SATURDAY, 1/13/2001, 1:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Feh to PBalling" Edition

I gave up going to play paintball today just so I could do content. (Actually, my gear is all at my old house)

From our favorite seller of, ummmmm, glass flower vases comes some new works of art. Perfect for that hole in the front of your favorite glass flower vase. Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket, they're flower vases.

Virtual Lite Brite (remember that think you played with as a little kid?), what a concept. Check it out here. For those with artistic ambitions, you can enter a contest for it here (you have until 1/17/01 to enter).

For more oddness from this company, check their site out here. (See what happens when you have Flash animator with too much time on their hands.)

For those about to get a new CD burner (Maybe a Plextor 12/10/32 with 50 free cdr disks from Outpost.com, I counted 3 last time I checked), might want to check out this page. For those who already have a burner, you might want to check it out anyways.

I currently estimate I have about 100 blank cdrs and am about to get 50 more. Maybe Yosh's idea of using them as actual coasters is a good one.

Hmmmm, I have more content to put up, but I'm so feh right now.

FRIDAY, 1/12/2001, 11:45am HST by Raul
W34k p0st

Well Kevin Smith and his cronies are coming out with "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back this year on Aug. 10.

Here's an article that has the ins on the casting of that movie. It's got that Kevin Smith twist to it.

A new version of Seti is out. Version 3.3 is designed to process work units more thoroughly, which slows down the responses coming in and new packets going out from Seti, which reduces their bandwidth requirements. Apparently, Berkeley was starting to cut back on the bandwidth for the Seti project because it was sucking down too much. So they added more calculations rather than dead time, to space out the packet returns more.

Twingalaxies is firing up a new Unreal Tournament tournament, for those of you into UT.

Twingalaxies also has a Rogue Spear tournament going on, which is significant because it brought to my attention the latest Rogue Spear patch, dated Dec. 2000.

I'm out of time, so these pics will have to stand for themselves: 1 2

William Hewlett, the H of HP, died today at 87.

THURSDAY, 1/11/2001, 7:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Penfold's Brithday" Edition

Of all the birthday presents I got so far, this has got to be the most original one so far.

Grown men fantasize about playing Humbert Humbert to Lolitas like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Anna Kornicova, Jessica Simpson, Brandy, Tara Lipinski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Melissa Joan Hart, Sailor Moon, JonBenet Ramsey, and any number of Japanimation cartoons featuring Catholic school girl uniforms

Haggis Hawaii

EDINBURGH (Reuters) -- Haggis hybrids have started to emerge as a result of the authorities' distaste for offal, including hugely popular vegetarian numbers and even a U.S. 'Hawaiian-style' haggis made of a deboned chicken stuffed with pineapple and ham, Macsween said.

Shoot the Moon

ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) -- Turkish police arrested eight people for shooting at the moon during an eclipse for what they said were traditional reasons.

Not content to recruit through classified adds in questionable publications, Adultstaffing.com has launched an online job site for the adult entertainment industry. Oggle the whole story here.

Twenty practitioners of the Chinese martial art called Chiu Chiu Shen Gong (Nine Nine Magic Art) are going to try to set the to set a Guinness world record by pulling the 400-seat plane (a Boeing 747-400 wide-bodied passenger jet) with their johnsons. Ummmm, yeah, ok, as long as I'm not one of the 20. Stretch out with the story here.

THURSDAY, 1/11/2001, 12:30pm HST by Raul
Crazyness

LEFT: Mazda unveiled its RX8, complete with suicide back doors, proving once and for all that Mazda is a desperate company. What the hell does a sportscar need 4 doors for?

RIGHT: Volvo's a little late to the game, but they finally busted out a SUV.

LEFT: Nissan unveiled the next Z-car, which from this angle looks like a Toyota Silly-car.

RIGHT: But from this angle, it just looks silly. Smile!

LEFT: Dodge unveiled the 2003 Viper RT-10, which features a warmed over V-10 putting out over 500hp. The extra power seems to come from extra cubic inches (over 500ci) and, probably, that cold-air/ram-air duct on the hood.

RIGHT: From this angle, though, it looks a lot like a 5th-gen Corvette.

LEFT: Ford is developing the Ford Explorer Sportsman concept, which has folding roof racks, storage for your fishing rods ... and a LIVE WELL for storing fish.

RIGHT: Dodge is developing the Super 9 Hemi concept vehicle, which may or may not be powered by a Hemi engine. (It's a 353ci engine, which might indicate a 318/360-based engine, could they have developed hemi heads for it?) Either way, it's one tough-looking ride.

LEFT: VW is bringing back an old classic -- the VW Microbus.

