Whew... Okay, disengaging panic-mode.

Also fascinating is that one specie's shell exhibits cellular automaton, rule 30, and is quite beautiful— which has lead to a number of fatalities among beach combers.

Picked up one of these on a whim the other day, and for the most part I'm loving it. The one thing I haven't really used it for is an MP3/media player.

I can only speak for myself, but by now I'm used to waiting a year or so for "new releases," and have come to terms with the fact that something I want to see may never come to streaming.

Last night I asked my friend if he had a resolution. He says "Yes", and then there was a bit of silence. Then he says "This year, I plan on going all out, balls-to-the-wall."

Voting straight ticket non-Apple. So let's see, what's first...

I guess this is one of those things I'll never fully understand, coming from a Christian family in the South, where we are racially diverse but not religiously (I have known only a couple of people that were of 100% Jewish descent, and one former Muslim from Afghanistan).

Good, functional design is like a conversation between experts. One comes up with a way to describe a new thing (or even a novel way to describe something old), and another uses that language to further the conversation. Good ideas are passed back and forth, and problems are solved.

Toshiba Thrive happens to be the [www.woot.com] deal of the day. Soooo close to picking one up.

I know this is bit of a polarizing subject, but I cannot go back to Tony Hawk after playing Skate 2.

This is how one wages war on Christmas, not some ancient Walmart employee greeting customers with "Happy Holidays."

I prefer Gerrymandering Perry, or just Gerry-Perry , for short.

Well, technically a Fleshlight is a va-jay-jay in a flashlight. I want to be having sex with a vagina, inside a condom, inside a vagina. Kinda like a turducken in concept, or vagcongina, if I may.

It is not my enthusiasm that is diminished, it is the sensation.

Just because a person signs a contract (or clicks "Agree" in this case), this does not make all contract terms legally binding. To use an extreme example, MS cannot make you an indentured servant through some legalese buried deep in it ToS, even if there is an "opt-out in writing" window that you miss.

Any changes to the Netflix app? Honestly that's the one thing I've been waiting for— the ability to search by any parameter, not just movie title (I always forget movie titles); the ability to see similar titles to streaming content, not just "only on DVD" content or whatever the fuck Netflix decides to throw up when…

This, exactly. The Philosophy of Non-Destruction is a core principle that I believe should be at the head of any beginner tutorial of this kind. You can end up with a huge mess of a layer stack, especially on composited images, but that's better than passing the point-of-no-return in your history and having to start…

Been using 8 on my desktop since it was released. Originally the plan was to play with it until I got around to picking up a copy of Win 7, but I honestly haven't felt the need.

Disco Baby Pants:

The problem with the ESRB is still the fact that parents are clueless about it. Most everyone watches movies, and the MPA rating system is culturally ingrained, but gaming is sub-culture, so the awareness just isn't there.