Eric Daze scored two goals, an assist and was named MVP in the NHL All-Star Game. Check it out here.

Also from hockey news today, Khabibulin, kept it out.

What about Optimus Prime?

PHILADELPHIA -- If you want to use the phrase "Let's roll" on a t-shirt, you had better be ready to roll with the Todd M. Beamer Foundation.

Feel like you really want to see a taping of a TV show, get tickets for the shows here.

Having problems keeping up with the whole Enron problem? This might help you understand it all.

SATURDAY, 2/2/2002, 4:45am HST by Raul

Well the NHL All-Star Weekend kicked off yesterday with the YoungStars game, which Team Melrose won 13-7, and the SuperSkills competition, which the World All-Stars won by a point. Standouts in the skills competition included: Carolina's Sami Kapanen winning the fastest skater competition; Detroit's Sergei Federov winning the hardest shot competition (101.5 mph, two-piece stick!); Calgary's Jarome Iginla and Vancouver's Markus Naslund hitting 4 accuracy targets in 6 shots each; and Patty Roy and Dominik Hasek taking top honors in the goalie competitions (Lemieux did score on Hasek on the breakaway competitions; Naslund scored on Roy). Jeremy Roenick, however, had possibly the sweetest goal of the last portion of the event.

Anyway, the All-Star game is on at 10am today, on ABC.

No, Microsoft did NOT discontinue the Xbox, and no, they don't really have a knowledge base page that teaches you how to RTFM. It's called URL spoofing. White paper here.

Anyway, here is IGN's official stance on the Xbox's death.

Hmm, no GR patch yet. But they did announce the name of the mission pack -- Desert Seige. That explains all the tan camo.

FRIDAY, 2/1/2002, 3:45am HST by Raul

This has got to be one of the best signs ever. Spotted, where else, but in the School Street hood.

Well the squids over at Firingsquid finally put together a Ghost Recon review. Basically it does extremely well, but is cheated out of an Editor's Choice by Operation Flashpoint, which they apparently aren't even going to review. Can one rightly deny the award based on a game that won't even show up in publication? Apparently, they find the games to be equally strong (but in different areas), does that mean that neither game would get the EC?

REMEMBER! The first patch for Ghost Recon is due out today! Keep checking Ghostrecon.com for it. While you're waiting, check out the expansion pack screenshot gallery.

Yes, you can get Serious Sam and Grand Theft Auto for your Palm Pilot. I tried Serious Sam and I must say, it's pretty darn good for the limitations of the hardware. Only problem is, these programs are HUGE! The DEMO was 1.5 megs! The company, Global Star Software, actually makes some pretty cool products.

Now this is a really interesting item due out for Xbox: The Thing. Yes, John Carpenter's The Thing. Twenty years after it was first released (and scared the crap out of me and traumatized me for life), it's coming to a gaming console near you. If you've never seen the movie, you should ... >=)

Napster news

Marilyn Hall Patel, the district court judge in the Napster case, has been having some very subversive thoughts recently, we learn from case transcripts unsealed this week.

On January 16, the New York Times reports, Patel questioned if the record companies copyright extended to digital distribution of music, and granted Napster leave to explore whether the labels were colluding to prevent it licensing music for online distribution.

THURSDAY, 1/31/2002, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Just one more day, and then Professor Penfold will be holding class

If you got the name, might as well flaunt it.

Ever wanted to be a Lord or a Lady, this site can help you get your get your royal title, for a price.

Assorted token sex content here and here and lastly, here.

WEDNESDAY, 1/30/2002, 2:00am HST by Raul

Ghost Recon patch #1 due out Feb. 1. Details here.

Fuji has announced new cameras based on their new SuperCCD III technology: the S2, the successor to their S1 digital SLR, and the S602, a beefed-up version of their Finepix 6900. Both look like pretty fine pieces of kit, I'm sure I wouldn't be disappointed to have either. The big news with the S2 is a shift to a N/F80 body-based design, which allows the use of higher-end Nikkor lenses (such as AF-S). The big news with the S602 is CompactFlash/Microdrive compatibility.

