When I put this post in the “Music” category I need you to know that I’m using that term quite loosely.

“While I don’t believe in God, I firmly believe I would immediately change those views if presented with evidence to the contrary. And at age 22, this is possibly the best chance anyone has of changing me.”
This comes from Hemant Mehta who is obviously searching for answers. (Aren’t we all?)
The Atheist Who Went to [...]

Bodog allows you to bet on most anything (purely for entertainment purposes, of course) so it’s not surprising to see them post odds for which songs might land on the upcoming release of Guitar Hero 3 in the fall.
5/1 – Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
8/1 – Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
12/1 – Black in [...]

More YouTube goodness. Ahhh… good times. I have to agree with #1—that gravity gun is sweet. No need to worry about ammo because everything is ammo.

A week can’t go by without me throwing up some lame YouTube clips, right? Well… for that, this one rocks!

When We’ve been going on family vacations to Fripp Island, South Carolina for so many years that I’ve lost count. Started going when I was like 14 and I’m what now?… a spry 41?
Anyway, this annual trip is about tradition than anything else and we love it. There must have 100 things that we [...]

Tayshaun Prince Joins Olympic Team
Well it’s about time.
Are the USPS’s “forever” stamps a good deal for the consumer?
Turns out… no. Inflation grows faster than stamp prices.
Net taxes could arrive by this fall
“But with Democrats now in control of both chambers of Congress, the political dynamic appears to have shifted in favor of the pro-tax [...]

More Rock the 80s songs for Guitar Hero!

18 and Life (as made famous by Skid Row)
Bathroom Wall (as made famous by Faster Pussycat)
Lonely is the Night (as made famous by Billy Squier)
Nothing But a Good Time (as made famous by Poison)
Play With Me (as made famous by Extreme)
Shaken (as made famous by Eddie Money)
Synchronicity II [...]

Google creates uber search site
Deez boyz iz takin’ it to… uh hoe nubba lebbole.
WordPress 2.2 Released
More good stuff from one of my favorite companies (organizations? personnel collectives?!?) on the Internet!
U2 goes 3D for new film
I couldn’t care less about the Cannes Film Festival, but this just piqued my interest.
Summize’s New Ratings Graphic
Analytical and attractive?!? We [...]

How do you lose your proverbial shirt in real estate then turn it into a profit? Casey Serin did it by blogging. And making a lot of enemies along the way.
After running up a debt of $170,000 in failed real estate endeavors, he decided to tell the world how much he hated how things [...]

Guitar Hero is completely cool, in my book. So… I’m pretty interested in learning about all the latest developments. These guys hacked the controllers to somehow play real music. Now, if only their music was any good.
But you’ve got to hand it to their ingenuity. It was probably a pretty tricky problem to solve [...]

I’ve been blogging since 1996. Back then we just called it regular updates. Anyway, as a member of the informal media, it’s pretty disparaging to find stories like this wear apparently reputable news organizations completely screw the pooch.
WOWK-TV in Huntington… consider your reputation soiled.

Famous industrial designers talk about iconic pieces of technology.
My dad had one of those phones and one of these.
Amazon.com to Launch Digital Music Store
They might actually make a contest of this market.
‘Halo 3′ to land in stores in September
(Halo+console) -9 years = Quake+PC
Next gen of Wi-Fi is planned for summer
“802.11n expected to be 5 time [...]

I don’t agree with a lot that Jonathan Rauch believes. With that said, there’s something truly wise in the following excerpt from The Radical Incrementalist—an interview he gave to Nick Gillespie for Reason Magazine.
Everybody makes [mistakes]; it’s par for the course. What I have learned is not to be too sure I’m right. The world [...]

The native-born are leaving “hip” cities for the heartland.
Another way to say it, “People are getting tired of liberal living.” *wink*
Wii creates celebrity Miis
There are some good ones in there. Jack Black was instantly recognizable to me.
New Domain Names Could Come in Mid-2008
Let the land-grab begin!
The Answer is NOT always C
I love the teacher’s PS, [...]