Entries for the ‘Rant’ Category

Things in the News

A list of topics in the news that I do not care about: The white iPhone 4: Come back when the entire case is an AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diode) and you can change your phone’s outer design whenever you want. The Royal Wedding: Leave them alone.  Let them celebrate. Birthers/Donald Trump: Even [...]

Violent Video Games

There has been a lot of talk recently about curbing or banning violent video games due to a game called Bulletstorm which is set to be released on Feb. 22, 2011.  I’ve had the opportunity to download a demo of the game on the Xbox 360 a play through a short level.  The basic storyline [...]

Freezing Drizzle —> Ice Showers

They call precipitation that is lighter than light rain drizzle.  So when it rains and the ground temperature is below zero you get freezing rain, light freezing rain, and freezing drizzle.  I really think they should change the name to Ice Showers.  It sounds more dangerous, which reflects the fact that it is more dangerous.  Case closed.

Newgrounds Rant

First a person by the nickname Rhete makes a game called Super PSTW (Press Space To Win) a sequel to another PSTW.  This is a game making fun of RPGs.  Next, a kid (Axman13) comes along and posts a comment on the game.  This person clearly does not get the concept of PSTW being a [...]

Facebook Shutting Down

There is rumor that Facebook is shutting down on March 15th.  Obviously this is absurd but some people seem to believe it. I first heard it from Mashable and they had this to say: The spurious report was started by a site to which we refuse to link, known for its reports of impending attacks [...]

ESPN3.com and Time Warner Cable

From Time Warner Cable on why I can not watch sports on ESPN3.com AS of right now, we think that the television and the Internet business are different. While you may be able to stream video online, it’s still video.  Because we see ESPN3 as an extension of our video product, we are making its [...]