I have no idea what GAX stands for, but it’s the first gamer community which doesn’t seem to be absolutely dead. I think they’ve hit upon the magic formula, and hope everyone joins – already found far more people I know on Gax than on GuildCafe. So: Go to GAX Online, register, write a couple of sentences saying what games you’re playing in your new blog, say hi on the live chat bar, and invite Tipa to be your friend :) ...
I bet you thought I would forget about my Reader, return to paper books (and I admit, I do have Iain M. Banks’ “Matter” winging its way to me in dead tree form). But I swear to you, the Reader is my constant companion. Tucked away in my purse are about twenty books, some bought, some free, and whenever I have a few quiet moments to read, out it comes. ...
You can get a sense for how popular a show is by how many people are downloading it. That’s as direct correlation of interest as you’re likely to get. Using the most popular tracker (I may go back and sum up all trackers), Jericho had about 2400 seeds and leeches this morning. By comparison, Lost s04ep01 had over 5000, and Lost s04ep02 had about 3000. That’s pretty strong for a show that was canceled and resurrected, I think. ...
When I was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, there was this show on PBS called “Jean Shepherd’s America”, which was this guy’s “Travels with Charlie”-esque journey through contemporary 70’s America. He was hilarious, a wonderful speaker and raconteur, and my Dad loved his show. A few years later, he would narrate a movie based on stories of his life as recounted in his book “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash” called “A Christmas Story”, about a kid in the 30s who, more than anything, wanted a BB gun for Christmas. ...
Tuesday – American Idol begins Hollywood week, which winnows the people who made it through the audition process to the twenty-four people who will make it to the actual contest. This year, people are allowed to play instruments. I don’t know how this fits into a singing show, but I guess, anything for the ratings. Also, Jericho season 2 starts. Fans demanded the return of the show, and CBS delivered. I’ll be watching! ...
I don’t normally repost advertising, but this kids book, of the sort to explain why Mommy is having a baby or why they have incurable bone cancer but instead being a long, frank discussion of the changes the family’s new file server will make in their lives, is precious.
Via boingboing, news of toilets in Finland that unlock when you text “open” at them. “I’m pooped!” said Sam as he staggered beneath the dozen or so backpacks Frodo, Merry, and Pippin had piled upon him after the pony Bill had been sent back to Bree. “Just wiped out,” he added, his face red from his strained breathing. “I’m feeling a little flushed, to tell you the truth. My old Geezer always said, ‘Sam’, he said, ‘don’t you never think nothing about no telling a falsehood!’” ...
“Lost” returns to television tonight for the seven weeks of its fourth season. At the close of season three, we saw that Jack and Kate, at least, had managed to escape the island in a “flash forward”, but Jack was desperate to get back, ranting that they were not meant to leave the island. Charlie had died while bravely saving the lives of others, and rescue seemed imminent… but were the rescuers who they claimed to be? ...
As someone who has purchased music at Amazon.com, you might be interested in turning those CDs into MP3s. Rather than spend your valuable time ripping your CDs, let Riptopia do the work for you. Just send your CDs to Riptopia via padded/protected, prepaid, and insured spindles. In a few days, Riptopia will return your new digital music library on data DVDs along with your original CDs. You’re now ready to enjoy your perfectly portable, easily sortable digital music library for loading onto your iPod, computer, or music phone. ...
The reason for this is because we needed to temporarily disable your website earlier today to prevent it from effectively “crashing” the webserver; your site was receiving a large number of hits to PHP scripts and was basically preventing other customers websites from loading. I have unsuspended the account now and the website should be back online – I would recommend that you remove any unused PHP scripts and upgrade all other applications to the latest version, as we will be forced to delete the account if further high CPU usage by your account continues to affect other customers. ...