Last week I was at Barnes & Nobles and picked up a moleskine. It's got graph paper, which is a personal favorite of mine... I've been keeping it in my pocket with a bic ballpoint pen, but something as nice as a moleskine demands an equally nice writing implement...

And it just came today. My new Bullet Space Pen. And it is entirely too cool for school. It's tiny and strong, but when you put the cap on the other end it's full-sized so it's comfortable to write with. And it's got a good amount of heft to it, which is also quite nice. And it's got my name engraved in it, too. :)

Total cost was $18.70 + $2.50 for the engraving, free shipping. Got it off eBay.

Also really amusing: It came with a much crappier ballpoint pen, the sort companies buy to put their names on and give away. And this one says, "My other pen was bought from Cyber Space Pens."

New word:

Bicycluddite: n. Derogatory term for someone who uses a bicycle heavily or to the exclusion of cars.

Woohoo! I'm rich, bitch! Just got this email:

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Look at that, 750,000 pounds! Not dollars, pounds-- the good stuff! Haha!

Oh boy, I can't wait to collect my winnings... ;)

Just had an awesome idea... a Gunstar Heroes-inspired FPS.

You can only hold two weapons at a time, but the weapons can be combined to create a new weapon.

Each weapon would have to be unique, to ensure that all the combinations would be interesting. So I suggest...

Ripper (Unreal Tournament): Fires spinning blades which bounce off walls.

Rocket Launcher: Fires explosive rockets in a straight line which explode on impact.

Flame Thrower: 'Nuff said

Biorifle (Unreal tournament): Fires globs of acidic goo which stick to surfaces and enemies, damaging them.

Now to combine them...

Biorifle/Ripper: Globs of goo which bounce along the floor, seeking out the nearest person.

Biorifle/Rocket Launcher: Proximity bombs which detonate after a set time if not triggered.

Biorifle/Flame Thrower: Sprays napalm which coats enemies, keeping them burning for longer, and coats floors.

Ripper/Rocket Launcher: Fires bouncing rockets which explode when they hit an enemy or on third bounce. Alternatively, rockets explode in a shower of grenades.

Ripper/Flame Thrower: Shoots a bouncing fireball which does significant damage on a direct hit but also sets people near it on fire.

Rocket Launcher/Flame Thrower: As normal rocket launcher, but anyone hit by splash damage is set on fire.

This looks freaking amazing.

I can't imagine this video is a real interview, but regardless it's fucking hilarious.

Update: It's not real, it's from a pair of Aussie comedians. They've got some other good stuff on youtube linked from that video along the same lines.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

I don't remember this episode...

The new packaging for lunchables really threw me for a loop. The very conservative design featuring simple, matter-of-fact illustrations and text made me think when I first saw them that someone had found a crate of lunchables from the '50s and put them out for sale on accident.

It's really quite refreshing to see a brand opt for simplification. I'd like to see more do the same.

So there's a lawn in front of a court house in Eastern Tennessee where people file for permits and put up various statues.

As I'm sure you can imagine, this has caused a bit of a problem among people with varying viewpoints.

The twist here is that that last statement is a bold-faced lie. Everything is entirely reasonable, and it's actually quite interesting and refreshing to see. They allow a variety of displays including a Jesus statue and a FSM statue, and everyone seems to be taking it all with good humor.

Now why can't more places be like that?

Yahtzee's hit one out of the park with this review of Duke Nukem Forever.

Was lying in bed, about to go to sleep, and I had a flash of inspiration for a game...

Dragon Poker

Whenever we get a house and dogs, I want a basset hound.

Why have I not heard of this FireFox MathML editor until now?

This is the strangest thing...

Every time I go to fpsbanana.com, Firefox's memory usage shoots up from 80-100 megabytes to over a gigabyte. It then becomes very unstable. Assuming it doesn't crash, if I close the tab or go to a different site, the memory usage shrinks back down to normal.

I've tried it on other sites, including LiveJournal (obviously) and youtube and it works fine. It seems specific to fpsbanana.

Wow.

Go to Google and look up client/server database.

Read the snippet on the first result.

Wow. The original ending for Terminator: Salvation actually would have been really cool.

If an organization knows the locations of your home and work (to within a block), then that organization can uniquely identify you.

Interesting, scary stuff.