SATURDAY, 9/23/2000, 10:30pm HST by Raul

Bring back the 'Bows

So the UH Warriors got killed in battle ... again. It was just supreme overconfidence, maybe even arrogance, on the part of Hugh Yoshida, June Jones and Co. to have the public fund a complete makeover of the UH football team when no one, Jones included, really knew what kind of team he had on his hands. First, why does a team that made the biggest turnaround in NCAA history and captured the WAC crown last season need to be redefined? And second, if UH was still the 'Bows, people would have nothing to fixate on and would be forced to acknowledge that yes, this is a green team that just needs to pay its dues and build from there. Instead, this name-game has become a public-relations debacle.

The stupidest part of all? The big hoo-ha over the UH symbol was that it was a misappropriation of the image of the Hawaiian warrior. So what do these braniacs do? Dump the part of the name that was considered nonoffensive -- the rainbow -- and keep the part that was at the crux of the entire controversy. Well okay, maybe the players felt it was offensive to be associated with the gay pride movement, but what better way to show someone up who calls you a faggot than to kick some ass on the field and send 'em packin? They aren't doing much of that this year.

Oh well at least the volleyball Wahine seem to be kicking ass. Speaking of which, is it just me, or is Lily Kahumoku just a hottie? Bad Raul! Bad, bad Raul! (I was just checking to see if you read this far, honest!)

If you haven't already tried Samurai Brand Waffle Ice Cream, then head on down to your local 7-Eleven and give it a shot. It's only a buck. Think Nutter Butter with ice cream filling. Um, yeah.

SATURDAY, 9/23/2000, 11:56am HST by Penfold
The "Election Day" Edition

Tokenasians.com is officially endorsing Frank Fasi for mayor of Honolulu. Why, because I'd rather not vote for the lesser of two evils when you can get right down to the evil itself.

For Board of Education, Penfold endorses anyone but the Gabbard's (ABGa).

For those of you having problems with the nhl2001 demo, check the original news post, I have a new mirror listed.

Your libido getting the best of you? Sowing your wild oats a bit too much? Are you just too horny? Try one of these straight from Japan.
Stolen from Kyle at Hardocp and the Heatsink-guide.com

FRIDAY, 9/22/2000, 12:40pm HST by Raul

So I was hard up for graphic content today and decided to grab a few screens from an NHL2000 game. Ended up having one of the most exciting games ever. I was down 0-3 in the first and thinking it was going to be a blowout, when Kuromoto burned Dafoe hard, then went on to hat-trick, despite Boston scoring another goal. Hokama went on to score the game-winner (5-4) in overtime with less than 30 seconds on the clock. Needless to say, Kuromoto was first star.

And yes, both sides were "turned up" all the way.

Hot for student

TORONTO (Reuters) -- A Canadian teacher suspended for writing love notes to a student has sparked an uproar after she was allowed to go back to the classroom.

Hit up the full story here.

Now this is a bunch of crass humor, but it does sum up nicely what a waste of brainpower these new reality shows are. Yeah what's so fuckin' real about trying to "survive" on an island, all alone, except for the high-tech TV production crew that follows your ass around as you eat bugs, which you do gladly so you can win a million bucks? Or living in a house with roommates selected especially to piss you off? Actually that latter one does seem to happen in real life sometimes ...

Now this brings new meaning to the term "blue screen of death." Courtesy of The Register.

Drop the top

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- In ancient Greece, men competed naked at the Olympics. At Sydney 2000, the women's water polo players are halfway there.

And also from Iwon ... This story about a porn star with something to say. Maybe she's trying to prove that her brain really is her best asset.

So you never believe me that there's a guy in the olympics named Gregor Fucka? You just wait. I get one picture. Real soon ...

THURSDAY, 9/21/2000, 11:31pm HST by Penfold
The "Raul is All Fuddy Tonight" Edition

Ah yeah, its jockey time. For those who play the game, the highly anticipated NHL2001 featuring improved AI defense. Projected release date is Fall 2000. Get the demo here (50MB). Some of you have been reporting problems with the daily radar one, if so, try this one. Check the 10 year history of the EA Sports NHL franchise here.

