so i don't know how many people know about this, but today there was a "content strike" by a lot of livejournal users, to protest the removal of the "free, non ad-supported" account option (if you really want all the whiny bullshit, some of it is here). new users can still start livejournals without paying, they just have to look at a couple of ads ( Read more... )

i watched justice league: the new frontier last night, just hours after finishing the comics. and i really liked it. obviously they couldn't put six over-sized issues worth of material into a 75 minute animated movie, but i think they did a really good job with capturing the overall style and themes of the story. and i'm always amazed at the actors ( Read more... )

... with whatever little japanese guy (or possibly girl) over at nintendo decided that it'd be a good idea to only put shitty b wireless in their "next-gen" console. how fucking "next-gen" is it when the wireless technology in it is already two generations behind the current standard?? and from what i understand, the hardware will work with g ( Read more... )

as i mentioned a while ago, i've been buying a lot of comics over the last while, starting last summer (i blame disposable income and a semi-lucrative commission-based sales job). until a few years ago, my target collection had revolved around superman: i aimed to own every superman comic published after crisis on infinite earths. however, as that ( Read more... )

i've been going through some old boxes over the past couple of days... stuff that hasn't been opened since i moved out of my house in hamilton in 2004, and others that haven't been touched since i got back from disney world in 2005. i always get distracted doing stuff like this, because i find interesting things that i go through and get nostalgic ( Read more... )

yes, who wants to be a superhero is pretty damn campy, and i fucking love it. stan the man's twists and such have all been great, especially ( spoiler )

in recent months, i've been on a discovery kick of the adventure games that have attempted to fill the niche left behind by the conversion of lucasarts to "only star wars and indiana jones games, inc." *shakes fist*

i played another of benoit sokal's games, this time his latest game, paradise. once again, it's beautifully rendered, and an ( Read more... )

i'm watching hard candy right now... and this shit is fucked right the hell up. i like it. but it's seriously fucked. kitty pryde is a vindictive little bitch.

i also saw clerks II on tuesday night. i just decided to head to ancaster by myself to go see it, so i strapped on a wristband with "white trash" embroidered in gothic type, convinced this ( Read more... )

check this shit out: amazon mechanical turkit's a site run by amazon where companies can list menial work that's very difficult for computers to do, to be completed for as little as 1-2 cents per task, though it only takes a few seconds to complete many of them before you move on to the next. the tasks are things like transcribing podcasts, ( Read more... )

if you drive in the middle of a raging rainstorm without your fucking lights on, despite my repeated attempts at getting your attention with my high beams, you deserve to have your fucking car rear-ended. *especially* on the highway. i just don't understand how anyone could think this is an acceptable practice.

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i love wine gums ( ( Read more... )