Archives for: August 2005

Gah and Yay

Yay: My iPod is finally fixed and Mike gave me his JVC stereo to replace my crappy factory one. Gah: My car broke down on the way to work! Yay: It's still covered by the 90 day warranty I bought with it. Gah: They have no idea when it will be re… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/31/05| 07:39:13 pm| Anything Else| 3 comments »

Racial Bias in Action

Boing Boing: Black people loot, white people find? Boing Boing points to a couple similar photos of flood survivors dragging boxes of food through the water. In the photo depicting an African American, the person is "looting" but in the photo depicti… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/31/05| 03:07:58 am| In the News| 1 comment »

Whew....

I picked up the shifts I needed this week, so everything is okay. I was worried I was going to have to call the temp agency. I'm also excited because I get to go to the Joy Electric album release party at Chain Reaction tomorrow night. Yay for all tha… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/30/05| 11:19:42 pm| Random| Leave a comment »

Luis' New Domain

mendthefence.com As he said in a previous post, Luis now has his own hosted domain. I'm very proud of that. The fact that we have gone from a Tripod site to a domain to hosting others blogs to having hosted blogs become their own domains makes me fe… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/30/05| 04:03:02 pm| Site News, Linkworthy| 2 comments »

Tideland

Dreams: Tideland, a Terry Gilliam film Speaking of Terry Gilliam, I found a fanzine dedicated to him and they have a great feature section on his other new movie, Tideland. I'm really looking forward to this one as Jeff Bridges is one of the stars.… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/30/05| 02:46:05 pm| Movies| 2 comments »

The Brothers Grimm

Saw this one last night with Mike down here in Temecula. I really enjoyed this movie. As most of you know, I am a huge Terry Gilliam fan. The more I watch his movies the more he creeps up my top five directors list. That being said, I think this was… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/30/05| 02:39:37 pm| Movies| 1 comment »

Free Opera

Opera Browser: FREE! (Chris Pirillo) If you've always wanted to have the Opera browser (without paying for it, and without putting up with the advertisements in the client), now's your chance. "For one day only, you can get an ad-free version of Oper… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/30/05| 03:48:48 am| I'm a Big Geek, Linkworthy| 11 comments »

DELL'D: The Final Chapter

I'm in Temecula visiting my friend Mike for a couple days since it doesn't look like I'm going to be getting any shifts. We managed to fix my iPod by opening the case and unplugging and plugging in the battery so that is good. Mike also told me about t… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/29/05| 08:30:28 pm| I'm a Big Geek| 3 comments »

Netflix

I'm back on Netflix so be sure to add me to your friends if you haven't. I like seeing everyone's ratings and stuff. My account is brendoman AT this domain. more »

posted by brendoman | 08/29/05| 05:19:23 pm| Movies| 3 comments »

Crap

Did you ever feel like you were flying by the seat of your pants? That has pretty much been my entire life. Usually that's how I prefer to live. It keeps things interesting and gives me plenty of stories to tell. But just like Icarus, sometimes I get… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/29/05| 04:03:23 am| Thoughts and Ideas| Leave a comment »

So...

Guess who's the latest cool cat to have his own domain? I haven't yet fully decided what I will do with it. I guess I have from now until my confirmation email to think up ideas. It seems daunting slash exciting to start something fresh. Suggesti… more »

posted by luis | 2005-08-28| 09:35:36| Thoughts and Ideas| 10 comments »

American Legion = WTF?

American Legion Declares War on Protestors -- Media Next? The American Legion, which has 2.7 million members, has declared war on antiwar protestors, and the media could be next. Speaking at its national convention in Honolulu, the group's national c… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/28/05| 02:44:31 am| In the News| 5 comments »

A new Worms/Gunbound-esque game

Wild Cannon Yes, it seems that someone had the bright idea of taking a lot of the elements from gunbound and combining them with worms. It has the same mechanics as both these games: you use the arrow keys to move left or right, or change your angle.… more »

posted by luis | 2005-08-27| 20:25:43| I Love Video Games| Leave a comment »

bruce wayne

yo dudes eric here ummmmmmmmm... a-ight. i haven't posted in like 79 years. i don't quite know what to say. i was in MO working at 7-11 on the graveyard shift, then i quit and moved back in with my parents... then i got a job at a hotel as a front… more »

posted by eric | 2005-08-27| 16:25:48| Eric's Insights| 6 comments »

Eric!!!!

Call my cell phone as soon as you get this! Do you remember your forum password? 'Cause my phone number is in the LOD forum if you can login. If not, we'll work something else out. Danny and I can set you up with a brendoman.com POP account if you wa… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/27/05| 03:21:28 am| Eric's Insights| Leave a comment »

Nut bra

I laughed out loud. Nut Bra more »

posted by sara | 08/26/05| 08:59:01 pm| Funny Stuff| Leave a comment »

Friday Random Ten

I'm doing it now because Mac does it and I want to be as cool as she is. So let's hit the shuffle button on the old iTunes and see what happens: Frenzy - The Lightning Seeds Gold Mine Gutted - Bright Eyes Meet James Ensor - They Might Be Gi… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/26/05| 04:14:01 pm| Tunes| 13 comments »

Reel Paradise

Jeri and I went to the L.A. premiere of Reel Paradise last night thanks to Kevin Smith. It's a film by Steve James (Hoop Dreams) about indie film mogul John Pierson and his family. They went to a remote village in Fiji for year and showed movies for fr… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/26/05| 02:59:55 pm| Movies| Leave a comment »

ROFL, whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/25/udoctor.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/08/25/ixportaltop.html Sometime I just can't help but laugh at the stupidity of people. more »

posted by luis | 2005-08-26| 11:55:40| Anything Else| Leave a comment »

Another Job Possibility

Because our hours are being reduced at Disneyland, I'm looking for a second job. I applied for a tech support position at Dreamhost but I haven't heard anything back. Today I got an e-mail from Apple! They're opening up an Apple Store in Brea. I reall… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/25/05| 05:12:01 pm| Anything Else| 4 comments »

Xbox 360 price and bundle confirmation

http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/nid/1307/ $399 for the one that's actually worth your money. The $299 version will untimately make you spend more than the $399 version. What good is Xbox Live without a freaking hard drive??? And forget any backwards co… more »

posted by luis | 2005-08-25| 09:52:02| Anything Else| Leave a comment »

Post of the Day

¿whoisgringo? - Cheap Entertainment Even better than the 75¢ bargain is catching the first matinee on any weekday which costs an even more daring price of 50¢. That's right, 50¢. You can't lose. We originally were going to see "Cinderella Man"… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/24/05| 08:00:33 pm| Anything Else| 2 comments »

Google Talk = Flippin' Sweet

Google Talk I installed it last night and no one was on because it was three in the morning but I was able to chat with Brendon just now. This could definitely be a huge thing, especially since it has VOIP and it's super small and light. I like that… more »

posted by brendoman | 08/24/05| 02:35:37 pm| I'm a Big Geek, Linkworthy| 3 comments »

New skins

I uploaded three new skins. Crystal Glass Simple MT_dot_org Brendoman.com authors/hostees, you can change your b2evolution skin in the backoffice. Everyone else, you can download b2evolution and these skins at b2evolution.net. more »

posted by dan | 08/23/05| 04:12:22 pm| Site News| 1 comment »

2080 Nintendo games for sale

2080-NINTENDO-GAMES-NES-SNES-AND-N64 One of you give me $8000 right fucking now. more »

posted by luis | 2005-08-23| 09:38:04| Linkworthy| 3 comments »

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