Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Fun With FTP
Once upon a time, the only real way to download gaming material on the internet (if you even knew where to look for it) was through FTP (or File Transfer Protocol). Journey back through the olden days now...when you were never quite sure what was at the other end of that dowload.
Mental State of the Union
Mental State of the Union
"1. I'm Okay, If You Say So
I'm sane, no, really, I am.
I'm not insane. No, really, I'm not.
Except...I've struggled with clinical depression and drug addiction, and these are both diseases of the brain. For a long time I made the same mistakes in life over and over, knowing better each time -- but doing it anyway. I was married and divorced four times before I figured out that I was giving in to relationship-wrecking compulsive behavior.
But since I don't rave on the street, I don't stalk people or have delusions of grandeur or hallucinate or hear voices, let's pretend I'm not crazy.
When I was young, I was in a mental hospital because of an overdose of a powerful street drug. "
John Shirley
The homepage of former cyberpunk author and (not former)musician, John Shirley. Mind you, he's not a former writer either...his novella Demons was great, and very twisted. Check him out. There are .mp3s of his various bands to check out (and there used to be a link to buy his CD from MP3.com....but all of that is gone until the site is relaunched as whatever it will become) as well.
Monday, December 08, 2003
something positive - break a leg, mercy!
"'I truly am humbled to achieve this great award. Not many whiners get their efforts in whinery recognized, and even fewer get their efforts recognized with a picture of a golden Stalin represented in a webcomic of medium popularity. And even more remarkable is that I achieved this award with the first whine I've ever sent anywhere, or at least almost the first. Thank you! Thank you!
(At this point I'd like to remark that this in no way diminished my respect for Something Positive, which continues to be funny and insightful webcomic that doesn't suffer fools like me gladly)
Whining. The oldest profession. Of course, some may claim that prostitution was the oldest profession, but we all know what must have been the first conversation had before prostitution was invented.
'Og want sex.'
'Og not get sex.'
'Og want sex.'
'Og not get sex.'
'Og waaaaaaaaaant seeeeeeeeeex.'
'Ogma give Og sex if Og give Ogma great cat pelt.'
'Woo hoo!' "