Random Nothings

More Avatar shirts (The Last Airbender)

2010-06-20T01:41:00.003-04:00

I'm finishing up my Avatar shirts before the movie comes out and I'm just uploaded the Earth Bender shirts. If you would like a different shirt style or color just let me know and I'll make it available.
If anyone has any requests which shirt to do next, let me know. I will probably do the Earth Kingdom emblem, then the 2 Air Nomads' emblem. Unless someone wants an air nomad shirt now.

Wacom and more...

2010-06-02T02:12:00.004-04:00

I finally got a decent tablet, a Wacom Intuos3. Now I just need talent to use it. I got it off of ebay, "damaged". Cut the USB cable and soldered it back together and it was good as new. I just need the rubber grippy thing for the Grip Pen. If anyone has a new (CHEAP) Grip Pen or a broken one, I could maybe buy it from you.

There needs to be a website where you can buy/sell broken electronics, besides ebay. That way people could unload crap they don't have room for, and others can take a change on fixing it or using it for parts.

Microsoft customer service is pretty good:
I bought a Microsoft keyboard from ebay, user best_buy_outlet. Got it kind of new, looked new but was sold as refurbed for pretty cheap. The only problem was the space bar was jacked up. Apparently, it was a very common problem with this brand, Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000. You had to hit the space bar at the bottom or in the middle or else the plastic would bend; it was just enough to be annoying. So, I called Microsoft up and complained, and they said it was a fault in mine and they would send me out a new one. And by god, they did; didn't even have to send back the old one. Works great, too.

Posted some more art at my DeviantArt.

Some websites:
http://www.tvsquad.com/
http://springfieldpunx.blogspot.com/
http://kingocrayons.blogspot.com/
http://www.toycutter.com/
http://tomopop.com/
http://www.downloadsquad.com/
http://coolmaterial.com/
http://www.redferret.net/
http://io9.com/

Now my dog has to go pee.

Google Toolbar/Firefox problems

2010-03-07T20:52:00.002-05:00

I've recently found that updated Firefox with the google toolbar has problems. The gmail button will only update with mails every other Firefox open.
Say the gmail button is working fine, checking for updates every hour or so, but when I close Firefox and open back up, the gmail button doesn't work. Using the drop down just says Refresh. Clicking Refresh, sometimes says Refresh (Connecting) other times, does nothing. Googling around, it seems no one else has this problem. So I'm posting this. Using Minefield (3.7asomething) worked for a while, but after the a couple of recent updates it stopped working again (1 update broke it, the next fixed it, now its broken again). But after hours and hours of googling I think I have found a semi solution. As long as the Options/Login Button wasn't on the toolbar it worked fine. It seems to be when reopening Firefox it doesn't login correctly. If you are logged out and change the button layout, then login and change the button layout you can easily see that it isn't logged in correctly.

So basically, every other Firefox open, the Gmail button doesn't refresh. To fix, remove the toolbar options/login button from the toolbar.
I have reported the bug to Mozilla.

A little story:

2009-12-27T02:22:00.003-05:00

I've been out of school for a few years. Got lazy/poor and failed some classes and was put on academic probation. I've been too broke to afford to go back. I owed over $1400 for the last semester I was there, and had to start paying back the two loans I had gotten. So, I was mostly stuck in a position where it was pretty difficult to go back and finish college.

My girlfriend of almost 2 years has been bugging me asking "if money wasn't an option would you go back?" I would usually say something like "probably, but I still have to pay off what I still owe and what it would cost for upcoming semesters and I'm broke and not sure if I still like doing the same stuff, (3d animation)." That was enough for her.

For my birthday (Dec 17) she had it paid off plus half the tuition of a semester. For the past month she had been taking donations from all of my friends and family and her family for me to go back. Over a week after my birthday we are meeting her family for my birthday dinner (the original day was snowed out) and once we get there all my friends and family are there! We have a nice fun dinner and then she gives me the cards with the receipt of previous semesters paid off, and another card with the money for half another semester, or books. I had to hold back the tears in front of everyone. This is the sweetest, most thoughtful, nicest thing, ever. I just wanted to tell everyone that I have the best girlfriend ever (sorry guys, yours can't live up to her) and wanted to say "Thank you and I love you very much. And thank you to all my friends and family. I will not let you guys down."

Reddit link
Digg link

Raffstar account banned

2009-12-27T01:31:00.003-05:00

Well it turns out Raffstar has banned my account. I still find it funny/odd that MY account gets banned while there is a consist same top 10 users. I haven't been in the top 10 in the last 50 giveaways or so, so I'm not sure what is going on over there. My bot legitimately gets the tickets, just as if a human was doing it. Unless it was purely because I created the bot.
At any rate, I'm sure the gmail trick would work for a new account. ;)

Xbox 360/Windows 7 media refresher

2009-12-14T06:06:00.002-05:00

I've noticed that Windows 7 doesn't like to immediately find and share new media when it is added to a folder. So, for example, you're watching some downloaded videos that you are sharing to your xbox360 via Windows 7 and you just noticed utorrent just finished downloading something else. So once you get done watching the first show you would like to go ahead and start watching the one that just finished downloading...but noooo windows 7 doesn't want you to. With Xp and Vista you could just restart the wmp sharing service, not so much with Windows 7. But I've found if you open Windows Media Player it will immediately find the files and start sharing them. So I've created a simple batch script that will open WMP and then close it. I have mine set to run at 10pm so most shows are done downloading and it will start sharing them. Just copy and paste this into a new txt document, then rename it to .bat.

If you know of another wait for WMP to search its folders more often or something, please let me know.

start "wmp" /min "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"
timeout 5
taskkill /IM wmplayer.exe

Demonoid is back!!

2009-12-13T14:45:00.006-05:00

After months of downtime from server problems and upgrades, demonoid is finally back online. And since it is also Happy Christmas Time AND demonoid is back, I'm going to give away some invites. Just post a comment here and I'll email you an invite code.

*Remember to post your email, or send me an email. I'm looking at you ReddwarfUSA*

All out for now. I'll try to get everyone that has already emailed

*2 of you have been dicking around and didn't use your code, so they have been passes along to the next persons in line.

Updated the raffstar bot...again

2009-12-01T02:40:00.005-05:00

*UPDATED AGAIN*
As the title says, I have updated my raffstar bot. Made some little tweaks here and there:
**!I think I fixed the problem where it wouldn't close out of IE!**
*Checks and waits to see if the timing is off and you need to wait a few more seconds to get a another ticket.
*Fixed some clicking errors
*other clicking and timing stuff.

If you win anything please let me know. I would also like to know where/what the other bot or bots are. If you know anything please send me an email.

I've read some stuff on raffstar that they have implemented "security measures" to prevent cheating. So far my account has NOT been flagged, as far as I know. It could be my bot runs like a normal person or because I don't use it religiously. If I'm using my computer I will cancel the bot. So I miss quite a few tickets. I'm still usually in the top 50 of the amount of tickets I have. And have had the chance to win a prize. I just didn't claim it in time. Either way it doesn't seem to be detected (yet)

Another shirt and links!

2009-11-17T04:35:00.008-05:00

I've created another shirt! I can tell by the way you are reading this, that you are very excited. So, I'll stop rambling on and present the link to the glorious garment.
I like Penguins
As you should be able to notice, its based off the I like Turtles shirt, but using my 3D penguin. But then it makes it I like Penguins, because, it has a penguin on it instead of a turtle. Get it?

If anyone out there has bought any of my shirts I would love to see some pics of you wearing it. I didn't mean that to sound as creepy as it did. I'd just like to see my work out in the world.

Also here is a list of some of the random sites I visit everyday:

TV Squad

Springfield Punx

King of Crayons

toycutter

TOMOPOP - COLLECTIBLE TOY CULTURE

Deals - Gizmodo

Download Squad

MAKE: Blog

Cool Material - Men's gear blog featuring the latest trends in watches, gear and gadgets.

The Red Ferret Journal

io9. We come from the future.

