Underworlds for iPhone $.99

(from That Videogame Blog)

This is, by far, the closest thing to Diablo on the iPhone. It has decent controls, composite items (not just three or four swords, but random associations of various attributes), and good graphics.

I paid full price for it, and I'm happy with that, but you MUST get it at $.99 if you like Diablo single player at all.


Underworlds for iPhone

Circuit City is no more

(sigh)

Circuit City

I remember when the first Circuit City in Birmingham "plugged in." Big store with everything from appliances to car stereos along the outside with the employees in the center of the doughnut. The center later disappeared, so you had to search for an employee just to buy a CD. Appliances moved out to make room for computers, flat screens took over the entire TV department, everything shoved to the edge to make room for PS3s and XBoxes in the middle. Actual registers appeared at the front door, but it was too late to try to look like Best Buy.

I always liked them better then Best Buy, but I suppose the "hands-off" approach of the staff didn't provide enough pressure to encourage customers to buy $10 HDMI cables for $110 to keep the place afloat.

Hope you didn't get that protection plan on the new computer this past Christmas.

Obama

Way to go Obama! (photos shamelessly hotlinked)

President - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com

Pope sees physicist Hawking at evolution gathering - Yahoo! News

Now the Pope is in on it? Cool!

Pope sees physicist Hawking at evolution gathering - Yahoo! News

In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized? | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

In The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?

10-Superb - Candy Blog

I found an odd candy blog that even goes so far as to rank candies. I found it by a cross-referenced link about fake chocolate in some of the Hershey products.

10-Superb - Candy Blog

CoE apologizes to Darwin

The CoE will apologize to Charles Darwin regarding his theory of evolution. They have decided, like another Church did with Gallileo, that his teacings are not contradictory to the Bible. What is more, they are trying to distance themselves from those who think God literally created everything in 7 of our days.

Church makes ‘ludicrous’ apology to Charles Darwin - 126 years after his death Mail Online

Duff arrested for stealing beer

Police: Man Arrested After Stealing 2 Cans Of Beer - News Story - WEWS Clevelan

Keep Your Booth Alive

(from madsilence.wordpress.com)

Don't want to see your favorite phone booth disappear? The UK is letting groups adopt payphones to keep them alive.

MobHappy » Blog Archive » BT to Allow Local Authorities to “Adopt” a Payphone

Audio/Video Input Shirt

(from Uncrate)

I have to admit, this shirt looks fantastic! It even has HDMI ports.

Threadless T-Shirts - AV by Olly Moss

The NeoCube

The NeoCube

Driving an Average Joe

(from genesis244.com)

We had an odd experience this weekend. We drove Marry an Average Joe around Lawrenceville and Snellville, GA, on Sunday.

We were getting the brakes on the RV fixed this week, so it was sitting out in front of a repair shop on the main drag in Lawrenceville. We got a call asking if we wanted to do something that would help pay for the brakes. I called back and found that MaAJ wanted to rent it, and a driver, Sunday afternoon for $100/hour. I said yes.

I arrived with a friend and her son and waited around for over an hour to get started (getting paid by the hour so not worried about the wait). Eventually everyone piled in the RV and we were on our way. The convoy consisted of two motorcycle police escorts, two vans with adwraps, us, and a little Focus with a guy sticking out of the roof.


(from genesis244.com)

The cops treated us like royalty, letting us run through lights, drive on the wrong side of the road, speed, etc. They were obviously having fun and lane-split many times (drove between cars on the centerline).

We went to five houses for the crew to interview. I don't know all the details, but I know that one was a biracial couple, one was bi-religous, one was rich, one was poor, and I think one was a marriage between people from two different countries.

While the crew did their work in the houses, we sat in the air-conditioned RV and waited. The cops eventually started coming in to avoid the Atlanta heat. We found out that they were both retired and in their 70's. They usually escort funerals and rap music video filmmakers.

Eventually this all came to an end and we dropped off the crew 30 minutes later than expected (1/2 hour more money, so no biggie). We treated our friends to a nice dinner to thank them for the company. Unfortunately the money barely made a dent in the brake job, but at least it was interesting! We signed releases and were videotaped from the interior as well as from the guy in the Focus, so we might end up with a quick cameo on the show if it ever airs. They are trying to sell it to Viacom and some other company.

