SATURDAY, 8/11/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Beer Rant" Edition

Quick little rant.

I went to Foodland, Star Market, and Safeway and not one of them were selling Guinness in single cans. Hell, Safeway didn't have Guinness at all. I ended up buying a Beamish Stout. About 98% to being a Guiness, but dammit, I wanted the real deal.

SATURDAY, 8/11/2001, 11:58am HST by Penfold

Mental note, make sure golf clubs are in the car before going golfing.

Hmmmm, so cute, so yummy with a little mustard. Stolen from littlewhitedog.com

Not just for sex toys anymore. Visit the Carrot Museum here.

Not sure if this is an actual real product, but supposedly these are scratch-off beer bottle labels.

Exorcise me!

BERGENFIELD, N.J. (Reuters) -- A self-styled faith healer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to sexual assault after allegedly telling a woman she had to have sexual relations with him to exorcise her demons.

So very wrong

Edmonton Sun -- Warning: If you are going to pretend to be a cop in order to demand free sex from a prostitute, first make sure the working girl isn't actually a police officer herself.

FRIDAY, 8/10/2001, 12:50pm HST by Raul

There are some exciting things going on in the toiletmaking biz, apparently. Models are being developed that have slide up and down on a track for variable heights and uses (above) and in addition, analyze the "product" for the health of the "producer." Apparently, the unko-happy Japanese have been at it a little already, with some innovative toilets already in place that do some interesting things. You just gotta read about it here,

Well rumor has it that Dynamix, the Sierra On-Line gaming division that created the Starseige/Tribes franchise, has given up the ghost (and the employees). It's here and here too, and all over PlanetTribes. Here's a short history of Dyamix.

Too bad. I remember playing Dyanamix' first game, A-10 Tank Killer, way back when (goddamn, that game is 12 years old!) ... good thing I didn't like Tribes much, unlike a certain webmaster, or I'd be really bummed.

Wow, I just found some sites where you can get older "abandonware" games like A-10 Tank Killer ... 1 2 3 I think there are a lot of other sites like this around, I guess I just never looked before.

Here's a little article on the KTUH power upgrade. Apparently, they're shooting for around Aug. 13 for completion.

Well I guess the trouble with having entire lines that do well in a season is that every member is going to want real money the next season! Marty Straka is gonna be getting his next season, thanks to some arbitration. Apparently his linemates, Alexei Kovalev and Robert Lang will be making more ducats next year too.

Party hardy

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Encouraged by his mother, a Hong Kong teenager smoked, drank, gambled, sang karaoke and played video games all the way to 10 straight As in the territory's most competitive examinations.

THURSDAY, 8/9/2001, 9:58pm HST by Penfold

What I need is some good old fashion time to slack.

And you thought you had a weird hobby, how about cricket spitting?

Now this is interesting. A GPS receiver that fits in a compact flash slot. Might be something interesting to check out if I ever get a pda with a cf slot.

Soliciting donations

CHICAGO (Reuters) -- Kim Kearby, a teacher at Round Lake Area School District outside Chicago, said on Wednesday he was in the process of sending out hundreds of letters this week to heads of state and foreign embassies in Washington, D.C. soliciting financial aid for the district north of the Windy City.

With no help from the state of Illinois or the U.S. government in sight, Kearby said he "decided to think a little bit out of the box and ask for some foreign aid" from every country.

Salon.com will live on now that it has just received a new infusion of cash. Unlike some other liberal editorial news site with a big, fat sugar daddy, Salon has been forced to fund itself the old fashion way, by begging. Read about it here.

THURSDAY, 8/9/2001, 12:00pm HST by Raul

This week is going to end with a whimper, I know it.

This one is for all your manic people out there: Parascope, a respository of UFO stories, conspiracy theories, paranormal occurrances and covert operations (aka government hatches). Sure to make you look over your shoulder a couple times.

They call it "The Ultimate Motorcycle Accessory," and I'm inclined to agree. Vibe-Rider doesn't beat around the bush (pun intended) with the lumpy idle and road vibration. It's an in-seat vibrator strictly for the passenger. And it syncs with the engine RPM too. The warning? Don't use it while riding, rev it in neutral! (yeah right)

Just something silly to check out: Ganguro. This page has a quick definition, and some music from a group by the name. Reminds me a lot of Dance Dance Revolution music.

Pens could get Richer

PITTSBURGH -- Former Canadiens star Stephane Richer signed a tryout contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins after spending last season out of pro hockey.

General manager Craig Patrick will decide by Oct. 1 whether to offer the 35-year-old right wing a contract, said Richard Teoli, Richer's agent. The Penguins' season opener is Oct. 3.

WEDNESDAY, 8/8/2001, 10:58pm HST by Penfold

I feel Raul's pain. There's just no good content tonight. Got something good, send it in.