Woot : One Day, One Deal

Cute Overload! ;)

Gorillamask.net LinkDump

more of the same shirts

2009-10-14T18:25:00.001-04:00

I opened up another store at printfection.com. Just testing it out and see if its any better than cafepress. It seems they do have more options and more colors.
Here's my link for the turtle shirts

UPS customer service awesome

2009-08-01T00:30:00.002-04:00

This is one of the few times where someone is going to say something good about a company:
I sent in a friends Xbox to Microsoft. I was supposed to get it back on Thursday, but I was at work. So they left a note and everything and was going to try and deliver it on Friday. Well I called and tried to make pickup arrangements but the driver wouldn't be back to the pickup office before they close or I got off of work. So they ended up giving me the driver's name (Travis) and cell phone number so I could meet up with him after I got off of work. Everyone on the phone was really nice and helpful and they were very personal (as in they called me back a few times after trying to setup different arrangements). Needless to say I met up with Travis at a gas station on my way home (after going to the wrong gas station) and picked up the package. Everyone was REALLY nice and helpful and I just wish I would have thought at the time to offer to buy him lunch or something.

Fall 2009 Dashboard Update

2009-07-29T23:33:00.002-04:00

I went to play COD4 tonight and low and behold it started to download an update. Apparently I was selected to participate in the beta test of the new dashboard update. Overall it looks pretty much the same. Most of the changes are minor. I have a new "channel" called Xbox Preview. In there lists the new features which are:

Party Reconnections
Streamline Party Invites
Gold Member veterans-your gamer card shows how long you've been a gold member
Subscription notification
fixing invalid windows live ids
better account recovery
avatar props-it seams you unlock these from games
avatar marketplace-you can buy clothes for you're avatar. some look pretty cool, they're 80mp for say a pair of steampunk glasses. which I HAD to buy, but thats IT, damnit.
Avatar awards- it seems you'll be able to unlock clothing and the props from getting certain achievements in games. Which seems a lot better than having to buy the damn clothes.
watch netflix in a party
browse netflix content faster based on previously watched
better playback
shows what you are watching in the Friends channel
ability to override display formats for dvi and hdmi
user ratings for all game content
Games on Demand-xbox originals, and it sounds like they may have xbox360 games to download. also game manuals for games on demand on xbox.com
DRM stuff- seems you still can take your profile to someone else's xbox, buy a game, then recover your profile on your account and redownload the game and you both can play.
community games are now called indie games
launch a game from the achievement browser
achievement tracking- an all games view which shows a summary of achievements from all games played
better achievement browser
more "links" for common items such as, downloads, redeem code, auto sign-in, create profile and recover gamertag
warning if no audio when sending a voice message-small feature but definitely will keep me from looking like a dumbass.
time stamps on memory area-such as for saved games
friends list sorting by activity, gamertag, or online status

So far nothing too big. So don't expect some grand like the jump going to NXE; this is a mild update. I would really just like to see more free stuff, or a way to see all the free stuff.

Downloaded episodes not playing correctly on Xbox360

2009-06-08T02:04:00.002-04:00

For episodes you download from groups DOT or XII, re-encode them with GotSent so they play correctly on the Xbox360.
For about a month now, some groups have been releasing tv episodes that were encoded differently and they do not play correctly on the Xbox360. When playing one of these videos it will play about 2 mins then the video stops but the audio continues. The only way to fix this problem is to either wait for another group to release the episode, which usually doesn't happen, or re-encode it. I've FINALLY found a REALLY easy solution for Xbox re-encodes. GotSent
You can use other methods for better control over quality and all that, but this is SUPER fast and really easy. Handbrake was taking 30 minutes for a 45 minutes show, and it still didn't work or looked horrible. GotSent took less than 3 mins and looks like the original and plays fine.

New Shirt

2009-04-24T02:23:00.004-04:00

Just a quick little shirt:

If you can't tell, this is a SkiFree shirt; the old Microsoft game. Got the idea from joking around with Chey and thought I would actually make it.
Game can be downloaded here.

And I still need someone to fix my layout ;)
And a way to hack an IBM thinkpad 760xl bios password without an eeprom or sending it away, preferably for free.
Mame roms
Nifty Psx to Parallel converter
TrackerChecker-Checks to see if private trackers are having public registrations.
Just awesome-and my current project...sort of.

Hooray for Raffstar!

2009-04-23T00:48:00.002-04:00

So, Raffstar isn't a sham after all. I actually did receive my $25 Victoria Secret e-giftcard, which has to be used online. But either way, my girlfriend is very happy.

Updated Raffstar bot

Every once in a while you need to go and delete the old giveaways and add the new ones as they end and put new ones up. Just edit the giveaways.txt with the urls.

Dammit

2009-04-08T19:29:00.003-04:00

Well scratch the call out for a Futurama Soundtrack cover. I'm working on finally installing Vista and ended up partitioning my other hard drive without thinking. And of course the Futurama Soundtrack was on there, along with about 40gb of other downloaded stuff. But the soundtrack is the only thing I really cared about. So, hooray for blind ambition and stupidity.

*UPDATE*
I tried and tried to recover the files, but no go. I did recover SOME music, but they were the tracks from the second soundtrack (from seasons 3 and 4). So it looks like there won't be a Futurama Soundtrack (at least from me) unless I get enough response to redo it. It consisted of 34 tracks containing music from the series and actual songs used in the series. Such as the Grunka Lunka song, and MMM Bop by Hanson (Anthology of Interest I, where Bender jumps on their concert).
:(

IE Sucks/I suck and other randomness

2009-04-08T04:11:00.005-04:00

Well it seems ~~my blog is broken in IE8 and probably others~~ I suck and I have somehow killed my layout. I can't remember enough html/css , and am too lazy, to properly fix it. If anyone out there in internets land could help, I could provide a private tracker invite in return, or an e-hug, or possibly money, most likely $1. Or maybe something else if I can think of it.

random links:
Dreamspark - Now offering free certification in certain Microsoft courses for students. (or former students ;))
Free Mothers Day Card
Demonoid- is still have open registrations.
Rush Discography - torrent
Watchmen Motion Comic - torrent

*SUBMISSIONS*
I also need album art for a Futurama Soundtrack. If anyone would like to create one and send it in, I will include it in my Futurama Soundtrack. (that I've slowly been working on for years). Just submit it to tweaq2.0@gmail.com. The best one (or only one) will be included in the torrent.

Think Geek now has Squeez Bacon!

2009-04-01T06:24:00.001-04:00

Think Geek has just put up some new products including: the TaunTaun Sleeping Bag, Unicorn Chaser, Squeez Bacon and MORE!

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Newer, New Avatar Shirts

2009-02-18T04:47:00.005-05:00

So I'm finally getting around to creating some more Avatar: The Last Airbender shirts. I've finished and posted the Water Tribe Emblem shirt and I'm working on the water bender shirt. I should have it up soon. You can find it/them at my cafepress shop. And don't forget to check out the Fire Nation shop and my other random shop

Please post a comment with any questions, suggestions, or your vote for the next nation.

*UPDATE*
So I actually did put the new shirts up. I just added the Water Bender shirts. If anyone would like a different emblem on a different style/color just let me know and I can switch it around. Or if anyone would like any stickers or anything else, just post a comment or something and I'll put those up, too.

ps. thanks to Distant Horizon, Avatar Spirit, and Icy_Ashford of Avatar Spirit for most of the translations.

Cowabunga! Playmates brings back original TMNT toys

2009-02-09T14:55:00.001-05:00

Playmates are re-releasing the Ninja Turtle action figures using the original molds from the 90s. The original four and shredder are available NOW at K-Mart and Target. Digg it

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Hooray, new post!

2009-01-21T21:23:00.003-05:00

Yay, I'm posting again. I've made another bot, this time for the site Raffstar.com. I heard about the site on Diggnation. You sign up and go to each of the prizes and click to get a ticket, every hour or day. By going to the pages, ads are displayed and they make money, which is donated to the charity of the prize givers choice. Helps out everyone ;)

So I made a bot that goes to each of the prize links and clicks to get a ticket. I have mine setup with a Windows Scheduled Task. Setup a new Scheduled Task and view the Advanced properties on the Schedule tab. There you can set it to repeat the task every hour (or 61 minutes to be sure).

