blog.ariffic http://blog.ariffic.com Just another weblog on the internets Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Daily WTF, now without that stupid comic http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/07/03/the-daily-wtf-now-without-that-stupid-comic/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/07/03/the-daily-wtf-now-without-that-stupid-comic/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:15 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/?p=388 Matt Gemmell said to blog about this, and I’ve never said no to a man whose middle name is ‘Legend’:

Do you like The Daily WTF? Do you hate their insipid, uninspired, cliche-filled, completely unfunny and absolutely shitty attempt at a webcomic? Do you also hate how they seem to be ignoring all requests to create an RSS feed that doesn’t include it (or to axe it altogether)?

Subscribe to this Yahoo! Pipe I made; it filters out the ‘Mandatory Fun Day’ posts. Yay!

]]> Matt Gemmell said to blog about this, and I’ve never said no to a man whose middle name is ‘Legend’:

Do you like The Daily WTF? Do you hate their insipid, uninspired, cliche-filled, completely unfunny and absolutely shitty attempt at a webcomic? Do you also hate how they seem to be ignoring all requests to create an RSS feed that doesn’t include it (or to axe it altogether)?

Subscribe to this Yahoo! Pipe I made; it filters out the ‘Mandatory Fun Day’ posts. Yay!

]]> http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/07/03/the-daily-wtf-now-without-that-stupid-comic/feed/ An update on the Scribd contest http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/19/an-update-on-the-scribd-contest/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/19/an-update-on-the-scribd-contest/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 12:17:15 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/?p=387 If you happen to be visiting my docs for the contest on Scribd, be sure and delete your cookies between views. Apparently Scribd keeps a cookie to keep track of what you’ve looked at. (Thanks, Stephanie!)

Looks like over the weekend I dropped from #32 to #37. Hm. Guess I should find some more things to upload. :)

]]> If you happen to be visiting my docs for the contest on Scribd, be sure and delete your cookies between views. Apparently Scribd keeps a cookie to keep track of what you’ve looked at. (Thanks, Stephanie!)

Looks like over the weekend I dropped from #32 to #37. Hm. Guess I should find some more things to upload. :)

]]> http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/19/an-update-on-the-scribd-contest/feed/ Reading and writing (and reading some of my writing) http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/14/reading-and-writing-and-reading-some-of-my-writing/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/14/reading-and-writing-and-reading-some-of-my-writing/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 12:35:21 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/14/reading-and-writing-and-reading-some-of-my-writing/ Some of you might not know, but Scribd (it’s like Youtube for documents) is having the Most Interesting Hard Drive contest, wherein they’re searching for some of the best as-yet-unpublished stuff submitted by their users. The prizes are fairly sweet, and I’m doing ok - #35 as of this morning. However, I’d like to win. This is where you come in.

These are my documents. Everything counts for the contest except the pictures. If you’d go and look at them - maybe several times, maybe over the course of the next few days? I’d appreciate it. But I wouldn’t expect you to do me such a big favor for free. What kind of a friend would I be? No, I have a deal to make with you.

If you leave me a comment with a topic to write about (or a writing prompt?) on any of the blogs that this ends up on, I will write a 200-to-300 word original piece for you and toss it onto Scribd, on the condition that you give it as many views as you can. (Maybe talk some friends into it too. I dunno, you decide.) I promise it will be an actual original piece; I won’t reuse anything I’ve already written (in fact, pretty much everything I’ve written that’s not a blog entry is now on Scribd, which is sadly little because I can’t find my backup of everything I did in college) and I won’t respond to your request for a review of Iron Man by writing “Awesome!” 200 to 300 times.

Alternately, if you’d like to tweet a suggestion at me, you can do so - my Twitter username is macanima.

I don’t ask for favors often, but this is one favor I really hope I can pull off. Thanks in advance!

]]> Some of you might not know, but Scribd (it’s like Youtube for documents) is having the Most Interesting Hard Drive contest, wherein they’re searching for some of the best as-yet-unpublished stuff submitted by their users. The prizes are fairly sweet, and I’m doing ok - #35 as of this morning. However, I’d like to win. This is where you come in.