RIGHT: Bentley motors announced at the auto show that it would return to endurance racing at Le Mans, 71 years after it left.

Eddie "the Eagle" Belfour, the Dallas Stars' star goalie, rejoined his team after his indefinite suspension was lifted. Apparently, a meeting the day before resolved the differences between Belfour and Stars manager Bob Gainey, which surfaced after Gainey decided to start Marty Turco on Saturday against Boston (the Stars won).

While Belfour was suspended, Turco continued in goal for the Stars (and occasionally out of it, although he did make this amazing save). He sealed the win against the Rangers Monday and although Belfour was available last night, the Stars stayed with their hot goalie. It paid off, as Turco secured his third straight win against Atlanta.

For those of you who (like me) just don't like Microsoft mice, yet would like to try an optical, here's Littlewhitedog's take on the Logitech Optical wheelmouse. This one can be had for $29.99 last time I looked, which just about eliminates any cost penalty for optical action.

Looks like the Clintons won't be keeping Socks the White House cat after they leave office. Apparently, Socks doesn't get along with the Clintons' dog, so they will be looking for a new home for the kitty soon. Of course, the real reason I posted this is the picture.

Here's to Temptation Island, arguably one of the worst ideas ever for a television series. May it die a swift, yet ugly, death.

WEDENSDAY, 1/10/2001, 10:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Too Many" Edition

Someone took one too many B rips today before work.

DailyRadar has some stories about the the 20 Most Disturbingly Sexy Cartoon Moments and the 10 Sexiest Videogame Damsels in Distress. Look at the poor Coyote, rejected.

Sony occasionally comes up with some brilliant ideas. This is one of them. Not only is this a HD based mp3 player, it also rips and encodes the CD too. Seen at the CES show. Read a review of the show here.

Clean Movies

Mormons in Utah hoping to rent a Hollywood film without sex, violence or profanity have found their savior. His name is Ray Lines, and he doesn't merely preach against the heathens of hell. Lines is a man of action. The one-time sportscaster operates two CleanFlicks video stores in the greater Salt Lake City area, and spends much of his time editing the videos to remove bare breasts, sex scenes, gun battles and unfortunate dialogue like "fuck" and "goddamn it."

What's your choice? You can learn more about the Montana Testicle Festival here.

WEDNESDAY, 1/10/2001, 1:15am HST by Raul
Wobbly edition

Well I finally tried the tweak-r pop-r. Was a very bad condition at ye olde Ala Wai. I went at noon, which is like the kiss of death for any Ala Wai mission, but I wanted to see the action the lure gave. Ended up being extreme low tide and a little windy, but there were enough still moments to try it out.

It's a little too short for its girth, so it doesn't give a consistent "walk the dog" but it ends up getting an even more random action. It floats high on the water and the RTV skin keeps the wood from absorbing and water. Still, the design needs refining.

A couple of small papi'o came to look at an offered slug-o or a tube lure, but they were way to small to eat either of them.

This is supposedly one 55-gallon drum of racing gasoline exploding. No one was killed, but three vehicles were destroyed.

Tried a chili ultimate cheeseburger the other day. The very thought conjured unspeakable horror in my mind. So I had to try it. And it lived up to expectations, mostly. Anyway my point is, on the burger was a sticker that has this URL which is a survey that they pay you $5 for taking.

TUESDAY, 1/9/2001, 9:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Very Late Content" Edition

My boss is actually making me do work. So like any good attorney, I gave it to my paralegal to do.

Your site for all things Iron Chef, much superior to the foodTV site. Check out the FAQ while you're there. Make sure to check out Lego Chef while you're at it.

Daily Radar has a write up on the hottest robot chicks on TV and movies. Just for your info, the one from the left is from Batman the cartoon and the other one was from a Godzilla movie. IMHO, they left out on of the hottest movie robot chicks, Kelly LeBrock from Weird Science.

The Register is reporting that Napster user are admitting that they might be committing IP crimes. So to all the Napster users out there, get it while the getting is good. Read the story here.

Someone is taking the concept of the kennel one step further, a franchized hotel chain just for pets. Read the story here.

Uniballer Part II

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- CA Hong Kong woman, enraged by her husband's alleged extra- marital affair, cut off one of his testicles, police said

Light Luvin'

Despite the possibility that its team of experts may have engaged in a potent orgy during the development of the light, Powergen smelled an opportunity and promptly sent out press releases to the media: "By triggering feelings of warmth and passion, the light will offer budding Romeos and Juliets a helping hand in the dating game and could make candlelit dinners a thing of the past," gushed the copy.

TUESDAY, 1/9/2001, 2:00am HST by Raul

I need a vacation.

