Old Farts
Hmm, why do we call older people "Old Farts"? Wiktionary and other sources define an old fart as an elderly person who holds views that are considered old-fashioned. If this is true, our country is run by old farts. Quick PSA. Remove Reid and Pelosi NOW! End PSA.
Anyway, back to the definition of old farts. It just doesn't click for me. I would be inclined to think that we call elderly people old farts, because their farts are "Old" or they cannot control their asses and they drop the "F" bombs like it is nobody's business.
Also, wassup with the old guys wearing both suspenders AND a belt. What the hell is that? I can see using one or the other, but not both. Where the hell do the old timers think their pants are going? I just do not get it. I am out.
The Fantasy Continues
This may not be news to most, but Final Fantasy XIII is out. Yes peeps, the latest version of the Final Fantasy series is no longer a fantasy (Boo! Major cheese. Oh well). I am out of the loop on the latest release, so no further details from me. I am getting my copy tomorrow.
Attention! Here is a shopping tip. Walmart is selling Final Fantasy XIII for $59.96 with a Bonus $10.00 eGift Card. Has anyone seen the Final Fantasy XIII Super Elite 250GB Bundle? It is hot and sells for $399.00. See you fools online!
Dark Side of the Moon
I downloaded Flaming Lips new cover of Dark Side of the Moon and now I can't move or use two of the files because of the 255 character limit on Windows. I download all my songs to e:\Documents and Settings\Gabe\My Documents\My Music\Amazon MP3. In all the usually verbosness of Flaming Lips the artist name is: The Flaming Lips and Stardeath And White Dwarfs and the album name is "The Flaming Lips, Stardeath and the White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing the Dark Side of the Moon" That's 223 characters all combined. Then include in that the song names like "Speak To Me/Breathe [feat. Henry Rollins and Peaches] (Album Version) [Explicit]". For some reason my computer is able to create these files, but can't rename them because the absolute path is too long. Though now that I think about it, I think I was able to rename the album name and then par down the file names as well to get around this. Still annoying though.
Holding Back
I am not going to announce any details, but do want to give readers a hint. I am planning to post original content for our "niche" readers. If you have been reading the blog for a while then you know what I am referring to.
Do not believe it? Our friend Ninja got a preview of the content earlier today. The content needs to be edited, so it's web-ready. Ideally, everything will come together over the next couple days or week. Stay tuned.
Chrome Issues
A couple days or weeks ago, I published a post stating that I was using Chrome again. Well, I am going to throw it out again. Every time I use Chrome, I encounter strange behavior with client-side script and rendering.
Bring it on Chrome fans, because I do not encounter the above mentioned issues with IE or Firefox. Let the finger pointing start, but I am dumping this piece of crap until it is a usable alternative. Firefox 4.0 remains the default browser for now.
Check it out. I published the "Goodbye Chrome" post on March 6, 2009 and publish this on March 7, 2010 (almost 1 year to the day). Voodoo! Anyway, I uninstalled Chrome, submitted the uninstall survey, and received an error. Lame.
Late Fees Are Back!
If you haven't heard the news, here it is. Blockbuster, yes they are still around, is bringing back late fees! I guess the company is getting its ass kicked big time, because it has closed down hundreds of stores and reported losses of over $400M. Kapow!
I trust the company is looking at ways to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and expand its current offerings instead of relying on late fees to pull them out of the grave. What's next? Raising rental fees? Mandatory memberships? Shorter rental periods? Fail!
Legal Warfare 2
It's on mofos! West and Zampella filed a lawsuit against Activision. I knew there was more to the story. So what are the former Infinity Ward eggheads claiming in the lawsuit? Check out the 16-page complaint on Kotaku.
The filing described Activision as demonstrating "astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed," and accuses the company of terminating the pair in order to avoid paying them "substantial" royalties from last year's Modern Warfare 2 release, heralded as the biggest launch in entertainment history.
Unbridled greed? I believe that shit, no need to convince me. Terminating the pair to avoid paying royalties? If that is true, Activision needs to be smacked down. Are people so DAMN greedy that they would terminate someone instead of paying them what they are due?
The answer is YES. Let's see if this is what Activision pulled out of their ass to avoid paying the royalties. Here is my motto, "I would rather have a percent of something than 100% of nothing". Greedy mofos!
Tapping That Ass
Haha! I get to use "Tapping That Ass" again, who would have ever guessed? Check this out, I stumbled on another website. Yeah, yeah. The website is "Can I Tap That" .COM, which asks visitors to text someone and ask them "Can I Tap That?" and post the response.
I read a couple of pages, but think the site is boring. But that is just me. Okay, ass tappers go ahead and text someone and ask them if you can "Tap That". Post your response on the website and see if it makes the Top Taps List.
Milkman At Activision
What the hell? I just read that Activision has fired Jason West and Vince Zampella of Infinity Ward. Who the hell are these mofos and why should we care? Infinity Ward is the publisher of the hottest selling shooter of all time, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
West and Zampella were the top two eggheads at Infinity Ward. The details of the firing are vague, but Activision cites "insubordination" and "breach of contract" as reasons for their termination. Hmm, let me think about this for a second. Okay, done.
I am going out on a limb here, but my guess is the Milkman at Activision wanted to milk the shit out of the Call of Duty series and Infinity Ward told them to pound sand. Sounds more like "creative differences" to me, which led up to the "insubordination".
Well, I am out of here. I am going to poke around and see if I can dig up some more dirt. It is going to be interesting to see what the future holds for the Call of Duty franchise. I hope the series does not turn to shit with yearly, crappy, half-baked releases.
Polls Are In
Yahoo! News post titled, "Poll: 80 percent of Americans think Washington is broken". What the hell are the other 20 percent thinking? Oh, the other 20 percent are comprised of the corrupt politicians, special interest groups, and morons.
An overwhelming majority of Americans think that their federal government is gridlocked by partisan infighting and turf battles and can't accomplish anything, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll.
Four out of five Americans, 80 percent, said that Washington couldn't accomplish anything because of fighting between the political parties and branches of the government, the poll found. Only 17 percent disagreed.
It does not take a scientist to know that Washington cannot do ANYTHING right. Bipartisan my ass, these mofos are ONLY concerned about their careers, political party, and screwing everyone else. The incumbents need to be removed, specifically Pelosi and Reid.