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Month: March 2002

  • Things That Get You In Trouble, episode #13

    Sometimes I just can’t resist taking advantage of an opportunity to do something completely silly and reprehensible. And thus…

    And I quote:

    While advertising as a form of support for independent Web sites has proven about as effective as sugar-frosted dental floss, the Web still manages to serve as a massively multiplayer open mic night for many the aspiring writer/artist/poet/revolutionary. The reason for this is simple: money and fame have historically been a less powerful motivator for creative types than the prospect of receiving oral sex — or at the very least, offers of oral sex — from total strangers.

    That’s why we at the Brunching Shuttlecocks are introducing the Oral Sex Donation System. We believe that, by making it easy for donators of oral sex and recipients of oral sex to reach each other, we can guarantee the continuing creative vitality of the Web.

    Laugh. It’s funny. I’m not serious. Wendi would kill me, repeatedly. With a dull blade.

    The Brunching Shuttlecocks

  • Minor tweaks and major plans

    As if anyone cared, but I’ve changed the daily random email address link so that the address itself isn’t shown. This should keep the column width reasonable for that side of the page and allow me more flexibility when the time comes to merge the design changes I’m working on into the main site.

    The biggest problem I’m facing right now is that of layout. I have some elements that would best be served up in a wider place than is available in one of the two bordering columns, but I’m not sure where else to put them.

    One idea might be display the first entry, then use the space right underneath for some “extras,” and follow with the remaining X number of entries. This places me right in the path of the other big problem I’m facing: I need to learn how to select and format items from the journal database without using the original Monaural Jerk functions.

    I know how to get at the raw data. What’s lacking is my ability to choose specific items dynamically and to format them for display. The next round of experiments I conduct on the test page will probably be along these lines.

  • Another Media Review Section

    Because I can, and more importantly because I have a DVD player now, I decided to add a DVD review section. I already own a bunch of titles to review, it’s just going to be a matter of watching, taking notes and typing up a review for each of them.

    Hey, it’s not like I have anything useful to do with my free time, you know. Or gods forbid I should have a social life. Pshaw!

  • Back in the saddle again, yet saddlesore already

    You know, being sick is no fun. I’m aware that this statement doesn’t really qualify as a stunning newsflash, but sometimes the simple truths bear repeating.

    I fell ill Wednesday afternoon, was almost useless Thursday, was totally zombied Friday, was barely mobile Saturday and once again ambulatory on Sunday.

    Which isn’t the same as saying that I’m all better, mind you. I’m still hacking up a lung every once in a while, and I’d really rather be asleep in bed right now. But I have a job to do, and by golly I want to do it. Being sick is no fun, after all.

  • DVD stands for, er, movies in my living room!

    After months and years of wanting and waiting and whining, I finally busted out and bought a DVD player for the home-entertainment rack. It’s the Toshiba SD-2800, their budget-priced component deck. So far it’s been a reliable, beautiful piece of hardware.

    We also picked up the DVD titles Chicken Run, the Princess Bride special edition, the Shrek special edition and for the one anime title I was able to grab I chose the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz special edition. Lots of great viewing yummy goodness, folks! It almost offsets the fact that I spent my weekend oblivious to the world.

    Aw, who am I kidding? I’m thrilled to finally have a “real live” DVD player. Crowding around the computer screen is not the way to enjoy a movie experience, folks, take it from me.

  • It’s my birthday and I’ll whine if I want to.

    Oh, and while we’re on the subject of DVDs, how about a copy of my DVD wishlist? Remember, there’s only four shopping days until my 30th birthday!

    • The Castle of Cagliostro
    • Ghost in the Shell
    • The Irresponsible Captain Tylor TV DVD Collection Box Set (this one’s kinda pricey)
    • Princess Mononoke
    • Metropolis (the new anime movie, not the original Fritz Lang film)
    • Monty Python’s Flying Circus Complete Set Vol. 3 (2-Pack)
    • Monty Python’s Flying Circus Complete Set Vol. 4 (2-Pack)

    That’ll do for starters, anyway. C’mon, c’mon, you don’t have much time left! Whip out that credit card and hop to it!

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