Unfortunately I have not won or even been in the top 10 of any prizes, but if you are, please post in the comments.

raffbot
*UPDATE*
I realized I probably should have put some info with it, but oh well. You first need to open IE and login and have it remember your login. Then just run the bot and it will read the URLs in the giveaways.txt file and go to each one and get you a ticket. You need to open IE and login and have it remember your login. You can use ctrl+alt+right arrow to skip a URL cycle. If it happens to crap out and open a million IEs, I've included close ie.exe which will close all IEs (just make sure you close it before running the bot again). Occasionaly it does screw up and either click too early or it won't close IE or something. I have some error checking, so it should get around it and continue on. Any problems just post a comment or email me.

Link to my MediaFire folder. (had to move because I couldn't remember my rapidshare password)
Also listed is my woot script and wmpnetworksvc script. The woot script just opens woot.com, used with scheduled tasks to open at 1:00am so you don't miss a woot. The wmpnetworksvc script restarts the service so it refreshes the shared files using Windows Media Player. This works if you have recently added a shared file and a computer of xbox360 doesn't see it yet.

Firefox!

2008-06-19T01:08:00.004-04:00

Yay, Firefox 3 has been released. This post is, of course, late for the Guinness record, but you still need to download it, if you haven't already. Also you can get a nifty certificate for participating.

iTunes podcast updater macro

2008-01-15T22:29:00.000-05:00

I am lazy. I don't like having to remember to open iTunes and refresh my podcasts to make sure it downloads them. So I created a little macro that will do that for me. I have it set to run everyday at 5:30 (to make sure TRS is up), using Windows Task Scheduler. It opens iTunes, refreshes the podcasts and if there is any it waits until they finish, then it syncs the iPod and closes iTunes. I made the macro using AutoHotKey so you can use exe2ahk to decompile it and edit it, if you want.
Download Link

*Info*
The macro does take control of the mouse so it will work best if you run it when you are away from the computer.

*UPDATED* AGAIN
I made it so it searches if an iPod is connected; if not, it will just close iTunes, and it should work better now.

Stuffs in the mail!

2008-01-10T19:30:00.002-05:00

Hurray for free stuffs. A few days ago I received my stuff from Playstation's RLS; which was a PS3 beanie, a Sony shirt and Sony belt. Shipping only took about 2 weeks.
I also got a $25 gift card for Best Buy from Boomertowne. Shipping took about a month or so. There ARE bots for boomertowne which make it slightly easier to get points, although it takes longer to get enough points because there is a <1000 point daily limit.

Boomertowne Bots:
Seatbelt99'sboombitches
WsRpKs and Slow958's Boomertowne Joke Bot 4.0
These bots were originally created for the cheatingnetwork.net but they have since taken down the boomertowne forums (and club live) so I cannot link to the original creators.

My rapidshare folder which I will upload and update various bots.

Tweaq's Super Awesome Flexibot Pro

2007-12-18T03:50:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I started from scratch and made my own Flexicon bot: Tweaq's Super Awesome Flexibot Pro.
This is another bot for Microsoft's Live Search Club. It is MUCH more reliably than my/Precise's modded version. It auto plays the games and pauses itself on the captchas. Check the readme for more info.
Hopefully this can tide everyone over until the big daddies finish up their bots.

semi *UPDATED*

Download Link

*SUB-POST*
Check out Playstation's Retail Loyalty Site. You're "supposed" to be an employee of some store that sells games and consoles, but you can use Best Buy's Store Locator and find your local Best Buy's store number.
Search for your Best Buy then mouseover or copy and paste the Map & Directions link. It will say something like javascript:mapanddirection('STORE NUMBER','SOMETHING ELSE'). Use the store number to sign up for RLS, or any other store's store number you want.
Then you can do the quizes and accumulate points to buy stuff on the site. The quizes are really easy and you can take them multiple times. There is a 15 quiz a day limit, but that isn't THAT big of a deal (1500 points a day isn't bad, consider the PS3 games are 3450 points). I got a nifty mouse pad in the mail today (don't even remember ordering it) and I ordered a beanie.

Modded Flexicon Pro Revenge bot

2007-12-14T02:30:00.000-05:00

I've used Precise's flexicon bot and made it semi automated. Semi as in it will pause and you enter the captcha. My version "seems" more reliable and user friendly (no offense Precise). You SHOULD be able to setup your window and icons and let it go, but things do happen.
Download Link

If anyone wants the source you can aim/email me or disassemble the program with exe2ahk

Xbox360 iTunes media hack/workaround

2007-12-07T23:29:00.000-05:00

So you've downloaded the Xbox360 December update and you're excited you can play divx and xvid (as am I), but as you may have noticed you still cannot play some iTunes files, specifically m4v (as in The Totally Rad Show and Diggnation). So I've made a little workaround, aka hack, to fix this problem. You have to make sure you have the codec on your computer (supposedly), so you can play the files. I use the k-lite codec pack, so I can play anything. And I use Windows Media Player 11 to share my media to my Xbox360 (the Zune software wouldn't share the .avi's). Anyway, you can rename the .m4v files to .avi and they will play fine on the Xbox360. I've made a simple batch script that will automatically rename all the files to .avi:

@ECHO OFF
cd C:\Documents and Settings\Tweaq\My Documents\My Music\Podcasts\The Totally Rad Show \
rename *.* *.avi

Just create a .bat file and put the four lines above in there, changing to your folder where your .m4v files are. You can have it rename as many folders as you need, just copy the bottom 2 lines and change it to the folder you need.
The only downside is that iTunes can no longer find the files and you have to delete them manually. This is acceptable to me, as I'm behind on all my shows and they are stockpiled.

*Bonus*
Use Windows Scheduled Tasks (Control Panel>Scheduled Tasks>Add Scheduled Tasks) and have Windows automatically run the .bat file and rename your files for you every day or every week.

*EDIT*
It seems iTunes is now using one folder for mp3 and m4v, so just edit the location and take out Large Quicktime, and edit the filename from *.* to *.m4v

Queries Clicker, Search Queries Bot autoclicker.

2007-09-24T03:14:00.000-04:00

I've made another auto clicker; this time for gunitsneakaz's Search Queries Bot.
You will need to download his bot separately but you can get it from here.
My macro can be downloaded here.

For more info on what I'm talking about visit Live Search Club to play games and get stuff. It DOES work as I've gotten a wireless 360 controller, movie tickets, a t-shirt, 2 360 games (PGR3), and 2 Vista Home (returned and bought a 360 Premium, with Gears of War).

*Side Note*
As I now have a 360 I could use some XBL friends, so be my friend. I'm tweaq0.

Live Search Club chicktionary macro/bot

2007-09-14T00:06:00.001-04:00

I've made a macro to use with Bam5s chickitionary bot. It's completely auto plays chicktionary without captchas (usually and hopefully)
Download link

For more info on Live Search Club go here. For more info on cheating, google around for bots or macros.
By the way it does work and you do get free stuff. I've gotten Vistas, a controller, games, movie tickets and all my friends got a Zune.

Testing a bark collar

2007-07-01T13:32:00.000-04:00

Me testing a bark collar while at work.
Had to take it down, because it showed where we work.

Justin's (aka Mormon) sweet dance moves!

2007-06-19T19:20:00.000-04:00

Dancing 101 By Justin (Mormon) - The most amazing videos are a click away

Totally Rad new catch phrases

2007-06-10T19:13:00.000-04:00

*UPDATE*
Guy 1: GUNZ!!!
Usage: Anytime at all, especially randomly.
Origin: A few Fragocitys (ETSU's lan party) ago we were trying to play some games. I had recently discovered the game Gunz. So I was trying to convince a few friends to play it by saying "DUDE, lets play some GUNZ!!!" I kept on and on, and eventually got a few friends saying it too. Now we say it at random times, such as answering the phone, using it as a euphemism for laser tag or halo3.

Guy 1: "FUCKING CORN!"
Usage: Anytime anything bad happens.
Origin: I was trying to cook corn. I tried to break what I thought was a sold block of frozen corn into two pieces, when the corn "exploded" everywhere; corn went everywhere. And the logical curse at the time was FUCKING CORN.

