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It is cuil to be ironic
Feb 5th
So I made a post a few weeks ago basically ranting about Cuil search engine and how it pretty well was a failure. Anyway, I thought it was funny and ironic the search result that hit my blog post a few days ago. I have attached a screen shot. Take note of the first result, the phrase searched for, the image displayed, and the text of the result. Be sure and read my post about cuil and proceed to get a good laugh.
Cool space images from NASA
Mar 27th
I’m just throwing this out there for those interested in space flight. Nasa has a great gallery called Image of the day that makes for great desktop backgrounds. The images are current, some are less than 24 hours old if you check during a current mission.
New Camera Canon A560
Mar 7th
I got a new camera for a trip i’m taking this summer. It is a Canon A560. Overall I’m very pleased with it. I’m a big fan of the A series, I have owned an A60 for a few years now and it has been a good camera. The 560 has been pretty much everything I expected and more. Very easy to use and maintains the same basic control setup as the old A series. Turns on 2x as fast as my old one, holds 2 less batteries, 3x as large screen, 2.5x the megapixel. I look forward to using it some more! I was particularly impressed with the macro mode. I snapped a photo of a penny just playing around and was stunned how sharp it came out.
futuremark trademarks pwnage
Mar 6th
So futuremark thinks they can trademark the term “pwnage”. This has been floating around the net for a few days, but what I found funny was the followup (damage control) that they posted here.
Fellow gamers,
Our purpose in filing for trademark on the name “Pwnage” is not to charge money or stop people from using the expression. That’s not what a trademark is for. Instead, we want to protect ourselves from squatters (or what I call campers) – people looking to trademark the name on false pretenses, just to make a claim against Futuremark Games Studio for its use.
Jukka Mäkinen, Executive Producer, Futuremark Games Studio
In essence, Jukka has described that what they are attempting to do is exactly what they are trying to prevent.
Insane bullet ricochet
Mar 1st
I’ll have to say this is one of the craziest things I’ve seen in a while. It has been around the net for a while, but I felt like sharing.