Oh yeah, they also announced the F601, the successor to the Finepix 6800, but I don't like the cigarette-pack lookin' cameras.

Well Palm has officially announed its latest PDA, the i705. It's basically a new-generation Palm with built-in wireless Internet. Yawn. The Palm VII was a flop, didn't they learn? You can get shitty Internet access to your email from your cell phone ... a "better PDA" is going to have to set itself apart in other features ... Discuss here.

Here's another funky wireless PDA that may end up seeing light of day, the Pogo.

Here's a pretty comprehensive listing of slang resources. The site itself has a pretty good dictionary of college slang.

TUESDAY, 1/29/2002, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

Submitted by Elise

Read about Enron economics as explained using two cows.

Check out the instructions from MS on how to RTFM.

Also, the story of ping.

TUESDAY, 1/29/2002, 2:00am HST by Raul

Winter here is marked by ... RAIN. And lots of it lately. This is the brightest rainbow I've seen in a while. This one was in Nuuanu valley last Sunday.

Here's an amusing game called Incriminati that has you stashing the naughty stuff before your parents come home. Pretty simple gameplay but classic concept. From Gspot.

• Lawmakers are gearing up to try to scrap the traffic camera law.
• The USS Greenville hit another ship. Coincidence, or Satanic curse? You be the judge. From Jui.

This is a really inane little application that has you spanking a monkey as fast as you can. My fastest was 839 miles per hour, although I have no idea how. From Lankus.

In case you didn't hear, yesterday the New Jersey Devils fired coach Larry Robinson, the second high-profile coach firing in a week.

MONDAY, 1/28/2002, 10:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

Submitted by Elise

Another repository of hockey video footage. While mainly aimed at Philly beefs (even sorted by players), it has a repository of other NHL beefs and the most famous Domi vs. fan beef.

MONDAY, 1/27/2002, 2:30pm HST by Raul

Damn, I've run out of time for a full post, so I'm going to post something that could keep you busy all day. It's a brain puzzle called Theseus and the Minotaur. It's basically a maze puzzle that follows certain rules. It's quite tough. I solved it in about 40-50 tries, in about four hours. Let me know if you want the solution. If that one's too hard, try this one. Both courtesy of Lankus.

SUNDAY, 1/26/2002, 11:Ish pm HST by Penfold

Ray Ferraro is Chicken Parm.

Hockey tims

Hockey times for the week of 1/26. All star game is this saturday.

• "Anaheim Mighty Ducks at St. Louis Blues" FOXW2, Mon Jan 28 03:00pm HST
• "Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche" FSWH, Mon Jan 28 04:00pm HST
• "St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals" ESPN, Wed Jan 30 03:00pm HST
• "Los Angeles Kings at Minnesota Wild" FSWH, Wed Jan 30 03:00pm HST
• "Columbus Blue Jackets at Anaheim Mighty Ducks" FOXW2, Wed Jan 30 05:30pm HST
• "St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals" ESPN, Wed Jan 30 10:00pm HST
• "NHL All-Star Super Skills Challenge" ESPN, Fri Feb 01 05:00pm HST
• "NHL All-Star Super Skills Challenge" ESPN, Fri Feb 01 11:00pm HST
• "All-Star Game" KITV, Sat Feb 02 10:00am HST

Can you name the beer that goes with the bottle?

And along those same lines, the Homer Simpson Quote Generator.

When personal ads go bad.

SUNDAY, 1/26/2002, 11:00pm HST by Raul

• In case you weren't paying attention last week, the Dallas Stars fired Coach Ken Hitchcock, who had led them to the Stanley Cup in 1999. Dallas responded by losing 6-1 to one of the lowest-ranked teams in the league.
• The San Jose Sharks goalie, Evgeni Nabokov, is in a slump, and the team is worse off for it. It probably doesn't help that captain and major offensive thread Owen Nolan is out ...

Meanwhile, check out a shitload of hockey fighting sites for your amusement.