Author Archives: Doppelbock
It’s 1234567890 (Unix epoch that is)
My friend sent me this link to a Wired article about Unix epoch time about 20 minutes too late. The date/time stamp in the Unix epoch format was just 1234567890 about 20 minutes ago. There’s also a link to a … Continue reading
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Another Warmachine update (finally)
It’s been far too long since I posted some of my Warmachine work. I’m still playing strictly Protectorate of Menoth and still losing most of the time but having great fun anyway. The painting is all but done on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Miniatures, Privateer Press, Tabletop Gaming, Warmachine/Hordes
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Credit Card Companies Can Bite Me
Credit card companies like Chase and Captial One can just bite me. I was carrying a balance on two different cards at decent, single-digit fixed interest rates (which is what I agreed to when I signed up for the cards) … Continue reading
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A Terabyte of storage for a hundred bucks?
I never thought I’d see the day but Newegg had a Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB internal drive (with 32MB cache no less) for only $99 last week; it’s back up to a whopping $110 now. Even after all these … Continue reading
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Red Alert is Free from EA
Electronic Arts is offering a free download of the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert for download (to help pump up interest for the 3rd installment of the game). It’s over ten years old now though so it will require … Continue reading
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Speed 2
I guess that last test wasn’t a fluke, I got about the same again today. I’ll have to read about that Boost stat though since it was over 13Mbit/sec this time. ***Edit*** Yep, should’ve saved that image locally.
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Whoa, my upload speed increased
I don’t know when it happened but it looks like Cox uncorked my upload speed at some point. I used to get maybe 400k/sec or something but I just ran a test to a server about 425 miles away and … Continue reading
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Heart Attack Grill, here I come!
Damn, after watching this video I may have a trip to Chandler, AZ in my future. Just imagine a place with a Quadruple Bypass burger (four 1/2 pound patties) and an all-you-can-eat french fry bar (they are cooked in real … Continue reading
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Warmachine Loot
Wow, I scored pretty well on Warmachine goodies for Xmas. My brother Gary got me a box of Idrian Skirmishers and an extra blister to bring the unit up to 8 guys. My wife let me pick out some stuff … Continue reading
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Another reason not to work (or shop) at Wal-Mart
Another reason not to work or shop at Wal-Mart… Wal-Mart worker trampled to death by shoppers in New York Black Friday shoppers straining to get into a Wal-Mart in a suburb of New York City trampled an employee to death … Continue reading
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Nigerian scam really works!
Apparently some woman actually fell for the old “send us your life savings and we’ll give you $20 million”. The really sad part is that she sent strangers some $400,000 over a two year span and her bank even warned … Continue reading
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She walks!
Holy crap, we got home tonight and out of the blue Saratoga started walking on all four legs for 4-5 feet at a time. This is truly amazing, it was only about six weeks ago that we brought her home … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day (boy it’s cold!)
Well, I’m going to go read e-mail while my balls warm up. That gem was uttered by one of my co-workers after riding his new motorcyle in to work this morning. He picked the wrong time of year to switch … Continue reading
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What if the world could have voted?
My old friend SicPreFix linked to this site, I was amazed at how one-sided the world vote was. Anyone in the world could cast a vote for McCain or Obama. While not scientific or random it’s still very interesting.
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Election 2008: Mixed results so far
I’m glad that Obama has apparently won the electoral college but sad that he seems to have barely squeeked by in the popular vote, I wanted him to get at least 55% there. More importantly (and more upsetting to me) … Continue reading
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