Guy 1: "...old style"
Usage: you can do anything old style:
"I'll kill you old style!"
"I'm going to drive this car old style!"
Origin: From a Duke Nukem prank that happened on Ventrilo. Some woman (or high-voiced kid) says s/he will kill the Duke Nukem prankster "old style". I saw the video posted on destructoid.com. Youtube

Guy 1: "Here's the dills (deals)."
Guy 2: "throw down those pickles bro, give us the dills"
Usage: Pretty self explanatory; someone is saying "here's the deal(s)"
Origin: The Totally Rad Show Episode 11: The Dills

Guy 1: "I think he's tasting Nickels!"
Usuage: When someone is freaking out or having a fit. Could also be used when someone is a bad dancer, throwing a tantrum, or generally acting in a stupid manner.
Origin: A lot of times before someone is going to have a seizure they say they have a metallic taste in their mouth. I have also heard someone specifically tasting nickel (I assume the metal).

Guy 1: "He's hot for your trot"
Usage: When another guy likes a girl, especially her ass.
Origin: I was telling some friends that I like d a girl, and that she had a very nice ass. My friend told another girl to tell her I was "hot for her trot."

Guy 1: "You're the news!"
Usuage: In response to any argument, especially if you are losing.
Origin: From Brian Posehn's music video, Metal By Numbers. There is a skit in which Brian is watching a metal video when and his "dad" comes to say that what he is watching isn't the news, Brian retorts with "You're the news!"

My shirts

2007-06-05T20:23:00.000-04:00

Here are some shirts I've made and am selling from cafepress.

firenation0
bloodsplatter36
Tweaq

As you can hopefully recognize, the first link is is to some Fire Nation and Fire Bending clothing from Avatar: The Last Airbender, which is an excellent show. The second is just a bloody idea, that didn't work as well as I would have liked. And the third is just other ideas.

Schrodinger's LOLcat (Pic)

2007-06-01T17:16:00.001-04:00

One of the best and nerdiest LOLcat images.

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Watch videos (illegally) online and more!

2007-05-31T00:07:00.000-04:00

Posted on banklocater, Joox lets you watch (probably) hundreds (maybe thousands) of videos online for freesies. That have a lot of movies, quite a bit new(er) movies, tv shows, comedy stuff, cartoons, music videos and some other crap that no one wants to watch like documentaries, bollywood and foreign movies, and anime. They use the divx web player so it's very nice quality. They even have the .divx file to download.
So watch some videos while you can
Joox.net

Also Karl is back, sort of. zarlwilliam.blogspot.com
Comics are awesome. Online comics are good, too
Freaking genius/awesome
WOOT OFF!

That is all, move along.

Bittorrent Private Tracker Invites

2007-05-29T01:44:00.000-04:00

I have some invites to some private trackers and thought I would share. As you're not supposed to post the full name of the site, you will just have to google around to figure out what it is.
TL-4
Acid-3
TD-2
Demonoid-?

If you would like an invite either email me or leave your email address in the comments. If you do get an invite PLEASE keep up a good ratio.
I still need an hdbits invite, I would like to trade the Demonoid invite as everyone really wants that and I don't know how many I have. I have a 1.7 ratio on TL, 7 on AL, and a 2 on TD, 3.3 on Oink, a 92 on Midnight-torrents and over 1 on everything else (or at least I'm still uploading).

The Joker

2007-05-20T18:04:00.001-04:00

Here is an actual/official image of Heath Ledger as the Joker in the upcoming The Dark Knight

Human Giant 24!

2007-05-19T11:12:00.001-04:00

Well this is a little late posting but still, Human Giant is/was on for 24 solid hours. They want/wanted everyone to visit humangiant.mtv.com so they could get 1 million hits and get another season, and they did.
Also the other reason for posting is I was on the air (fuck yea!) at around 10:10 EST, I'm Kevin. If anyone has it recorded or whatever if you could hook me up with the video I would, in return, give you a private torrent site invite. I have AL, torrentleech, torrent-damage, and MAYBE demonoid.

*UPDATE*
Wow, that was quick. It was most likely the digg comment but Chad has come through and found the link on mtv's website. Thanks Chad!

TV shows everyone should be watching

2007-05-14T04:42:00.000-04:00

Here is a list of the BEST shows that I watch every week or will be watching once they return and I think that everyone should be watching (or at least give them a try). I'm rating these by how excited I am that they are coming on, when I start to get excited, how great the writing and/or acting is, and/or how much of an emotional roller coaster I may go on.
Such as with The Office and Supernatural, I can go from actually laughing out loud to tearing up/crying. Because if I am that emotional over a show they have made the show very well; that I feel about the characters and/or story. And with South Park it is just genius writing.

In order of air day then awesomeness.

Futurama (Comedy Central when it returns)
Monday:
Heroes (NBC) tv.com
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) tv.com
Prison Break (FOX) tv.com
Honorable Mention:
The Riches (FX) tv.com
New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) tv.com
Two and a Half Men (CBS) tv.com

Tuesday:
The Real Hustle (BBC3, Court TV) tv.com Not sure when it comes on, but it airs on Court TV in August.
The Unit (CBS) tv.com
Honorable Mention:
NCIS (CBS) tv.com

Wednesday:
South Park (Comedy Central) tv.com
MythBusters (Discovery) tv.com
Honorable Mention:
Halfway Home (Comedy Central) tv.com

Thursday:
The Office (NBC) tv.com
Supernatural (CW) tv.com
Scrubs (NBC) tv.com
Hustle (AMC, BBC1) tv.com
Penn & Teller: Bullshit (Showtime) tv.com
Smallville (CW) tv.com
My Name is Earl (NBC) tv.com
CSI (CBS) tv.com
The bottom 3 are very close.

Friday:
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon) tv.com
Psych (USA Network) tv.com
Las Vegas (NBC) tv.com
Numb3rs (CBS) tv.com

Sunday:
Venture Brothers (Adult Swim) tv.com
King of the Hill (FOX) tv.com
American Dad (FOX) tv.com
Entourage (HBO) tv.com
Robot Chicken (Adult Swim) tv.com
Reno 911 (Comedy Central) tv.com
Moral Orel (Adult Swim) tv.com
Family Guy (FOX) tv.com
The Simpsons (FOX) tv.com

Most of the other shows can be downloaded from tvtorrents.com or possibly through your favorite private tracker. Although these shows are actually worth buying.

I know there are a few missing shows that are coming back, I just can't remember them. Some of the show positions are kind of iffy, except for the top shows; it's hard to decide because some episodes and seasons are better than others. If you disagree with this list, then you are wrong. But please post your own list anyway, or a rebuttal, or reasons a show should be higher, or your own show that should be on the list, so that I may mock you.

Pwning Laser tag n00bs

2007-04-17T00:41:00.000-04:00

This is a picture of me and Jordan (Reaper) pwning some n00bs at laser tag at Fun Expedition. Note: Jordan is awesome and put our names in for our vests because he's awesome.

I'm a movie producer!!

2007-03-27T22:33:00.000-04:00

And you can be one too. Via digg is the1secondfilm. It's pretty much what the url says, a one second film. It is a non-profit "film" that anyone can donate to and be listed as a producer in the 90 minute credits. All profits made from the film will be donate to charity. And what's even cooler than that is that celebs are getting in on the action: from Pauly Shore to Seth Green to Stephen Colbert to Kiefer Sutherland (who has donated over $600).
So head on over to the1secondfilm.com, register, and donate at least $1 and become a producer; even if you don't want to help out a charity, you can become a credited producer.

Hack the Gibson Screensaver

2007-03-21T11:54:00.001-04:00

A nice screensaver that looks like you are "hacking the Gibson" from the movie Hackers.

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Online Multiplayer in Emulated Games

2007-03-07T03:08:00.000-05:00

With the news of TMNT Arcade coming to XBLA I decided to bust out Mame32 and play some TMNT. While that was fun, (even setting it up to control 2 (or even all 4) turtles at the same time using a controller was fun too), I ventured off to find some online play. And lo and behold there is an addon of sorts for most emulators, including Mame32. It's Mame32 with Kaillera to play classic arcade multiplayer games online. So here is a tutorial/guide so you can play online MAME (and other emulated) games.

1. Download a supported emulator. Right now there are 17 supported emulators, so you can take your pick but I'm only talking about MAME.