My teeth still hurt from gritting them as I drove. I essentially drove the thing for three days off-and-on, so I wasn't worried about not being able to drive them around, but it was very stressful.

Finally, the star of the show was apparently kidnapped. I have no reason to doubt the story, but the police apparently treated it like a publicity stunt. The scary thing is that he was kidnapped less than a mile from my house.


Welcome to "Marry An Average Joe.com"

Amorphia Apparel - Look on my shirts, ye mighty, and despair!

(via amorphia-apparel.com)

This place has some pretty interesting t-shirts. I find myself wearing t-shirts less and less, but I still like looking at them.

Amorphia Apparel - Look on my shirts, ye mighty, and despair!

Recent Photos

Here are a few photos from our past hike and camping trips:











Flickr: Pangolyn's Photostream

The vibrating Bluetooth bracelet - Engadget

(from Engadget)

It vibrates when your phone rings and even rings when you move too far away from your phone.

The vibrating Bluetooth bracelet - Engadget

Tiny Dog Has Been Barking Nonstop For 6 Years | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Tiny Dog Has Been Barking Nonstop For 6 Years

Go The Onion!

Wall•E 3/4 view

Wall•E 3/4 view
Originally uploaded by MacLane

Made by the director of Wall-E.

Moo

(from www.isrealli.org)

Chick-fil-A will give you a free meal Friday (7/11/08) if you arrive in a cow costume. Is it worth getting out my old Moo-moo?

Dress Like Me. Git Free Chikin.

Canon Powershot G9 Notes

The Canon G9 is NOT a DSLR. I need to keep reminding myself of this. If I think of it as a DSLR I am going to be disappointed with my pictures.

I bought the Lensmate adapter and screwed on a haze filter and a polarizer. It now LOOKS like a squatty DSLR. "It's not a DSLR" I keep telling myself.

The reason this camera is liked by the DSLR crowd is that it takes very good pictures. However, when they need money shots they use their DSLRs, not their G9s. They know that the images simply aren't going to compare with its limited zoom range and small imager. For the money and portability the pictures are acceptable to them, and features like full manual control via DSLR-like controls and RAW make it a comfortable camera to use.

Professional photographers look at lighting, composition, interest, and create works of art through the lens. A camera is just a tool to them. Just like a professional saxophone player will covet their Selmer Mark VI alto sax, it's not the sax that makes them sound good--it is their talent. A talented musician can take a crappy Yamaha sax and make it sound beautiful.

I want to make photographs that look like the ones I see in magazines, but it is simply not possible with the G9. A professional could not get a full page picture published in NatGeo with a G9 either. It's not just the talent, but the quality of the resulting image that makes the difference. You want to see every hair on a bee's head without chromatic abberations? You'll need a large sensor, a true macro lens, and macro lights. Want to get a tack sharp frozen moment in time as a swimmer dives into the water, complete with perfect globules of water? You will need a monopod, a 400mm f2.8 zoom lens and a large sensor.

I need to stop trying to get the perfect spider or bee shot. No matter how close I get, I still have to crop the picture 400% or more to make the animal fill the image. At this point the pixels are so large that the image suffers. I could never submit these images to a stock photo company because of this.

I need to stop trying to take high-contrast landscape shots. The dynamic range and chromatic abberations are so bad that these will also never be accepted.

I need to stop trying to think I can make money selling photographs. I am not willing to commit the money or the time to do it right, and there are 1000's of others out there that ARE willing.

I need to just have fun and try to take shots that please me. I can continue to work on lighting, composition and interest so that if I ever DO buy a DSLR I will take better pictures from the start.

Canon Powershot G9 digital camera

Zaxby's Buffalo Fingerz

(via Zaxby's)

This is the best lunch ever! Five deep fried chicken fingers smothered in buffalo sauce with ranch dipping sauce and celery! They serve it with a fork 'cuz they know yer gonna dip them chicken fingers in ranch! (ahem)

I'm sure it's really bad for you but it's just enough food to fill me when I need a lunch, and I get some fiber in there too.

Zaxby's Wings and Fingerz