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Crank 2 : High Voltage

2009-01-03T00:10:00Z

Red Band Trailer Teaser NSFW

Goodbye JPGMag.com

2009-01-02T07:29:00Z

JPGMag.com will shut down on Monday, January 5, 2009 due to insufficient funding, bad economic times, etc… we’re gonna miss you.

you can still view PDFs of back issues and photo challenge selections here: http://www.jpgmag.com/downloads/archives.html

Thin 1.0.0 codename

2009-01-02T06:48:00Z

I like Thin 1.0.0’s codename.

remix@BFG-c2d ~/projects/talkingBubbles $ thin start
>> Using merb adapter
Loading init file from /home/remix/projects/talkingBubbles/config/init.rb
Loading /home/remix/projects/talkingBubbles/config/environments/development.rb
~ Connecting to database…
~ Loaded slice ‘MerbAuthSlicePassword’ …
~ Parent pid: 6378
~ Compiling routes…
~ Activating slice ‘MerbAuthSlicePassword’ …
>> Thin web server (v1.0.0 codename That’s What She Said)
>> Maximum connections set to 1024
>> Listening on 0.0.0.0:3000, CTRL+C to stop

lol. Nice one Michael Scott… erm, i mean, Marc-André Cournoyer

MacBook Pro Gift Wrapping

2008-12-25T21:56:00Z

A friend wrapped two gifts and made it look JUST LIKE a REAL MacBook Pro. I couldn’t tell that it wasn’t really a MacBook Pro at first. It also came with an iPod, and a MacBook charger.

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Wrapping Skills

2008-12-25T21:32:00Z

i has skillz

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Use HeliOS... go to jail !!!! >=(

2008-12-20T05:35:00Z

Funny middle school teacher sees one of her students showing off HeliOS on his laptop, and handing out copies of the distro. She thought it was illegal and wrote to Ironman (who is also working on the HeliOS project) threatening to report them to officials for all of their illegal activities.

Her Letter:

…observed one of my students with a group of other children gathered around his laptop. Upon looking at his computer, I saw he was giving a demonstration of some sort. The student was showing the ability of the laptop and handing out Linux disks. After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the student and that is how I came to discover you and your organization. Mr. Starks, I am sure you strongly believe in what you are doing but I cannot either support your efforts or allow them to happen in my classroom. At this point, I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful. These children look up to adults for guidance and discipline. I will research this as time allows and I want to assure you, if you are doing anything illegal, I will pursue charges as the law allows. Mr. Starks, I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you make are grossly over-stated and hinge on falsehoods. I admire your attempts in getting computers in the hands of disadvantaged people but putting linux on these machines is holding our kids back.

This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all. I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them…

Ironman’s reply:

Hmmmm….

I suppose I should, before anything else, thank you. You have given me the opportunity to show others just what a battle we face in what we do. “We” being those who advocate, support and use Free Open Source Software and Linux in particular.

If you find my following words terse or less than cordial, take a breath and prepare yourself…what I have to say to you are soft strokes to your hair in comparison to what you are about to experience.

First off, if there was even the slightest chance that I was doing something illegal, it would not have been done. To think that I would involve my kids in my “illegal” activities is an insult far beyond outrage. You should be ashamed of yourself for putting into print such none sense.

And please…investigate to your heart’s content. You are about to have your eyes opened, that is if you actually investigate anything at all. Linux is a free as-in-cost and free as-in-license operating system. It was designed specifically for those purposes. Linux is used to free people from Microsoft. The fact that you seem to believe that Microsoft is the end all and be-all is actually funny in a sad sort of way. Then again, being a good NEA member, you would spout the Union line. Microsoft has pumped tens of millions of dollars into your union. Of course you are going to “recommend” Microsoft Windows”. To do otherwise would probably get you reprimanded at the least and fired at the worst. You are only doing what you’ve been instructed to do.

You’ve been trained well.

