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Article posted on Jan 28

Steve Ballmer Caption Poll

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 28, 2007, 6:19 pm

My caption:
"Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh... That's whatever you were talking about for you..."

Yours?

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Article posted on Jan 22

Starbucks City Task Force Away!

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 22, 2007, 12:58 pm

Now that you can enter multiple waypoints in Google Maps, I have decided to contribute to humanity by mapping out all 18 Starbucks within the city of Reno, as a route driving from my home, to each Starbucks, then back home. Not included are any stores in Sparks (because Sparks sucks), nor any "Reno" stores with a non-Reno mailing address (just Boomtown in Verdi from what I can tell... what, does Sun Valley not have a Starbucks?).

The route is not optimized. Basically, they're in order of the starbucks.com search results, which fan out from downtown. Any help to optimize the route is appreciated.

(No, I'm not some crazed Starbucks fanatic. I rarely even drink coffee.)

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Article posted on Jan 19

Damn this sucks[citation needed]

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 19, 2007, 6:27 pm

Sick of Wikipedia's childish "[citation needed]" graffiti covering the site (I just found a section of an article that had over 2 tags per SENTENCE), I have decided to take action. That's right, I am sticking my head in the sand.

I downloaded and installed Greasemonkey, figured out how it worked, and wrote a script to remove that crap from Wikipedia pages. The code is ugly and half-lifted from an example and will probably break in the future, but meh, it works now.

You're welcome.

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Article posted on Jan 17

Hoo boy, did I spend money today.

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 17, 2007, 5:15 pm

Today I grabbed my ankles and ordered a ThinkPad T60 14":
* Intel Core 2 Duo processor T5500 (1.66GHz, 2MB L2, 667MHz FSB)
* Genuine Windows XP Home Edition (yeah, Debian is going on it first chance I get)
* 14.1 XGA TFT
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 w/o WWAN
* 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)
* No integrated fingerprint reader
* 80GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
* CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max, Ultrabay Slim
* Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
* 6 cell Li-Ion Battery
* 1 Year Limited Warranty
* 3 Year Depot Upgrade with 3 Year ThinkPad Protection

Total damage: $1,556.23. By far the most expensive I've spent for a laptop, but that may explain why laptops only last about a year for me. I figured if I'm going to do this, I may as well do it right.

I also spent almost $250 buying a ticket for Burning Man. Insert hippie joke here.

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Article posted on Jan 15

Lucky 13

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 15, 2007, 4:17 pm

(Yes, the text is unreadable. Click to enlarge.)

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Article posted on Jan 12

468GB

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 12, 2007, 5:02 pm

468GB, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

Why don't I have 468GB memory yet?

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Article posted on Jan 7

Compare

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 7, 2007, 10:14 pm

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Article posted on Jan 7

Dude, look at the Emperor and his new threads!

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 7, 2007, 9:42 pm

crazyunlikeafox: "I thought he was just talking about how he got 7 strikes in a row and trying to frame it like all the people complaining about their busted televisions."

Ding ding ding! Seriously, I think there were a few people who thought they could see a hole in those pics in my last post. To see what I was imitating, see "Wii Have a Problem".

And for the record, I have not yet thrown the wiimote through my TV because I do not use Astroglide before playing Wii.

If you look at the first pic, you may have noticed the Mii guy looks a little like an evil Charlie Brown. When I set up the Mii on the first day, this was purely by accident, so I decided to go with it and add a yellow body (not pictured). Today I decided to make a Mii that actually looked like myself, and I was surprised by the outcome.

Mii!, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

Uncanny, no? I also found it easy to make a "celebrity Mii", as is all the rage.

Not Mii, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

Notice the five o'clock shadow. I couldn't figure out how to give him a single white glove, though.

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Article posted on Jan 6

The Wii Accident

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 6, 2007, 5:03 am

The Accident, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

After 2 months of Wii ownership, it finally happened...

Closeup of the Damage, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

I heard about it happening to other people, but didn't think anything of it.

The Controller, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

This is the controller after it happened. Notice the wrist strap.

The Aftermath, originally uploaded by fo0bar.

You can clearly see the results.

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Article posted on Jan 2

Practice Safe Wiing

• Posted by Ryan Finnie on January 2, 2007, 12:40 am

Today I bought a Wii controller "condom" skin, similar to this (but without the nunchuk skin):

It looked nice and felt nice, and was ok for games where the A and B buttons are most used (eg, Zelda). However, the 1, 2, +, - and home buttons were too far recessed, making it annoying to do things like play Excite Truck or NES games.

Also, the thing was a pain to get on and off. I probably wasted half of the batteries pressing buttons while trying to slide the thing on.

So I busted out the scissors and cut away the top dark part of the skin. What was left was enough to just barely wrap around the top (and hence made it a lot easier to get on/off), but it's not perfect, needs a bit more wrap, at least one strip through the middle. So I busted out Photoshop and worked out what I think the "perfect" skin would be:

It should be tight, easy to put on (more akin to a swim cap), and not get in the way of any buttons. OK, get to work making this for me.

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