Adverts this year = teh l4m3. That one with the cat just raised a chuckle. The highlight was the beatmania tune (“Jaques Your Body”) they used in that one advert for the… well I can't remember what it was for. Something like an iPod shuffle, but not – it featured…
Universal Studios
Had a couple of friends staying on Saturday, so we went to Universal Studios. It's pretty good – an actual Theme Park rather than a collection of rides. In fact the rides are fairly tame as these things go, but that's not bad. The view over the valley is amazing,…
eVest!
I just took delivery of my new fleece. It rocks. I gave one to my dad for Xmas and he loves it, so it was only a matter of time before I crumbled. I took advantage of the 40% discount afforded by the recent sale they had.
A plea to wordsmiths…
Come on, people. If your job involves using English professionally, take some time to learn it. In particular: – “Begging the question” does not mean “implying/requiring that the question be asked” – “Schizophrenia” is not having multiple personalities – “Enormity” does not mean “great size” When you use words wrongly,…
World of Warcraft
For a while there I was sorely tempted. Then, luckily for me, there was a spate of server problems, and Blizzard have stopped selling it for the time being. I read this morning that there is a last shipment in EB today, but the moment has passed. I can congratulate…
Fun. DMV Employees, General asshatsCircle I Limbo Parents who bring squalling brats to R-rated moviesCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind RepublicansCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow PETA MembersCircle IV Rolling Weights George Bush, SUV DriversCircle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled River Styx ScientologistsCircle VI Buried…
A match made in heaven?
I think somebody from Namco should talk to Freezepop about the soundtrack for Katamari Damacy 2.
the Internet has everything
I think this is quite possibly proof of this fact. As well as being one of the more amazing things I've found on the web in the last few months.
Proper English
This tsunami disaster has shown once again that journalists don't understand the usage of the word “enormity”. I doubt that they are deliberately invoking pathetic fallacy. The tsunami was a terrible tragedy, but I don't see the need to ascribe it to malice on the part of nature.
What happened to this decade?
Now that we're in 2005, I have noticed something strange. I have almost no recollection of the first half of this decade. What I can “remember” is mostly what I know happened, rather than any real remembering. The things I can actually remember are few and far between, viz. 9/11…