#1

Not my fault you can't remember to type in your name unless some annoying form reminds you to.

Well, now, when you leave a comment, the name you use gets saved as a cookie and will be pre-filled into the comment box. You're welcome.

#2

Believe me, I'm there.

#3

Someone already got the sentry gun I wanted, so I should be fine.

Stainless steel, blue LED status lights, and two modes: kill, and overkill.

#4

Yes

#5

Comments work, righ?

#6

Does internet culture like plusses?

I've never seen any reference to typographical internet specificities in something mainstream without it seeming trite or awkward, like those local news reports where they try to tell parents about the internet slang their kids are using, and it's a bunch of made-up stuff kids never use.

LGDSAKSH = Lets Go Do Shrooms And Kill Some Hobos

#7

Remember it. Especially the little interlude between high school and college or whatever you do next. Still living at home, but no responsibility whatsoever.

And try not to think about the significence of a moment while you're in it. That doesn't work. It's like trying to decide if a cake you're eating is the best cake you've ever had. Just eat the cake now, figure out its place in the grand scheme of things later when you're bored and depressed.

#8

I'm not in the system...

#9

Geniuses tend to die before their time.

So I guess I'll be alright.

#10

"He's totally a ninja btw..."

Dude. Stop spoiling the sequel.

#11

I realize now that I haven't really read anything specifically intended for young people since the 6th grade. After that it was all Crichton and Ludlum and standard assigned reading like Bradbury and Ayn Rand.

I never really needed "just for me" books after I'd learned how to read. Maybe I just don't understand them.

I read Little Brother to make sure Cory hadn't psychically stolen any of my ideas, and it was in there that I found an offputting tone. Or maybe I just find the idea of trying to explain public-key encryption to 12-year-olds who a few chapters earlier had to be told how laptops work slightly ridiculous.

#12

That's right. It takes place in 1998. So when Amy says, "Security seems to have been amped up since 9/11," she is of course talking about the cancellation of the hit syndicated TV show, "Rescue 911."

#13

Bunch of dope heads on my site. I need to adjust my content direction.

Snickerdoodle recipies and stock tips coming soon.

#14

I would say I didn't handle ketamine.

And I was given more than the average "user" takes.

#15

No, they just show up close together on that graphic. The fact that they're the same size means they appear the same number of times.

#16

Capn said:

NINJA!

Not this shiz again...

#17

This is the case with almost all genre movies. Horror movie victims of course never know that everything they're seeing and doing is cliched (except in the Scream series).

Romantic comedy people never realize everything they're going through has been done to death.

People with mysterious pasts who can suddenly fight and think tactically don't realize it's exactly like The Bourne Identity...

#18

If you're paying attention, the number of times Chris fires the gun he bought is pretty interesting.

#19

There would be another Earth and another you because the things that led to the Earth and you weren't matters of chance but the product of laws. If the pre-Bang singularity is exactly as it was and if the Bang is exactly as it was, every molecule would go in the same direction and bump into things in the same order.

Decisions you've made in your life are free will, of course, but they're based on your environment and what you know. Given the exact same variables, you would make the same decisions every time. Even flipped coins would turn out the same because gravity and the coin's wind resistence and the amount of force you happened to use in the flip would all be the same.

The only way the universe could be at all different after the crunch is if something were physically different. Failing that, everything that ever happens is governed by the rules of physics.

#20

Yeah I don't know what's going on with those. I hope some spambot programmer didn't take the time to figure out how to defeat the humancheck on my dumb ol' website.

#21

I'm just talking about unpublished novels.

Professionals can write about vampires all they want. They know how to Bore & Metaphor and establish a plot.

#22

No.

#23

Perhaps I don't want to spend large parts of my day compiling drivers and wondering why my network card isn't compatible with my mouse.

#24

a piece of steel, some watch tins with no markup, magnets, and glue. Yes. only $9.50.

Free shipping for soldiers.

#25

Monday: Sleep
Tuesday: Wrote Friday
Wednesday: Wrote Saturday
Thursday: Guitar Hero
Friday: Wrote Sunday

#26

BANNED

#27

Yeah. Whatovit?

#28

Thought you would.

#29

Whatnow?