This week's airline deals, I'm down to travel if anyone else wants to.

Delta Airlines, $238 HNL to SFO leaving saturday 9/23, returning on monday 9/25 or tuesday 9/26. Tickets must be purchased through Delta's web site by midnight 9/22/00.

HNL to Oakland, CA $355 Departing October 3,4,5,10, and 18th, Tickets must be purchased by 9/27. Call Aloha Airlines at 1-800-367-5250 mention LastMinuteTravel.com

THURSDAY 9/21/2000, 7:48am HST by Penfold
The "Lightning Fast Before Work" Edition

Yes, be free, be free, set the captives free. Read about the new emancipation proclamtion.

There will be a new section tonight, I promise (or at least hope very strongly).

THURSDAY, 9/21/2000, 1:50am HST by Raul

This has got to be one of the best Web animations I have ever seen. Reportedly 3 years and 11 gigs of rendered scenes in the making, The Killer Bean 2:The Party is about a coffee bean that's half Jackie Chan, half Chow-Yun Fat, and all about kicking ass. This is a H-U-G-E file (11 megs for the SMALL version) but it's worth it. I've had some trouble on my machine getting it to stream from IFILM through Windows Media Player, so I linked to this page instead. If it's not working for you, you may need to try another format or download the "Divx ;-)" codec.

Still having problems seeing the movie? Try this link.

Now the content of this site borders on pornographic (you've been warned), but I'll be damned if Semenex doesn't promise the holy grail of human sexuality!

Here's an odd little article about hanging an elephant. It's kind of interesting but tragic at the same time. I wonder if it really happened, or if it is just a well-told hoax.

THURSDAY, 9/21/2000, 12:38m HST by Penfold

Paulie is hard at work reformatting his HD, so you get to suffer with my news tonight, hehehe.

What happens when there's no more A-Team. Also coming straight out of Hawaii, check out cr0bar's site Detonate.net for more bastardizations.

The new nVidia experimental drivers (NED) v6.27 are ready for consumption. Not sure if these are reference drivers or beta one. You can get the win95/98 or the winNT or the win2k versions from 3DChipset.com Will be adding these to the files section one day.

WEDNESDAY, 9/20/2000, 7:58am HST by Penfold
The "I Don't Have Enough to do Any Real Content" Edition

Leave it to Raul to become obsessed over a move star after seeing her in Who am I. IMHO, she needs to lose the blond hair and let Asianness show.

WEDNESDAY, 9/20/2000, 1:50am HST by Raul

First there was the Macquarium. Now, there is the iMacquarium. I just might have to get one of these. They take an iMac and turn it into a fully functional interactive entertainment device! Definitely an improvement over the original design. Here is a site that approaches the classic Mac aquarium from a DIY'er angle.

You UHUNIX users out there can take advantage of this Web implementation of an e-mail client. It's stupid because I had to hear about this link from Dino who lives on the Big Island. Ka Leo didn't even get notified, and somehow I doubt that many Manoa campus students know about it. Why implement something and don't announce it? SOP at UHM, I guess.

Know what that is? It's an angled Autococker ASA. It takes a tweaker to know that. But it takes a special kind of tweaker to look at one and think, 'Ooooh!'

I'm one of them.

Big tips

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -- A tax appeals board in Denmark has allowed a massage parlor worker to deduct the cost of breast implants, newspapers reported Tuesday.

Here's the perv link for today.

Belissima!!!

TUESDAY, 9/19/2000, 11:19am HST by Penfold
The "Dammit, I Have to Work 32 Hours this Week" Edition

Since I'm on this computer love-in now that my box is running again, some quick hardware posts. This is a ultra/66 RAID setup by adaptec. So what's the big deal you ask? This RAID setup, unlike most other IDE setups, will do RAID5, striping and fault tolerance. Downside is you need at least 3 HDs. Don't understand what I just said, send me an email and I'll tell you about RAIDs (got to something with my MCSE.)

