Ronb(o)log

Night Vision Goggles from MW2

2009-11-14T05:14:00.001-08:00

Here they are. I've probably spent more time playing with them than playing the game.

Foundation is in on Port Orchard house

2009-11-13T17:15:00.001-08:00

In between rain storms they managed to pour the foundation for the Port Orchard house. That chunk of concrete and pile of dirt should be a house by next spring.

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Steamcon Photo Salon Gallery

2009-11-12T17:06:00.001-08:00

via steam-con.com

Select photos from the Steamcon Photo Salon are up on the Steamcon site.
I've got the same NERF Maverick revolver as the girl on the left and now I've got a wild hair to try and antique it like she did.

[Full gallery] [flickr group]

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Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn putting an end to Twilight Sequels

2009-11-11T04:44:00.001-08:00

via youtube.com

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Evidence of Pot o' Gold spotted in Gig Harbor

2009-11-09T17:37:00.001-08:00

Looks to be located right around the Tides Tavern. I better go investigate. (And by investigate I mean drink some beer.)

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Fear Head Mural - Wonderland Art Project - San Francisco

2009-11-08T01:37:00.001-08:00

via wonderlandshow-12.blogspot.com

The Fear Head mural on Golden Gate Ave. is one of fifteen installations that are part of the Wonderland public art exhibition going on now until November 15th in the Tenderloin.

www.wonderlandshow.org

wonderlandshow.blogspot.com

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Child's Play 2009 Drive is underway

2009-11-07T17:32:00.001-08:00

via childsplaycharity.org

Tycho, on the Penny Arcade news page:

Child's Play 2009 is GO

It's back! The ultimate in friction-free, ultra-lightweight charity engines is here, ready to transform the slightest movements of your finger into much-needed respite for young people. Here's what's up:

We've got New Hospitals this year, a tender cross-section of facilities you've directed us to over the past year. Focus your Charity Beam on Dayton, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Boise, Memphis, or (for Canadian readers) Victoria, Ottawa and St. John's. The Sponsors you see on the main page have gotten the ball rolling to the tune of two-hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Not a bad take before the thing even starts, huh?

Don't forget our annual Charity Dinner and Auction, which is reliably fun, productive, and delicious. We've also spun up a Twitter feed (@CPCharity) to keep you up to speed with the community's unstoppable charitable assault.

(CW)TB

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The McNuggetini - Like a KFC Famous Bowl for Drunks

2009-11-07T16:59:00.001-08:00

via youtube.com

Question: Is it allowable to substitute Hot Mustard for BBQ sauce on the rim?

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Neko Case is great. Free Neko Case is even better. (Anti- 2009 Fall Sampler)

2009-11-06T20:07:00.001-08:00

via amazon.com

Also not to be missed, the Booker T. cover of 'Hey Ya.'

Free MP3 download at amazon.com

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New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer

2009-11-06T16:34:00.001-08:00

via hawtymcbloggy.com

Got my pre-order in w/release day shipping (fingers-crossed) from Amazon.com.
Can't. Wait.

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World of Warcraft Raid for the Cure

2009-11-06T16:22:00.001-08:00

via thebigbearbutt.com

On October 28th of 2009, Julie, a member of the World of Warcraft guild Sidhe Devils on Kael’thas (US), revealed to us that she had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Her first treatment is scheduled to begin on November 9th.

To show our support and love for Julie while she takes on this new challenge, her friends in Sidhe Devils are organizing an event within the game of World of Warcraft that we’re calling the Raid for the Cure.

What it is

On Kael’thas (US), a united cross-faction walk across Azeroth will be held on Saturday, November 14th, starting at 2:00 PM Central Time (Kael’thas-US server time).

Members of both Alliance and Horde factions are invited to attend. Pink Mageweave Shirts will be handed out for all walkers, and all levels of characters will be welcome. If you’d like, bring your own shirt, or even make it a formal affair with your Festive Pink Dress!

The walk across Azeroth will not be a race of individuals, it will be a group march to show Julie our love and support.

We do want to help spread the word, and encourage donations in a cheerful way to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity, an organization that promotes information and awareness on early detection and treatment of breast cancer, and that supports funding for treatment and research towards a cure.

More details and where to meet up as either Alliance or the Good Team at thebigbearbutt.com

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Cell Size and Scale

2009-11-06T15:27:00.001-08:00

via learn.genetics.utah.edu

Cool interactive gizmo that zooms down to the cellular level to give you an idea of the relative scale of cells. Look at me, getting all sciency and edu-mah-cational.

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A Real Comic Book Character For Halloween

2009-11-06T15:08:00.001-08:00

via geekologie.com

Cool Lichtenstien-inspired Halloween makeup. More photos of the process on the geekologie site.

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Frank Miller's Katamari Damacy

2009-11-05T11:00:00.001-08:00

Video Games | Once Upon a Pixel | Katamari Damacy HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

via gametrailers.com

"Long live the King, M-F'er!" (NSFW)

from StickyC

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Main Theme from Californication - Tree Adams

2009-11-03T12:13:00.001-08:00

Californication Main Theme by Tree Adams
Download now or listen on posterous

10 Californication Main Theme.mp3 (1071 KB)

Man, I love this show. This season is really good, so far. Someone emailed me this MP3 when I mentioned on the plex.app forums that I really liked hearing the theme songs on each page of TV shows in the scraped listings. At slightly over 30 secs, I might be running afoul of Fair Use, so get it before the takedown notice. (Please don't sue me!)