#30

This is what I do, darlin'

#31

Flashbulb memory

#32

Now you're just showing off.

#33

There's never a straight USP in those games, it's either a USP Compact or a USSOCOM special issue.

So I win.

#34

You can help... tell your friends.

#35

You'd be nonconforming too if you looked just like me.

#36

Moosen.

#37

Thanks for what?

#38

Oddest? It's kind of obvious. There were petitions to change the font.

I signed them.

#39

That's the first thing everyone said when they unveiled the thing at e3 in 05.

#40

Well then you can go Fuddruck yourself.

#41

No. You haven't bought anything.

#42

Who and frames? Me and frames, or him and frames? Or Roger Rabbit and frames?

Frames suck, almost unilaterally, but for a while I had to use them until DNS updated for the url so it would point to the new site location.

#43

No frames.

#44

Whoever posted those two comments, try again.. something was screwing up the display.

Probably because you entered your name as "

#45

Not on... oh, nevermind.

#46

Brainwashed to clean up pseudo-gang activity in the suburbs?

#47

Think about the future.

#48

You're the Armstech President, Kenneth Baker, right?

#49

That's why they built bridges over the river.

#50

I watched House already then, captain smarmy.

#51

No, had to move on to the next "winner."

#52

I'm sure your Focus is just as cool.

How do I know you have a focus?

#53

The current winner is.. nobody. Nobody is linking or referring. I gues they want me to keep the ipod for myself.

Pre-loading iPods is illegal, apparently.

You can refer yourself.

#54

The prize for purchasing is a Nano.

#55

There is a minimum (5).

Lost is too pretty to watch on that little screen, methinks. I record them in high def on my tivo so I can savor every last detail.

#56

Well yeah, but blocking the router blocks him.

Usually with DSL or cable, the IP address changes every few days so a direct ban doesn't accomplish much.

Anyway, blah.

#57

JohnSmith said:

So, anyone still selling built USB chargers?

Yes, click here.

#58

Stop having such good ideas!

#59

hide said:

nope didnt work:(

Dude, you have to upload the picture first. You cant link from C:\Documents and Settings\Patrick\My Documents\My Pictures\

You can upload pictures to
Photobucket

#60

...what?

#61

PSP, you really need to invest some time into learning how punctuation works. I'm deleting anything you post until I see some periods and capital letters.

#62

So that's why my site's been acting weird, it's because moo sent it a virus.

Not very polite.

#63

Not 1:23; besides, 1pm is 13:00

The 01:02.03 04/05/06 thing happened at 1am.

01:23 doesnt count because it breaks the sequence of 0X,0Y,0Z blah

#64

Nice of him to post his email address (brandonroode_75@hotmail.com) in plain text so spambots can pick it right up, which they do a lot since my site is teh popular.

#65

Would you want to watch anything else?

#66

They're jaded because they could never get past Joe Glass in Punchout.

#67

Shortly as in I just did it.

#68

I'm trying to come up with a snazzy ajax-style paging system and that's taking too long. I can roll out something lamer shortly.

#69

Oh the suspense. What if I order one more, then how many will I have?

How many will I have then, donut lady?

#70

4 days, now.

#71

I deleted "sameprob"s comment and its reply.
Can you stop commenting on newer blog entries with the same question? It's getting a bit tedius.

#72

Online is newer, go with online. Grounding positive was an error on my part.

#73

Ryan, you're in the elite "I was here before it was famous club," don't make me revoke your membeship.

And voltage, I think I replied.. I did from my old phone, sometimes those never go through. It's technically illegal to do that. Altoids gum could contain the ebola virus and if so, we'd want to keep it inside the States. I think you can order it from altoids.com... in ebola-safe tins.

#74

The resistor is round. You're talking about the resistor.

A 160 ohm resistor connected to a 9 volt battery would put out 8 volts, it just shouldn't for my charger design. You don't even need to be messing with the (round) resistor until you've gotten everything hooked up to the regulator.

#75

Dude. The battery puts out 9 volts, its a 9 volt battery. Putting a multimeter on a 9 volt battery and seeing 9 volts should not appear to your brain as a problem. If it does, perhaps this isn't the project for you.

The resistor (the round thing) is meant to connect to the voltage regulator, which should be putting out 5 volts.

