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speaking of the iphone/ipods... is this stand for it not one of the coolest things or what?

gotta luv it. *chuckle*

really hope it'll be a great show.... sure it will, though. *puts on headphones, jacks up the volume*

some headlines for today............

• Gas jumps above $3.67, oil passes $126 on Venezuela concerns
• UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
• Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness
• Tanks, missiles roll through Red Square on Victory Day
• Hezbollah has taken over West Beirut
• Cox & Forkum: The New Creationism
• Top five hardest video game levels ever. Ocarina of Time surprisingly absent from list. Really...
• The greatest idea any one has ever had about anything ever

man, if this was available as a nice poster, i'd be half tempted to get it just to put in our game room... good mantra for some online Halo/COD4 matches, after all. *g*

(hat tip: jeremy)

We are in one of the longest presidential campaigns in modern memory — and haven't even started focusing on the general election.

It's been enough to drive most of us mad, but if there's one person in particular suffering the most, it may be President Bush.

It's been noted here before that we have not had an election since 1952 in which an incumbent president or vice president was not running in at least partial defense of an existing administration's record.

That means Bush is not just a lame duck but an easy target for all three current candidates — none of whom have any investment in the president's legacy.

Consider that the last president in a similar position was Harry Truman. He left office with an approval rating in the 20s, and it took years before historians revised the standard negative and mostly unfair view of him.

When there is no incumbent in a long race, almost everything of the last four years becomes fair and uncontested game. In 2004, Bush defended his record for months on the stump; now it has become almost second nature for all three candidates to denounce it daily.

John McCain has distanced himself from Bush as much as he can, even as his Democratic opponents dub him John McBush — when they are not outdoing each other in their denunciation of the president.

Last week, I asked a fierce Bush critic what he thought were the current unemployment rate, the mortgage default rate, the latest economic growth figures, interest rates and the status of the stock market.

He blurted out the common campaign pessimism: "Recession! Worst since the Depression!"

a good one as usual... never heard or seen "John McBush" before, that's a new one... least for me. *chuckle*

SAN FRANCISCO - Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims.

But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images.

The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images. People with photosensitive epilepsy can get seizures when they're exposed to flickering images, a response also caused by some video games and cartoons.

The attack happened when hackers exploited a security hole in the foundation's publishing software that allowed them to quickly make numerous posts and overwhelm the site's support forums.

Within the hackers' posts were small flashing pictures and links — masquerading as helpful — to pages that exploded with kaleidoscopic images pulsating with different colors.

"They were out to create seizures," said Ken Lowenberg, senior director of Web and print publishing for the foundation.

man, that's the first time i've heard of anything like that before... intentionally hacking the site and posting that stuff just to cause people to freak out? man, that's kinda fucked up... what the hell is wrong with these asshats? geeeeeeeeesh.... oh, and if you thought it was funny, don't be ashamed to raise your hand.

p.s. The Slump: It's a Guy Thing

Designing blogs is easy. Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any significant code modifications. That’s efficient, but it’s not creative, because using a default blog-template you risk to end up with some wide-spread look which has actually nothing to do with you. To convey your personality effectively, you need a design which reflects who you are and what you are doing. That’s why important is not just what you post, but also how you post it.

In fact, beyond the template-design-culture exists a field of creative, individual and impressive blog designs. And the good thing about it is that this field has been rapidly growing over the last years. [...]

i wish i had more time to play around as i used to, that goes without saying... but i still really enjoy checking out the designs others are pimping out, and never really get tired of pulling up a site and going "wow, now that's pretty fucking slick" --- nahmean?

of course, i almost never see these wild exotic creatures in the places i find myself going... seriously, where the hell are they? *glances around*

i watched this movie again awhile back, and even though i was bummed out that it didn't come out on blu-ray and ended up snag'n the regular dvd -- i have to say, the upconversion on it using the PS3 was pretty damn spiffy... looked fucking great on my tv, that's for sure. heh.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) scored more than $500 million in global sales of criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" in its first week, marking what it said on Wednesday is one of the most lucrative entertainment events in history.

The interactive software publisher, which is facing a takeover offer from rival Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O), said it sold about 3.6 million units globally at its debut on April 29, and some 6 million units in total in the week.

Retail chains such as GameStop Corp (GME.N) and Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N) took advance orders for weeks of GTA 4, which has been lavished with near-universal accolades.

The first-week sales of Grand Theft Auto, a game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather," beat the $400 million scored by last year's "Halo 3" from Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O).

"Grand Theft Auto IV's first week performance represents the largest launch in the history of interactive entertainment, and we believe these retail sales levels surpass any movie or music launch to date," said Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take-Two, in a statement.

holy shit man... half a billion dollars in the first week? whoa... that's simply incredible.

p.s. wonder if they're going to fix that whole "freezing bug" on the PS3 version...

CHICAGO - Barack Obama's campaign on Wednesday weighed ways to bring the drawn-out Democratic nominating process to a close while mapping out a strategy that will involve campaigning in battleground states where primaries have already been held.

Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham Clinton lent her presidential campaign $6.4 million over the past month, her campaign said Wednesday. And an early Clinton supporter, 1972 Democratic nominee George McGovern, urged her to drop out of the race.

Obama's drive to nail down the party nod was buoyed with a double-digit win in North Carolina and a stronger-than-expected run in Indiana, where he almost overcame rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.

i didnt get home until pretty late lastnight, and was busy all day long, so i didn't really get to plug into the news and see what's up... but it sure is looking like Obama will be squaring off against McCain in a few months, from the looks of it.