When a biker is riding in the street, treat him exactly as you would treat any other vehicle in the street ( Read more... )

Am I the only one thinking this is an embarrassment for the United States?  Not the earthquake itself, but how the Chinese government has handled it, compared to our own government's handling of Hurricane Katrina ( Read more... )

...or more specifically, support market-determined gas prices.

When gas prices first started to soar, I found it to be an amusement. When Senators Clinton and McCain embraced this idiotic gas-tax holiday idea, I figured "oh well, just another reason to vote for Obama". But now it seems like half of the Congress thinks something "should be done", and ( Read more... )

Are you guys with PS3s/360s all playing GTA4?

I'm tempted to buy a PS3 in the near future, though I'll probably wait until I think I have enough spare time to play it.

Last year, I decided I wanted a music player I could take to places like the gym, work, etc.  I wanted something disposable, cheap enough that it would be no great loss if it was lost/stolen/broken.  I also wanted it to be light and durable. This pretty much implied the 1-2 GB flash player range.

I was aware at this point that some of the non-Apple ( Read more... )

Over the past five years I've all but stopped watching anime.  I have enjoyed anime greatly in the past, but in truth it's just not a hobby that a busy college student has time for.  That, and a lot of it is just juvenile and stupid.  I think a lot of American teenagers are attracted to anime because a lot of it is aimed at an older audience than ( Read more... )

Yesterday my grade was posted for Math 4242 Applied Linear Algebra, the only class I took this fall.  It was an A-, mostly thanks to a generous curve (86%-89% was the A- range), but still a pleasant surprise. With that, I'm officially done with school.

I have some anxiety about this - school is pretty much all I've known for the past 18 years of my ( Read more... )

I've had this game sitting on the shelf ever since it came out.  When I first tried it I couldn't really get into it.

Over the past week I finally played the game all the way through, and I quite enjoyed it. The story is cute and funny (albeit short), some of the music has rather grown on me, and the gameplay is above-average for a tactical RPG. ( Read more... )

I listen to a vast and varied assortment of music, and I make a conscious effort to diversify my tastes and try new things. One thing I just can't seem to get into is what Wikipedia tells me is called the death growl, in this case in Children of Bodom in particular ( Read more... )

Since it seems to be front-page news even internationally, I'm just posting to let everybody know I'm fine.  Thanks all for your concern.