I’m a god-Damned Precog Sometimes
Permalink | February 25, 2008 by John in Consumer, Uncategorized, Video Games
A couple weeks ago over on BonnevilleAmerica.com, in a thread about Blu-ray vs. HD DVD (hey, it’s winter - we have to have something to talk about), I was saying the Xbox360 HD DVD add-on drive might be worth it if it dropped below $50. At the time it had been lowered from $179 to $129 in the wake of several companies announcing they would discontinue carrying HD DVD discs (Netflix, BestBuy, et al). WELL… (emphasis mine):
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. plans to stop making HD DVD players and cut the price of existing supplies by more than half after the leading promoter of the high-definition video format conceded defeat to Sony Corp.’s Blu-ray last week.
“From tomorrow, we will cut the price to $49,” said Grace Chou, a Taipei-based spokeswoman for the Redmond, Washington- based company. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console includes a standard DVD player, and customers can buy an HD DVD machine to use with the console at $119.99 through retailers such as Amazon.com.
Signs of the Apocalypse, 47th in a Series
Permalink | February 22, 2007 by John in Uncategorized
You know it’s the end of the world and political correctness has gone too far when my pollack homies get uppity.
In the predominantly Polish neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, some residents who had seen the cartoon were shocked. “I’m assuming the person who drew this hates Polish people,” said Anna Doda, a music store owner who has been in the U.S. for 20 years.
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Bonehead
Permalink | February 20, 2007 by John in Uncategorized
This review of Ghost Rider has lightened my mood quite a bit on the movie. I thought it was pretty but vacuous and cheesy. The reviewer doesn’t disagree but somehow convinces me that’s an okay thing, something I wasn’t convinced of leaving the theater on Saturday.
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Bloody Brilliant
Permalink | February 19, 2007 by John in Uncategorized
Listening to the Penn Radio Show from Friday the 16th, I just got clued in to these great diagrams by Jessica Hagy, specifically this one on the Seven Deadly Sins:
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Man buys farm, finds vintage cars
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“ok, so imagine you live in portugal and your moving house. you find a lovely farm house set in a decent plot of land. the place has been empty for 15 years! whilst exploring your new property you find a large barn in the trees. the door is padlocked shut and its all rusted solid. so you grind the padlock open…“
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