Google has to be getting close to launching Gmail based on the number of invites I’ve been receiving.
6 last week – gone. Less than a week later, 6 more. Use one yesterday, today I have 6 again.
Sent 3 of those out already to TCLUG members, we’ll see how long until Google restocks me.
Thank goodness for boingboing.net. This site has provided hours of amusement, but their chronicling of the Bikes Against Bush and the Joshua Kinberg story (MSNBC link) is eye opening.
In other news, Republicans hate New York. Oh wait, that’s where they’re having their convention. Hypocrites.
Duke Nukem In-Development 4ever
As seen on Evil Avatar:
The History and Timeline of Duke Nukem 4ever as written by Syfer on the 3dRealms forums.
Some Choice Quotes from the timeline:
Janurary 1997: Work on DNF started.*
Late 1999: 3DR announces upgrade to UT level tech. It is expected to take two weeks. 3DR releases a Christmas card saying that DNF will be released in 2000.
Unknown 2002: Broussard states that DNF will definitely be out before DooM 3.
Late 2003/early 2004: Take 2 complains about DNF development and expects it around “late 2005”. “At this point we’re just hoping the team [in garland] will finish the project.”
Tomorrow, Clerks X is released on DVD. This 10th anniversary edition of Kevin Smith’s Clerks is the definitive version of the movie including the original cut of the film shown at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the version released in theaters.
But wait, there’s more! Kevin Smith has been hinting that he would be doing a “small project” prior to Green Hornet. And it’s a sequel to Clerks, tentatively titled “The Passion of the Clerks”. (Link to press release on Kevin Smith’s site, View Askew).
The server’s back. And better than before. 340 gigs of loving, properly configured this time so if I have to replace the OS the data should stay (well, most of it).
Highlights of getting the server (silwenae.net) back online:
DHCP working
Firewall working
Messed around for hours with my blog trying to import b2evo into WordPress. No go.
Messed around some more with styles for my blog.
Installed Alex’s blog
Installed Zoe’s blog
Installed gallery for the family pictures.
Put the pictures of our Packer training camp visit into gallery
Reconfigured the three wireless networks (Linksys & D-Link 802.11g, D-Link 802.11a)
Spent a couple hours trying to get
I’m back! It’s taken a while, but the blog is back. More to come soon. Zoe arrived today at around 12:30 p.m. Here’s a basic page to look at about Zoe. I’ll have the gallery up soon (it wasn’t working for some reason), but there is a list of pictures up from a link on that page. I liked the comic this morning. I thought it was a really good way to re-introduce the old penguin. I submitted the MSNBC interview link to Slashdot on Friday about Opus, but they didn’t take mine, and posted someone elses yesterday. And it was my first ever submission too! At least I had mod points at the time.
Hello world!
And baby makes 4
Speaking of Opus