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Yet another WTF. This is not news. This trivializes our society. This is not a top story. Jennifer Garner has a viral infection. I'm sorry for her, but what the heck is wrong with us? People are dying. Every single day. Gah.
See, this is when I get pissed off about the Media and Celebrity Culture. This shouldn't even be a news item. Millions of people have donated money to the relief efforts. But let's make a big deal out of it when Leonardo DiCaprio pitches in. WTF? Seriously.
BrendoMan2004-12-29T06:57:24-06:002004-12-29T12:57:24Z2004-12-29T12:57:24Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986774.post-110432504431770647Wired 13.01: The BitTorrent Effect
Great interview with Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent. If it wasn't for BT, I couldn't get my Simpsons fix here in China. There are plenty of great legal uses for BT, Podcasting being the first one I can think of.
BrendoMan2004-12-29T06:52:32-06:002004-12-29T12:52:32Z2004-12-29T12:52:32Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986774.post-110432475208099982Underrated Games of 2004
You mean there were other games released besides Half-Life 2, Doom 3, GTA, and Halo 2? I still haven't tried out Bejeweled 2. I'm afraid I'll become glued to my chair like I did when I tried out the previous installment. I'm not surprised to see Katamari Damacy on the list since Luis raves about it every chance he can get.
Oh man, I am such a nerd. I just got done hitting up my old pals at JMZ using ircII, a command line IRC client. It was ghetto, but suprisingly powerful. I'm actually looking forward to doing it again. I'm also really looking forward to being able to post on my real blog soon.
BrendoMan2004-12-26T11:46:43-06:002004-12-26T17:46:43Z2004-12-26T17:46:43Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986774.post-110408320387498783The Mother Lode
Oh man, this is so awesome. This is a depository of 102 games that are free to download. These aren't just silly Flash time wasters, these are full blown games. I'm already enjoying Maniac Mansion Deluxe. I have so many things to choose from next!
Poor John Mayer. I guess he can't run through the halls of his high school like he thought he could. But seriously, that sort of sucks, being given an award and then not being alowed to attend the presentation ceremony because the people didn't think you'd take their award seriously. Ah, the perils of fame.
So this blog is actually working again. It wasn't publishing for awhile so I gave up. Then I forgot about it. Then a couple days ago my site became borked. Then I remembered I had installed a BlogThis! extension for Firefox. Then I tried it out again. And here we are. The Blogger interface has keyboard shortcuts now. That's pretty freaking nice.
BrendoMan2004-12-25T11:09:07-06:002004-12-25T17:09:07Z2004-12-25T17:09:07Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986774.post-110399454735383063Home Movies
HOME MOVIES: I want this DVD. I wonder if I can get it here in China. This blog wasn't working for awhile, so I'm seeing if it will. The brendoman.com backend is totally borked right now thanks to the PW folks. Gah.
BrendoMan2004-07-18T15:12:23-05:002004-07-18T20:12:23Z2004-07-18T20:12:23Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986774.post-109018154396181928Someone Got To Natalie Portman
On her flip flop over posing nude:
"Consistency is way over-rated. It's much better to flow with the times and the context and see how things change and how you feel."
Bah. I value consistency.
BrendoMan2004-07-16T18:20:44-05:002004-07-16T23:22:44Z2004-07-16T23:22:44Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6986774.post-109002016486671333Testing New Interface
I'm testing the new WYSIWYG interface in Blogger. It looks pretty darn cool.
Text formatting is a breeze and there are new keyboard shortcuts. So yeah, it's cool.