Friday, June 24, 2005

Say a prayer for the NJ boys...

I've never been more glad I grew up in a good neighborhood.
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646MB later I've gotten 40 N64 games. And an amazing emulator (Project 64) that runs all of them right from your PC. I couldn't resist and I immediately loaded The New Tetris up just to see if it would work....

....Amazing. That familiar menu music started playing. The New Tetris was the one game I never sold back when I booted my N64 to upgrade to GameCube 3 years ago. I have sorely missed it. I still own the cartridge in case I ever got an N64 again or wanted to borrow my nephew's (not a bad idea actually). The multiplayer was amazing, single player engrossing and addictive. I WAS the TetrisMaster. The world of emulation rocks my socks off. All the old hits are here...
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Goldeneye
Banjo Kazooie & Banjo Tooie
Gauntlet Legends
Jet Force Gemini
Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time & Majora's Mask
Paper Mario
Perfect Dark
Mario Part 1, 2 & 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
and Worms Armageddon.

Ahhhh :) Weekend here I come!
I always find it amusing how you can see the leaps in technology just by viewing the video game industry. We went from:
Pong/Pitfall to
Mario/Zelda to
Sonic/Tails (lol sorry had to) to
Ocarina Of Time/Goldeneye to
Halo 1 & 2/Pikim/Vice City.

Looking at the specs of the video game consoles has always interested me.

Playstation 2
Processor: 128-bit "Emotion Engine" clocked at 300 MHz
Media: Proprietary 4.7-GB DVD and original PlayStation CDs

GameCube
Processor: "Gekko" IBM Power PC microprocessor clocked at 485 MHz
Media: Proprietary 1.5-GB optical disc

XBox
Processor: Modified Intel Pentium III clocked at 733 MHz
Media: 8-GB built-in hard drive & proprietary 4.7-GB DVD

Compare this to consoles of yesteryear.

It's also interesting to see when the consoles had leapt ahead 2 generations that the once-seemingly powerful consoles of yesteryear were now handhold consoles! Basically the PSP is a mix between the PS1 and PS2 systems. The Advance/Advance SP/DS are all souped up NES/SNES systems. Will XBox bring their own to the scene? I'm sure Gates has that well under wraps.

Gameboy Advance SP
Processor: 32-Bit RISC with embedded memory
Media: GB/GBA/GBASP cartridges

Nintendo DS
Processor: ARM9 and one ARM7 33Mhz processors
Media: 1 DS slot, 1 Game Boy Advance / SP slot
802.11b wireless

PlaystationPortable (PSP)
Processor: PSP CPU clocked at 333MHz
Media: UMD Drive (Read only) 1.8GB
802.11b wireless
Evidence of the atrocities at Zimbabwe

Ever feel like just hiding out? Try the new public "Hiding Box"

On another note I'm so ready for this weekend.
Women sick after receiving silicone injections at "Silicone Party"
In other news...Women are having Silicone Parties...??

COCAINE BRICKS CONTAINING INTERNAL HEROIN BRICKS IN NOGALES, ARIZONA

Man hiding heroin IN cocaine! They'll never figure THAT one out! Check out some of the other ones. Man drug trafficking is getting desperate when you have to hide heroin in spools of Peruvian thread.

White Collar Crime determined with....bagels.


"Healthy Human Flesh Alternative"

Ok this is sick...now as Americans we're accepting or catering to cannibals?

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Movie Whore Test: Check all the movies you've seen!