These are my documents. Everything counts for the contest except the pictures. If you’d go and look at them - maybe several times, maybe over the course of the next few days? I’d appreciate it. But I wouldn’t expect you to do me such a big favor for free. What kind of a friend would I be? No, I have a deal to make with you.

If you leave me a comment with a topic to write about (or a writing prompt?) on any of the blogs that this ends up on, I will write a 200-to-300 word original piece for you and toss it onto Scribd, on the condition that you give it as many views as you can. (Maybe talk some friends into it too. I dunno, you decide.) I promise it will be an actual original piece; I won’t reuse anything I’ve already written (in fact, pretty much everything I’ve written that’s not a blog entry is now on Scribd, which is sadly little because I can’t find my backup of everything I did in college) and I won’t respond to your request for a review of Iron Man by writing “Awesome!” 200 to 300 times.

Alternately, if you’d like to tweet a suggestion at me, you can do so - my Twitter username is macanima.

I don’t ask for favors often, but this is one favor I really hope I can pull off. Thanks in advance!

]]> http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/14/reading-and-writing-and-reading-some-of-my-writing/feed/ links for 2008-05-08 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/08/links-for-2008-05-08/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/08/links-for-2008-05-08/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 22:33:31 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/08/links-for-2008-05-08/
  • Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied.
    Moreover, no one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist’s tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver.
    (tags: academia amusing fiction humor movies writing)
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  • Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied.
    Moreover, no one on the committee can identify who or what instilled Dr. Jones with the belief that an archaeologist’s tool kit should consist solely of a bullwhip and a revolver.
    (tags: academia amusing fiction humor movies writing)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/08/links-for-2008-05-08/feed/     links for 2008-05-07 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/07/links-for-2008-05-07/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/07/links-for-2008-05-07/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 22:31:14 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/07/links-for-2008-05-07/
  • Cross Edge: Capcom, Nippon Ichi, Namco Bandai, Gust, And Idea Factory Team For RPG Fan’s Wet Dream
    This is so not fair because this will never come to the US. Ever. If we couldn’t get Namco x Capcom we definitely won’t get Cross Edge.
    (tags: videogames ps3)
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  • Cross Edge: Capcom, Nippon Ichi, Namco Bandai, Gust, And Idea Factory Team For RPG Fan’s Wet Dream
    This is so not fair because this will never come to the US. Ever. If we couldn’t get Namco x Capcom we definitely won’t get Cross Edge.
    (tags: videogames ps3)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/07/links-for-2008-05-07/feed/     links for 2008-05-06 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/06/links-for-2008-05-06/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/06/links-for-2008-05-06/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 22:33:28 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/06/links-for-2008-05-06/
  • Physical Limits: Extreme Skydiver to Plummet 25 Miles to Earth
    “If all goes well, he will jump from a balloon at an altitude of around 131,000 feet, or 25 miles above Saskatchewan, Canada. At around 115,000 feet his body will blow through the sound barrier.”
    (tags: science sports space wtf)
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  • Physical Limits: Extreme Skydiver to Plummet 25 Miles to Earth
    “If all goes well, he will jump from a balloon at an altitude of around 131,000 feet, or 25 miles above Saskatchewan, Canada. At around 115,000 feet his body will blow through the sound barrier.”
    (tags: science sports space wtf)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/06/links-for-2008-05-06/feed/     links for 2008-05-05 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/05/links-for-2008-05-05/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/05/links-for-2008-05-05/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 22:34:48 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/05/links-for-2008-05-05/
  • Home - Microsoft Popfly
    Looks like Microsoft’s attempt to make an easy silverlight creator. Now with a game creator (in alpha).
    (tags: web2.0 webdev microsoft silverlight mashups programming interesting videogames web)
  • The Page - by Mark Halperin - TIME
    This stuff writes itself. I couldn’t make it up if I wanted to.
