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you sexy black YP-U2

22 April, 2006 11:59

Better than a P&J sandwich is the Samsung YP-U2. Actually, it is more like a peanut butter, apple, and bacon sandwich. I have never tried it, but it sure looks interesting.

At this time, I have a Sandisk MP3 Player / FM Tuner. Yes, FM Tuner. I don't understand the motives in buying a portable media player without an FM tuner. Kinda like a P without the J, or a U for an X. Storage doesn't mean a whole lot to me. Of course, storage under 256MB for a media player doesn't make a whole lot of sense likewise. However, my requirements are: ability to play back three or four podcasts, a couple music albums, FM tuner, and easy navigation.

What I like about this Samsung device, especially, is the integrated USB connectivity. I know, there are many MP3 such players like this, but guess what? This bad-ass player has an FM tuner, voice recorder, LED light, and can play MP3 / WMA / ASF / WAV format files. Not all are of this like. 13 hour battery life is promised also, though I wonder about this estimation when listening to the radio in conjunction with all its functions.

It must be black. I couldn't imagine the white version with the inverse LCD display. There are many of you with a preference for this - white and black, so sexy. Nah, black and black is shagadelic. Welcome to my wish list you sexy black YP-U2.

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I am a proud winner of a "Gargoyle Thing"!

20 April, 2006 15:19

Although Gizmodo considers this junk, they promise this guardian angel to protect myself and my computer from havoc that may happen.

It will sit on top of my computer, and I can rest assured it will do what a Gargoyle / Guardian Angel thing does - protect my electronics from the evil witches that sit in the caves of my gadgets! Whoohoo! I fear HD crashes no longer!

Thanks GIZMODO!

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George Takei

19 April, 2006 10:55

Last night I had the chance to listen to George Takei, or otherwise known as Mr. Sulu on Star Trek. Part of the Human Rights Campaign, he discussed "his life on and off the set and the importance of being out and open".

George Takei - Human Rights Campaign

He is an amazing speaker with a great sense of humor. It was a real pleasure listening to him.

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peanut butter, oh man, soo much peanut butter

18 April, 2006 16:43

So here I am looking for some recipes to use up my enormous amount of peanut butter. Many of the recipes were tempting, however this one stood out the most:

PEANUT BUTTER, APPLE, AND BACON SANDWICHES

Ok, so I initially skipped over this creation thinking humbug. As you can tell, it is a hard description of a recipe to just throw out of your head. Has anyone tried this?

The recipe also calls for alfalfa sprouts...

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survivor thanks metal gods

18 April, 2006 11:28

A 20 year old man was hit by a freight train while listening to Gorgoroth on his CD player.

Although he heard the blast from the train horn, he was quoted as saying:

"It was just instant. I was just walking and then I was on the ground. I wasn't sure what happened. Then I saw the train stopping up ahead. I thought, 'Holy crap, dude, you just got hit by a train.' "

"I knew I was alive, so that was good." - We now know it doesn't take even an average intelligence to realize this.

"Maybe the metal gods above were smiling on me and they didn't want one of their true warriors to die on them. Otherwise, I'd be up there in the kingdom of steel."

Here is a link to the story.

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what Easter means to me

16 April, 2006 12:40

It’s Easter once again. The whole idea growing up and celebrating this day literally boggles my mind. Many of you know that I dedicate to no one religious belief and feel that my interpretation of a higher power is somewhat unique, but also my views are shared by many others.

Each year my family gets together, mostly for the young cousins and friends. I have to admit it has always been a good time. I love food and there is always plenty of that to go around. The weather has generally been cold the last couple years, but it has still been comfortable to be outside. So it is not in any way a religious respect we show. In no means what so ever, as far as I know, my uncles and grandmother who grew up catholic share in no religious belief that make this day a sanction. So when thinking about this, each year we have been worshiping a German folk lore called the Easter bunny.

We are not alone. Christianity usually incorporates this funny step of fun into the day. For the rest of us, whether we be of a religion that respects the spiritual power of the universe, or the man on the moon, I would think it would be quite a blow to the Christians knowing that this day, when I was young, was an excuse to find Easter eggs, eat candy, and play kick ball. Not celebrate a birth. That is what this day has always meant to me, and what it will always mean to me. I may now supplement kickball for beer, and candy with some bloody meat, but all in all, it is the same.

Sorry I can’t be there this year guys!

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Down with you bulky laptop! There shall not be any more of this rubish!

16 April, 2006 12:12

Before I moved to Madison, I sold my laptop thinking I would need the extra cash for rent and utility hook-ups. It ended up that I had enough from what I have saved, and what was given to me by family. In any case, I am now laptop-less. I guarantee that will be a single word in a few years.

Being a poor man with great and powerful technical desires, I have been dreaming of owning a laptop once more. It’s more like an on-going lookout for an inexpensive laptop.

I have to admit, I just have not been impressed at what I have been finding. For the most part, the decent laptops I have been finding are overkill for just about anything I would use them for. The low end laptops are too heavy and bulky. I am just starting to loose interest in the whole portable computer market. It's like spaghetti to me, very uninteresting.

What would I be doing if I had a laptop? That's an easy question. I would be at a hotspot browsing the web, checking e-mail, and reading my news. Damn it all if I need a word processor for school or something. I will bust a vessel, but for now I am not going to worry about it. On a side note, I find myself much more productive working on work at home - a lot less of distractions.

Portable internet devices have been striking my curiosity lately. There are many compelling reasons for owning one of these gadgets, and the one that strikes as the most obvious (because it has always bugged me), is the size and weight. What a pain in the ass to carry around a laptop. I don't care if it is a 4lb tablet sized PC, you always have to worry about bumping it, protecting it, bringing peripherals… It is absolutely ridiculous. How can someone say they bring there laptop everywhere, and have a smile on there face. BS, laptops are a pain in the ass. For all you new laptop owners: it will wear off soon.

The dedicated internet tablets rarely gets to the press. People are usually looking for a multi-multi-infinite function portable PC computing machine. Me? I bought a Nokia 6019i phone, get the picture?

So in my quest for personal (yes personal) satisfaction and techie communication needs, my next coffee shop, restaurant style internet browsing machine is in no way going to be a laptop.

I have been looking at the Nokia 770 internet tablet. It is a tiny device (love that) running a Linux OS variant. It includes the Opera browser, e-mail application, and news reader. There are a few other BS applications, but just a few, and I like that also. It's just a little over $300. It is small enough to stick tightly in a pocket. I like big pockets. You can stick stuff in them tightly. This machine only weighs 8 ounces. In any case, I have been on the product page non stop the last couple days. I haven’t looked very hard for others, but for the respect of the hundreds of alternatives, I will keep my eyes open. That will be something I do as soon as the coolness narcotics (thanks Nokia) starts wearing off.

Buying this bad-ass is a different story. It will hurt, even as inexpensive as it is. In the mean time, anyone have other suggestions?

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fwd: re:fwd fwd: re, and so on - it cracked me up, so I shall share

10 April, 2006 15:05

The following is supposedly an actual question given on University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains
why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

edited to reduce useless e-mail clutter

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