MAME Emulators- Mame32k seems to work better, but you may have better luck with HK2illera V9.
Kaillera supported emulator list

2. Download some games to play. Most people are playing the 2D fighting games: Street Fighter II, King of Fighters, and the Marvel/Capcom fighters. Although you can run whatever multiplayer game you want.

Rom Nation- I recommend this site, as all the roms worked.
Rom Hustler- also good, they have n64 roms.
Make sure you download the correct game for the game being played in the server. It's easier to identify the correct rom from Rom Nation as they list more info about each rom. I'm going into all the details of where to put the rom and how to set everything up, you can Google that.

3. Run your emulator and go to File> Play network game, Netplay, Kaillera or whatever.
4. Enter a username and select a server or enter the IP if you know a specific server, more on that later.

5. You will see the list of players at the right, the chat at the left, and the games at the bottom. Select a game that is Waiting and click join. You have to have the game to play, although in ZSnes you can (supposedly) send someone the game. You can also create your own game by clicking Create New Game, and selecting the game. Once enough people are in (with the correct connection speed) you can start the game.

6. ?????

7. Profit!!!

Running your own server:
1. Download the server from Kaillera
2. Edit the kaillerasrv.conf file to your liking. Such as changing the server name, location, url, or messages.
3. Run kaillerasrv.exe or your OS's equivalent.
When you refresh the list of servers yours will be listed.

While this method is definitely no Xbox Live, Xbox live also doesn't have The Simpsons, King of Fighters, Super Smash Bros, or any of the Marvel Fighting games. It's kind of touch and go but it works. I played Super Smash Bros at 320x240 @ 60fps. (as a test), there are occasionally hiccups but its definitely playable.

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Family Murdered from Guitar Hero 2 Song

2007-03-04T18:59:00.000-05:00

Brian Smith has been playing video games since he was a young boy; he has grown up with almost every console. But a popular guitar playing video game for the Playstation 2 has proven too much for even him. Brian claims that even before he finished the bonus song Yes We Can by Made in Mexico something in him snapped and he was compelled to murder his entire family. He stated "I was just trying to complete the game, I bought all the other songs in the game and this was the last one; it didn't seem any different". He went on to say, "I was playing the song and doing pretty good, but the song was really bad." Others have stated Yes We Can is the worst song in Guitar Hero 2 or anywhere else. Police are still investigating the matter of whether Brian had some other motive for the slaughter or if the game actually triggered or even "told" him to murder his family.
Brian is still being tested for conclusive proof, but doctors have confirmed Brian has developed cochlear cancer. Tests are still being concluded on where Yes We Can was the cause of the cancer, or some other horribly song in the game. It is unknown if Brian Smith or RedOctane, the creator of Guitar Hero 2, will be brought up on charges. The State may try to rehabilitate Brian is tests prove the game was at fault.

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Damn these great prices.....they keep pulling me back in!

2007-02-04T00:23:00.000-05:00

I discovered this site via dealsplus. It's called dealextreme. There was a deal on there for noise isolation earbuds for $2.68 shipped and I couldn't pass it up. After I bought those I then decided to browse the rest of the site, I know I should have done it beforehand but I got excited and ordered quickly. After browsing and telling my friend, Gary, he talked me into buying $13 worth of more stuff (he spent about $20). I ended up getting the earbuds, a LED power gyro wrist ball, compact led flashlight, and LED keychain light. All that for $15.91 shipped. I ordered everything on 1/23/06 and received the larger order on 2/3/07, which was the expected shipping time. The items are coming from Hong Kong so quality wise, I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. The flashlights are extremely bright and well constructed. The compact flashlight is a little jank on the inside, but once together it is very solid. And the gyro ball thingy works great and it is extremely addicting, even though my arms are killing me.

I am not getting any compensation for this post, I just think more people, specifically the nerds, should check out the site. They have all sorts of gadgets, accessories (iPod, gaming, camera and cell phone), cables, converters, dongles, adapters and loads of flashlights. They even have 20mw green laser pointers for $39.99 or the 5mw for $26.03 and free shipping on both. Actually, the have free shipping on a lot of items and the items that aren't free shipping, its usually less than a few dollars. They also have a pocket RC helicopter for $23.50 or a PS2 to USB converter for $5.90 or a 128 LED flashlight $25.68 shipped(if ordered alone) and much, much more.

As I said before, I'm not getting paid for this or anything I'm just trying to pass around a great site. So at least look around and check out all the stuffs. I will definitely be ordering more stuff.
Deal Extreme
Digg it and help spread the word.

*UPDATE*
I finally received the earbuds. They're not too bad. They look almost exactly like the Apple In Ear buds. I'm not much of an audiophile, but I can tell a difference; though it's probably due to the inear thingy. I can definitely hear all the static in my (crappy) mp3s. The bass could definitely be better, not even close to have a sub.
Its hard to get them to stay in my ear, so they stick out weird and look kind of dumb. You can tell the plastic is a little cheap and if you sqeeze the in ear rubber thing you can hear the plastic in the speaker sqeezing.
But other than than they are pretty good earbuds, especially for under $3. I will probably be ordering more with my next order.

Albert Pacino...MIA

2006-12-27T21:30:00.000-05:00

As some of you may come to realize, Albert Pacino has been missing for 344 days; almost a year. Some of you may say "but Pacino has been in some recent movies and he's filming Ocean's 13". Well first, the most recent movie that Pacino has been in is Two for the Money from 2005 and second that is Alfredo Pacino.
I'm talking about albertpacino of Digg fame. If you have been on digg before December 6, 2005 then you would have more than likely heard of albertpacino or one of his stories. During his reign at digg one of his stories was featured on almost every episode of diggnation. albertpacino was the top user at digg during his time, but has since been surpassed by digitalgopher. Although he has been missing for almost a year he is still the 2nd top user at digg.

So I am asking the digg community, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht and the world, where has albertpacino gone? Was he in some tragic accident? Did he have to get rid of his computer? Could he no longer access the internet? Has he moved on to "better" things? Was he taken out by some big digg conspiracy? Did digg pay him off to give other users a chance? Was Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht sick of reading his stories? Did Jay Adelson have enough of this albertpacino fellow? Was he assassinated by the other top users or the digg community at the time? Could he no longer take the pressure of being the top user at digg? It seems that he just disappeared. There were a few users questioning his disappearance, there may have been a few stories, but other than that...nothing. Could digg really be hiding the top user?

As I am only one lowly digg user it is quite difficult for me to find him. Maybe Kevin or Jay could help us out, or if anyone knows him or an email address or anything. We need to find him or at least why he left; he just suddenly left, from all the cop dramas I watch, that screams suspicion.
I, and the few others that care, need answers! We miss you albertpacino; may we never forget.

2 Different JLA #1 Covers

2006-11-01T23:49:00.000-05:00

Me and Shabazz have noticed that there are 2 versions of the Justice League of America #1 cover. The 1st print A and B cover, and one that is used for the 2nd printing and online (it's hard to find the A/B covers unless it's an actual scan). It seams the 1st printing cover is the new JLA arrangement and the 2nd printing version has the older JLA arrangement. In the new version The Atom and Elongated Man are missing, although Dr. Fate is there. Other than that, why is there 2 versions? Or why did "they" change the online covers to the actual printed covers?

The 1st printing covers:

The 2nd printing/online cover:

Another Funny UFC Screenshot

2006-10-28T23:54:00.000-04:00

This is a screen shot taken from the recent UFC 64. It's kind of childish, but Shabazz noticed it (thats says a lot about where he's at), and we thought it was pretty funny. And if you don't see why it's funny, then you're obviously too sophisticated for my blog.

It says Ground And Pound if you can't read it. Also, I know what ground and pound is and why it's there, they just could have found a better place to put it.

Digg Dupe Category Suggestion

2006-10-11T00:22:00.000-04:00

I'm hoping with the successfulness of this blog post that maybe the Digg team with add a Dupe category. While most people hates duplicates stories on digg, especially when they reach the frontpage, some people don't spend all day on digg (why not?) and they miss some stories or links. While I DO spend all day on digg I occasionally miss a story, too. It would be nice to have a Dupe category where users can submit top stories or good stories again so they have a better chance of being seen. And having the category seperate other users can filter out the Dupe category and not have it shown at all. There would have to be restrictions of the submissions of course, such as:

only stories older than 4 weeks that didn't make it to the front page

only stories older than 2 weeks that DID make it to the front page

the original submiter may be able to "resubmit" their story to the queue of upcomming stories after 3 weeks.

someone who has dugg a story could resubmit it after a a period of time.

Such as I submit a story, it doesn't make it to the front page, so after 4 weeks or so I could "resubmit" it by just clicking a button and it would add it back into the queue. A digger of my story may be able to resubmit my story after say 3 weeks (it's not as bad if someone that likes your story resubmits it, rather than you spamming it). Or my story makes it to the frontpage and I or a digger could resubmit it after 2 weeks and it could automatically make it to the Dupe frontpage, so others can read about it, without have to go and search for it.

Or you could just make it simple and after 4 weeks without it being on the frontpage you can resubmit it to the Dupe category, or after 2 weeks and it promotes right to the Dupe frontpage; or something similar.

I hope they (as in the Digg development team) could implement this feature as it would provide a place to read old stories that have been promoted and people would stop yelling "DUPE", at least in all the other categories.

There also seems to be a bug where the same story will appear multiple times on different pages. I've noticed this serveral times with different stories, where A story will be on the main frontpage, and also page 3 and 4 in different spots (under and above different stories).

Best comic book fan films/trailers

2006-09-29T15:39:00.000-04:00

Here is the YouTube playlist I have made from the best comic fan films/trailers around the internets.
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Or the embeded player to watch them here:

And here are some others where you can either download the full quality version or the ones that weren't on YouTube.

Collora Studios:
World's Finest
Batman:Dead End

Untamed Cinemas:
Grayson

Blinky Productions

Green Arrow Fan Film:
Green Arrrow on iFilm

Calamity House Productions:
Green Lantern:New Dawn

MDI Film:
A Joker's Card

Redcape Cinema:
Wonder Woman:Battle of Justice
Wonder Woman:Balance of Power

Rockart Digital:
Harley and Selina

Bat in the Sun:
Batman Beyond: Year One
Dark Justice
Patient J
Batman Legends

Something old, something new...

2006-09-27T21:58:00.000-04:00

I meant to post this earlier but I didn't, so I am now.
This was originally on digg and its badass. The link goes to the Wired story. Someone has discovered how to hack an ATM (and set it up to give him free money) using the legally obtained operator's manual. Here's the CNN coverage of the intial hack:

Super thanks to dnthomps for the actual manual, that I tried to find (for a few minutes). Although I did find these Quick Ref manuals (using the default password of 123456). I also found the full manual for the Triton 97xx series.

Revision 3 has been revamped, releasing serveral new shows, new episodes (THEBROKEN!) and a new site.

Lego Star Wars II (Demonoid alt) is an awesome game. Just thought I should say that with a link ;) and this link

We'll eventually have the Infinite Crisis meeting. Also LASER TAG FRIDAY, BITCHES! @ the Fun Expedition.

Weird Al's White & Nerdy Video

2006-09-18T00:24:00.000-04:00

Wierd Al pwns again with his new song/video, White and Nerdy; a parody of Ridin' Dirty.

*Fixed*

Youtube Link

Next meeting

2006-09-16T23:34:00.000-04:00

We were going to read Superman: Red Son, but after about half of the first book neither of us (Shabazz or me) were too interested. Also Shabazz has to go to his cousins birthday party tomorrow, so we're postponing tomorrow's meeting. So for next week we're going to read Infinite Crisis, and maybe a couple of single crossovers. We're still recruiting and may have picked up a guy I work with, and Joseph may finally get in. So if you're local to me and are into comics, pick up Infinite Crisis and you can join us. There may be punch and pie...and hats.

Comic Book Club- Meeting 4

2006-09-12T20:01:00.000-04:00

Well we finally had our meeting, but it was a quick one. We talked about The Return of Hawkman. A storyline within the JSA series. According to comicbookdb.com The TPB had the issues 16 through 26 plus the Secret Files and Origins #1, but according to the actual trade it was only 16 through 25. So you can select just the ones you want to download from the torrent above and read what you want, I read 26 and it was pretty good.

The story overall wasn't bad. The trade seemed more like two stories in one that slightly overlapped. The story before Hawkman returned was better. The way they brought Hawkman back was pretty lame and quick. Hawkgirl reached into the "magic well of spirits" or whatever and pulled him out. It was convenient because they needed him to lead the battle against Synn. I tried to get into these stories more, but didn't know who most of the villians were or what they were about, but I tried via wikipedia. Most of the battles were nicely done. Such as when all the villians bum rushed the JSA headquater and semi took it over (I just like seeing the heroes getting owned, I think it's because it makes the story seem more real if they're losing). Or Synn punching Black Adam to another planet only to have him come back later and punch him through the floating city. Or the Lizard guy eating Atom Smasher only to have him smash through his insides. The final battle was definatly the lamest part of these stories, Hawkman and Hawkgirl kisses and Synn (composed of Thanagar and Nth metal) explodes; seemed really rushed.

In conclusion unless you really like Hawkman, Synn, Thanagar or the JSA you could avoid this storyline as it doesn't add to much to the storylines. You could just wikipedia it. Also "they" messed up Hawkman and the Thanagarians flying. According to Wikipedia they fly via Nth metal in their belts, that allows them to defy gravity. But according to most newer stories (even Identity Crisis) he just needs the wings, which can be removed. (Shabazz noted during the "x-ray" shocking of Hawkgirl there were bones in her wings.

Next week we're probably reading Superman Red Son. But I/we may change that.

Coke machine hack

2006-09-11T19:52:00.000-04:00

I saw this on digg and needed to post the video. You can get up to three drinks for the price of one. But it has to be the machine with the conveyor belt.

Here is his temporary website
Here is the normal

We didn't have our meeting yesterday, but I think we will soon, I guess.

Comic Book Club- Meeting 3

2006-09-05T19:58:00.000-04:00

Our third meeting was this past Sunday. We decided to read "The Fall of Hal Jordan". It was a short story arc from the Infinite Crisis Final torrent. It's not official an arc and it obviously wasn't, but we read it anyway.
The story picks up right after Mongul destorys Coast City, and Hal is pissed. So he goes after Mongul and tries to recreate his city, but the Guardians won't allow it. So Hal freaks out and wants ALL the Green Lantern power to recreate his city.
Shabazz didn't like this story, it is his least favorite of the three. I thought it was pretty good. I think we would have liked it more if we had read a few comics before and a few after. The art is obviously Silver/Bronze age, and we're not really fans, although it's better than what I can do, so I guess it's pretty great.
Hal really kicks alot of ass in this story, as in pwnage. I would have liked to see the Lanterns put up a little more of a fight though or team up or something. I know he was/is the best but he just mowed them down, even Sinestro (although we looked up later to find out what happened to Sinestro). That always helps with a story: Wikipedia. During a meeting we'll usually look up various things to get a better understanding and find out what happens before and after, which I think helped Shabazz like it a little more after we found out what happened before and after.
In Conclusion it was a good story about Hal Jordan and his break down, but you/we really should read the rest of the Return of Superman and whatever was after this. So I would recommend this story if you're a fan of Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern Corps, or are reading some of the newer Green Lantern stuff. Other than that you could just read about Hal and the Corps on Wikipedia.
Next up is The Return of Hawkman
I think I may start linking to the torrents where you can download the books we talk about, if anyone is interested in this leave a comment.

Comic Book Club- Meeting 2

2006-08-27T23:20:00.000-04:00

This is our second meeting, and still only Shabazz showed up. Joseph didn't read the comic, mostly because of my iPod and his computer.
We read Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer. Peciles by Rags Morales, inks by Mike Bair, colors by Alex Sinclair and letters by Kenny Lopex; with Mike Caalin and Valerie D'Orazio as Editor and Assistant Editor. Overall this is one of the best stories I've (and Shabazz) have read. This is the only story I've read by Meltzer but love his work, and I can't wait for more of the new JLA.
*Spoiler Alert* The basis of the story is someone kills Sue Dibney, Elongated Man's wife. But Meltzer takes it MUCH deeper than that: It turns out, Jean Lorring, Ray Palmer's (The Atom) ex wife, steals one of his older suits and steps on Sue's brain to "knock her out", but accidently kills her. She wanted to just hurt her to frighten everyone, including The Atom, so they would turn to their loved ones. It worked, as Ray and Jean got back together, and all the other heroes held their loved ones a little tighter. Until he figured out what she had done. At first a small group of the Justice League believed Dr. Light to have killed Sue because he had previously attacked and raped her. Come to find out that small group had erased his mind and altered his personality, along with Batman's. Batman had came to the tower just has they were erasing his mind and they had to erase Batman's mind also.
The artists did a very nice job. The scene with Dr. Light and Sue was amazing and horrible. Dr. Light looked very sadistic and frightening. They didn't actually show what was happening but you could clearly tell what Dr. Light was doing, which was quite scarey. And the scenes with Robin and his dad were amazing. The first time I read it I was actually scared and sympathetic for Robin, for everyone that lost someone; you could see their fear and pain. And Meltzer taking it that far was incredible. It seems (at least for me) that when someone dies in a comic that it is actually happening, a real story, instead of a movie or game when I know it isn't real and (usually) don't care for the character. But Meltzer and all the other writers made us care for Sue and her death. But in a comic the person is gone, forever, or at least for a while, and you see and feel the emotions of the characters, you have a connection with them. In this story there is about three times when I, or anyone would cry or at least come close to it: Sue's death, Jack's death, and the end.
Although I love this story there are a FEW things that were "wrong". Shabazz noted that it didn't explain how Sue Dibney knew how to tie a bowline knot with a Dutch marine twist (which was a boyscout knot) and why Green Arrow didn't stab Deathstroke in the good eye; Jean went to insane extremes to get Ray back (I know that it was for love but she could have just hired Boomerang to kidnap her or something similar); nothing happened to Lois Lane after she received the threat. Shabazz also said he thought Batman was spying on Ray Palmer (The Atom) and Jean Lorring as he figured out the mystery right when Ray did. But I assume it was just a coincedence or a timing thing, showing they both figured it out. But it does go along with Brother Eye in O.M.A.C. Project with Batman keeping tabs on the heroes.

In conclusion, the story is excellent, the art is superb, the action is action packed and the mystery is suspensful. I would suggest everyone read this, especially if you're reading later stories. A lot of the later stories (Infinite Crisis, 52, Day of Vengeance) reference Sue's death and it's good to know what happened. I hope the new JLA is just as great.

We're not sure what we're reading next. If anyone has any suggestions, please email me or post it in the comments. We're thinking of Quiver (the death and "rebirth" of Green Arrow) or Archer's Quest (a Green Arrow story by Brad Meltzer).

Our first Comic Book Club meeting...

2006-08-21T02:19:00.000-04:00

Yesterday (Sunday) was our first meeting. We discussed Day of Vengeance, the Infinite Crisis crossover/prelude.
Shabazz was the only one that showed up, because Joseph's Civil War comics were stolen (he also didn't get the comic) and Chris just sucks. Anyway, we pretty much agreed on everything. Overall it was an OK storyline. I had the trade paperback so I had to inform Shabazz of some stuff. The Nature of Magic prologue was kind of lame but Lightening Strikes Twice was great. I liked the art in it much better that Day of Vengeance. Occasionally in Day of Vengeance it seemed the art was too compacted or "actiony"; I can't think of the right word. In some panels it was hard to tell what was happening. Such as when Ragman is absorbing someone, or the Spectre is taking a soul. Some of the dialog was out of place, especially during the battles. It was funny, just out of place. The overall story was OK. Neither of us were thrilled about it, mainly because we hadn't heard of the Shadowpact and we're not too big on magic. Although I mainly picked it up because I'm getting more into Captain Marvel and wanted to read more of him. I did like the way they left many loose ends to branch out other stories. Such as what happened to Dr. Fate and Madame Xanadu, what will happen to the Shazam magic, what will happen will all the "ancient evils" and seven deadly sins, did any other magic artifacts land, what was up with that girl getting owned by debris, will that old guy destory a city, what will Black Alice do now, and what happens to the Spectre (I guess I could read the new Spectre); Shabazz also mentioned the Atom's (ex)wife obiting the sun. Also we loved the token black bicycler in the third issue when Nightshade and Bobo were in suburbia; he was just funny.

In conclusion, the story wasn't too bad, but could have been better. Willingham (writer) could have introduced some magical heroes early on and have the Spectre kill them, so we would have been attached to them when he killed them, and cared for them. Instead the Spectre mass murdered them in the forest and we didn't see who they were or cared they died. I would probably only recommend this book to someone who was interest in the Shadowpact, Eclipso and the Spectre, the magics. Although it did explain some little things from the later comics. Such as the Shadowpact, The Trials of Shazam, and maybe the Spectre and Blue Beetle. So if you don't plan of reading Day of Vengeance, all you really need to know is: Eclipso came back, seduced the Spectre into destorying all magic, Captain Marvel and the Shadowpact held them off, and Shazam sacrificed himself to "stop" the Spectre.

Next week we're (hopefully Joseph and Chris too) reading Identity Crisis (Brad Meltzer!) and The Amazing Screw-On Head (Mike Mignola!). I've already read Identity Crisis so I know of its awesomeness and I've seen the Screw-On Head pilot and I can't wait to read the original. (I can't wait for Brad Meltzer's JLA).

Oprah's Book Club...for nerds!

2006-08-15T00:08:00.001-04:00

I've come up with a GENIUS idea: Oprah's Book Club for comics. It may sound dumb on the surface but let me explain:
It's still a work in progress, but me and some friends decide what book(s) to read for that week. Then, on Sunday we get together and discuss the book(s). Such as, we will talk about the story, what happened, what will happen, catch each other up on the back story, and talk about the art. Pretty much everything (I guess) Oprah does at her book clubs but with comics, and guys. I got the idea from listening to Raging Bullets comic podcast and wanting to talk to them while they were reviewing a book. So I talked to some of my (nerd) friends and they liked the idea, as they also like comics and talking about them.

Up first is the Infinite Crisis crossover Day of Vengeance. I'll post back Sunday on how it went. Next week is at least The Amazing Screw On Head and probably something from Marvel (to please ~~Joseph~~ SymbiotSpider).

Salute Your Shorts on the Tube

2006-08-12T01:13:00.001-04:00

I've uploaded 9 episodes of Salute Your Shorts and I plan on uploading a few more.
My playlists-It also has Amazing Screw on Head and The Simpsons animatics

Or if you prefer to download it, here's the torrent

*UPDATE*
Well I have been pwned by YouTube. Because of Who Wants To Be A Superhero they've delete my account and ALL my videos, sorry guy; though you may still be able to watch them. I'm trying to get them to reinstate me, but I'm not holding my breathe on that one.

Simpsons Movie animatics

2006-07-29T03:18:00.000-04:00

I've found, or rather they found me, 2 rough animatics from the upcomming Simpsons Movie. These clips were shown at Comic-Con where someone managed to record them. I've resynced the audio for both of them, but they are still shakey.
Deleted
My YouTube account was deleted, along with all my videos.

New (comic) shows

2006-07-28T03:58:00.000-04:00

I just finished watching the pilot screener for Heroes and it is incredible. It's about several people all over the world whom discover they have a super power. It looks like it is/could be a great series, as long as they don't cheese it up. There were a couple of twists and setups that could expand the story (even more); hopefully it will live up to all the hype (it should).
Heroes torrent

I've also "found" the Aquaman pilot screener, ~~which is going to be a mid season replacement on The CW~~ (a merger of the WB and UPN). I've just read that it is definatly NOT going to be a series. I haven't watched it yet, but the trailer for the pilot looked promising.
Aquaman torrent

Also Who Wants To Be a Super Hero aired (I think) tonight. I didn't watch it, but I am going to download it and check it out, just because its "super heroes" and Stan Lee. Other than that, it looks REALLY stupid. From the previews and the website, it looks like some retarded people trying to get into television. There is maybe one or two people that seem like they (the character and person) could make a good "super hero".
*UPDATE*
Ok I just watched WWTBASH and it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. There are still some assinine "heroes", such as Fat Momma and Cell Phone Girl. (damnit, I hate them). Other than the stupid characters, the purpose of the show isn't that bad. Stan Lee is testing the people on being "super human". As in changing into their costume, without being seen, and racing to the finish line. But the true test was to stop and help a lost little girl, which is what a true hero would. So this reality show might not be too bad.
WWTBASH torrent

And Attack of the Show's Comic-Con specials: (via Sladinki007)
7-21-06
7-24-06
7-25-06

Comic Movie News

2006-07-25T20:16:00.000-04:00

A lot was/is being accounced at Comic-con. So far: Heath Ledger is playing The Joker in the Batman Begins sequel. The Aquaman trailer is now on iTunes for $1.99. I may end up buying it and posting it. And Superherohype.com has a teaser poster for the Iron Man movie.