    (tags: kentuckyderby politics amusing)
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  • Home - Microsoft Popfly
    Looks like Microsoft’s attempt to make an easy silverlight creator. Now with a game creator (in alpha).
    (tags: web2.0 webdev microsoft silverlight mashups programming interesting videogames web)
  • The Page - by Mark Halperin - TIME
    This stuff writes itself. I couldn’t make it up if I wanted to.
    (tags: kentuckyderby politics amusing)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/05/links-for-2008-05-05/feed/     links for 2008-05-01 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/01/links-for-2008-05-01/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/01/links-for-2008-05-01/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 22:30:48 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/01/links-for-2008-05-01/
  • Siliconera » How to get to Itadaki Street Portable
    Seems the Ultimate Hits version of Itadaki Street Portable has a pullout guide with English translations. Sweet!
    (tags: videogames psp interesting boardgames)
  • Monster Burger! « Baud Attitude
    “As an aside, the Monster Box - and the cakes they sell - are shaped like a piece of Japanese gym equipment. Just to keep the fitness theme going, see? … All pretext of fitness goes away when you open your Monster Box.”
    (tags: food wtf japan)
  • Tecmo Bowl making a comeback on DS this fall - DS Fanboy
    TECMO BOWL IS BACK, BABY
    (tags: football videogames ds)
    • ]]>
  • Siliconera » How to get to Itadaki Street Portable
    Seems the Ultimate Hits version of Itadaki Street Portable has a pullout guide with English translations. Sweet!
    (tags: videogames psp interesting boardgames)
  • Monster Burger! « Baud Attitude
    “As an aside, the Monster Box - and the cakes they sell - are shaped like a piece of Japanese gym equipment. Just to keep the fitness theme going, see? … All pretext of fitness goes away when you open your Monster Box.”
    (tags: food wtf japan)
  • Tecmo Bowl making a comeback on DS this fall - DS Fanboy
    TECMO BOWL IS BACK, BABY
    (tags: football videogames ds)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/05/01/links-for-2008-05-01/feed/     links for 2008-04-30 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:30:40 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/
  • Macworld | Mac Word | A Time Machine trip to the mid-’90s
    Mac OS X 10.5’s Time Machine seems fairly revolutionary as far as automated backup goes - but the seeds of it have existed since Copland, the proto-Mac OS 8.
    (tags: apple mac interesting history osx)
  • Warp Star Glitch Screenshots - Smash World Forums
    Turns out that a bunch of the stages in Smash Bros. Brawl don’t end at the edge of the board.
    (tags: videogames wii interesting)
  • Brawl Stage of the Week: The Web - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
    This is the first one of these that looks like it might actually be fun.
    (tags: videogames wii)
  • NYTimes.com hand-codes its HTML - Boing Boing
    Good Lord. Self-explanatory title.
    (tags: webdev interesting news)
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  • Macworld | Mac Word | A Time Machine trip to the mid-’90s
    Mac OS X 10.5’s Time Machine seems fairly revolutionary as far as automated backup goes - but the seeds of it have existed since Copland, the proto-Mac OS 8.
    (tags: apple mac interesting history osx)
  • Warp Star Glitch Screenshots - Smash World Forums
    Turns out that a bunch of the stages in Smash Bros. Brawl don’t end at the edge of the board.
    (tags: videogames wii interesting)
  • Brawl Stage of the Week: The Web - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
    This is the first one of these that looks like it might actually be fun.
    (tags: videogames wii)
  • NYTimes.com hand-codes its HTML - Boing Boing
    Good Lord. Self-explanatory title.
    (tags: webdev interesting news)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/feed/     links for 2008-04-29 http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/29/links-for-2008-04-29/ http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/29/links-for-2008-04-29/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:30:58 +0000 Phil http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/29/links-for-2008-04-29/
  • It’s official: Mega Man is the most milked series ever - DS Fanboy
    What’s most amusing about this record is that… Guinness arrived at it without even considering all the Mega Man games — basically, they failed to arrive at a full count.
    (tags: videogames amusing records)
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  • It’s official: Mega Man is the most milked series ever - DS Fanboy
    What’s most amusing about this record is that… Guinness arrived at it without even considering all the Mega Man games — basically, they failed to arrive at a full count.
    (tags: videogames amusing records)
    • ]]>     http://blog.ariffic.com/2008/04/29/links-for-2008-04-29/feed/