The resistor is just for the LED, not the thing that's supposed to make 5v. You seem to have everything jacked around in your head.

#76

I can't get them for resale, but you can probably find them on ebay.

#77

Treo + PalmOS = buggy garbage

#78

I ordered some mini USB cables that will work with Creative Zens, Motorola RAZR/SLVR, and about a million other things

#79

The scratchpad... you write things on it. It's like a scratchpad, except it's exactly like one.

#80

The 160 ohm resistor is selected specifically for the type of LED I'm using in my kit. If you're building your own (making my children go hungry) you'll have to pick the right resistance for the voltage of your LED.

#81

Because of demand, I couldn't keep both kits in stock at once.

#82

Heh, I knew I'd regret allowing any non-script html tags.

#83

People post their comments, then reload the page (ignoring the "reloading this page will send information again" warning), which re-sends the comment information.

#84

The type of battery doesn't matter, all that matters is if it can charge via USB. Every USB port on earth puts out 5.0v, so this thing is as good as a USB port.

#85

No, all the same. Except the Shuffle which you could just plug right into the charger.

#86

In fact, I have one (personally). Just need to find out if enough other people have Treos or later Tungstens.

#87

Orders wont be delayed any more than they usually are. There's no mail on Monday either, so delay that.

Any gauge from 22-28 is fine.

#88

Plans come with it.

#89

If you get a resistor to drop 9v down to 5v, what happens when the battery starts to die and drops to 8v? The resistor drops it below 5v, cutting off the charge.

A voltage regulator will make ANY voltage above 5v come out as 5v.

#90

namedoesnotmatter: I really don't know the amperage, haven't checked it.

zerosaga: no.

#91

Even if there are 5v batteries (and there must be somewhere), the point of this charger is that it uses a widely-available battery so you can use it in emergencies. They have 9v batteries at every gas station and drug store on earth.

#92

$10 sounds about right.

According to the tipster on the scratchpad, I might be selling them come this weekend. We'll see.

#93

Inside joke attack!

#94

They have USB charging cables for the PSP.

#95

The multimeter is just suggested so you can verify that the proper voltage (5.0) is being put out by the usb socket, but if you wire everything properly it should do that by default.

I got mine from Radio Shack for $20 I think. A nice little compact yellow one that folds open.

#96

The 160 ohm resistor is for the LED, not for the usb voltage.

#97

^ Well that was a waste.

#98

Watch it and find out?

#99

Do it yourself.

#100

Tobb
this'll be my 300th post.

299th.

#101

I mentioned that once, I believe you said

Take a picture, it'll last longer...

#102

...no.

#103

I thought you did order one. I got an order from a Cody H. and thought that was you.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF!

#104

Ok, so now it remembers your name & password (encrypted) for you, so you don't have to type it in every time you want to comment.

Yay that.

#105

Testings

#106

Whatever it was, I fixed it.

#107

Just fixed it so you can't post without a name.

And you could type in bold before. You just never cared to.

#108

Forty-two.

#109

Comments are back!

#110

All the color-blind people I've known tell me that they can distinguish between primary colors, which is why I didn't throw Orange or like.. Mauve in the rotation.

As much as I [i]love[/i] mauve.

#111

Show me where you can get a 800+ lumine 5mm LED for 25 cents and I'll buy you a lobster dinner.

#112

Tom: If you can't get Altoids tins, it isn't important what size container you use. The insides take up about 2 square inches, so you could anything bigger than, say, a 9v battery.

#113

AOL, Netscape, Opera, Linux stuff, and cell phones

#114

No, [i]I[/i] am.

#115

I thought I was through with the skeezy no-name commenters.

#116

Those are trailers, dummy.

#117

Actually I had to scoot the price up a tad because PayPal increased their fee structure for me when they decided I was a business seller, so I was losing almost a buck per transaction to fees.

But since you're a dedicated poster at this site, I'll give you an exclusive 400% discount.

#118

I've looked into home-brew battery chargers. They're bad news. Bad news like molten acid exploding in your face.

If you wanted to use a Ni-Cad 9volt battery you sure could, just use a real recharger.

#119

The altoids tins aren't included, smarty.

