A Wind Blows Through the Big Brother House- July 31, 2007 Even in these times of Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo and Fox Television, the original television networks still try to come off all wholesome and decent. Things may have changed, with the occasional fart joke, but generally farting itself is usually not shown and is considered taboo.So hats off to CBS and Big Brother 8, for their honest and candid depiction of farting. This has to be one of the best, most authentic reality TV moments.Evel Dick is my new hero for showing all of America a man...http://www.nosuch.org/2007/07/wind-blows-through-big-brother-house.html What's been on the Xbox lately- July 30, 2007 The DarknessA gimmick game with a very fun gimmick. Basically it's Chronicles of Riddick with the sci-fi prison motif replaced with a supernatural gangster one. Not deep, nor innovative, but you do get demon tentacles that sprout out of your back and eat the hearts of your enemies. The graphics aren't great, and the story is fairly typical video game fare, but it is done competently enough for its brief length. Still, I had a good time with it. I haven't tried the multiplayer, mostly because...http://www.nosuch.org/2007/07/whats-been-on-xbox-lately.html Bless This Big Brother House- July 27, 2007 I don't think I keep it secret that on my cynical days, I'm an atheist, and on my more humble days I'll cop to being agnostic. I do respect other people's religions, as long as they don't try to spill any of it on me, and I do know a few people who are truly deeply spiritual and devote themselves to good works, and I admire them for it.With that being said, I'd like to say to all of you people competing on Big Brother 8 (or any other reality TV game), that if there were a God, He wouldn't give..http://www.nosuch.org/2007/07/bless-this-big-brother-house.html Privacy please- July 26, 2007 I've helped a couple of friends host blogs, and one of them needed to convert to a private, members only blog. It was pretty clear the right way to do this was to have each user have their own account and password, and ideally, the users could simply register and get approved, minimizing administration time. Unfortunately, this was a Blogger blog being hosted on my own server, and there's just no way to do that without doing a lot of work.After looking around, it seemed like WordPress would be..http://www.nosuch.org/2007/07/privacy-please.html |