Archive for May, 2008

May 20 2008

Fullmetal Alchemist ending

I managed to get through all of Fullmetal Alchemist, and it was definitely worth seeing. Unlike a lot of anime shows the motivations behind the characters actions are pretty clear and the things they do make sense. The show isn’t initially clear on what all the characters are trying to do, but eventually […]

May 16 2008

I blame my brother…

The Penguins lost game four of their series against the Flyers. I’m positive this is somehow my brothers fault.
My dad has partial season tickets for the Penguins, so he gets to go to every other home game. This continues into the playoffs. Since the Penguins had home ice through all the conference […]

May 13 2008

Anit-piracy efforts

I’ve been reading a lot about the new fad in computer game copy protection, SecuROM. Its not so much that companies are using this exact method of preventing piracy, but the methods that it uses that seems to be catching on.
Here’s a quick run down of what you can expect when its fully implemented:

You’ll […]

May 12 2008

Election year

Once again its an election year and we’re crushed under an incredible amount of advertisements and media attention on the candidates. We haven’t even gotten past the primaries and already I’m tired of hearing about the candidates.
This might not be so bad if the information was useful, but they insist on talking about irrelevant […]

May 06 2008

Rules for teachers

I just read this article about a substitute teacher who is being fired for inappropriate actions in the class. Which doesn’t sound all that crazy, there’s been a lot of reports in the news about teachers acting inappropriately.
This one caught my attention because the teacher is being accused on wizardry. I don’t even […]

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