#120

To build this kit as specified you will need a soldering iron, solder, electrical tape, a multimeter or volt meter, and a container (Altoids Gum tin in instructions, basic project box would work).

#121

Re: Chris Taylor

The 5v regulator I'm using is very consistent in downgrading. A fresh 9v battery will put out a steady 5.000000 volts for a few hours, about 5, and then the voltage started dropping as the battery started to give out (I was benchmarking on a very cheap battery -- a decent Duracel might hold out longer).

I've been unable to find anything that can upscale a current lower than 5v to a steady 5v, but I'm trying to find some kind of setup that will do just that. Most electronics are capable of dealing with a lower-than-spec voltage, but since not everything is, you might want to try to make sure you're using good batteries and arent dragging them to death.

#122

People! I'm selling the PARTS to build it. If you want to run all over town and buy all the parts at retail and put everything together yourself, that's fine (I did it). I'm selling the kits so you can get all the components without dropping $23 at Radio Shack.

#123

I'm not doing a podcast you miscreant.

#124

There's no aliens.

#125

Any other Sidney Lumet movie. Fail-Safe is a great drama, pretty deep though.

If you liked 12 Angry Men you might like Anatomy of a Murder.

#126

Amazon.com

#127

Not if my plan is a success...

BWAH HAH HAH

#128

You guys know that comments work, right?

#129

That can all be changed with the options up top.

#130

I don't watch the news, I reads the facts. Facts; you know.. stuff that happened.

#131

Doesn't have anything to do with Bush; it has to do with Karl Rove being a classic arse his entire career.

#132

Comments work now.

#133

I'm 100% against trees.

#134

Dont correct me drnit.

#135

so.. do you think there was a batman cartoon not licensed by DC?

#136

In that case, why not just let the police storm all of our houses once a month to look for terrorists. If you're innocent, you won't have anything to worry about.

Right?

That would be madness. There's no way they'd pass a law that would enable that. No way. No way at all.

Ohwaittheydid.

#137

Canon Powershot S400. I love Powershots, they take amaxing quality photos but they're built like snapshot cameras, so they're easy to take around.

#138

welcome, hon.

#139

Square Enix doesn't announce their lineup until three days before the show.

They're like that.

#140

No point using open office if you can get office for free.

#141

The show of that day.

#142

Lushly.

#143

You're stupid.

#144

No. Shut up. Nothing! Your face is.

#145

[url]www.gameworks.com[/url]

#146

I invented the drink myself, I was just experimenting with pops and juices (sprite and cranbery is good too).

I call it Pina Cola.

No I dont.

#147

It's 18 for fags, 21 for lager.

#148

21, mate.

#149

I should add, I've never ordered one of these and had the foam make such a realistic looking "head".

Pineapple juice thickens the coke so the foam sticks instead of going away. The trick is to put the juice in before the coke.

#150

Did I mention that they were filming Batman Begins last time I was here?

#151

Looks familiar because it's the same view from the same hotel.

I fixed your link, you need to [/url] close tags.

#152

Fixed comments!

#153

Hot, tasty communism!

#154

Don't you people have the internet? It's Shaun of the Dead.

#155

You also made a new blog on blogger and linked to mine and john's site.

#156

I've heard of all your bloody awful movies.

#157

Hard for me to tell for posts beyond the 10th oldest. When there's a new comment, it updates the RSS feed (and I'm notified when that happens) but the feed only goes back 10.

So maybe.

#158

That's what the second B stands for.

#159

if I shout it real loud will you respond?

#160

If you like scratched up and imported phones > a year old.

#161

Electronic Software Association. They started the ESRB rating board, fight piracy, did that survey showing that gamers arent fat trolls, aaaaaand holds E3 every year.

#162

Private messages + tracer images

#163

Nonprofits need money to pay their workers and finance their operations.

#164

I already banned their IPs.

#165

You uncle is a communist.

ps - power cable came today.

#166

I'd expect not; it's games industry only.

#167

May

#168

here

#169

Ryan's banned.

#170

That's Scarecrow.It's burlap around his head. Like a Scarecrow. Heyo!

http://www.aarondunlap.com/images/scarecrow.jpg

#171

John Stewert is a brutha.

