Random Rage

Just one little problem

RandomRage — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:08:49 +0000

The search for an excellent hotel room is a hard one for the weary road-warrior. I thought I had found one, too. Clean, modern, well decorated. None of that cheesy grandma furniture. 32″ LCD HDTV…although everything is stretch-o-vision, I can tolerate that…for one night, anyway. Large work desk, comfy chair…twenty foot ceiling for crying out [...]

The New Hotness

RandomRage — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:57:51 +0000

After much labor and love, the new site design is live. The old theme I was using was nice, but the css was a rats nest of code and it didn’t always display properly in every browser. This theme is my own heavily modified version of a theme from the wonderful folks at ThemeLab (home [...]

Braid: Over-Blown

RandomRage — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:11:04 +0000

Over the past two weeks, the gaming press has assaulted me with stories about a downloadable Xbox Live game called Braid. Joystiq and Penny Arcade in particular have been blaring the “OMG BEST GAME EVAR!!1!” trumpets (to paraphrase), but apparently they aren’t alone. The game is a Super Mario Brothers-styled platformer with time-controlling elements similar to Prince [...]

What do you mean? A politician LIED?!?

RandomRage — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:30:56 +0000

Despite my general policy of steering clear of politics on this site, I think it’s pretty safe to say that John Edwards’ political career is pretty much finished. In case you live under a rock, or haven’t taken your eyes away from 14 year-old Chinese gymnasts pretending to be 16, former senator Edwards ‘fessed-up to [...]

Thoughts on big breasted women with swords and the importance of data backups

RandomRage — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:08:56 +0000

Warning: incomprehensible nerdish ahead. Translation follows after the next two paragraphs. While browsing Digg just the other day, my monitor started to display all sorts of strange artifacts. Being the sensible, computer-literate type, I decided to reboot to attempt to fix the problem. Not only was I greeted with more strange dots and artifacts upon boot [...]

The Geek Trifecta

RandomRage — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:45 +0000

A recent trip to Blockbuster resulted in my obtaining the above pictured DVDs: Serenity, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, and Battlestar Galactica: Razor. If there were a Geiger-counter-like device that could detect levels of geektitude, the table where I took this photo would break the needle. I’ve actually seen Serenity a few times before — even more than once when [...]

Stable release my ass

RandomRage — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:04:51 +0000

Just upgraded to WordPress 2.6, only to find out that it killed my permalinks. If you’re having problems reading any of the posts here, that’s why. I’m working to get it fixed, although I may be at the mercy of the next WP release. Ugh.

Insert baby to complete sandwich

RandomRage — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:54:11 +0000

Seen in a public restroom on the changing table. People probably thought I was strange for taking this picture with my (very loud) camera phone.

Dealing with Heelys

RandomRage — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:30:41 +0000

It’s happened to you too many times to count. You were opening the door to the grocery store. Maybe you were at the mall. Perhaps you were walking down the street the last time it happened. The little brat cut you off, nearly knocked you over, or just generally irritated you [...]

Go see Wall-E. Now.

RandomRage — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:33:03 +0000

I apologize for the lack of updates lately. Blogging is a demanding mistress, and between my new job, family life, rounding-out my screenplay (yes, I’m a blogger with a screenplay, I’m aware I’m a cliche), and trying to cram three years’ worth of Battlestar Galactica into about three weeks, I’ve been a little overwhelmed. However, [...]