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Archive | November, 2007
Windows XP SP3 Shows 10% Performance Gains
No wonder Microsoft held XP SP3 release back so damn long, exo.blog benchmarked it using the OfficeBench benchmark and an XP Pro install with SP3 applied actually shows a 10% speed increase over it’s existing SP2 install. (Shorter bars better): That’s a pretty damning result following closely on the heals of Vista SP1 showing no performance improvements [...]
Continue reading...Woman Gets 10lbs Hairball Removed
24. November 2007
Did you just vomit? I almost did… I was chewing a piece of watermelon gum when I saw this and almost vomited goddamn hell right out of my mouth. What you see above, is a hairball. The result of “years of eating her own hair” to be exact… that puppy is a 10lbs ball of hair [...]
Continue reading...Vagina-Teeth On the Rise
24. November 2007
So yea… Teeth is a movie about a girl that has teeth in her vagina. Aaaaaannd I really wish I was kidding:
Continue reading...Time Crisis 4 Review (PS3)
23. November 2007
Summary Introduction Unboxing / Accessories Guncon 3 Calibration Note to Reader Review Conclusion Areas of Improvement Summary [6.5 out of 10] Time Crisis 4 can be a blast; a lot like having one of the arcade machines in your house. No wireless and lack of 2nd controller combined with the $90 price point was a disappointment. UPDATE: It seems Amazon.com actually carries this game for $75 with [...]
Continue reading...Photography and Talent
23. November 2007
Marc Chung just sent along a beautiful photo of the White House that friend Preston Lee happen to grab, check it out:
Continue reading...Limb Lengthening
23. November 2007
… I didn’t even know this existed, and don’t ask me how I found it, but I ran across a community dedicated to limb-lengthening… seriously! MakeMeTaller.info… So if you are short, and want to get taller, keep in mind you gotta do something like this: Which might look hilariously fun to some people, but I’d like [...]
Continue reading...Talking Cats, Translated!
22. November 2007
First video, talking cats: Second video, the same video… translated!
Continue reading...Wal-Mart to Offer 80GB PS3 + 10 Blu-ray Movies (+5)
22. November 2007
Laurence Hartje sends in a note that Boy Genius is reporting that starting November 24th, Wal-Mart will not be discounting the price of the 80GB PS3, but instead allowing you to pluck 10 Blu-ray movies off the shelve (under $30) to take with you when you buy one. They also mention this is in addition to [...]
Continue reading...Amazon $199 HD-DVD Player + 10 HD-DVD Movies
22. November 2007
Just got this in the mail. Amazon is running a $199 deal which includes a Toshiba HD-A3 ($169 by itself, or $99 from some retailers fufilling the $99 A2-backorders earlier) and 10 HD-DVD movies you can choose with the order. The HD-A3 doesn’t do 1080p, but should serve it’s purpose as a value HD-DVD very [...]
Continue reading...Replacement XBox RRoD After 1hr
22. November 2007
As someone who just sent his worthless XBox 360 back for warranty repair because it RRoD’ed, Laurence Hartje sent in a story over at The Boy Genius Report that made my teeth grind. It seems Jibi got his replacement XBox 360 in the mail after his first RRoD, plugged it in and got a whole hour [...]
Continue reading...It’s Alive: The Optimus Maximus
21. November 2007
Hole-ee-shit, Laurence Hartje just sent in news that the Optimus Maximus is finally here… You remember this keyboard? We got glimpses of it something like 3 years ago and everyone started to shit their pants, then we all figured it was vaporware or maybe just a really good mockup by a designer? Then last year there [...]
Continue reading...Gmail Tip: Finding Unread Emails
21. November 2007
For the life of me I cannot figure out why Google doesn’t just add a stupid button to Gmail for this, but anyway… The tip here is how to find all your unread emails in Gmail. Let’s say you aren’t interested in the label on the mail, who it’s from or anything… you just want a [...]
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24. November 2007
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