Don't mess with the judges

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered staff to disable monitoring software in May. They contend the practice is improper and probably illegal.

Only in Canada would they let an editorial writer write about heat based cliches. Check it out here.

WEDNESDAY, 8/8/2001, 1:00pm HST by Raul
Uninspired post

Here's a little site devoted to bashing Dubya called The Smirking Chimp. Their motto: "Ask not at whom the chimp smirks -- he smirks at you."

Remember the conspiracy theories around the symbols on the back of the dollar bill? No? Well here they are. Novus ordo seclorum, baby.

A deal with Satan

BUFFALO -- Miroslav Satan, the defensive-minded Buffalo Sabres' top scoring threat, was awarded a two-year, $6.8 million contract by an NHL arbitrator Wednesday.

Here's another one about a potential $90 million deal for Yashin.

I've always thought that if you don't have something good to say, don't say it. I'm going to work now.

TUESDAY, 8/7/2001, 9:58pm HST by Penfold

Dick hard bass response.

Not content to let Raul do all the chicking out this month, I felt it my civic duty to help support the economy by buying one of these, a Samsung Uproar cell phone with built in mp3 player.

This new variant of the Code Red virus is out mucking things up. It's bad enough that RR spamed all the users with warnings about slow network performance. And yes, our web server was probed by it too. Check out some info here.

The W's job approval rating has slipped to 55%. I might have some compassion for him if he wasn't on a 30 day vacation while the world goes to shit around him.

Gettin' a Lewinski

Sales of crotchless pants named in honour of Monica Lewinsky are reported to be booming in Chile.

TUESDAY, 8/7/2001, 3:15am HST by Raul

Here's a CJ video clip (read: pr0n ad warning!!!) showing a trick foosball shot. The title is "Mad foosball skillz," but I have to disagree. I would have been much more impresseded if they showed a solid dead man's pull or something, maybe with the man's leg snapping off. Pull shot info here. Foosball Heaven here.

Well Lucasfilm went official with the name for Star Wars Episode II. It's Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones. No joke. I know it sounds stupid. It's for real. Lucas will sink the Star Wars franchise yet.

On another note, anyone remember Attack of the Killer Clowns? That was like B-est of B back in the HBO 80s. It's the first thing that came to mind when I heard the new title. That movie was so bad, there's not even a Web summary for it that I can find.

Ain't nothing like a 300 mph jet-powered Lincoln Navigator! Unless of course you happen to crash it and get hurt.

Something to pass the time checking out: the Cajun microwave.

Lost sign

... residents in the village of Lost in Aberdeenshire are appealing for Lost to be found. The signpost for their village has gone missing.

MONDAY, 8/6/2001, 10:58pm HST by Penfold

Neung, song, saam, see, haa.

Your spud growing sprouts? Try this out.

Canned mp3

Carla Tomino, a secretary at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., says she was fired July 23 amid accusations that she had stockpiled some 2,000 music files on her work computer in violation of a policy that bars personal use of company resources.

I was trying to see Rush Hour 2 on Sunday, but both show I wanted to see were sold out. Guess that was because it was the #1 movie this weekend.

Stripping pocket stripper

Police in Hong Kong say female pickpockets have started stripping off to avoid arrest.

They say suspects are ripping off their clothes whenever they're being chased by officers.

MONDAY, 8/6/2001, 1:45am HST by Raul
The Day Straddler edition

Robocup's mission is this: "By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champions." How intriguing is that? Apparently, every year, competitions are held between soccer-playing robots with that ultimate goal. Check out the site here. They aren't ready yet but ...

... the Sony Legged Robot League, an offshoot/adjunct to the Robocup concept is showing the way. It's like little Aibos playing soccer. Last year's winners showed innovative movement strategies to dominate the competition. Check out the site and the coverage of last year's event here.

That must be some ho. Ilovebacon, eat your heart out. Photo by Jui.

Ever wanted to know how much you could be sold for? Well answer that question here, at Humans for Sale. Fill out a quick questionnaire, and it gives you a value. Pretty arbitrary, but fun.

Well NHLWishList.com has compiled up the media to date on NHL2k2 and listed it here. It contains pretty up-to-date stuff that maybe you haven't seen before. They also have a real good interview with NHL series producer Dave Warfield posted which delves into some of the details of the upcoming release.

Well, where there's a game, there's cheating. And online gaming is no exception. From driver-based "see-through walls" cheats to aimbots, unscrupulous people will do whatever it takes to get an edge. Here's Firingsquad's take on cheating in multiplayer games

Ben the drunk

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- "Pearl Harbor" star Ben Affleck has checked himself into an alcohol rehabilitation center in the beach town of Malibu, his spokesman said on Friday.

"Ben is a self-aware and smart man who had decided that a fuller life awaits him without alcohol," spokesman David Pollick said in a statement.