So you just got yourself a medical marijuana prescription and now you're looking for a place to get it without going to someone you don't trust? No problem. Medijuana.com has got what you need.

Well Pitt bounced back from its loss the other night, and beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 in Wahington. Mario Lemieux had 2 assists, including one that set up the game-winner, but the story of the night was Martin Straka, who scored his forth career hat trick.

I forgot to mention this when it happened a few days back: Dallas has been playing without star goalie Ed Belfour since he and the coach had a dispute over his attendance of a pre-game practice.

The Squab reports that the Rock was on hand at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas to help Bill Gates unveil Xbox. Talk about hype. Check out the article for other "kewl" consumer electronics stuff.

This is darn near the cleanest thing I've ever seen (heard) on Stileproject. Normally I don't like prank call tapes, but if these idiots knew good cinema, they wouldn't have been so confused.

MONDAY, 1/8/2001, 7:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Super Sneaky" Edition

If anyone see Laura online, tell her to study for her LSAT. Hehe

Raul and I just bough a set of Ratpadz, a review of it will be coming soon. (How the hell do you test a mouse pad?)

Intel Admits it

Straight from the mouth of Intel,

As gaming machines are typically higher-end machines, it's probably most appropriate for Intel to supply Pentium III or Pentium 4 processors if they're available. Value systems (where Celeron processors reside) aren't typically considered gaming platforms

Salon is reporting that China is going to make its own internal internet. Most likely, it is being designed to be incompatiable with the current TCP/IP implemention that the regular internet is built on. Why would they do such a silly thing? So they can control it of course. Read the story here.

I have no idea if this has been posted already, but I'm going to post it again because I like saying "uniballer".

Carr's lawyer told the court his client acted in self-defense and did not know which part of Hutchison's body she was biting.

Police called to the scene found the testicle, which could not be reattached, under a picture frame on the sitting room floor.

Nibble on the story here.

Hymen Exam

Durban -- Last month, hundreds of topless girls and women ages 7 to 26 congregated at a sports stadium near Durban, South Africa. They lined up to take turns lying on their back on a mat, where a woman lifted their loincloth and used her bare hands to inspect each female's hymen to see if it was still intact. Those who passed the test jumped for joy, and received a white star pasted to their forehead and a certificate confirming they were still virgins.

Hit up the full story here.

Sex vs. Xbox

Expandability

Xbox
Extra ports for easy Ethernet hookup, online play and add-on devices

Sex
Expandability depends entirely upon adventurous nature of participants.

MONDAY, 1/8/2001, 2:00am HST by Raul

Too lazy to archive, I'll do it later.

Check out or latest article, the Kodak Palmpix review. You've been seeing the images regularly for a while, now see what my formal word on it is.

Here's a funny little flash animation on the thought process Bill Gates used to come up with the Xbox controller design. Pinkled from [H]ardOCP.

SUNDAY, 1/7/2001, 1:20pm HST by Raul

Bet you guys thought I wouldn't actually do it. Well here it is. We'll see if it works later.

SUNDAY, 1/7/2001, 12:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Party at Noah's on Tues" Edition

Yes, breaking news, party at Noah's on Tuesday. And I will bring back the hockey schedule.

Hockey Time

Hockey times for the week of 1/7/01

• ESPN-22 Sun, Jan 7, 2001 3:00 PM "Colorado Avalanche at Detroit Red Wings"
• ESPN2-23 Mon, Jan 8, 2001 2:00 PM "Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals"
• ESPN2-23 Mon, Jan 8, 2001 11:00 PM "Dallas Stars at New York Rangers"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Jan 10, 2001 2:30 PM "Dallas Stars at Atlanta Thrashers"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Jan 10, 2001 5:30 PM "St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Mighty Ducks"
• ESPN2-23 Wed, Jan 10, 2001 5:30 PM "St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Mighty Ducks"
• ESPN2-23 Thu, Jan 11, 2001 5:00 PM "Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-21 Thu, Jan 11, 2001 5:00 PM "Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-23 Thu, Jan 11, 2001 11:00 PM "Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-21 Fri, Jan 12, 2001 10:00 AM "Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings"
• ESPN2-23 Sat, Jan 13, 2001 4:30 PM "St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings"
• FSWH-21 Sat, Jan 13, 2001 4:30 PM "St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings"

• ESPN2-23 Sat, Jan 13, 2001 11:00 PM "St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings"

Attack of the Ozoni

TOKYO (Reuters) -- The sticky mochi, made of glutinous rice, is traditionally served at new year in Japan, but it can be lethal to elderly people. Every year the Japanese press has reports of elderly people dying from eating mochi during the holidays.