#172

Meat cake.

#173

Cake.

#174

In early history, the only overweight people were kings because they would consume tons of food and just sat in a chair all day basking in their greasy glory. Weight was (and still is, someplaces) a measure of power. The heavier someone is, the less he must have to do and therefore he must be important.

#175

It's at that http://www.respectcopyrights.org/ website, and it's being picked up by news sources.

#176

andrea = sister

#177

http://www.freewebs.com/snowop/

#178

See it? I helped him make it!

I mean yes.

#179

In reply to #1

I've only deleted one comment, and it was by Snowop.

#180

I think he meant me. I'm supposed to explain why I do stuff at my website.

Here goes: That's my dog, I thought it was a cute pic.

#181

No. Like, if I stole your computer I could look in your cookies dir and see where you've been.

So delete the cookies you don't want people to see.

#182

HAHAHAHAHA anyway, cookies can't do anything harmful to your computer. The absolute worst thing they can be used for is so that a website (like bestbuy.com) can track what items and pages WITHIN THAT WEBSITE you look at.

Cookies an only be read by the website that left them.

And they're static, non-executable files. They cant be viruses or anything.

They could be used as "footprints" to see what websites you've been to, but if someone has enough access to your computer to do that -- they could find out worse. And if it's the government you're worried about, your IP address can be used to find every website you've ever visited in your entire life.

In conclusion, don't be scairt. Cookies luv ya.

#183

Because.... they......

#184

The comments "remember me" thing uses cookies, or else it couldnt remember you and you'd have to type your name and password every time.

#185

I havent posted anything in the past few days.

#186

Evan joins the mobile infantry, Beck becomes a pilot, and Gavin a psychic. Together, they capture the Brain Bug and defeat the invading Bug forces.

#187

You're all banned.

#188

Yes... my enemys.

#189

Because I haven't mentioned Victoria's Secret. They work off of the page's text.

#190

If you click it, they'll effectively be paying me money.

#191

HAHAHAHAHAHAbanned

#192

Aaaand now they aren't.

#193

I'll be there.

#194

They're more than $50 a month.

#195

I buy more games than I review, and I dont have to send back my review games :laughing:

#196

I can't remember the last time I rented a game.

#197

Consumer Electronics Show, you stupid idiot.

#198

Are you a giraffe or some animal that sleeps standing up?

#199

Hmm... perhaps it's Jessica Alba.

#200

Ashlee Simpson

#201

I've never seen a wall with tiles. Your life and outlook thereof is skewed.

#202

That's a table, honey.

#203

Hmph. You're banned.

#204

I take offense to your face and such.

#205

Why're you sorry? This is a pro-bush webpage. (Anti-stoopid)

#206

Regarding my hypocritic ways:

People reading my site are here to read my opinions. I present them, and I take no prisoners (only hostages). And in this case I didn't tell anyone what to think, I said what not to think.

Everybody on the "OMG CANT BELIEVE BUSH GOT VOTED IN" bandwagon isn't thinking, they're just playing follow the leader. Television is all created in New York and LA, both sesspools of democrat pandering, so when the middle of the country turns on Comedy Central and sees John Stewart making "If only Kerry and won" jokes and the audience going wild, they think that's how everyone feels, so they feel it themselves.

In the same way that teens are having sex younger and younger because teen characters on tv shows are starting the trend, thinking it's reality when it's reality they're creating.

Watching TV shows would have you believe that the whole world is a homosexual and anyone who isn't is totally cool with it because they make good shopping friends, but recent polls indicate otherwise. Isn't it odd that all the actors playing these gay people are almost all straight?

"Don't believe everything you see on tv" isnt taken deep enough. People fail to see the line between truth and fiction.

#207

Banned.

#208

I tried and it ended up at 50MB. I prefer quicktime too, best for in-page embeds.

#209

Painstakingly.

#210

I think my hosting should be free this month because you're so sloppy.

#211

Perhaps in Part Two...

#212

I know, I tired them with several search engines but the logs don't lie. I think they must be like 20 pages out or something.

#213

Most of the comments here are hers.

#214

This is a comment, it works!

#215

I wish they didn't make car keys so fat so you could keep one in your wallet.

