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Oh, didn’t mean they didn’t have any just that I already read it all! 😛
Looks like Kobo may have changed their terms so that free public-domain works are no longer in the eBook store. Fortunately, the Kobo devices allow one to easily sideload files just like a USB drive so I’ll probably do that if the library access doesn’t come back soon. Being without books is driving me crazy! 😛
Huh, cool. Haven’t seen those kinds of films in years. Followed the links and here’s a good article on a lot of it
And we’re making headway! At the very least, the results will be greatly beneficial in hunting out life elsewhere. Had quite a few articles come in over the last couple of weeks! Going to need to sort through them! Just haven’t had the opportunity 😛
It’s that time again!
My annual Futurama rewatch 😀
Haven’t seen Santa v Martians in a decade but, as I recall, he simply teaches them a holiday lesson. I had an old writeup on the Lab about it. It was horrendous 😛
Nope, haven’t seen it. When it came out, I had just started my TCM phase so I missed it (along with a lot of other films released since :P). Will try to rectify it though
Saw Bloody Birthday yesterday and that was quite fun. Definitely will watch again!
They also have mice with a thumb trackball, giving you a combination. Would be pretty cool in games!
I don’t do well with touchpads. My fingers are so rough that they wear off the coating in a month making them very difficult to use thereafter 😛
Yep! Spiders would also be a good fit! Lots of potential uses for such a device! Could even do beetles! They’d be a lot of fun!
Yeah, they use Overdrive/libby and Adobe Digital Editions. Not exactly a good combination 🙁 Though, they work great when they work. 😛
I’ll give it another day or so before I start combing Project Gutenberg again for public domain books. Going to miss reading science fiction, though
A trackball may help as well, assuming one can find it these days. I’m sure they exist as they’re still pretty popular in the art and design fields 🙂
Could be fun to use it to scan random things around the home, such as ink pens or even a sandwich 😛
Cool! One of these days, we probably need to get a thread on books going. 🙂
Right now, it’s a bit difficult for me to get books as the library system on the e-reader has been acting up for the last month or so. It does this periodically and is very annoying when it does. 🙁
I like using it from the e-reader as it lets me browse similar books and things instead of knowing what I want from the library already if I were to use the standalone software
Sorry! Been a bit preoccupied with catching up on sleep and pouring over the site’s update issues 😛
The list for 100% is much longer! I’m also a fan of this article 😀
The Death Wish films had very similar plots, too! Probably need to watch them again just to make a more modern critique 😛
Sounds terrible. Of course, that means I need to watch it. 😛
Watched the annual Mythbusters marathon with my mom the other day and she wasn’t a fan of it! It’s a lot of fun! Of course, they never did take the change of gravity into account when the things they’re testing don’t occur on Earth. That would greatly affect things!
Right now, the site is set to invite only with registration disabled. We can either turn it on or set it up to manually approve each registration request. The regular private forums are set to be viewed by any member that’s logged in but we can change it to admins only (the group forums are private to the groups with the way we have them set right now) if desired 🙂
This is pretty awesome: https://thegadgetflow.com/blog/ascand-3d-scanner-for-lego-review/
Nope. Used to follow their RSS feed but it doesn’t look like they have that anymore? May need to sign up for the newsletter then 🙂 Biggest worry with Mailchimp would be if someone gained access to their database and got you on more spam lists. Not exactly an ideal situation 😛
That gives me an idea for floating brooms for a theme park ride. Will post it in that thread when I get time!
But, yeah, I like that idea! Would be a big hit with the kids and us nerds 😛
May get a new mouse soon. The mechanical switch seems to be putting too much pressure on the joint in my index finger so I’m thinking of getting one with an optical switch to make it a bit more comfortable. Didn’t used to have this problem so it sounds like my joints may be aging at a faster rate than expected :/ Technology has changed a lot in recent years!
Decided to pivot a bit and use a deck similar to what I use online. Didn’t look at it carefully before I ordered it, though, so it’s a bit haphazard meaning I’ll probably need to tweak it some later. Its strategy is a bit of a mishmash instead of being steady (too many Tuners from the looks of it) but we’ll see how it goes before I sit down and work on fixing it. Had trouble finding much regarding a modern deck for Blackwings so I mostly just picked one. They’re still popular and viable but decklists for them don’t seem to be popular, other than for the Edison format, which is kind of strange.
