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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
1TB External eSATA/USB unit @ $150
‘Ya know, having to buy computer stuff for work means you end up buying a lot more stuff for yourself. But based on the previous 2 days happenings, I think I have a pretty good excuse. Besides, $150/TB of external HDD goodness seems like a good deal, but what do I know? I don’t follow […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Computers, review by ralph
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Madly waving the Rubber Chicken to Kill Bad Computer Mojo
The title sums it up for you non-computer types. For the rest of you, long, nerdy, techy rant follows.
It all started with a RAM upgrade about two months ago. It wasn’t something I was looking forward to, since I moved my main computer to a CPU rack attached as part of my desk. the CPU […]
No Comments » - Posted in Computers, rant by ralph
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
If I was King of the World
So let’s pretend I was King of the World. One day, the people’s representative comes to me with a problem
Person’s Representative (PR): King, we have a problem. The kids these days are too irresponsible and we want to change the legal age they are allowed to do certain things.
King Ralph (KR): Eh? So right now […]
1 Comment » - Posted in WhoKnows?, The system, Podium by ralph
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Random tomfoolery
Farewell emails in this recession era are one of those things where people have gotten bitten by technology they don’t fully understand. First of all, why, oh why do companies give there employees the ability to send globally in the first place? As a rule of thumb, if you can’t remember the name of every […]
2 Comments » - Posted in WhoKnows?, Food, internet, rant by ralph
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Really Good Tiki Bar TV interview with the Doctor
Check out this interview with Jeff Macpherson, creator and the Doctor in Tiki Bar TV. Lots of interesting stuff I didn’t know about the show. Nice to see one of my favorite podcasts starting to figure out how to make money. He points out something interesting in that it’s hard to hire people to edit […]
No Comments » - Posted in internet by ralph
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Prediction for 2009: Duke Nukem Forever will finally be released!
Alright, you might be thinking ‘wtf is he smoking?’ or ‘wtf is Duke Nukem?’, if you’re young enough. That second part is scary. It has been well over TEN YEARS since the original Duke Nukem 3D was released. It was a heady time for first person shooters - Duke 3D and Quake were […]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, WhoKnows?, Computers, games by ralph
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
My Style of Webcomics
I don’t know why I’m not big into the Calgary comic expo, because I do like comics. I attended in 2008, and mostly went for the SF BSG, and ST:TOS guests. But for the comic part of the convention? Meh. I suppose a lot of it has to do with comics focusing so much on […]
3 Comments » - Posted in internet, review by ralph
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Shamwow humour
I got to wondering about those Shamwow things they advertise on TV. You can watch the ad online in case you never watch TV, or you can take my word that it’s a rag that’s supposed to have some amazing absorbing properties. Do they actually work something like advertised? So I go do a […]
1 Comment » - Posted in WhoKnows?, internet by ralph
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
iTease
And so it begins:
We will let you know by email after each item in your order ships. If you ordered multiple items, you may receive separate shipments with no additional shipping charges.
I had just ordered a Mac mini to be the first component in what will ultimately be my new multimedia entertainment system, plus a […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Computers, rant, review by ralph
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
From simple ideas come great things
So I was browsing Digg thinking again how lame most of the submissions are when I run across this:
He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died
This is a brilliant post about a brilliant find on the internet: A guy who took a Polaroid every day, shooting something in his life. The […]
