForum, using boxes as a permanent case isn’t that uncommon.
Winner of the “Worst Website Ever” at SXSW 2011, The Brother IntelliFax 2800 App Store
(Headline blatantly stolen from one of the video comments.)
A few fun games to kill off the evening:
Yesterday “The Dren Said So” (mike) and “The Madness of March” (HeatherH) held the top two spots in the pick ’em, and they still do — just the other way around. HeatherH is now in first, with mike now in second with monkeyinabox moving up to third. “Jen’s a Loser” (Jen F) and “Oregon but not forgotten” (c trejbal) are tied for fourth with three more folks tied for fifth (include Josh at COA). I continue my awesomeness by going from 39th place to 37th.
The full spreadsheet is here. Next weekend’s Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games are worth three and five points (respectively) so we should see things seperate a bit more next weekend.
So yesterday, “Sans Logic” was leading the pick ’em. Not so much today, as he’s now in 20th place with “The Dren Said So” (mike) now taking the lead with “The Madness of March” (HeatherH) right on his tail a single point behind. Two more folks are tied for third, just two points behind the leader. Josh from COA and three other folks (including everybody’s favorite monkey boy) are making a good showing, tied for fourth.
And then there’s me, tied for 39th. I’m awesome. But probably the quote of the day was from “mommydearest”, posted to the group’s message board: “I think I’m doing better than usual. Don’t understand how this all works but all the red on my bracket looks pretty!”
Yesterday’s leaders in the 2011 Pick ’em have moved down a notch or two, and “Sans Logic” (David) is now in the lead by a single point, correctly picking 28 out of the 32 games over the last two days. He has a single-point lead over four folks, and two point lead over four more. With the next two days’ games worth two points each, things could change quite a bit before Monday.
The bottom two prizes have already been wrapped up (as far as I can tell). Go Hogs! (Kyle — last year’s loser) is still guaranteed still has the potential for two more points tomorrow because of him picking both Richmond and Morehead State, who will be playing each other tomorrow, which will give him eight points. Bobby Knight’s Folding Chair (Scott) has wrapped up second-to-last with nine, and will possibly have 11 points after tomorrow for the same reason as Kyle. mommydearest is the next one up from the bottom with 14 points, but still a potential for 76, so she’s not going to get caught. Congrats to both of you, and I’ll be in-contact early next week.
The scoring spreadsheet has been updated. Good luck tomorrow, everybody.
Update: Fixed my inability count.
That’s a sweet Toccata on ukulele: