It's about time I got my netbook's internet connection working properly again. It's been screwy for the last two weeks, and refused to connect with any kind of reliability. Looks like AVG was the troublemaker, so I ditched it for another program. Programme fail, but connection issues solved ( Read more... )

I was supposed to get my new car on Monday, but it looks like I won't be getting it for another week now. LAME.

Instead of complaining about it, I'll do something more productive. How about pimping out some of the sites I have on my RSS feed?

- LifehackerA very useful site that's about 50% computer tips and 50% "how to do random stuff in your ( Read more... )

( Tokyo stuff )

I've been sick to varying degrees every since September. Usually it's a cough and congestion, sometimes bearable and sometimes annoying as hell when I can barely talk and I'm going through a box of tissues every few days. Allergy medicine and cold medicine barely make a dent in it, so I'm not sure what it is. The lady at the office who takes care ( Read more... )

My bookmark list is in desperate need of clearing out. Link roundup time.

VIDEOS
- Extreme LED sheep art. The fact that there's people out there coming up with things like this make me love the world.

- Two Mario parodies: Luigi Finally Snaps and Bowser's Minions

- ...and then Buffy staked Edward, the end.

- Is it possible to make Barbie ( Read more... )

COMIC CON: DAY 2


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COMIC CON: DAY 1


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It's probably old news to most of you by now, but in case anyone missed it: a little Comic Con related FAIL from the L.A. Times.

The article that started it all: The Girls' Guide to Comic Con 2009. You know an article is going to be bad when it starts with "Comic-Con. It's not just for nerdy guys anymore." It's actually less an "article" than a ( Read more... )

I got a knock on my door this morning from a police lady doing a neighbourhood census. Am totally shocked that I knew enough Japanese to answer all her questions. You'd almost think I was actually COMPETENT ( Read more... )

Lots of links this time, so I split them up. I'm not sure if it's because I haven't cleared out my recent bookmarks in a while, or because I've been bookmarking like crazy.

VIDEOS

- Two awesome videos people have made with songs from the H.P. Lovecraft Society Christmas albums: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fishmen and The Carol of the Old ( Read more... )