I promise an actual real post is coming but in the mean time take a look at this.
It is an article from the New York Times. Within the article there is a picture and the caption refers to the milk jugs as "the new fangled jugs".
New fangled? Really? In the New York Times?
I thought "new fangled" was one of those strange southern expressions that we use to confuse yankees. Fangled is not in the dictionary. I checked.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Onion Predicts The Future
The recording industry has lost its marbles. This is evident when when actual real news reads almost exactly like an article out of The Onion.
The RIAA is pushing legislation forward that would force Radio Stations to pay royalties for broadcasting copyrighted Music. Here is a link to WIRED article on the topic.
The RIAA is claiming that AM and FM broadcasting is a form of piracy and wants the industry to pay 7 billion in royalties each year. Here is where the absurdity comes in. Back in 2002 The Onion wrote an article about the RIAA suing radio stations for piracy because they were broadcasting copyrighted music. Both articles read almost exactly the same. The biggest difference is that the actual "news" article from WIRED states that the RIAA wants 7 billion dollars. In the Onion article they sue for 7.1 billion dollars.
I just commented to Anna last night that the issue of copyright and piracy is becoming completely absurd; but, I had no idea that has become literal.
Let me offer a little advice to anyone reading. If your actions ever begin to resemble an Onion article, it is time to re-evaluate your tactic.
The RIAA is pushing legislation forward that would force Radio Stations to pay royalties for broadcasting copyrighted Music. Here is a link to WIRED article on the topic.
The RIAA is claiming that AM and FM broadcasting is a form of piracy and wants the industry to pay 7 billion in royalties each year. Here is where the absurdity comes in. Back in 2002 The Onion wrote an article about the RIAA suing radio stations for piracy because they were broadcasting copyrighted music. Both articles read almost exactly the same. The biggest difference is that the actual "news" article from WIRED states that the RIAA wants 7 billion dollars. In the Onion article they sue for 7.1 billion dollars.
I just commented to Anna last night that the issue of copyright and piracy is becoming completely absurd; but, I had no idea that has become literal.
Let me offer a little advice to anyone reading. If your actions ever begin to resemble an Onion article, it is time to re-evaluate your tactic.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
PULL THE STRINGS!!!
You may have heard me mention the new Wil Wright game coming out titled Spore. I have wrote about it here on my blog and if you know me in real life, well then I know you have heard of it. Two days ago, they released as a free preview, the Creature Creator part of the game.
I am hooked.
Anna and I both have created more creatures than I really want to admit, but I thought I would give you a sampling as to what is possible. These are my Greek mythology creatures.
The fact that I can make each of these in just a few minutes on a home computer, complete with animation, is nothing short of astounding.
I am hooked.
Anna and I both have created more creatures than I really want to admit, but I thought I would give you a sampling as to what is possible. These are my Greek mythology creatures.
The fact that I can make each of these in just a few minutes on a home computer, complete with animation, is nothing short of astounding.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Hack & Slash Cooking
I am stealing this from Wired.
Cookbooks are a lot like Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games. They contain seemingly rigid rules that, in practice, require a certain amount of adaptation for your own tastes.
So how come cooking gets its own TV channel and role-playing games don't even get a show on G4? Maybe the population at large doesn't want to pretend to be a half-elf. Maybe RPGs take more imagination than most people have.
However, it just might have something to do with the role-playing community. If geeks talked about cookbooks the way they talk about RPG books, the results would not be pretty:
Posted: 12:15 a.m. by LordOrcus: I'm so mad that there's a new edition of The Better Joy Cookbook out. Thanks for making my old copy obsolete, you greedy hacks! For five years now, my friends have been coming over for my eggplant Parmesan, and now I'm never going to be able serve it again unless I shell out 35 bucks for the latest version.
Posted: 12:42 a.m. by Kathraxis: Hey, I have a question! When you preheat the oven, can you start it before you measure out the ingredients, or do you have to do it afterward? Please answer quickly, my friends and I have been arguing about it for four hours and we're getting pretty hungry.
