http://www.protoncharging.com/blog "Traveling very fast. No time to say good-bye. There are no dogs here." -anonymous Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:56:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a particularly trying week for me, in terms of dealing with the Internets, so today, I wrote this; Zod, give us Int+2 to accept the fanboys we cannot change, Cha+5 to change the ones we can, and the Wis+1d4 to tell them apart online. It made me feel better. http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/08/01/the-g33k-serenity-prayer/ A friend sent me a link to an entry for Radiohead's remix contest - they guy turned a bunch of old computer equipment into instruments, like a scanner doing bass, and old harddrives acting as terrible speakers. The results were unique and kind of catchy, if you like strange, found ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/06/06/holy-fk/ So I've been a little busy lately - between work and allergies, my stamina for taking care of side projects has been very reduced. However, in the last month, a few things did get done. For starters, this very blog has been upgraded to the latest version of WordPress, and it ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/05/15/spiffiness/ I was pondering the other day - probably in the shower, maybe on the toilet, slim chance I was cleaning the patio which always leaves a portion of my brain unattended and mischievous - why people don't talk about TV the way they talk about books. As in, why does ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/04/28/a-bookshelf-full-of-tv/ I'm now up to four current generation gaming systems at home (not counting my PC) - it comes in handy, given my line of work. The downside is that meant I now have four systems, each wanting net access. For a time I ran a network cable from the office to ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/04/21/edup-usb-wireless-adapter/ How? You may well as. You don't have any spare time. I totally don't, but writing and graphical tinkering continues to be my sanity saver of choice. In this case, some super-talented pals in the States and myself, the sole Canadian, put together a PDF zine. The theme was Pon farr ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/04/18/grok-1-i-helped-make-a-zine/ I love my iPod nano (first gen, thanks much.) Oh sure, the touchwheel crapped out once ($75 repair) and after traveling to Jamaica, the gel sleeve (slime green - need to re-do the gum wrapper sleeve) has a film on the inside, making me think water got in. But it's ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/04/01/ipod-save-4/ "We're either about to enter terminator times or a second peace corps era. i hope it goes well. i really really do." mc chris http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/03/13/423/ This is for Matt, who didn't want to be a lonely music nerd. Here you go, Matt! (For the purposes of this quiz, I’m using my iPod Nano 1st gen, a 4GB edition (3.74GB in truth), with 2.6 GB of its memory full.) Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/03/11/ipod-memes-i-approve/ Without even getting into the three weeks of heavy crunch, getting ready for the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the week of GDC was pretty jam packed - I didn't get time to see the expo until the last day. But it's not exactly an E3-class expo, so ... http://www.protoncharging.com/blog/2008/02/26/a-busy-busy-week/