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Still here

Cody — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:24:12 +0000

As you can see by my nifty Twitter timeline in the sidebar, I haven’t died or anything. I’m still here, though I’m lacking in reasons to post full-size blog articles at the moment. But fear not, good readers! Eventually, I figure out what I’m going to do with this website. Maybe I’ll write a webcomic. Or grow a beard.

Yes, beards are relevant to my interests.

Like a ninja

Cody — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:22:46 +0000

Say what you will about President Bush, but he has some cat-like reflexes.

You heard me

Cody — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:56:38 +0000

I hate politics. That is all.

(Hear that, political campaigns? Your negative attack ads have jaded me so much that I don’t particularly care for any of you. If your plan was to alienate possible supporters, you are doing a fine job. Carry on.)

Never forget

Cody — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:27:45 +0000

Always remember today.

This space for rent

Cody — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:04:17 +0000

Finally got the new Internet connection all hooked up. Definitely a lot nicer than the old satellite connection, but I’m kind of iffy about having Comcast as an ISP. Their strange stances on things like peer-to-peer and net neutrality make me worry. They may say on their website that they don’t throttle BitTorrent traffic (there are legitimate uses for it, you know), but I don’t really trust them.

Anyways, everything is going swimmingly with that, so I’m happy for now. So happy that I can’t get properly incensed about the topic I was planning to rant about, which makes this a bit of a useless post. Ah well.

Linux is everywhere

Cody — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:09:21 +0000

I found this at the Gas Works Park in Seattle. I think it definitely sheds light on the criminal habits of the kind of person who uses Linux.

Kidding about the criminal bit. But honestly.

Wrong

Cody — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:28:29 +0000

This is my life philosophy.

Slightly disturbing

Cody — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:20:20 +0000

So, apparently, a group of third graders at Georgia school got upset with a teacher and plotted to knock her out, tie her up, and stab her with a steak knife. No, really. They actually brought supplies (a paperweight to knock her out, handcuffs and tape to bind her hands) and assigned different duties (one student would have covered the windows, another would have cleaned up afterwards). Nobody knows if they really intended to harm the teacher, but it’s kind of scary that they even got this far. Luckily, they were outed before they implemented their plan. It makes me wonder what would have happened, though. Third graders can be persistent buggers, and I don’t know if I’d be able to withstand 9 of them attacking me with blunt objects.

But it certainly shows a lot about kids in the 8 to 10 age range when you look at their motive: they were angry with the teacher for scolding one of them for standing on a chair. Wow.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

Cody — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:44:11 +0000

In honor of National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, I present to you the following video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Yes, I have no shame.

April Fools’ Day

Cody — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:52:19 +0000

Every year, I tell myself that I’m going to make an awesome April Fools’ version of my blog, and every year I forget about it until the last minute. I remember one year, I was planning on putting sponsors all over my website. That was a long time ago, and in retrospect, it’s a lame idea. A lot of April Fools’ ideas are pretty lame, but I guess it mainly depends on how you view April 1st. For instance, I find it mildly funny that xkcd points you to Questionable Content, while Questionable Content links to Dinosaur Comics, and Dinosaur Comics links back to xkcd. I also find it funny that the Telegraph reported on flying penguins, and Google and Virgin teamed up to establish a colony on Mars (complete with a questionnaire).

Even better is YouTube RickRolling everyone who clicked on a featured video on the front page (on a related note, GameFAQs has a RickRoll poll on the front page), or College Humor getting bought by some MySpace diva. (Unfortunately, they took that down before I was able to get a screenshot and Google’s cached version is just a few hours off.)

As with every April Fools’ Day, there’s going to be funny stuff, not-so-funny stuff, and stuff that’s just weird. And then there’s stuff like Dextre the Magnificent. Actually, that did make me laugh. In a nerdy sort of way. You know, with the snort and requisite pushing up of the glasses.