Figure it’s better than struggling to fix up my other somewhat crummy decks that’ll never be truly up to snuff for modern play. At least Blackwings can be updated!
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Just realized I probably could have taken an Edison deck and updated it with modern cards. Whelp, too late to worry about it now! 😛 Based on my figuring, I should be able to make it more viable with about 4 card changes though 🙂
Yep, Boing Boing is pretty good about giving attribution! Been a favorite blog of mine for close to twenty years now. 🙂
And check out the retro about page 😀
Yep, it’s come a long way from what I’ve read. Playing without mods for now, I may install them later on. 🙂
The visuals are pretty stunning without mods and the game runs pretty well on my hardware. Water does tend to cause the fans to rev up, maybe because of the physics code?
The best part is the game world, though, as I mentioned. In the castle itself, suits of armor spontaneously break into fights, the portraits do fun stuff, ghosts cause mischief…. All over the game world, there are tons of things to interact with. You can skip stones down by the lake, cause the watering cans to fly about, and more. Always gives me a smile!
They did kind of miss the boat on equipment, though. It’s simply a numbers game without special properties (other than visual) and the chests are levelled so it’s something to keep in mind. It would have been nice to at least have different properties for each wand type that you can collect.
I’m waiting to do more exploring until I unlock brooms or mounts to make traveling much easier. 🙂
I feel like the world could use a coordinated international garbage strike to help create awareness regarding excessive waste
That’s one of the few older Bond films I haven’t seen yet, even though I got the Blu-Ray collection some years back. I really need to catch up on the rest 😛
Saw Jason X the other day and the plot was very cliche but it was still fun to see things in space for the novelty factor. Definitely not a classic or anything but good for a rainy day 🙂
🙁 Sometimes, keeping the old sites around is still useful as people may prefer the specific interface and it helps keep things familiar. They may also have features that the other product may not have.
Yeah, I’d much rather deal with ads than a paywall myself, especially for a site I will not use often (if it’s used regularly then it’s a bit of a different story depending on the additional features available). In that case, paying a subscription doesn’t make a whole lot of sense 😛
Had something fun come in yesterday: https://boingboing.net/2023/12/18/if-you-have-testes-should-you-ejaculate-more-often-yes-yes-you-should.html
Picked up Hogwarts Legacy a few weeks ago and it’s pretty fun. Combat leaves a little to be desires but the lively game world more than makes up for the game’s various flaws. 🙂
Of course the cover is going on my list to snag 😛
May try to check out the comic, though. Could be fun!
Cool! So we can just consider Star Wars an unofficial adaption of the series. 😛
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And a little something for the holidays:
😀 Used to be able to watch The Benny Hill Show on BBC America, wonder where it is now. Will need to find out! Probably BritBox or Acorns TV 😛
Yeah, The Phantom wasn’t really my cup of tea either. I always found that sort of thing did better as a radio broadcast but I may perhaps be a bit old fashioned 😛
Saw April Fool’s Day the other day and that was fun. 🙂
Yeah, I remember how Windows used to overwrite my newer video drivers with some that were several years old. It broke things when it did that! 😛 Fortunately, it seems that Microsoft has fixed that issue 🙂
Sorry for missing this! Know it’s been six weeks but any luck yet?
Speaking of, I need to get my own drivers updated at some point, specifically the video drivers. Been a ton of updates since I got the new system and I haven’t been keeping up. 😛
Let’s hope it helps! There is a plugin available that lets you add snippets to the site so they don’t get lost during a theme update. Might be worth looking at once we get BuddyPress updated (I’ll try to get those threads up this weekend if you don’t beat me to it) 🙂
The city was using a robotic lawnmower yesterday to clean up the roadways and that thing was quiet! Was fun watching it for a few minutes while the guy manipulated the controller 🙂
Power Girl has an interesting cover coming out in February: https://s3.amazonaws.com/comicgeeks/comics/covers/large-4994261.jpg?1700346193
Of course, Batman has a swimsuit issue coming out at the same time. Unlike Kryptonians, Batman would be cold! 😛
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