Sunday, November 29, 2009

Gig Harbor Geotagging Experiment

Took some pictures on the Gig Harbor waterfront and tried to synch them up with an old Garmin Forerunner to see if the location data came across in iPhoto, Posterous and Flickr.

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

I Don't Think TK's Gonna Pull Through

From the New Haven quest to check on TK Baha. (Borderlands PC)

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Friday, November 27, 2009

My Favorite Christmas Song

Fleming and John do Winter Wonderland to the tune of Led Zep's Misty
Mountain Hop.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Lego Matrix

The 'Dodge This' scene from The Matrix lovingly rendered in Lego:

and a side-by-side/shot-by-shot comparison of the Lego version and the original:

And it only took 440 hours of work.

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Monday, November 23, 2009

HD video of STS-129 Space Shuttle Launch

On a milk run delivering supplies to the ISS. Their commute > my commute.

Watch in widescreen HD on youtube.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Two of the best special effects on Stargate Universe

So I guess this is the tank top that launched a cosmic kerfluffle.

So much so that the actress had start her own blog/twitter feed to respond. Even the producer weighed in (and by weighed in, I mean called everyone trolls and idiots.)

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Night Vision Goggles from MW2

Here they are. I've probably spent more time playing with them than playing the game.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Foundation is in on Port Orchard house

In between rain storms they managed to pour the foundation for the Port Orchard house. That chunk of concrete and pile of dirt should be a house by next spring.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Steamcon Photo Salon Gallery

Select photos from the Steamcon Photo Salon are up on the Steamcon site.
I've got the same NERF Maverick revolver as the girl on the left and now I've got a wild hair to try and antique it like she did.

[Full gallery] [flickr group]

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Evidence of Pot o' Gold spotted in Gig Harbor

 

 Looks to be located right around the Tides Tavern. I better go investigate. (And by investigate I mean drink some beer.)

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Fear Head Mural - Wonderland Art Project - San Francisco

The Fear Head mural on Golden Gate Ave. is one of fifteen installations that are part of the Wonderland public art exhibition going on now until November 15th in the Tenderloin.

www.wonderlandshow.org

wonderlandshow.blogspot.com

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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Child's Play 2009 Drive is underway

Tycho, on the Penny Arcade news page:

Child's Play 2009 is GO

It's back! The ultimate in friction-free, ultra-lightweight charity engines is here, ready to transform the slightest movements of your finger into much-needed respite for young people. Here's what's up:

We've got New Hospitals this year, a tender cross-section of facilities you've directed us to over the past year. Focus your Charity Beam on Dayton, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Boise, Memphis, or (for Canadian readers) Victoria, Ottawa and St. John's. The Sponsors you see on the main page have gotten the ball rolling to the tune of two-hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Not a bad take before the thing even starts, huh?

Don't forget our annual Charity Dinner and Auction, which is reliably fun, productive, and delicious. We've also spun up a Twitter feed (@CPCharity) to keep you up to speed with the community's unstoppable charitable assault.

(CW)TB

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The McNuggetini - Like a KFC Famous Bowl for Drunks

Question: Is it allowable to substitute Hot Mustard for BBQ sauce on the rim?

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Neko Case is great. Free Neko Case is even better. (Anti- 2009 Fall Sampler)

Also not to be missed, the Booker T. cover of 'Hey Ya.'

Free MP3 download at amazon.com

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New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer

Got my pre-order in w/release day shipping (fingers-crossed) from Amazon.com.
Can't. Wait.

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World of Warcraft Raid for the Cure

On October 28th of 2009, Julie, a member of the World of Warcraft guild Sidhe Devils on Kael’thas (US), revealed to us that she had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Her first treatment is scheduled to begin on November 9th.

To show our support and love for Julie while she takes on this new challenge, her friends in Sidhe Devils are organizing an event within the game of World of Warcraft that we’re calling the Raid for the Cure.

What it is

On Kael’thas (US), a united cross-faction walk across Azeroth will be held on Saturday, November 14th, starting at 2:00 PM Central Time (Kael’thas-US server time).

Members of both Alliance and Horde factions are invited to attend. Pink Mageweave Shirts will be handed out for all walkers, and all levels of characters will be welcome. If you’d like, bring your own shirt, or even make it a formal affair with your Festive Pink Dress!

The walk across Azeroth will not be a race of individuals, it will be a group march to show Julie our love and support.

We do want to help spread the word, and encourage donations in a cheerful way to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity, an organization that promotes information and awareness on early detection and treatment of breast cancer, and that supports funding for treatment and research towards a cure.

More details and where to meet up as either Alliance or the Good Team at thebigbearbutt.com

 

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Cell Size and Scale

Cool interactive gizmo that zooms down to the cellular level to give you an idea of the relative scale of cells. Look at me, getting all sciency and edu-mah-cational.

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A Real Comic Book Character For Halloween

Cool Lichtenstien-inspired Halloween makeup. More photos of the process on the geekologie site.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Main Theme from Californication - Tree Adams

Californication Main Theme by Tree Adams  
Download now or listen on posterous
10 Californication Main Theme.mp3 (1071 KB)

Man, I love this show. This season is really good, so far. Someone emailed me this MP3 when I mentioned on the plex.app forums that I really liked hearing the theme songs on each page of TV shows in the scraped listings. At slightly over 30 secs, I might be running afoul of Fair Use, so get it before the takedown notice. (Please don't sue me!)

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Monday, November 2, 2009

Charisma Carpenter joins Legend of the Seeker

Leaked clip from Season 2 premiere.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Video games partly to blame for Richmond HS gang rape - San Francisco Chronicle

Take the poverty-driven frustration of inner-city Richmond, a youth street culture that glorifies thugs and applauds degradation of women, and the desensitization of young men through violent video games, music and language, and you have a template for trouble.

I thought we were past scapegoating video games for violent behavior but apparently not, according to SFGate's report on the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at Richmond High School last week.
In addition to video games, the following items were cited as contributing to the attack:

  • poor lighting 
  • the victim 'trying too hard to please the school's bad boys.' 
  • lack of fences 
  • 'street culture' 

I have an idea, let's blame the fucking anti-social deviants that beat and raped a girl for 2-1/2 hours and left her semiconscious underneath a picnic table (and maybe drop Kevin Fagan a line and let him know what an awesome job he did writing that article: kfagan@sfchronicle.com )

There are plenty of people that grow up in situations as bad, or worse, and they somehow manage to avoid luring a girl into a dark courtyard to gang rape her.

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Modern Warfare 2 Killstreak Rewards

Modern Warfare 2 Killstreak Rewards

 

Have you ever had a 25+ killstreak in a Call of Duty game? Well if you do so in Modern Warfare 2 you will be rewarded with a Tactical freaking Nuke! There are plenty of others to chose from just in case you don’t reach 25 too often.

Killstreak Rewards

3 Kills UAV
4 Kills Care Package
4 Kills Counter UAV
5 Kills Sentry Gun
5 Kills Predator Missile
6 Kills Presicion Airstrike
7 Kills Harrier Strike
7 Kills Attack Heli
8 Kills Emergency Airdrop
9 Kills Pave Low
9 Kills Stealth Bomber
11 Kills Chopper Gunner
11 Kills AC-130
15 Kills EMP
25 Kills Tactical Nuke

 

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