Lego + Katamari!

A link from val!

be pedantic

We all passed college level english? Right?
This isn't a quiz, but ithink i know most of these words.

If you want bad engrish, go here.

new imac

So i'm writting this on a shiny new duo core imac. Miguel wants a tower, so i'm giving him my G5. It's kinda of a lateral move for me. I transfered all the contents using the migration manager and drive mode on the old computer. The itunes library was on the second internal drive of the G5, so when i launched itunes, it still saw the files where it expected them to be so i just changed the music folder location to the new computer and consolidated the library. Itunes moved the files and i didn't have to rebuild my index. pretty slick. Also, i moved Amelia's account from the laptop to this computer so we'll all share the office. Now i just have to move the printer and scanner from the basement and find somewhere to place them.

Monsters

Beauty and the Geek 2

OK, there's a Beauty and the Geek2 marathon starting Sunday at 7 PM. Right now it's the only show i'm making an effort to watch. The basic premise is that they pair up archetypes of geeks (a DM, a chess champion etc) with bimbos (a waitress, a beer spokes model) and they have to cross train each other to win competitions so they learn from each other. The girls have to put a computer together, the guys have to decorate a room. Maybe i relate to the geeks a little, maybe i like to see girls that know something. Anyways, it's not a mean show and the people that try to make it competitive get kicked off the show by the other players.

[PD] Spaceman2

[PD] sketch

[PD] sketch

apple + intel = $%

So it seems that i get an apple discount now as an intel employee. I looked at the iMac and the prices were about the same as the student discount.

Product Line	Selected Examples	Discount
Third-party products	iPod accessories, mice, keyboards	4%
Consumer systems and hardware	iMac, iPod, iBook*, MacMini*	6%
Professional systems and hardware	MacBook Pro, PowerMac*, PowerBook*	8%
Service plans	AppleCare* Protection Plan	12%
Software	iLife*, iWork*	17%

Video for older ipods

It seems like the base is also an analog recorder for importing video and it has it's own battery.

Lego ABCs

[PD] Bird sketch

Dave's Long box

The infamous boob wars! A very funny comics blog for both comics readers and non-readers.

Pollo Yucateco

I found a menu with descriptions of a good place to eat by work. This is yucatan cuisine, so i'm not familar with their dishes.

cds for ipods

this is very tempting:

http://www.millenniummusic.com/trades.html

[PD] Doctor's office

So Amelia said i should take some of the drawings i had an place them in a setting, a doctor's office for example. I said that if i did, she'd have to give me a caption. Hm, i'm still waiting. Anyone else?

No vikings anywhere

It seems i'm not the only one that wants this set. It's good to know that lego is having some success.










ebay




lego.com

I also heard it mentioned on NPR's Talk of the Nation that these are hard to find, so it's not just here.

spaceman

fix broken icons and other system troubles

From the /System/Library remove the following files - "Extensions.kextcache", "Extensions.mkext", and the folder "com.apple.kernalcaches"

Then run sudo touch /System/Library/Extensions (in the Terminal) to reset the cache info.

Of Comics and Men

So I've been thinking lately about how the appeal of comics is usually couched in terms of empowerment fantasy; weak, sickly nerds' dreams of retribution and invulnerability. But i wonder if it's not that the superhero is the embodiment of a single person making a difference and so they attract the people that want to change the world . Is wanting to change the world predominately the realm of men? Or, is it that only men dream of doing it by themselves? Do only progressive liberals read comics? Sure, there are some girls that read comics, but it's usually not superheroes.