In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
I’m still having trouble coming to grips with the faster speeds of some levels. (The “Just …” and “Aback” levels, in particular, are brutal if you make a mistake or two.) I guess my reflexes aren’t what they were after all those years of laidback strategy gaming.
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– Monday, July 4, 2005
There’s no two ways about it, I’m a creature of habit. I like to do things a certain way and I like to do them that way every single time. There might be a better way of doings things but it doesn’t matter. It has to be the way I want it and the way I’m used to doing it.
Take, for example, the digital camera. I’ve owned my Nikon Coolpix 3700 for over a year now and every time I transfer the photos to the PC, I do it the same way: I connect the Coolpix to the PC via USB cable then the Windows XP Autoplay dialog pops up prompting me to select a way to transfer the images, I choose the Nikon Transfer utility, the pictures are transferred and finally, the Nikon View browser autolaunches displaying the transferred images. For over a year, this has been the way I’ve done it and this is the way I’m used to doing it.
Well, tonight, I absentmindedly ticked the “Always do the selected action” box when the Windows XP Autoplay dialog box popped up. It’s one of those situations where I realised I had made a mistake one picosecond after clicking the mouse button.
Now, technically, this change wasn’t a bad thing. In fact, it was actually more efficient since I invariably choose Nikon Transfer to transfer the images from digicam to PC. But again, this was not The Way I’ve Always Done It and so I had to revert to the more familiar method.
Thankfully, the steps required to change the Autoplay action for photo transfers were documented.
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– Monday, July 4, 2005
Kamen Rider Hibiki episode 21 torrent.
Unsubbed. One scene had me doubled up in laughter. Or should I say … tittering? The honking sound effect cracked me up.
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– Monday, July 4, 2005
Mickey Mouse has a really bad day.
The figure is based the rodent’s appearance in the 1995 movie.
Great moments in podcasting # 1
“Now this might sound a little complex but it’s actually brilliant. It really … it … it basically puts in a choke, uh, a chokeneck … or yeah … a chokeneck … it actually puts in a chokehold … or it puts in … uh … y’know, uh … a method for you to actually limit how quickly people can build the most advanced units in the game.” All kidding aside, I’m enjoying these gaming podcasts a lot.
Marvel’s No-Prize.
I’ve always wondered what they looked like.
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– Saturday, July 2, 2005
Kids review the PSP.
“Why should u have one I mean u will drive your parents crazy.You will lose it in the car or it will brack so why have it. It cost to much because it is porteble I mean I love games and geek gadgets Im a noce peson but I do not like it SORRY”
Downloadsquad. [via]
About: “We all spend hours a week downloading and trying new software and web-based services (which are just software hosted somewhere else), but there isn’t one place to get news on the latest Flickr application, Firefox extension, or reviews of new podcsating software. So, we created one called www.downloadsquad.com.” Let’s hope they download and try a spellchecker.
The problem with music. [via]
So much for “money for nothing.” Musicians will truly be in dire straits if the chicks are no longer free.
How to tick off both the MPA and the police.
First, run a major pirate movie site and then infect the investigating police officer’s PC with a virus. Somebody’s going to be in jail for a long time.
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– Friday, July 1, 2005
