.../computer games (especially The Sims 3!) More about me: I work three days a week in the noncredit department at the local junior college, doing data entry and the like. I'm also responsible for reporting completions of the traffic school to the county. I'm also a HUGE St. Louis Cardinals fan! My favorite TV shows right now are How I Met Your Mother and The Office, although when Burn Notice starts ...

The honesty of the search box

The Rhetoric of the Google Search pt 1 and part 2 To quote Ben Casnocha, "When you type a query into Google it will suggest the most popular completions to the given prefix. There are some remarkable contrasts, Slate found, between "dumb" searches and "smart" ones. People who start their search "how 2" are more likely to search "how 2 get pregnant" or "how 2 grow weed." People who start ...

another year, another rotation around the sun…

...Big Game neepery, today is indeed the completion of my thirty-first rotation around the sun. In the common parlance, we call this a “birthday” and this year, it shall be prime. (Remember, we number completions when they’ve finished!) There was cake at the office yesterday, there will be cake at a party tonight, and then Sunday is the Night of Writing Dangerously, which is what I wanted to do for...

MOD POST: Reminders

... at the activity check. What I'm saying is, don't feel afraid of the activity check, since we haven't off-ed anyone's head yet. Activity check serves a dual purpose, so please post! Also, thread completions. I understand that October was a S-L-O-W month, so if you're a little behind, we'll understand. It's that time of year where there are midterms, papers, and in some places finals, and of ...

Old News: Naughty Dog Bites Down on Uncharted 2's Twitter

...has resulted in some Twitter feeds being updated multiple times an hour. We obviously want to provide the best experience for everybody, so for the time being we've disabled Twitter updates on chapter completions. Wells would continue on to say soon after the game ships, a patch will be released to enable the 'chapter completion' twitter update feature, but with a limit on the frequency of updates...

CTP 2 completed

... is for the better. I look forward to the changes that come from my work on CTP3. Tomorrow, I'll be updating my website, Chronarchy.Com in preparation of this new Circle of training. It has been a full year since I last updated the front page with new material (rather than just course completions), and I am looking forward to several changes in the way the page is built and the focus on it.

How Can Teams Suck This Badly?

...right now: 5. Kansas City , terribad. 4. Redskins ...have you seen their schedule...have you seen their record? 3. Browns . Only reason they aren't 2nd is they found a way to win with 2 completions. 2. Bucs . Seriously fucking bad. 1. Rams ...if you haven't seen them play, you've missed out on an entire new dimension of awful that you probably never knew existed. They are making a run at the...

2 Completions and 1 Registration

Finally completions! *happy* And a sort of question Project Completion Form Project Title: Strawberry skirt and accessories http://community.livejournal.com/sew_lol i/913021.html  Project Start Date: September sometime? Planned Finish Date: Didn't really have one Actual Finish Date: 13/10/09 Did you make changes from original plan? Was thinking of making a bag but I'm too lazy hehe. Did you ...

Unregistered Completions

Project Completion Form Project Title: Cathedral Embroidery Skirt Project Start Date: October 7 Planned Finish Date: Actual Finish Date: October 21 Did you make changes from original plan? Nope How happy are you with the result? (in percentage, ie 60%, 100%, 20%) 100 Cathedral Embroidery Skirt   Front Back This was a commissioned peice. The embroidery goes all the way ...

HALLOWEEN FEVER!!! 3 Skirt Completions!

Warning!! There are like a million pictures in this entry. If you have dial-up or a slow connection it may kill your computer. BUT if you can at all do it, and if you like Halloween at all, you really should click, because you are bound to LOVE at least one of these 3 skirts!!! I guarantee it!!! I finished all 3 of my Halloween skirts! Sadly I haven't finished my fall leaves one, but still,...