I don’t know when you attended college Karen but the Linux of even two years ago pales in feature and ability to what there is available now…and that in turn will pale in a year’s time. linux is superior to MS windows in so many ways, they are too numerous to mention here…I am weary of enumerating them. Unlike Microsoft who meters their “improvements” and then shovels them to you every five years or so for purchase; Linux releases their improvements upon their completion. We receive the newest and the best of the system when it is tested to be usable and stable. Karen, you have no idea the slavery you work under…but you don’t know any better. The shame of it is, you are trapped with millions of other teachers in obeying the NEA and preaching the goodness of Windows and Microsoft. A superior, free and absolutely entertaining method of operating your computer is within reach and you are unable to grasp it.

The most disturbing part of this resides in the fact that the AISD purchases millions of dollars of Microsoft Software in a year’s time when that money could be better spent on educating our children. A dedicated School Teacher would recognize that fact and lobby for the change to Free Open Source Software and let the money formally spent on MS bindware be used on our kids.

A teacher who cared about her students would do that.

That is sad past my ability to express it to you. Don’t shackle your students in your prison Karen.

Now. You give that boy his disks back. Aaron is a brilliant kid and he’s learned more using Linux than he ever did using Windows. Those disks and their distribution are perfectly legal and even if he was “disruptive”, you cannot keep his property. I have placed a call to the AISD Superintendent and cc’d him a complete copy of your email. It looks like we will get to meet in his office when School starts again after the holiday. I am anxious to meet a person who is this uninformed and still holds a position of authority and learnedness over our children.

Ken Starks
HeliOS Solutions

ken is an alias

Read Full Article at HeliOS’s blogspot

Dance in the Sky

2008-12-06T13:59:00Z

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on Flickr
Rare formation event: Moon, Jupiter & Venus light up the evening sky!
as seen from Prizren, Kosova (south-eastern Europe)
uploaded 12-1-08
by azem

Funny ...

2008-12-01T09:47:00Z

Found this on some other blog… i laughed hard enough to post it.

Bobby Lee is hilarious

2008-11-29T09:37:00Z

rofl

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T16:27:00Z

I woke up this morning wanting to make a quick thanksgiving flash game in haXe.
I started at about 11am, took 1.5hrs break, and finished at 4:30pm.

nothing spectacular, i even borrowed images from all over “google images” just to finish this up so I can go get some turkey!

Post up your high scores in my comments.

and Happy Thanksgiving!

play “Turkey haXe” now

Deadmau5 !!! Happy Holloween

2008-11-04T06:25:00Z

Deadmau5 opening for HARD Haunted Mansion in LA
his friend starts out dressed up as deadmau5 and plays Not Exactly, then Deadmou5 comes dressed up in EvilMau5 costume kills him and plays “Ghosts and Stuff”
this video is sick!!!!

Flash on iPhone

2008-10-01T20:28:00Z

Adobe confirmed yesterday at Flash on the Beach, that they are developing a flash player for the iPhone, but it’s still up to Apple if and when they will add it.

woot.

Full article at FlashMagazine.com

Genki Rockets Rawks Me

2008-08-01T13:51:00Z

Love this album. Here are some extra large sized free samples (132mb)

Download Genki Rockets - Heavenly Star extra long free samples with album art and lyrics and stuff.

oh yeah, and i’m in the process of finishing w3.rawk.me that will have internet radio streaming mixes from my DJ friends.

their music will be nothing like this album, i’m sharing because i care.

So wtf is Genki Rockets?

Genki Rockets is a fictional music group created by Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Q-Entertainment, much like Gorillaz.
The lead singer, Lumi ‘s voice is generated by 3 different female singers through a vocoder.
They had a sort of concert in Tokyo
I heard of them from the wii game No More Heroes

more info:
http://www.genkirockets.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genki_Rockets

What's this?

2008-07-03T23:09:00Z

it’s my letter of resignation… on to bigger and better things…

No More Heroes (song)

2008-05-28T01:58:00Z

Finally bought the game, love it.
the soundtrack is bad ass, but there was a good song that is not in the soundtrack.
Here’s the song that you hear in Area51 (the clothes store)

Genki Rockets - Heavenly Star
Genki Rockets - Heavenly Star (Sunrise Remix)
Genki Rockets - Heavenly Star (Glorious Remix)

even the escapist : zero punctuation likes it :P