It is rather daunting having a new blog home. There is so much to learn here! I think I will like it much better than Livejournal once I get used to it, but at the moment all the options are a tad overwhelming.
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I just bought the coolest lunch bag EVER!!
I just know my fellow transit riders are all going to be so jealous! Hee hee. :p
Hooray!
It has taken me five days, but I finally have wireless internet! Yay! I’m doing a happy dance. Doodoodoo de dodedo doodoodoo…
I Hate Comcast
Comcast has this "network connect" thing they try to upgrade you to. The reason this is bad is that they make it a huge pain in the ass to connect your own personal router to their modem. It’s bad enough that I don’t have an internet provider choice, but to try and force me to buy their proprietary equipment and packages too? Come on! They get enough money from me.
I have spent most of this evening trying all the tips and tricks on various forums to get my router and modem to speak to each other. No good. I actually caught myself banging my head on the table and decided it was time to call it a night. So, for now, I have a cable stretched half-way across my house. But at least I am online. At least I have that.
Tiny Bots
I can just see myself getting into big trouble with these guys. Desktop Robot Wars anyone? Let’s play!
Read all about it here
One handy little gadget. If you’re the killing sort that is.
I saw this on dvice, a scifi channel offshoot.
I have long had the opinion that if you are going to kill someone, you should have the guts to do it up close and personal like. Guns depersonalize the whole killing thing making is too easy and lacking any sort of honor. (Of course there are exceptions, there always are.) This handy little knife is pretty cool and even if it is still cheating a bit, it’s still a lot more personal than a gun.
I have long had the opinion that if you are going to kill someone, you should have the guts to do it up close and personal like. Guns depersonalize the whole killing thing making is too easy and lacking any sort of honor. (Of course there are exceptions, there always are.) This handy little knife is pretty cool and even if it is still cheating a bit, it’s still a lot more personal than a gun.
Wasp Knife pumps killer freezing gas into unfortunate victims
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What happens when you make it illegal to buy a gun? Besides stimulating a lively black market for criminals to find guns anywhere and anytime, weapons such as the Wasp Knife start popping up.
Originally designed to kill sharks and bears, the Wasp Knife is equally effective on humans with its whippet of compressed gas inside. Once inserted into its victim, it shoots out enough gas to create a frozen cavity inside the body the size of a basketball, killing the poor soul by instantly freezing internal organs.
Police in Britain are on alert for the brutal predators who might decide to carry one of these $400 killing machines in the streets. Oh, no. It won’t be long before these grisly weapons find their way to the Land of the Free.
Daily Mail, via Gizmo Watch
I turned down an iPhone
Yes, that’s right. I was offered my boyfriend’s iphone when he upgrades to the brand spankin’ new one coming out, but I said, “no thanks.” He thought he was going to be able to buy me a new model too, but the way the cell phone companies are working the discounts are (surprise!) not in favor of existing customers.
So it was going to cost too much to buy me that particular “just because” gift. Which is fine. I never, ever, ever ask for things like that. I make a very concentrated effort not to take advantage of him in that way. Just because he makes more money in one month than I do all year doesn’t mean a thing. OK, maybe in two months he earns my yearly salary.
I did think about taking his old one, but my Samsung Blackjack does pretty much all the iphone does. I can listen to music, watch video, email, text, map, etc. on my phone and it already has 3g connection so taking the old iphone would reduce my internet speed. Heck no! The only upside I can see it that it is easier and faster to use some of the features. Like, Windows Media Player on my phone does not have the best user controls and my phone doesn’t have the snazzy touch screen. It would be nice to have itunes on my phone instead of windows, but it’s not necessary.
You know what else my phone doesn’t have? The HUGE BILL! iPhone plans are outrageously expensive and he would have to start collecting phone money from me to pay for it. Currently, he hasn’t gotten around to asking me for any money for my phone usage, though I have offered many times. If I had the iphone I would be paying at least $100.00 every month for my phone and I am just too dang cheap for that. I also thought about taking it just to use as an iPod, because I don’t have one, but I decided it would be best for him to sell it or offer it up to someone else. I know, very selfless of me, isn’t it? :p
