Author Archives: Ubu Roi

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Weather is Here, Wish I was Fine

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I’m going to engage in one of the blogging clichés and make a diary post. Still plugging along. Laptop didn’t arrive Friday, like it should. FedEx said “no one home or business closed.” Well someone was home, just not able … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitching, Commerce, Life, etc., Snap Reviews | Leave a comment

Not Exactly a Hiatus…

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Ubu Roi

…but pretty darn close. First week of August was holy hell at work. Next month is going to be worse. And the situation at home is… well, it’s depressing. Not looking forward to the next few weeks. I’m expecting it … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative, Bitching, Commerce, Life, etc. | 6 Comments

My Geekdom Has Limits

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Ubu Roi

And starting at $500 for a full-featured model, I’ll have to accept that this is beyond them. Dammit. They are kinda cool. However, I am somewhat amused at the use of dramatic music in a Popular Mechanics demonstration video. Update: … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming | 4 Comments

I Shouldn’t Have Done That . . . and other irreverent things

Posted on July 30, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Write about the most popular online game outside of Asia, and look what happens: Spam, spam, spammity spam. All about buying g o l d (currency) for use in said game. Bah. Thank some computer programmer for Akismet. In other … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Nonsense | 11 Comments

What Stupid People Do When They’re Bored

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I suppose I could watch some animé, but for some idiotic reason, this struck me as much more amusing. As some of you know, I started playing Worlds of Warcraft back in March. It is a lot cheaper than buying … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming, Online | 4 Comments

What’s in a Name?

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Just some random nonsense that was running through my head one morning but I never posted it: I needed a picture like the one below the fold (safe for work), but I was either too lazy or too something to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Nonsense | 5 Comments

Re-arranging

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Ubu Roi

So last night, I had this spastic two hours where I started about six different projects and actually finished only one of them. Fortunately, that one was the sorting and shelving of my animé collection. For some time now, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Series Reviews | 2 Comments