They also have info on DC's dvd releases. They have a post about the Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. video distribution of DC Universe's DVD movies that will be comming out. The first 3, due out in late 2007 early 2008, will be Justice League: New Frontier, Superman: Doomsday, and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. They will be releasing 2-3 movies every year, with titles including Green Lantern (w00t), the Flash, and Wonder Woman. Visit SHH for the whole article.

Other comic related links:

Comiclist.com-They post a list of the week's upcomming comics, also they post about other comic related news.

Comic Book Resources-all about comics.

Super Hero Hype-And of course, Super Hero Hype. Everything relating to super heroes, and other stuff that nerds would like.

w00ts, TMNT!!!

2006-07-20T23:16:00.000-04:00

I just saw on digg Apple has posted the first trailer to the upcomming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. I think i just wet myself. From the look of the trailer, it looks like it may be a darker movie (hopefully) with the usually Michelangelo humour. If you watched the trailer the you (hopefully) noticed they're using all CGI this time; which may or may not be a good thing.
Pros:

A lot more and bigger battles.

More, bigger, and better effects.

Better/more elaborate camera work.

Easier to control lighting and mood.

Better Lipsych.

It will all blend together, instead of having live action actors and CGI.

Cons:

Not as nostalgic.

Could be seen as more for children (as in resembling a "cartoon")

Won't be as dramatic as seeing 4 "real life" turtles on the screen.

But either way I will definantly be seeing it in theaters; The Ninja Turtles rock. Hopefully it will be a darker movie, maybe with actually killing.

Image and links

2006-07-17T22:39:00.000-04:00

I just thought this was funny:

Because YouTube deleted my Brian Posehn interview, I've uploaded it to rapidshare.
Snick422's Blog
Zarl William's blog
Bank Locator's blog
Ctrl+Alt+Del comic
Afrotech Mods-rocks your mom.
Metku-where I started modding.
Bleach Eating Freaks-ummm yea
Replacementdocs.com-incase you "lost" a manual to a (pirated) game.

Amazing Screw On Head

2006-07-16T15:51:00.000-04:00

Based on the comic; from the creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola, comes a potential new show for the Sci-Fi channel. Right now it's just a pilot, but if enough people vote for it it may become a show. It's pretty awesome: hilarity, vampires, zombies, Patton Oswalt, a butler, "history", and Paul Giamatti as the Amazing Screw on Head. So after you love it, make sure you go to scifi.com and fill out the survey to make this a series.
The premise is President Lincoln calls for the help of the Amazing Screw On Head to help with various national problems, that will be erased from the history books. Based on the comic from Mike Mignola

*UPDATE*
Re-uploaded to Google Video

I ripped this from the Sci-fi website, just for you.

Conan's Interview with Brian

2006-07-15T21:15:00.001-04:00

Well here it is, finally: Conan O'Brien's interview with Brian Posehn. It's one of the funniest interviews I've seen in a while.

*UPDATE*
YouTube has removed the video for violation of the (bullshit) DMCA. So if you still want to see the interview you can download the torrent.

OMGZ ROFLCOPTER!!!!111!!!111!!!!

2006-07-12T01:39:00.000-04:00

OMGZ conan o'brien just started talking about Light Sabers after talking about Klingons!!11!! OMG i can't believe he just got the wrong movies LOLOLZ !!!11!!!!11!!1 AHHAHA i can't believe he put star wars with star trek. CONAN IS SUCH A N00B HAHAHALOLZROFL

lol anyway. If you watched Conan tonight, that ^ was hilarious; it was an interview with Brian Posehn. I will post the entire interview later today. It was one of the funniest Conans I've seen in a while. Also check out Brian Posehn's myspace and his new music video, and then his comedy, he rocks and funnys my pants off.

Salute Your Shorts episodes

2006-07-10T20:54:00.000-04:00

I've uploaded 4 episodes of the old nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts to Youtube. Here's the direct link to the playlist

*Edit*
I've just uploaded another episode, and am working on another 2.

damn css

2006-07-10T03:03:00.000-04:00

Well I've been trying to create my own template for my blog, but that hasn't turned out so well. I created a layout in Photoshop and threw it into Dreamweaver. I had almost everything working, but couldn't seem to get the posts to work like I wanted; also the styles didn't seem to work in Firefox. So I've started over and created a new layout, and maybe I/a friend can get it working right.

If anyone thinks they can help, I'm trying to get the left pane (and maybe the right pane)to "expand" down as more posts are added (or as more archives or whatever are added); I saw it on the template Top Secret.

As for other news: Comedy Central has a killer lineup on Sundays now, as does Adult Swim but thats not really new. I don't remember the exact schedule, but it was Chappelle's Lost Episodes, Mind of Mencia, Reno 911, so I would recommend torrenting those; also Dane Cook's Tourgasm and Entourage (I've started watching it this season, and it's pretty good). Oh and UFC 61 was Saturday so I'd recommend picking that up too.

Acid Lounge-super fast bittorrent site

2006-07-04T15:49:00.000-04:00

If anyone is interested I have 10 invites for Acid-Lounge.net. They usually get about all the releases with users posting other stuff. And the big kicker is: I usually download at around 250kb/s, but its always over 150kb/s. So if you want an invite, just post a comment or email me or whatever.

Cheap games and free money

2006-07-03T14:54:00.000-04:00

As you may have seen on various sites, Circuit City is having an $8.96 4th of July Sale. For a complete list of games visit:
this post
or cheapassgamer
While that is great in itself there is a little extra. You can buy a game then return it to Walmart (unopened) for full Walmart price (on giftcard), on some games you can make $40. I've looked up some of the games and here are some of the better "deals"
Spyro (DS)- $29.99
Antigravity (PS2)-$49.99
Karaoke Revolution Bundle (Xbox)-maybe $49.99
DDR Ultramix 2 (Xbox)-$39.99
Tiger Woods PGA (PSP)-$29.99
Need for Speed (PSP)-$29.99

I know there are alot more, at better "deals" just don't feel like looking. If anyone has anymore please post in the comments or email me or IM me, and i'll update.

linkies for all

2006-07-01T22:03:00.000-04:00

Here are some good links for "everyone":
digg-if you don't visit digg, i hate you.
hacked gadgets-nice site for various mods, hacks, and cool gadgets.
bank locater-nice blog, with random posts of women, videos, and an assortment of good stuff.
zarl william's randomstuff-nice blog with posts of great links, including: deals, free stuff, and mods/hacks
imakeprojects-this guys is a making genius. he posts an EXCELLANT project every 2 weeks.

Really, who cares.

2006-07-01T20:41:00.000-04:00

It's not like anyone is actually reading this or even cares. So I'm really typing to myself, so if I read this it's kind of like I'm talking to myself...from the past. If only I had some nifty wisdom for myself.
Anyway, I did the calculations for Superman Returns and Superman would have to fly at 20 times the speed of light to reach Krypton, which is agreed to be 50 light years away, in about 2.5 years. And according to most fansites, forums and comics, Superman can at MOST travel at a little over the speed of light (most sources say he flys at 30,000 mph in atmosphere and about 300 million mph in space, assuming he doesn't have to hold his breath). So it would take the speediest of Supermans to reach Krypton in 50 years. So Bryan Singer, I call SHENANIGANS on Superman's speedy trip.
Other than that, Superman Returns is an excellant movie.
*UPDATE*
OK, I recently realized that Superman went to Krypton in his spaceship. I guess I just forgot about it. Also its speed is roughly the same as the first movie and in Smallville. I realize I am a n00b ;)
Also according to Computer Graphics World, Superman flew ~1200mph in Maya.