As many websites as drax0r and I have created this year (currently, kindly hosted by dentin - but we're working on a DR solution), we finally decided it was time to put our name to them. Problem was, we didn't have one. So after much cursing and gnashing of teeth, we finally settled on "HLM Interactive" a play on Hetero-Life Mate ( Read more... )

A MAN.
A PLAN.
A STORMTROOPER.
STUF123.

Unlike a true palindrome, this one reads 321 FUTS REPOORT MROTS A NALP ANAMA which, loosely translated: this guy just rocks!

Thanks to stuf123 for providing this outstanding caricature of yours truly, as Stormtrooper, officially my new favorite avatar. Many, many posts from now, if you require his site ( Read more... )

My alarm went off. As my head was on the pillow, I saw my alarm clock sideways, and as my glasses were sitting on the end table, I squinted. I couldn't make out the time. Something was blocking the display. I reach my hand out to move the obstruction. There wasn't one. I've only had five hours of sleep. Trying...to...think. I sit up, put ( Read more... )

Ok, I promise not to bore you will a poll on this one, but consider the following scenario, and let me know:

A new friend uploads an avatar for drax0r of the text to one of his favorite flash animations, "The End of the World" which he recently posted here. Unfortunately, because the original creator was either a non-US citizen, too young to know there ( Read more... )

Polls are gay. User-created polls are even gayer. However, I was going to ask you, my readership a question, and figured that a poll used in this instance might be less gay, and certainly easier to tabulate. Please provide your input. Thank you:

Poll Delta Flyer

(Delta Flyer 2 being the unmarked animated gif)


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Skoal, caught mid-air doing a whirling dual-wield attack!


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You woke up this morning

I put my coffee cup directly under the coffee maker this morning to fill my cup. It's stronger that way.

Got yourself a gunThe F-15's were taking off this morning from the Air National Guard side of Saint Louis-Lambert Airport. It makes quite a racket. "Oh those planes making all that noise." I hear. My reply? "I ( Read more... )

Arriving at work early after staying up too late, and with my first cup of coffee still in my hand, I am squinting at the Cisco switch in the network closet believing either of the above statements must be affecting me, as I cannot find the other end of the new quad which was run last night, jack-66 ( Read more... )

I am indeed getting 5.0+ Mbps down, and approximately 500kbps up. Not too shabby.

Galinda, my wife and I completed the Firefly series and watched the movie Serenity Friday night. Both were fantastic ( Read more... )

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