Thursday, March 30, 2006
Saturday, March 18, 2006
SNOW DAY!!!
I can't believe how much snow we have gotten. This railing was clear before this little snow storm started, and it's still coming down!
Monday, March 13, 2006
Who invented what?
So, apparently Muslims invented everything. Now I am not to say that many important inventions didn't come from the middle east. But this site/show/book seems to want to indicate that pretty much anything you can think of came from MUSLIMS, not just the middle east but muslims. Despite the fact that the Islamic faith did not begin until 700 A.D., a lot of these inventions they are claiming as muslim were actually chinese and pre-islam middle east. Ah well, would we be human if we didn't try to rewrite history to suit ourselves?
Friday, March 10, 2006
Random friday night. thoughts
It's friday night and as usual here I am all alone... sigh... guess I will blog.
Go here: ObjectDock to give your windows PC a bit of a Mac OS feel, it's a cool little applet that I am finding pretty useful. I have almost zero icons on my desktop now.
For the record I am NOT watching 'Shall We Dance' starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez right now.
Anyone remember Junkyard Wars? That was a good show... once it moved to America it was all downhill from there but still a good show. Rico says that Mythbusters has filled the void left in his heart by Junkyard Wars. While I agree that Mythbusters is a very entertaining show it doesn't quite live up to the ingenuity displayed by those people sifting through mounds of scrap to make a tank or an airplane (yes there was one episode of the american version where teams made airplanes from scrap, and they all got up in the air if I remember correctly). I think I remmember an episode of the American Junkyard Wars that was like a cross country race. Three teams started in one junkyard, made a car loaded it up with junk then had to race a few hundred miles to another junkyard where they had to modify their vehicle to do some task then race to another yard a few hundred miles away etc. etc. Too bad that show didn't last, I'd still be watching it.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion officially comes out in 10 days.
I bought three Star Trek movies today for $11 each. Couldn't turn that down, they were collectors editions even, I am a sucker for 'collectors' editions. Strangly enough these are the first Star Trek DVD products I have purchased. I got First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis. Granted perhaps only First Contact was worth owning, but still, Star Trek... $11... irresitable.
I put gas in my car today, 3/4 of a tank was $33. That seems like a lot to me.
Who here hasn't played a pen and paper role playing game a la Dungeons and Dragons, raise your hand. Well you should, you don't know what your missing. Last week we had eight people at our D&D session and it was a blast. We went on way longer than we expected to just because people were actually role playing instead of just getting to the fighting, lots of laughs. If any of you virgins out there want to try let me know, I've got D&D and Star Wars. Anyone who likes reading or movies would like a role playing game, I think people are just afraid of the 'geek' stereo-types that have been heaped on rpg's.
Tomorrow is Star Wars marathon day! We are watching all six Star Wars movies at my brother Keith's house. Should be a good time and really neat watching the whole story end to end.
I like Ikea.
Nelly Furtado, where is your new album? Mike and I are still waiting.
I think I need a new hobby.
Is it just me or is Harry Potter getting uglier as he gets older?
Are you bored yet? I might be running out of random things to blog about, at least for tonight. All right, I guess I am done.
Go here: ObjectDock to give your windows PC a bit of a Mac OS feel, it's a cool little applet that I am finding pretty useful. I have almost zero icons on my desktop now.
For the record I am NOT watching 'Shall We Dance' starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez right now.
Anyone remember Junkyard Wars? That was a good show... once it moved to America it was all downhill from there but still a good show. Rico says that Mythbusters has filled the void left in his heart by Junkyard Wars. While I agree that Mythbusters is a very entertaining show it doesn't quite live up to the ingenuity displayed by those people sifting through mounds of scrap to make a tank or an airplane (yes there was one episode of the american version where teams made airplanes from scrap, and they all got up in the air if I remember correctly). I think I remmember an episode of the American Junkyard Wars that was like a cross country race. Three teams started in one junkyard, made a car loaded it up with junk then had to race a few hundred miles to another junkyard where they had to modify their vehicle to do some task then race to another yard a few hundred miles away etc. etc. Too bad that show didn't last, I'd still be watching it.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion officially comes out in 10 days.
I bought three Star Trek movies today for $11 each. Couldn't turn that down, they were collectors editions even, I am a sucker for 'collectors' editions. Strangly enough these are the first Star Trek DVD products I have purchased. I got First Contact, Insurrection, and Nemesis. Granted perhaps only First Contact was worth owning, but still, Star Trek... $11... irresitable.
I put gas in my car today, 3/4 of a tank was $33. That seems like a lot to me.
Who here hasn't played a pen and paper role playing game a la Dungeons and Dragons, raise your hand. Well you should, you don't know what your missing. Last week we had eight people at our D&D session and it was a blast. We went on way longer than we expected to just because people were actually role playing instead of just getting to the fighting, lots of laughs. If any of you virgins out there want to try let me know, I've got D&D and Star Wars. Anyone who likes reading or movies would like a role playing game, I think people are just afraid of the 'geek' stereo-types that have been heaped on rpg's.
Tomorrow is Star Wars marathon day! We are watching all six Star Wars movies at my brother Keith's house. Should be a good time and really neat watching the whole story end to end.
I like Ikea.
Nelly Furtado, where is your new album? Mike and I are still waiting.
I think I need a new hobby.
Is it just me or is Harry Potter getting uglier as he gets older?
Are you bored yet? I might be running out of random things to blog about, at least for tonight. All right, I guess I am done.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Johari Window
Go here: http://kevan.org/johari?name=benscarbeau
And tell me what you think I am.
Also, check this out, tre hilarious: Broken escalator - directors cut
And tell me what you think I am.
Also, check this out, tre hilarious: Broken escalator - directors cut
Brain Dump
So this week marks the start of 4 consecutive weeks in which there is a game coming out that I intend to purchase. This week was Battle for Middle-earth II, next week is Ghost Recon: Advanced War Fighter (or GWAR as I am calling it, GWAR sounds cooler than GRAWF... although... GRAWF... hmmm... that does sound cool GRAWF), then The Outfit, then it's the biggie, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion... I am expecting that one to blow my mind and keep me occupied for many months. I am trying to keep my expectations low so that my enjoyment will be high (the universal law of expectations vs. enjoyment, the lower your expectations the more you will enjoy something, even if it's not that great, rarely do video games or movies live up to high expectations).
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