Archive | December, 2008

Perspective, people. Perspective.

By on December 2, 2008 in Life & World

We all know that people are insane. We also know that they are stupid. But this, this is just pathetic. A Wal-Mart temporary employee was trampled – TRAMPLED, as in KILLED – by people who BROKE DOWN THE DOORS minutes before the 5am Black Friday opening. He was only 34. From the International Herald Tribune: [...]

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Quad-Core Computer Confusion… Which One Should I Get?

By on December 2, 2008 in Technology

Long time reader and all around great guy Gordon Walter wrote in and asked us about making heads or tails of the computer-offerings (especially the quad-core) computer offerings showing up online this holiday season. His questions were good ones and we thought it best to answer them for everyone to read. See our answers inlined [...]

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Coke Fiends, Dinner… Everyone Gets Pardoned

By on December 2, 2008 in Humor & Fun

I always said that once George W. Bush was out of the White House he would immediately start hitting the bottle and the pipe again. And now we have our first signs of the amazing hijinks to come. Bush began pardoning evildoers this week – and who was one of the first names on the [...]

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Xbox Live Marketplace Holiday Deal of the Week

By on December 2, 2008 in Video Games

Major Nelson announced today that due to the popularity of the Black Friday deals on Live they are going to have additional deals for weekly for the moth of December. First up is the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack. Originally priced at 600 points, it will go on sale tomorrow for 400 points for Gold [...]

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Fracture (Xbox 360) Review

By on December 2, 2008 in Video Games

Summary: [6 out of 10] Fracture is a third person shooter set in 2161 on Earth.  You play as a soldier for the Atlantican army.  The main feature that sets Fracture apart from other third person shooters is that you have weapons that let you deform the terrain.  This terrain deformation lets you  raise or [...]

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Black Celebration…

By on December 1, 2008 in Life & World

It was bound to happen eventually.  In fact, I have been predicting it for years.  Someone got trampled to death in a Wal-mart on Black Friday.  I hope Wal-mart is nailed to the fucking cross for this. Merry Christmas. Of course, I must count myself as part of the problem since my crazy ass was [...]

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