1. (x)Napoleon Dynamite
2. (x)Saw
3. (x)White Noise
4. ( )White Oleander
5. (x)Anger Management
6. (x)50 First Dates
7. (x)Scream
8. (x)scream...it's on here twice because?...
9. (x)Scream 2
10.(x)Scream 3
11. (x)Scary Movie
12. (x )Scary Movie 2
13. (x )Scary Movie 3
14. (x)American Pie
15. (x)American Pie 2
16. (x)American Wedding
17. (x)Harry Potter
18. (x)Harry Potter 2
19. (x)Harry Potter 3
20. (x)Resident Evil I
21. (x)Resident Evil 2
22. (x)The Wedding Singer
23. ( )Little Black Book
24. (x)The Village
25. (x)Donnie Darko
26. ( )Lilo & Stitch
27. (x)Finding Nemo
28. ( )Finding Neverland
29. (x)13 Ghosts
30. (x)Signs
31. (x)The Grinch
32. (x)Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake)
33. (x)White Chicks (My first movie date with Jess lol)
34. (x)Butterfly Effect
35. (x)Thirteen going on 30
36. (x)I, Robot
37. (x) Dodgeball
38. (x)Universal Soldier
39. (x)Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
40. ( ) Along Came A Spider
41. (x) Deep impact
42. ( ) KingPin
43. (x) Never Been Kissed
44. (x)Meet The Parents
45. (x)Meet The Fockers
46. (x)Eight Crazy Nights
47. ( )A Cinderella Story
48. (x)The Terminal
49. ( )The Lizzie McGuire Movie
50. ( )Passport to Paris
51. (x)Dumb & Dumber
52. (x)Dumb & Dumberer
53. (x)Final Destination
54. (x)Final Destination 2
55. (x)Halloween
56. (x)The Ring
57. ( )The Ring 2
58. (x)Harold & Kumar go to Whitecastle
59. (x)Practical Magic
60. (x)Chicago
61. (x)Ghost Ship
62. (x)From Hell
63. (x)Hellboy
64. ( )Secret Window
65. (x)I Am Sam
66. (x)The Whole Nine Yards
67. ()The Whole Ten Yards
68. (x)The Day After Tomorrow
69. (x)Child's Play
70. ( )Bride Of Chucky
71. (x)Ten Things I Hate About You
72. (x)Just Married
73. (x)Gothika
74. (x)Nightmare on Elm Street
75. (x)Sixteen Candles
76. (x)Bad Boys
77. (x)Bad Boys 2
78. (x)Joy Ride
79. (x)Seven
80. (x)Ocean's Eleven
81. (x)Ocean's Twelve
82. (x)Identity
83. ( )Lone Star State Of Mind
84. (x)Bedazzled
85. (x)Predator I
86. (x)Predator II
87. (x)Independence Day
88. ( )Cujo
89. (x)A Bronx Tale
90. ( )Darkness Falls
91. ( )Christine
92. (x)SLC Punk
93. (x)Children Of The Corn (HE WANTS YOU TOO MALACHAI!)
94. ( )My Boss' Daughter
95. (x)Maid In Manhattan
96. ( )Frailty
97. ( ) Best Bet
98. ( )How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
99. (x)She's All That
100.( ) Calendar Girls
101.( ) Sideways
102.(x)Mars Attacks
103.(x)Event Horizon
104.(x)Ever After
105.(x)Forrest Gump
106.(x)Big Trouble In Little China
107.(x)X-Men 1
108.(x)X-Men 2
109.(x)Jeepers Creepers
110.( )Jeepers Creepers 2
111.(x)Catch Me If You Can
112.(x) The Others
113.(x)Freaky Friday
114.(x)Reign Of Fire (OMG a movie when Christian Bale didn't suck as Batman!)
115.(x)Cruel Intentions
116.(x)PI
117.(x)Swimfan
118.(x) Miracle
119.(x)Old School
120.(x)Ray
121.(x)The Notebook
122.(x)K-Pax
123.(xxxxxxx)Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
124.(xxxxxxxxxxxxx)Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
125.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
126.(x)A Walk to Remember
127.( )Boogeyman
128.(x)Hitch
129.( )Back Door Sluts 9 (Now if it was front door...)
130.(x)South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
131.(x)The Fifth Element
132.(xx) Star Wars Episode I
133.(xx)Star Wars Episode II
134.(xxx)Star Wars Episode III
135.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Star Wars Episode IV
136.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Star Wars Episode V
137.(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)Star Wars Episode VI
138.(x)Beverly Hills Cop
139.( )Swimming With Sharks
140.(x) Trainspotting
141.( )People Under The Stairs
142.(x)Blue Velvet
143.(x)Sound Of Music
144.(x) The Parent Trap (Old and New!)
145.(x)The Burbs (Oh God yes)
146.(x) Meet Joe Black
147.(x) Wild Things
148.(x) A Clockwork Orange
149.( )The Order
150.(x)Spiderman
151.(x)Spiderman 2
152.( ) Amelie
153.(x) Mean Girls
154.(x)Shrek
155.(x)Shrek 2
156.(x)The Incredibles
157.(x)Collateral
158.(x)The Fast & The Furious
159.( )2 Fast 2 Furious
160.( )Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow
161.( )Closer
162.(x)The Sixth Sense
163.(x)Artificial Intelligence(A.I.)
164.(x)Love Actually
165.( )Shutter
166.( )Ella Enchanted
167.(x)Princess Diaries 1
168.(x)Princess Diaries 2
169.(x)Constantine
170.(x)Million Dollar Baby
171.( )Life Of David Gale
172.(x)25th hour
173.(x)Vanilla Sky
174.(x)Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Did you see my blog title and layout??)
175.(x)Boogie Nights
176.(x)Braveheart
177.( )The Anarchist Cook Book
178.( ) My House In Umbria
179.(x) Double Jeopardy
180.(x) Monsters, Inc
181.(x)Kill Bill Vol. 1
182.(x) Kill Bill Vol. 2
183.(x) Eight Legged Freaks
184.(x ) The Exorcist I
185.( ) The Exorcist II
186.( ) The Exorcist III
187.(x) Titanic
188.(x) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
189.(x)Underworld
190.(x)Cast Away
192.(x)Waterworld
193.(x)Wizard Of Oz
194.(x)Super Troopers
195.(x)The Breakfast Club
196.(x)Robin Hood: Men in Tights
197.(x)Billy Madison
198.(x)Philadelphia
199.(x) Pirates of the Carribbean
200.(x) Edward Scissorhands!
201.( ) Phantom of the Opera
202.(x) the Bourne Identity
203.(x) The Bourne Supremecy
204.( ) Sahara
205.(x) S.W.A.T.
206.( ) Unleashed
207.(x) Minority Report
208.(x) Taking Lives
209.( )Romper Stomper

