i have now played command and conquer 3 in 3d!!

yeap, it's real and it's legal. there are several anti-rifle laws out there, but this rifle is not baned by anyone. it turns out that the law defines a rifle with specific parts like a collapsable stock, a bayonett slot, a 30 round clip, and dark colors.

jungle disk plus amazon's s3 account equals easy, reliable, cheap online backup. amazon's s3 service provides unliited storage for a megar fifteen cents a month. even if you were to backup twenty gb it would only cost you #3.40 a month. there is only one flaw to this setup, amazon provides no user interface for this system. it was designed for developers who would already have an interface or could very easily make one. so how do the rest of us get to enjoy this service?

jonathan coulton, excellent independent musician, writes some very good songs and you can listen to all but like 2 of them at his website. he tends to play towards the geeky crowd though his songs are not really tech related. they are kind-of all over the place which is part of the fun. i highly recommend better, octopus, code monkey, re your brains, creepy doll, chiron beta prime, my monkey, shop vac, skullcrusher mountain, and the list continues.

if you haven't seen it before you really ought to take the time to enjoy this music video that celebrates a little bit of bad translation from japanese into english.

offical website

a brazillian design firm has created a flash cgi of an asain woman that is eeirly lifelike. she follows the mouse around the screen and even smiles vacantly from time to time. click on the image or here to visit her.

very funny video of a 3 year old describing the first star wars movie, episode 4: a new hope. what else can i say? just watch the clip :)

just a few photos of some house designs that i would love to have in my home. yes, it is a short, cheesy blog entry, but i don't care, i think they are cool and i felt like sharing the wealth.

contemporist.com

it is an older article (published 2003) but worth mentioning that the mental health office of multnomah county was officially seeking a klingon translator. "we have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak," said jerry jelusich, a procurement specialist for the county department of human services. talk about taking political correctness to extremes. honestly, this is america people, learn the language! or at least use your universal translator.