Craigs List of the Week - gaming pc - $200 (SW MANNAPOLIS)

I submit this week's most interesting Minneapolis/St. Paul Craig's List posting.

gaming pc - $200 (SW MANNAPOLIS)

original content - (preserved for posterity)

I have a computer. it has issiue with its hard drive, but who cares. That thing was a twat anyway. What is sweet on thie rigg is SLI"d with two 7800gt's They are liquid cooled.... FTW/
I can ge the machibn ready in a moments notice.{

Punch and Pie.

And it si a 3.4 GHx P4 machine.

Perhaps I should end all my posts with "Punch and Pie." I just might...

Wednesday Video - Christians and the Pagans - Dar Williams

We are nearing Christmas and Solstice. This song makes me think of the Holidays.

Simon's Cat - "Let me in"

Another animated cat adventure. Apart from the glass door, this is exactly what mornings sound like at my house thanks to our cat, Billie.

Change - Lessig

A great little presentation from Lessig regarding change and where it comes from

Tags: lessig08, change, politics, washington, obama

A History of Evil by Ole-Magnus Saxegard

Thanks to Laughing Squid for pointing this out. I am getting caught up on my feeds today.



I love the animation style and the message is quite interesting as well.

Tags: video, evil

Shatner Rap

That is all.

Tags: shatner, video, rap, conan

Yes We Can

I have been undecided for as it relates to this upcoming election. I have been listening excitedly to speeches from Barack Obama and every time he speaks I can feel emotion rise in me. I have never experienced that listening to a politician. There is a hope and an earnest belief that we can become a better nation than we are.
I listened to his New Hampshire speech the night it aired. I loved the tone of his voice, the way the words rolled, and the passion that he invoked. I am sure this speech must have been written by a speech writer somewhere, but the delivery had me captured.
Today I saw the "Yes, We Can" Video through seesmic and it was phenomenal. The fact that Obama's tone, message, and delivery can easily be transformed into a song is excellent.

Here are the links:
http://www.dipdive.com/

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/2/04722/24305/353/448138

Month of 100 Things: Conclusion

As you may have read, this past month has been my Month of 100 Things. Our friend Dawn Rundman proposed the idea not that long ago and Erin and I have been purging as the weeks have gone on.
Erin gets rid of stuff much easier than I do. I love things, regardless of value or functionality. Erin had no problem completing her list of 100 things, which if she had a blog I am sure she would inform the world of. I made a list of 68 things. As a couple we pulled together a list of 20 things. I know I am behind on my initial list, but I can assure you there still is a giant box of books in the basement that are headed towards half price books.
Here are the highlights of my list:
1 Wireless Router - broken
3 Pairs of Jeans - Old, ripped, faded, and not wearable
4 Alvin and the Chipmunks Waterglasses - I had high hopes for these being antique some day
9 T-shirts
3 boxes of mini-discs - my mini-disk player was stolen years ago
2 CD cases - since I bought my iPod I just don't travel with CDs any longer.
3 belts - every belt buckle I have bought recently has come with a free crappy belt. For some reason I kept them.
There was much much more.

All in all, I would rate this as a great experience. It has certainly added to my goal word for the year of "direction." It has also helped me prepare for our Frugal February.

Tags: SimpleLiving, Monthof100Things

Hallelujah Chorus

Thoughts on WoW: Two Days In

So, I finally did it. I installed and began a ten day trial in the World of Warcraft. I have developed some thoughts on this universe and felt compelled to share them through the interblags.

Disclaimer: These are my immediate reactions. I reserve the right to change opinions at any time, because my brain allows me to do so.I began playing MMORPG's about two years ago through a game called Dofus. It is a relatively simple design, that deals with things in turn base fashioned. This is where my roots are, you must give credit to the roots, no matter how silly they may seem. So some of my initial reactions may stem from the fact that WoW is just different that Dofus. I appreciate these differences.

WoW is clearly a pretty pretty pretty gaming environment. I love to look at it. WoW has an endgame in mind. WoW for me at this point does not require mindless grinding and appears to have a mature community for me to experience.

WoW is difficult to start playing. I selected a character and I don't think it is quite right. I have read descriptions of all the other characters and they just don't seem quite right. How I wish it were fixed: a quiz about how I prefer to play the game. i.e. do you like being a primary damage dealer?, Do you like long range spells? Do you like being relied on as a primary healer? Are you tall, short, bearded, like the cold. etc... People keep telling me to choose a character based on my playing style. I need something to help me figure this out. I know I could create a million and a half characters and test them out, but how do I find the time to do that?

I guess that is it at this point. I know discussing opinions on WoW is probably pretty sensitive, and people might think I am crazy... who knows in 2 years I may still be playing and wishing I could rid the blogoverse of this post. Meh.

Tags: WoW, MMORPG, Dofus, Opinion, Games

Microsoft Surface Parody

I am intrigued by this service that just bounced into my inbox. Anyone know anything about Xobni?

January: The Month of 100 Things

Erin and I both read Dawnline, the blog of our friend Dawn Rundman. Dawn has declared January "The Month of 100 Things" in a recent article. Erin and I will be participating in this exercise in simplification. We are going to each eliminate 100 things from our life as well as 100 things of our families. So essentially we will be beginning this new year without 300 things. I am excited about the challenges that this will bring as I am a person who really likes things.

Tags: life