Posted: 12:48 a.m. by Goku1440: I found an awesome loophole! On page 242 it says "Add oregano to taste!" It doesn't say how much oregano, or what sort of taste! You can add as much oregano as you want! I'm going to make my friends eat infinite oregano and they'll have to do it because the recipe says so!
Posted: 1:02 a.m. by barrybarrybarry: I can't believe I spent 35 dollars on a cookbook that doesn't have a recipe for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. When I buy a cookbook, I expect it to tell me how to cook. And don't tell me to just make a PBJ myself, I'm not some sort of hippy artist pretentious "freeform cook."
Posted: 1:08 a.m. by jvmkanelly: Where are the recipes for chatting with friends while cooking? Where are the recipes for conversation over the meal? When I throw a dinner party, I want it to be a PARTY. I guess the idiots who use the Better Joy Cookbook just cook and eat in stony silence, never saying a word or even looking each other in the eye.
Posted: 1:23 a.m. by LordOrcus: Hey, guess what? They're coming out with The Better Joy Book of Hors D'oeuvres. It just goes to show that the publishers are a bunch of corporate greedheads who care more about money than they do about cooking. Is it too much to ask for a single cookbook that contains all possible recipes?
Posted: 1:48 a.m. by specsheet: Hey, everyone. I can tell just by reading the recipe that if you prepare eggs benedict as written, the sauce will separate. My mom always said the other kids made fun of me because they were jealous of my intelligence, so I must be right. Everyone who's saying that they followed the recipe and it came out perfect is either lying, or loves greasy separated hollandaise sauce.
Posted: 1:52 a.m. by IAmEd: As I have pointed out MANY TIMES, several of these recipes contain raisins, and I, like most people, am ALLERGIC to raisins! And before you tell me to substitute dried cranberries, I will reiterate that I am discussing the recipes AS WRITTEN. I do not appreciate your ATTACKING ME with helpful suggestions!
Posted: 2:12 a.m. by Herodotus: I just have to laugh at the recipe for Beef Wellington. In Wellington's day, ovens didn't have temperature settings! And pate de foie gras certainly didn't come in cans. It's like the authors didn't even care about replicating authentic early 19th century cooking techniques!
Posted: 2:17 a.m. by LordOrcus: I have read the new Better Joy Cookbook and I am devastated to my very core. Their macaroni and cheese recipe, the very macaroni and cheese I've been making since I was in college, has been ravaged and disfigured and left bleeding on the page. Where once it contained only cheddar cheese, now the recipe calls for a mix of cheddar and Colby. It may contain macaroni, and it may contain cheese, but it is not macaroni and cheese. This is a slap in the face and a knife in the gut. You have lost me, Better Joy Cookbook. I would bid you goodbye, but I wish you nothing but the pain and rage you have delivered unto me
Cookbooks are a lot like Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games. They contain seemingly rigid rules that, in practice, require a certain amount of adaptation for your own tastes.
So how come cooking gets its own TV channel and role-playing games don't even get a show on G4? Maybe the population at large doesn't want to pretend to be a half-elf. Maybe RPGs take more imagination than most people have.
However, it just might have something to do with the role-playing community. If geeks talked about cookbooks the way they talk about RPG books, the results would not be pretty:
Posted: 12:15 a.m. by LordOrcus: I'm so mad that there's a new edition of The Better Joy Cookbook out. Thanks for making my old copy obsolete, you greedy hacks! For five years now, my friends have been coming over for my eggplant Parmesan, and now I'm never going to be able serve it again unless I shell out 35 bucks for the latest version.
Posted: 12:42 a.m. by Kathraxis: Hey, I have a question! When you preheat the oven, can you start it before you measure out the ingredients, or do you have to do it afterward? Please answer quickly, my friends and I have been arguing about it for four hours and we're getting pretty hungry.
Posted: 12:48 a.m. by Goku1440: I found an awesome loophole! On page 242 it says "Add oregano to taste!" It doesn't say how much oregano, or what sort of taste! You can add as much oregano as you want! I'm going to make my friends eat infinite oregano and they'll have to do it because the recipe says so!
