Archive for December 2005

PS2? BFF!

In General on 23 December 2005

During these wintry months, I like to stay-in—away from the ice, snow, sleet, frigid temperatures, holiday shoppers and bad drivers—to knock-down and blow-up things … on my PS2, that is! Here’s an end-of-year list of my favorite video game moments-of-zen:

Jak 3
Ratchet and Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal
Katamari Damacy
We Love Katamari
Lego Star Wars

Question

In General on 13 December 2005

Hmmn, Yahoo just added del.icio.us to its acquisitions, which includes Flickr and Upcoming, among others. Google holds Blogger, Earth, Picasa and (so much) more. “Begun the (Social Software) Clone Wars has?”

odd-n-end

In General on 13 December 2005

I find those self-playing song files on most myspace.com pages to be annoying as hell — yet another reason I consider it the vast middle school of the internets. “Dood, this song iss SO [crunk/sick/sweet/dope/whack/smooth/hawt] Ima gonna MAKE ya listen ta it! Wha?” Nevermind I’m—like most visitors—already listening to something. Newbie homepage design tip: Just [...]

Mental.

In General on 8 December 2005

I should have known it would take someone like Ricky Gervais (The Office, Extras) to get me to subscribe to my first podcast. I love how Gervais and comedy partner Stephen Merchant banter, wisecrack and scream with their deadpan producer, Karl Pilkington: Ricky Gervais podcast at Guardian Unlimited.