Although this is a really old article, it isn't bad for the person who wants to build a mp3 player for their car. IMHO, their way is kinda expensive and I think you'd be better off buying some cheap ass Pentium MMX system and putting that in your car so you can do DVDs too.

TUESDAY, 9/19/2000, 4:12am HST by Penfold. The vampire edition.

You can't keep a l33t computer down! After 2 power supplies and a lot of me going, "What the fuck?", the dualie box is up and at it again. I guess the PS didn't kill the MB but that also means that the first PS I got from CompUSA was DOB

Come to think about it, this computer has been up about as much as our POS web host.

MONDAY, 9/18/2000, 11:00pm HST by Raul

Well I guess it's only a matter of time before we see a fully CG pr0n. The question is, will anyone buy it? Maybe Madonion.com will be leading the, uh, charge.

But all the cool kids are doing it!

NEW YORK -- A US judge has slammed jurors who revealed murder trial information on the Net and used a Palm Pilot to track press reports on the case.

It's always sad when a company has to bite it that was showing so much promise. Apparently, AirStar was hit at a bad time with a product recall and a failure of consumer confidence, and was forced to close shop. I tell you, with all the jokes about Novas that were going around, one exploding was a public-relations deathblow. Rumor has it AirStar was sinking big R&D dollars into an electro-mini Nova. Which would have led to the inevitable jokes about, "it's not the size of the gun ..."

Despite the fact that the game isn't really all that tweakable, Tweak3d has put up a Rogue Spear tweak guide. I just had to post it because Rogue is an oft-overlooked game on the 'Net.

Small bit of local news: 97 candidates have registered for the OHA elections. For the entire Hawaii legislature, there were only about a hundred candidates.

MONDAY, 9/18/2000, 12:30pm HST by Raul

Posted a new article, Abit VT6X4 BIOS Hot-Swap fix. Strictly for the hardcore.

Spent most of today and last night refining the graphics on the page. Let me know what you think. Anyway, here is something to tie you over until tonight.

SUNDAY, 9/17/2000, 7:30pm HST by Raul

I was just recently turned on to Icebox.com. This is one of the more prolific Shockwave animation sites out there. Definitely not for the bandwidth-impaired. Check out: Mr. Wong, some good, clean, racist, er, I mean racial humor. Damn, it's that ES336 coming back to haunt me. While you're at it, check out Stone Trek, kind of an inane little throw-up by some independent.

"I know, I know. I have glaucoma, I grew it myself."

SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled last Thursday that doctors may recommend marijuana to patients who may benefit from it without fear that federal authorities may strip them of their license to prescribe medicine, or otherwise impose sanctions.

If anyone cares, here's a picture of Lara Croft as played by Angelina Jolie. I don't know what else to say about it. Here's something else I can't say much about: Lieberman yarmulkes.

SUNDAY, 9/17/2000, 10:00am HST by Raul

Penfold has suffered a power supply failure and is in the process of replacement, so his computer is down for now. It may have wiped out the mainboard also. I'm sure most of you can sympathize with the shittiness of a nonfunctional computer, so send your condolences to him.

SUNDAY, 9/17/2000, 3:00am HST by Raul

Oh no. Is nothing sacred? Now this news frightens me. Will no other, umm, overbearing corporate conglomerate step up to challenge the evil BE empire? One thing this does prove: paintball is a bigger sport that dirtbike racing. An aside: Why the hell doesn't WARPIG have dates on their news releases?

Now I'm sure most of you have seen this but for those of you that haven't, check it out. I swear I came up with the idea of an impeller feeding balls at the bottom of the hopper before this. Oh well.

NVIDIA has come out with some slick new demos since the last time I checked, culminating in a fat 37MB demo of X-Isle (first thumbnail on the left). Those of you who have spankin' GeForce cards and wish to revel in all their uberl33tness, download away...

And finally tonight, have you ever noticed... that finding people's UHUNIX Web sites are is a lot easier with this little app, written by a product of UH itself (who woulda known?) If you're in college or have been within the past three or four years, you'll probably find this a very useful tool. Someone once told me that UH is where Ethernet was invented. Can anyone confirm?