sometimes, ignorance is painful

So I’m still working on getting the new deadsquid server up and running to my satisfaction. It’s now using recent software, and I think the upgrade went well. It still works, and I admit I am afraid to reboot it until someone else looks at it and says “looks good to me”. That’ll happen sometime […]

mmm… wipeout

Awww…. crap. J pointed out that Wipeout is being rebuilt from the ground up for the Sony PSP. I had hoped to avoid finding any reason to get a PSP, but it looks like that’s not gonna happen. Damn you J, it’s all your fault. I gotta say – the Tron-looking screenshot intrigues me.

50 year old bald chick

yuck. I’m sorry, but you’re really fucked in the head, lady. Notre Dame will win a championship when they get the balls to drop their academic standards. You know it’ll happen, and it’ll probably start next year. P.S. to Notre Dame: Tom Clements is smarter than you think. Stupid move number five, by my count. […]

it’s the little things

Some days the smallest thing will set you off. I was going through IMDB‘s bottom 100, and came across a movie my mom loved. I won’t say which, it’s not important. It did, however, carry all the pain this time of year (for me) brings right up to the surface. A movie title shouldn’t be […]

eek

If it wasn’t for Minority Report, the top line of this site would have terrified me. Here’s hoping Spielberg doesn’t fuck it up.

pti

Sorry about that, it’s been a long week. Welcome to the new and improved server. Nothing’s changed in terms of what the collection of deadsquid sites look like, but we’re with a new hosting provider. After five and a half years living it up in New York City, our new home is somewhere in Virginia. […]

mashup

I’m a huge fan of mashups, where someone remixes two or more tracks from different artists together and comes up with something cool. Soundhog is probably my favourite mashup DJ/arteest, and he’s done a lot of great stuff. I was goofing around with Launch last night and came across the Linkin Park/Jay-Z video of Encore/Numb. […]

istop temporary solution

See their home page (I cannot get at it from some networks who shall remain nameless) IStop.com service disruption We regret that Bell Canada, in direct contravention of its contractual obligations to us, has suspended service to IStop over disputed billings. IStop has repeatedly brought Bell’s errors to its attention, without receiving a response. IStop […]

well this is nice

And I quote: IStop.com service disruption Bell Canada cut off IStop.com for refusing to pay over a million dollars in disputed charges. Written notice was given to Bell several times over the past 3 years demanding that the dispute be escalated; the contract with Bell stipulates disputes should be escalated to the office of the […]

usb charging

So I’m guessing the USB port on my laptop has the bare minimum of current flowing through it. When I connect my 7750 to it, it’ll charge two bars worth over an eight hour period. If the battery’s drained, that’s about enough power to last the night with minimal radio usage. This morning I plugged […]