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Charisma Carpenter joins Legend of the Seeker

2009-11-02T02:29:00.001-08:00

via youtube.com

Leaked clip from Season 2 premiere.

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Video games partly to blame for Richmond HS gang rape - San Francisco Chronicle

2009-11-01T13:18:00.001-08:00

Take the poverty-driven frustration of inner-city Richmond, a youth street culture that glorifies thugs and applauds degradation of women, and the desensitization of young men through violent video games, music and language, and you have a template for trouble.

via sfgate.com

I thought we were past scapegoating video games for violent behavior but apparently not, according to SFGate's report on the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl at Richmond High School last week.
In addition to video games, the following items were cited as contributing to the attack:

poor lighting
the victim 'trying too hard to please the school's bad boys.'
lack of fences
'street culture'

I have an idea, let's blame the fucking anti-social deviants that beat and raped a girl for 2-1/2 hours and left her semiconscious underneath a picnic table (and maybe drop Kevin Fagan a line and let him know what an awesome job he did writing that article: kfagan@sfchronicle.com )

There are plenty of people that grow up in situations as bad, or worse, and they somehow manage to avoid luring a girl into a dark courtyard to gang rape her.

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Modern Warfare 2 Killstreak Rewards

2009-11-01T01:49:00.001-07:00

Have you ever had a 25+ killstreak in a Call of Duty game? Well if you do so in Modern Warfare 2 you will be rewarded with a Tactical freaking Nuke! There are plenty of others to chose from just in case you don’t reach 25 too often.

Killstreak Rewards

3 Kills UAV
4 Kills Care Package
4 Kills Counter UAV
5 Kills Sentry Gun
5 Kills Predator Missile
6 Kills Presicion Airstrike
7 Kills Harrier Strike
7 Kills Attack Heli
8 Kills Emergency Airdrop
9 Kills Pave Low
9 Kills Stealth Bomber
11 Kills Chopper Gunner
11 Kills AC-130
15 Kills EMP
25 Kills Tactical Nuke

via mw2blog.com

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The Golden Age of Video (Ricardo Autobahn)

2009-10-29T15:41:00.001-07:00

via youtube.com

"We came, we saw, we kicked it's ass."
- the Right Reverend William Murray

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BioShock 2: ‘Capture the Sister’ multiplayer trailer

2009-10-29T02:05:00.001-07:00

via hawtymcbloggy.com

Forget capturing flags, that's so old-school. Stuffing little sisters into art deco ventilation shafts is the new hotness.
This may give Grifball a run for its money.

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Penny Arcade's Tycho on the black arts required to get Borderlands PC multiplayer up and running

2009-10-28T15:49:00.001-07:00

I chose the PC version, which I don't regret, because its comparatively stratospheric resomolutions do the game's art an incredible service. I did run aground on some port forwarding at first, which is apparently the cosmic tradeoff. After an hour or so of bullshit, which included a host of router perforations as well sequence of voodoo-like rituals culled from innumerable fora, I was finally able to enter a game with a friend. At this point, I'd played the game so much by myself that it was not a multiplayer game at all, so when he manifested in that inviolate space I almost didn't know how to react. I imagine it was something like the first two humans to ever look upon one another; there was suspicion, fear, and ultimately rage. I had to come to terms with the idea that I was not the only protagonist, which is - and let's be honest - suboptimal.

via penny-arcade.com

port forwarding = 'router perforations'
I love it. That man certainly has a way with words.

I ended up following the readme and forwarding:
7777 TCP/UDP
28900 TCP
27900 UDP
28910 TCP

when that still didn't work, someone on the forums mentioned that Gamespy required 6500 UDP also to be forwarded. Once I rebooted the router (Apple Time Capsule) I was able to host/invite, etc.

Hoping an update brings UPnP so more people can/will host.

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Ahnuld's 'F-you' to Ammiano - Classy!

2009-10-28T13:11:00.001-07:00

Did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office use a coded veto message to send the f-bomb to Tom Ammiano, soon after the San Francisco assemblyman made news by telling the governor to "kiss my gay ass"?

via sfgate.com

One step above "I'm rubber and you're glue..." The sophisticated barbs those two are trading more than make up for the fact that the state is crumbling around them. Bravo!

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A New Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer

2009-10-27T11:33:00.001-07:00

via youtube.com

because zombies ARE the new pirates.

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Bunch 'o Bayonetta Screenshots (and box art) up at teamxbox.com

2009-10-27T01:45:00.001-07:00

via teamxbox.com

A witch with powers beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, Bayonetta faces-off against countless angelic enemies, many reaching epic proportions, in a game of 100% pure, unadulterated all-out action. Outlandish finishing moves are performed with balletic grace as Bayonetta flows from one fight to another. With magnificent over-the-top action taking place in stages that are a veritable theme park of exciting attractions, Bayonetta pushes the limits of the action genre, bringing to life its fast-paced, dynamic climax combat.
Today SEGA has pulled the curtain back to show off the official box artwork for Bayonetta.

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Seattle Screening of Finding Playland - Dec 1, 2009

2009-10-23T02:20:00.001-07:00

Come relive Seattle's salad days at a free screening of Finding Playland:

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Shoreline Community College Auditorium

16101 Greenwood Avenue North

Shoreline, Washington 98133

DVDs will also be available for $10.

Sponsored by Senior Housing Assistance Group - SHAG with support from 4Culture.

Download flyer (pdf)

via freneticproductions.posterous.com

Greg's latest documentary is getting a free screening in Seattle. It'll be nice to see it all at once with an audience instead of the bits and pieces I've caught as he's worked on it.
Can't wait!

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