MoreCooler.com: It's more cooler with the thing

See the thingy. Fear the rodent.

For the record, I don't think that's by the Blue Man Group, but it does sort of sound like it.

Assuming everything goes as planned, Bryce, Matt, and myself will be in the Bay Area from Sunday night through Tuesday morning to move some of my stuff from storage to my new apartment in Chula Vista. We're coming down Sunday, picking up the truck and loading it Monday, and driving back Tuesday. We'll be in the San Jose area, and any of y'all that are free for dinner Monday night please drop one of us a line via cell phone, and we'll figure out somewhere good (probably near us, as we'll be packing 'till evening, I'd wager).

Does anybody know a good way to display line graphs on a web page? They do not have to be dynamic, but I would need either around 40 small graphs or 1 big graph with 40 lines. Any suggestions?

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040425

Look at the bottom right square. Does that bring back memories or what? =)

This is the coolest thing since that misspelled sentence that you could still read I posted awhile ago. Follow these instructions very carefully to get the full effect:

- Get the file "McGurk_large.mov" from the thingy. It's tiny, like 300k. I'll not be posting the link since we're still getting hit so hard for that mario vid. ^_^ Oh, and get Quicktime if you don't have a way to handle MOV.

- Play the video, watching it very carefully. Do not look away from the vid. What is the man saying? If you had to write it down, what syllable would that be? Play it several times and decide what it is.

- Now, play it again, only this time look away or close your eyes. NOW what syllable is he saying?

(more in the reply, but DO THE ABOVE BEFORE READING FURTHER)

Playstation 2 Better Than Sex

To summarize: At a baseball game, they held a little contest where 3 bachelors tried to charm a pretty lady and win a date with her. She chose the best of the 3, but when given the choice between an all-expense-paid date with her and a PS2, HE CHOSE THE PS2! The men in the audience cheered. ^_^

Check out this story about a two-year-old kid who "works" at his parents' restaurant.

The first is a side scrolling shooter called Tumiki Fighters. It is like any other space shooter, only your ship is a kind of Tetris piece and, when you knock pieces off your enemies, you can add them to your own. It is pretty trippy.

The next is called kkrieger (not a type-o, I swear). It is a first person shooter in 96k. Now, the slashdot people knocked it for using DX9, which is 20 megs, but I figure if I don't have to download it, it doesn't count.

And one of the best puzzle games I have played in a while is Deadly Rooms of Death. It is a really well thought out game, and very... um... dastardly.

These things can be gotten from the usual place.

Thought I'd spread the good word. On Friday (4/9) I successfully defended my thesis. The presentation went smoothly and the committee took less than 2 minutes to declare I had passed. Score one for me!

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/10/news/to...

Jesus, how depressing. That poor guy.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/noises.php

Someone has got waaaaaay too much time on their hands - those sorts of people make the 'net a better place.

I fly back from Dallas on Wednesday. In the elevator room at my apartment is a little notice from the apartment about the rash of car break-ins lately. Ok, fine. A little later we start to head out to dinner, and lo and behold, my passenger side window is bashed into a million pieces and my stereo is gone. Shit. The "individual" even yanked the piece of dash that the stereo is attached to.. ugh.. What I would give to bash this guy's head in.

Anyway, window's been replaced as of this morning.. luckily those guys vacuum glass too.. still looking for a dash piece, also looking at some loud-ass alarms. I want this guy's eardrums to shatter if he tries this again. Grr... some people..

HELLBOY SUCKS.

There, just thought I'd warn you away from this steaming pile of ripe mammal dung.

For those of you who watch the Daily Show, this won't be news, not that anything there ever is, but... Anyway, American Express has done some commercials with Jerry Seinfeld and Superman. You all know that Seinfeld has always liked Superman, and now he gets to do a "full-length commercial" with The Man of Steel (got tired of typing Supe... almost got me there). It is only 5 minutes long, and pretty funny. Oh, and just ignore the surprisingly few plugs for an American Express card.

I don't know how many of you read Penny Arcade regularly, but they posted a funny link today that I think you will all get a kick out of. An English teacher in Japan gave his students blank copies of Penny Arcade cartoons and had the students fill them out. Some are quite... um... strange.

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http://homestarrunner.com/ Make sure to visit today!

After much deliberation and soul searching, not to mention extensive research while on the road, I've come to a decision regarding where I'll be living. I've been in contact with thoraxcorp, a game publishing company in the Ukraine, and they've offered to pay my moving expenses if I'll move there, a gracious offer which I've gladly accepted. They'll have me working largely on the advertising side of their K-12 line of gambling games. I'll be leaving out of Raleigh in a week; I'm sorry that I won't be able to make it to CA for a sendoff.