Posted: 1:02 a.m. by barrybarrybarry: I can't believe I spent 35 dollars on a cookbook that doesn't have a recipe for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. When I buy a cookbook, I expect it to tell me how to cook. And don't tell me to just make a PBJ myself, I'm not some sort of hippy artist pretentious "freeform cook."
Posted: 1:08 a.m. by jvmkanelly: Where are the recipes for chatting with friends while cooking? Where are the recipes for conversation over the meal? When I throw a dinner party, I want it to be a PARTY. I guess the idiots who use the Better Joy Cookbook just cook and eat in stony silence, never saying a word or even looking each other in the eye.
Posted: 1:23 a.m. by LordOrcus: Hey, guess what? They're coming out with The Better Joy Book of Hors D'oeuvres. It just goes to show that the publishers are a bunch of corporate greedheads who care more about money than they do about cooking. Is it too much to ask for a single cookbook that contains all possible recipes?
Posted: 1:48 a.m. by specsheet: Hey, everyone. I can tell just by reading the recipe that if you prepare eggs benedict as written, the sauce will separate. My mom always said the other kids made fun of me because they were jealous of my intelligence, so I must be right. Everyone who's saying that they followed the recipe and it came out perfect is either lying, or loves greasy separated hollandaise sauce.
Posted: 1:52 a.m. by IAmEd: As I have pointed out MANY TIMES, several of these recipes contain raisins, and I, like most people, am ALLERGIC to raisins! And before you tell me to substitute dried cranberries, I will reiterate that I am discussing the recipes AS WRITTEN. I do not appreciate your ATTACKING ME with helpful suggestions!
Posted: 2:12 a.m. by Herodotus: I just have to laugh at the recipe for Beef Wellington. In Wellington's day, ovens didn't have temperature settings! And pate de foie gras certainly didn't come in cans. It's like the authors didn't even care about replicating authentic early 19th century cooking techniques!
Posted: 2:17 a.m. by LordOrcus: I have read the new Better Joy Cookbook and I am devastated to my very core. Their macaroni and cheese recipe, the very macaroni and cheese I've been making since I was in college, has been ravaged and disfigured and left bleeding on the page. Where once it contained only cheddar cheese, now the recipe calls for a mix of cheddar and Colby. It may contain macaroni, and it may contain cheese, but it is not macaroni and cheese. This is a slap in the face and a knife in the gut. You have lost me, Better Joy Cookbook. I would bid you goodbye, but I wish you nothing but the pain and rage you have delivered unto me
Sunday, June 1, 2008
What a weekend!
While busy, this weekend has been a blast.
Riley and Sophie got to play with the kittens down by Mr. Hughes' house.
We spent all day Saturday working in the yard clearing weeds and brush. We filled two Lenny(s) and still had brush lying around.
Sunday morning we had breakfast with Granny.
After breakfast we headed to Pa's for a little horseback riding. But first you have to saddle your horse.
Then you to achieve that riding look.
Of course Sophie is going to get mad if she is left out.
And off they go.
And Sophie needed another turn.
And what kind of boys would they have been if they hadn't disappeared only to be found playing in the creek.
Sophie heard the call of the creek as well.
To my amazement, nobody had ever taught them how to catch crawdads. So I had to oblige.
Riley and Sophie got to play with the kittens down by Mr. Hughes' house.
We spent all day Saturday working in the yard clearing weeds and brush. We filled two Lenny(s) and still had brush lying around.
Sunday morning we had breakfast with Granny.
After breakfast we headed to Pa's for a little horseback riding. But first you have to saddle your horse.
Then you to achieve that riding look.
Of course Sophie is going to get mad if she is left out.
And off they go.
And Sophie needed another turn.
And what kind of boys would they have been if they hadn't disappeared only to be found playing in the creek.
Sophie heard the call of the creek as well.
To my amazement, nobody had ever taught them how to catch crawdads. So I had to oblige.
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