Dr. Horrible Once Again

I posted earlier (albeit as an aside) on Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog. Perhaps I've mentioned there how much of a fan I am, but I am of course going to say it again, being the big fan that I am (and the fact that I sometimes repeat myself, sometimes repeat myself). So naturally I found this "game version" (at digg) of that video blog weirdly appealing, even funny. It's really weirdly appealing. Oh, I said that already.

What Did Google Phone Say To The iPhone? (IMG)

And the iphone says " I am Toast"

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The 10 Real Reasons Why Geeks Make Better Lovers

diggnation reports: "I've read recently that geeks make better lovers because they are so unaccustomed to romance that they will do anything for their mates. Also because geeks don't have the social skills to cheat (wanna bet?)."

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male73: Oh how geeks (like me) wish this to be true. Some may argue otherwise, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating (which goes to show, if you know what I mean). Case in point: Charlie Eppes of Numb3rs.

Another nifty tool: Snap Shots!

"Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out."

Yep. Just copied the above post from them. They were nice enough to suggest that this new feature be announced in my site to "warn" my fictional readers. So there.

An addendum here: I opted for snapshot to be triggered by mousing over the balloon or bubble or whatever they call that icon there beside the links. I figured you guys might not want the darn thing popping up every time you mouse over a link. I know, that's awfully nice and thoughtful of me. You can thank me by donating to your favorite charity.

A widget, a widget real good.

Quick blog update here: installed (and updated) some widgets in my blog.

Installed three (3) widgets from last.fm namely: recent tracks played, my recommended playlist and top tracks. Why? Because I can, it's my blog after all. Also updated the digg.com widget to display the top stories. Lastly, changed my blog design to make the entire thing sorta blend, sorta. Lacking creativity, I went for black since I figured, the presence of all the colors is better than the absence thereof. Arguably, I still used colors albeit all of it. If you so desire, you can get your own widgets from the site links provided above.

Girlfriend 7.0 vs Wife 1.0

Here's a good one going around the web:

Dear Tech Support:

Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources.

In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3 , Football 5.0 , Hunting and Fishing 7.5 , and Racing 3.6.

I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favorite applications. I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0 , but the uninstall doesn't work on Wife 1.0 . Please help!

Thanks,
Troubled User…..

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REPLY:
Dear Troubled User:

This is a very common problem that men complain about.

Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0, thinking that it is just a Utilities and Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its Creator to run EVERYTHING !!! It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to return to Girlfrie nd 7.0 . It is impossible to uninstall, or purge the program files from the system once installed.

You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed to not allow this. Look in your Wife 1.0 manual under Warnings-Alimony/Child Support . I recommend that you keep Wife 1.0 and work on improving the situation. I suggest installing the background application "Yes Dear"
to alleviate software augmentation.

The best course of action is to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE! because ultimately you will have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the system will return to normal anyway.

Wife 1.0 is a great program, but it tends to be very high maintenance. Wife 1.0 comes with several support programs, such as Clean and Sweep 3.0 , Cook It 1.5 ! and Do Bills 4.2 .

However, be very careful how you use these programs. Improper use will cause the system to launch the program Nag Nag 9.5. Once this happens, the only way to improve the performance of Wife 1.0 is to purchase additional software. I recommend Flowers 2.1 and Diamonds 5.0 !

WARNING!!! DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Secretary With Short Skirt 3.3 . This application is not supported by Wife 1.0 and will cause irreversible damage to the operating system!

Best of luck,

Tech Support

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And here's my two cents: Personally, I use Deny Everything 3.1. It's an automatic system response protocol that is fully self-sustaining and compatible with most third generation softwares. I say most because some versions of Wife 1.0 and the beta version of Wife 1.1 are apparently immune to system-generated responses like Deny Everything 3.1 or the popular Yes Dear application. In such cases, you just have to get used to the idea that your hard drive is cooked, your system hacked and that you've been completely pwned. (Hopefully, the wife will find this funny too or I'm really in trouble and not the "troubleshooting," tech-support kinda variety.)

For some more "resources" (i.e., variations of the above) go to these pages: here and here.

Just Joost.

Drink up.

If you haven't already, try to diddle with Joost -- the new on demand free TV service that capitalizes on the P2P structure. I became interested in it since I've always shunned the way TV is being delivered to us, not to mention the content imposed on us, and I have been looking for alternatives. Joost just might suffice.

It has been out of the invite only stage and is now made open to the public so none of that "exclusive"-bull excrement to prevent us from tinkering with it.

Initial reaction: the quality of the video and the amount of computer resources and bandwidth eaten up aside, Joost looks promising to say the least.

Go ahead, have some Joost. Download link here.