maybe someday i'll keep this up http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:01:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, seriously… Listening to an industrial net radio station, and then just threw in...Rick Astley. WTF! ENOUGH! http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=239 This Thanksgiving sucks I had oral surgery yesterday to remove a cyst about 2.5 cm in diameter from my lower lip. Definitely glad to have that out of there, but thanks to swelling from the surgery, I now look like I have a tennis ball stuck in my face. Even mashed potatoes will ... http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=235 Out of the blue, MTV does something really cool MTV Music, an online, categorized, indexed, searchable archive of viewable, embed-able videos. http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=231 Depressing, but not surprising US slips down development index Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed nation, according to a report from several US charities. The report found that the US ranked 42nd in the world for life expectancy despite spending more on health care per person than any other country. http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=229 Gusts of wind and flurries of fireworks… ...create one hell of a storm. http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=228 Guitar Hero III I just noticed the song line-up they have so far...which includes: "Black Sunshine" - White Zombie "Cult of Personality" – Living Colour "The Metal" – Tenacious D "One" – Metallica "Paranoid" – Black Sabbath "Raining Blood" – Slayer Along with many, many more... http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=227 Wow…impressive face-changing robot Various Face Shape Expression Robot - WD-2(Waseda-Docomo face robot No.2) from Muppet Labs...I mean Takanishi Laboratory. http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=226 A nice summer storm welcomes us back to Austin A hard divide between the downpour on the left and the partly cloudy sky on the right. http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=224 Rubber Duck Location: river the Loire, France Dimensions: 26 x 20 x 32 meters Materials: inflatable, rubber coated PVC, pontoon and generator Production: le Lieu Unique and the Biennial Estuaire http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=220 fun times time warner cable's dns servers went out texas-wide yesterday after they had a fiber cable cut. since then, they've spent the last day making the fix for real. unfortunately, this resulted in access going down (for our server...) for almost 24 hours. shortly after that started, we lost power for several ... http://www.amity-shawn.net/~shawn/?p=218