If you happen to live in Kalamazoo, Michigan, some local filmmakers are auditioning for parts in Fanboy, an episodic show about, well, fanboys. Auditions are March 11, 2006 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Fanfare Sports and Entertainment, 4415 S. Westnedge.
February, 2006
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Jim Roepcke posted a link yesterday to this YouTube video which shows the ridiculous load time for Smackdown vs. Raw 2006 on the PSP. Whoever did the video put a nice musical loop and some funny text commentary overlayed on top of the load screen. From startup to actual playing in season mode takes 6…
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Interesting — turns out there is actually a Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. It just opened this past October. According to its mission statement page, Our mission is to educate & excite visitors with a comprehensive collection of classic “pop culture” toys, with an emphasis on the social & historic evolution…
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Not sure why, but Glenn Reynolds links to this ignoramus about the it’s ricin/it’s not ricin series of events at the University of Texas. Short version — a student there found a white powdery substance in a roll of coins. Initial state tests suggested it was ricin, but further tests by the FBI confirmed that…
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According to this Associated Press story, some Christian evangelicals have reached the conclusion that Pat Robertson’s regular outbursts may actually be damaging their movement. No, really? You mean that saying federal judges are more dangerous than Al Qaeda might turn people off? Saying that Ariel Sharon’s death was God’s punishment might be a bit off-the-wall?…
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Merlin Mann has several interesting tips for running more productive meetings. The only suggestion I had real issues with was #4, No electronic grazing. Period. – Laptops closed. Phones off. Blackberries left back in the cube. YouÂ’re either at the meeting or youÂ’re not at the meeting, and few things are more distracting or disruptive…
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This page has photographs and information about a full-sized pinball machine made entirely out of Legos: The control system uses RCX units from Lego Mindstorms. Amazing.
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Writer Andrew Hearst profiles Richard Dawkins’ latest rantings against religion and concludes (emphasis added), Tipped off by a thread on Echo, I bittorrented both episodes a few days ago. From the vantage point of the United States, the program is remarkable: You simply would never encounter such a brazen denunciation of religious faith on this…
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There’s an EB Games store near where I work. I usually don’t shop there because I can’t stand the layout of this particular store. But I was in a hurry yesterday, so in between a bunch of other errands after work I stopped into pick up a copy of The Sims 2: Nightlife expansion. I…
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TimeSnapper is like Fraps for day-to-day productivity apps. Fire it up and it sits in the background and takes a screenshot every X seconds and writes that to a directory naming the files sequentially. The developer bills it as a method for tracking project-related work time, With TimeSnapper you can play back your week just…