You're a movie whore if you have seen over 85!!

How many did Pete see?: Roughly 164. I'll recount later to make sure I didn't botch it up. As if we all knew I wasn't the movie master :P
"In a ridiculous publicity stunt, the first two innings of a minor league baseball game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played 'virtually' -- two video gamers will play MVP Baseball 2005 on an Xbox while the game is broadcast over the video screen and play-by-play is called by the announcers. When the real teams take the field in the third inning, they'll start where the virtual game left off."
3 Boys Missing in NJ

"The place from which they disappeared is a few doors from a school and in a neighborhood that is safer than most in Camden, which last fall was ranked most dangerous in the United States in a reference book that compares crime statistics."

Well at least we win in something?

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

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OMG! I’m going to have to clear off my bed because the Prince is back! Teddy Ruxpin, that magical bear that sang to me, danced with me, talked to me, slept with me, told me where to put the bodies, and even gave me an alibi for the Bangkok police, is back!

Created 20 years ago, the new Ruxpin—Ruxpin Reloaded?—will use digital cartridges containing animation and audio. It would be so cool if you could hook old Ted up to your PC via USB cable and it would also be cool if he would stop following me home even after all these years. He just sits outside and stares. And stares. And stares...

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Your Inner Gangsta by crash_and_burn
What is yo name?
Yo gangsta name bePlatinum Ringa
You ride around in a2004 Chrysler Pacifica
Yo gangThe Adjective Nouners
Yo shoes beWhite high-top Air Force 1s
Yo dubs be dis big, fool1,619
How much money you got?$4.13621228685998e+26
How gangsta are you, bitch?: 79%




































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Your love is... by ChibiMarronchan
Your name is...
Your kiss is...breath taking
Your hugs are...to die for
Your eyes...twinkle in the moonlight
Your touch is...the only thing I desire
Your smell is...amazing
Your smile is...encouraging
Your love is...everlasting
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What Makes You.. by SheBangs12
Your name?
Your gender?
What makes you sexy?Your hands
What makes you pretty?Um, babe, you aren't!
What makes you loveable?Everything
What makes you fun?Your positive attitude
What makes you irresistable?Your talant
What makes you cute?Cute? You? Hahaha.
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Ok this made me feel like an idiot.

Head Count
Do the math in your head.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000.
Now add 30. And another 1000.
Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.
What is the total? Scroll to the bottom to find out.

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Studies have shown that 98% of the population ends up with the number 5000. The math above actually adds up to 4100. Don't believe us? Get out the calculator!
Saddam Hussein loves Doritos, hates Froot Loops, admires President Reagan, thinks Clinton was "OK" and considers both Presidents Bush "no good." He talks a lot, worries about germs and insists he is still president of Iraq.
Here's one of my favorite Podcasts to listen to. The Catholic Insider, with Father Roderick Vonhögen, Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Monday, June 20, 2005

Funny office pranks that I will never try.

"Disassemble a musical birthday card and carefully tape it underneath a coworkers chair so that when the chair is leaned back, the card activates. It took more than four hours for one coworker to discover the source of the intermittent noise!"

"Subtle in execution, but so hot when it yields results. Change the AutoCorrect on a coworker’s Word settings such that when he types in, say “facilitate,” it gets auto-corrected to “faliatiate”. Don’t have the patience to wait for him to type facilitate? Change “the” to “teet”, and so on."

LOL