Category Archives: Random Nonsense

Just whatever comes to mind.

Not Much Exciting

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Just to let everyone know that it’s not just WOW that’s wasting my time, I just remarked in an email: “I needed all my creative juices for Houblog today. And really, not a lot of animé is exciting me right … Continue reading →

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The Eight-Sided Hexagon?

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Ubu Roi

This is a cute idea for a contest involving one of the weirdest features in the solar system – one that proves there’s an exception to every rule, even “Nature abhors a straight line.” The thing that bothers me is … Continue reading →

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Posting’s Really Going to Slow Down Now…

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I have been seduced by the Horde side. I’ve only played a couple of nights so far, but WOW looks like a pleasant enough diversion until I can upgrade to a system that can handle Vanguard:SOH. And $15 a month … Continue reading →

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Heh. Vindication.

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ubu Roi

And some people wonder why I’m retro about Microsoft and won’t allow any automatic updates of any software on my system, let alone the O/S. 20070325.1520: Oh, the joy that is Microsoft. Metafilter is down right now because an “automatic … Continue reading →

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I Hate My Brain

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Over at Steven’s: 20070320.1915: How neat is this? Michael Dorn owns a flyable F-86 Sabre, one of the coolest of the early combat fighter jets. First thing that occurs to me: “Today IS a good day to fly!” You’d think … Continue reading →

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Well, as Long as the Game Isn’t Soccer

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Ubu Roi

I think I made the mistake of telling Steven how much I was enjoying seeing him write about Melancholy at last. I figure if he writes about something, he either liked it or hated it, or at least he saw … Continue reading →

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I Live! (And so does my computer…)

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Well, that was not a lot of fun. I decided after I ran Master Plan to the airport this morning, to bite the bullet and re-install my operating system. The computer had been acting a bit wonky for the last … Continue reading →

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