#216

"These commission-based ads [b]don't make me any money unless you click them and buy something,[/b] so do all your christmas shopping at eCost and I'll keep writing quaint things and drawing quaint things."

#217

I love homestar, but I dont link to everything I love.

#218

Because the page you're on contains the "post comment" data. Environmental variables and such. I'll delete it.

#219

Including all the other forums that are leeching my Snake/Raiden forum image, about 150 unique visitors since the 6th of this month.

Probably about 30 people who actually read the blog. 9 people have registered as commenters.

#220

Those are written by robots. Blind ones.

#221

\"Anyway, I was sketching in [b]photoshop[/b] last night and...\"

#222

Once you finish the story part of the game, you have free roam.

Read the article, maybe?!?!?!

#223

What white spider things?

#224

Yeah, Spider-Man: The Movie: The Game was alright but the swing physics were just alright. Web didn't actually stick to stuff, you could be higher than all the buildings and still swing around.

Web in Spidey2 needs something to stick to, so if there are no buildings around (or nothing taller than you), you need to start thinking fast. It's just, really hyper omega cool.

#225

Every week I email you a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate.

#226

Sure you aren't in the Miami area?

#227

They aren't advertising buttons, they're links. I'm working on a javascript fadeydoo now.

#228

I spit at it!

#229

I dunno. Who are you?

#230

Wow, I totally didn't recognize that AD is my initials.

*slap*

#231

AD writing corner?

#232

A bit of tyranny is expected in a domain of my own creation. I’ve expressed my opinion on ‶hiding on the internet※, and I can deal with it as long as you aren’t trying to drive-by-insult.

I’m fine with criticism so long as you’re man/woman enough to show whose opinion it is.

I am considering switching the commenting system to registered users only, and you’re only giving me more reasons to.

By the way, have the hurricanes been affecting you at all down there?

#233

Hmm.. pics are a bit too big for the new site design.

#234

Capital Crazy.

#235

It\'s already out. Uses WMAs; sucks.

#236

and then you punch your wife because the beans were cold.

iPod still has the best interface and design. Also, the apple music store is still the best (chomp on it, walmart!)

#237

The worst part of the whole experience is how things are scheduled. The night before the first day of e3 there were press events and parties going till like 3AM, then the show starts at 8AM the next day. You\'ve got to be to the convention center at least an hour before it starts, so you\'ve essentially got to get up at 6am every day.

Last week I was looking through some of the stuff I wrote from the show floor, and I honestly can NOT remember writing most of it and I totally don\'t remember playing the games.

It\'s like a warzone. You get thrown in this strange place with 3 hours of sleep in you, noises coming at you from all sides, and all this amazing stuff being shoved down your throat. There comes a point where you hit your limit and you just snap, walk outside, kick a bunny rabbit, and start calling yourself Admiral Fighat.

Also, too many of the afterparties were scheduled at the same time. Too often I had to choose between 2 or 3 parties. Booooo!

#238

gamespot and IGN can pay their people because they\'re a real company. GS is owned by Ziff Davis Media and IGN was owned by Snowball but snowball turned themselves into IGN Entertainment. They have buildings and leases and wallpaper and janitors. They make money because they charge their users to read their stuff or to download things, and because they can charge thousands++ of dollars for sponsorships because of how many hits they get.

#239

My job doesn\'t pay me period. It\'s a non-profit site and a volunteer position.

#240

I had to pay to fly to e3 and to stay at a hotel, cost over a thousand dollars for a week of lodging in Beverly Hills. The only thing that was free was the entrance

#241

1. I don\'t speak whatever language they speak in Tokyo now
2. I don\'t have however much money it costs to fly to Tokyo
3. I have school
4. No

#242

Yes. Page 2.

n00b

#243

I were in all that?

#244

blue text = links

#245

no it doesnt

#246

Your face is bland, but you havent changed [i]it[/i] yet

#247

what shading part?

#248

It appears my site only has one reader.

I guess I should close it down =(

#249

When did I recomend fark?

#250

You want me to write a sequel to an essay?

#251

Can you see this?

#252

Can you see this?

#253

Can you see this?

#254

yeah, the clock is borked..

http://www.aarondunlap.com/time.php

#255

yeesh that was fast.