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  • Progress Quest

    For all the effort game makers expend to create new and interesting game concepts, it’s often the simple and time-honored forms that make for the most enjoyable gaming experiences.

    It is this concept that makes Progress Quest such an outstandingly fun game. I can’t really describe it adequately. At least, I can’t do so without detracting from most of the fun of playing PQ. I recommend that you visit the website, read the documentation provided, and then download and play the game.

    Satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back.

    (Props to meshuga of #KNRK for introducing me to PQ!)
    GreyDuck’s PQ Ranking

  • If I had homies, I’d shout out to them.

    Just because I’m a nice, wonderful, loving human being, I’m posting this quick journal entry at the request of one of the denizens of #KNRK.

    You see, longtime channel regular peach-pit insisted that I hurry up and post something in my journal so she’d have something to read while she’s drying off after her shower. She especially wanted me to write about how cool she is. She’s so cool, in fact, that she doesn’t have a website or anything geeky like that for me to link to. Sorry, boys, no hot pics of peaches for you!

    While I’m here, I should say hello to folks like monkeyfoo and IRQuick and Glytter and, and, let’s see… meshuga and shegirl and probably a few other channel regulars that peaches will remind me about immediately after she reads this journal entry.

    For the record, the #KNRK chat channel is something I created, and took down, and created again by the request of my employers. They keep insisting that radio station KNRK needs a “chat room,” but as soon as they actually try using it they remember that technology stuff is way, way beyond their ken. Whoops. So #KNRK lives on as a kind of quiet getaway from the rest of the digital world.

    If you’re horribly bored some time, pay a visit. I can guarantee that you’ll still be bored when you leave, but maybe you’ll meet one of the fine freaky denizens of the channel while you’re there.

  • Chat Link Activated

    Falling firmly into the category labelled “More Useless Things To Do With My Site,” I’ve made a link to my chat channel on the Entercom Portland IRC server. Maybe I won’t use it much, but it’s there in case I ever want to.

    If you follow the #Grey Javachat link, you’ll be taken to a Java-based web chat page. If you’re not into Java, or would rather use a real IRC client, here’s the info you need:

    server: mihoshi.kgon.com
    port: 6667
    channel: #Grey

    Or you can just use the #Grey IRC link, as that will launch ChatZilla or mIRC or whatever IRC client you have on your PC, assuming you have one and your browser supports doing so.

    Have fun. Don’t trash the place. Let me know if you actually use the thing.
    #Grey Javachat
    #Grey IRC

  • CSS changes

    Not being happy with boldfaced links, not being happy with underlined links, I finally decided to use serif’d links instead. I think it makes the whole page look just a bit cooler, but then again I have no idea what “cool” really is.

    Anyway, I’m really done tinkering with the stylesheets. I have to get started rebuilding the journal entry display code from scratch so I can get rid of the tables once and for all.

  • It’s a car! It’s a truck! It’s a monolith! It’s a laughingstock!

    From the blog known as Captain Rooba’s Riposte comes, as he puts it, by far the funniest Car & Driver Road Test ever.

    Don’t believe me, or the Captain? What follows is the funniest paragraph I’ve read in weeks:

    “Cadillac’s brand manager says, “Cadillac research showed that there was a real need for the EXT.” A real need for a Cadillac pickup? Really? If so, then here are a few things that I really need: An air-conditioned front yard. Iguana-skin patio furniture. Stigmata. Mint-flavored Drano. Gold-plated roof gutters. A 190-hp MerCruiser SaladShooter. A dog with a collapsible tail. An office desk that converts into a Hovercraft. Chrome slacks. A lifetime subscription to Extreme Fidgeting. A third arm. A fourth wife. A smokeless Cuban Robusto. Reusable Kleenex.”

    Go forth and read. I guarantee laughter, or your money back.

  • Doc, I’ve got an infection. Several, actually.

    Are you infected? I didn’t think I was, but you can’t be too safe in this day and age.

    Let’s pause for a moment to admire the absurdity of the phrase “this day and age.” Thank you.

    Anyway, I took the Human Virus Scanner and here’s what it had to say about my infections:

    Viruses you suffer from:

    Pokemon – Pikachu! Use your hyper-electric-get-a-life move now!

    Linux – Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows. Learn to love it.

    USA – Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves! [repeat]

    Junkfood – Eat some real food. Something which you can identify the source of every ingredient, not the point of manufacture.

    Free BSD – The GPL isn’t that bad really. Adopt a penguin at the zoo.

    Sci-fi – Stop wearing the stick-on ears.

    8-Bit – Polygons, all the polygons you can get are not enough.

    Japan – Big is good. Small is bad. Giant robots would not make a good last line of defence for Earth.

    Politics – Stop caring!

    Hippyism – Free love is passe and potentially dangerous, and patchouli smells like cat piss.

    Environmentalism – Consume more stuff! It’s easier to buy new stuff than to recycle.

    Macintosh – Use a mouse with more than one button.

    Viruses you might suffer from:

    Industrial (70%) – Everyone likes folk. No, really. Maybe you should listen to the Incredible String Band.

    UNIX (90%) – Anything this old must be obselete. Go and install a nice modern operating system. I hear MSDOS has come a long way lately.

    Brand Names (80%) – Having a well-known name doesn’t make it good.

    X11 (60%) – I hear Mac OS 10 Aqua is nice at this time of year.

    Computer Games (90%) – Stop staring at the screen and get some fresh air. You should see a doctor about the RSI in your thumbs.

    Prog Rock (60%) – Long hair looks dumb with a bald spot. Listen to CD’s they don’t crackle.

    Ack! I didn’t know it was that bad… I need professional help, and fast!

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