I find the funniest stuff at crabwalk. Behold: D&D Monster Ratings — this is really funny. Brought back memories of playing D&D with my geeky friends back when I was 13 or so. I guess I never thought about how messed up some of the monsters are. Here’s a good quote: “As far as I know, the idea of a six-legged panther with squid tentacles that looks like it’s somewhere other than it really is originated in the mind of D&D creator E. Gary Gygax, possibly as the result of blunt trauma.”
Blogger
….and hey, the new Blogger interface looks good in Mozilla too! That’s a first. I’ll have to look at in Safari on my Mac tomorrow.
Verizon
I’ve been doing some more research into Verizon’s deal on the Kyocera 7135. It now appears as though it might be a bit more expensive than I originally thought, but not by much. I may be able to get a discount based on my company’s corporate plan, though, so that might bring it back down a few bucks. Verizon sure doesn’t make it easy to figure out their pricing plans.
Blogger
Woohoo! I’ve been moved over to the new version of Blogger! I’m not sure it does anything the old version didn’t do, but it sure is pretty!
phones
I’m thinking about trading in my cell phone and my Palm i705 for a Kyocera 7135 from Verizon. It would wind up costing me about the same per month as my current cell phone service (about $25) and my Palm.net service (about $20) combined. The only problem is that the unit costs about $500. Maybe I should wait a little while longer. Go here for a nice review on the unit.
Heroic Grace
HEROIC GRACE: THE CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS FILM — a film series at the Walter Reade theater. Sounds like something I’m going to need to check out!
scam
Annoying new scam:
How Low Can You Go? New Community Web Site Is Doing You No Favors
I just got one of these e-mails, and MAN was I creeped out. If you get any e-mail from the “Word-of-Mouth.Org Report Awareness System”, I’d recommend just ignoring it. Creepy.
Spam
Spam is getting to be a big problem at work, so I’ve been spending some spare time looking into various spam-filtering solutions. The stuff I’m looking at for work is, of course, server-oriented software. For home use, though, I’ve been looking at a few things that get between your e-mail client and POP server. I just downloaded K9 and installed it for use with Eudora. I won’t know how good it works until I’ve been using it for a week or two, but hey, it’s free, so it’s gotta be worth a try.
RPI student gets screwed
RPI student gets screwed:
RIAA Grabs Student’s Life’s Savings
(If you went to RPI, you understand the “screw” reference…)
Rain
More rain today. Are we going to get a nice weekend anytime soon? I guess not. Well, it gave me time to back up my hard drive, watch some Futurama, Animatrix shorts, and some random anime. And read a little bit too. Can’t spend the whole day in front of the tube.