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  • I wonder if the is the Infocom one

    Radio 4 is re-releasing an old Hitchhikers game.

    Radio 4 revives Hitchhiker’s game

    A Douglas Adams game is revived to mark a new Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy radio series.
    [BBC News | TECHNOLOGY]

    I really do wonder if this is the old Infocom game. I’ll need to find some of that not tea I guess.

  • (Sex Bomb Sex Bomb…) Quiz of the Moment

    Just about everyone I know on LJ has been taking this damn quiz, so I thought I’d look and see how I did.

    20 Questions to a Better Relationship

    eXpressive: 6/10
    Practical: 4/10
    Physical: 5/10
    Giver: 8/10

    You are a XSYG–Expressive Sentimental Physical Giver. This makes you a Sex Bomb.

    You are sexy sex sex sex! The sexness! You are the sexiest, hottest and most charismatic of all types. You are a captivating speaker and a great dinner date — relaxed, self-effacing, charming and generous. Your type probably has origins in something sad — trying to keep the peace in a tough family situation, or an early heartbreak — and you’ll probably want to address and resolve that at some point, but in your relationships that heartache is pure gold!

    You lie effortlessly — not necessarily a bad thing. You can have problems with fidelity. You need frequent praise and validation, and in seeking it you can make decisions that aren’t consistent with your general good judgment. In other words, don’t cheat on your significant other just because someone is paying attention to you.

    You strongly dislike conflict, and will avoid it. Like an XPYG, you give so much of yourself to your partner that you feel dismissed and unappreciated if you don’t get the same in return. But you internalize your feelings more and have a hard time getting over them. You don’t *want* to cheat — you just keep finding yourself in vulnerable situations. But you’ll stay with your partner in the long run from guilt and a desire to please.

    Your sex life will always be hot. You are one of the rare people who can keep the fires of passion going forever — if you find a good match. Find another XSYG and you will never need (or want) anyone else again.

    Of the 33007 people who have taken this quiz, 9 % are this type.

    Hrm, I’m not sure what I think of that quiz. I certainly would never use the term ‘Sex Bomb’ to describe myself. Though the parts about disliking conflict are very true. I think I might be an XSYG with RSYG tendencies.

  • Fanatical Apathy, The Guest Edition

    Peter Sagal will be taking over Fanatical Apathy for the week (while Adam Felber flees the RNC).

    [taps the microphone]

    Is this on? Hello?

    [blows into microphone]

    In the back, can you hear me? Yes? Okay. Good. Uh…

    [straightens tie]

    HAH! MINE! ALL MINE! MINE MINE MINE MINE! [Fanatical Apathy]

  • I really really want these slippers

    TYV12021Cthulhu Plush Slippers. I wonder what sounds one gets from stepping on Cthulhu’s face repeatedly. I wonder if anyone else carries these too, must look. [via Neil Gaiman]

  • Kitty Help!

    My friend Ellen just got a new kitty and is looking for any advice people can offer. Drop her a line if you’ve got any recommendations.

    News news and more…um…news.

    …Now, on a totally different front, we got a kitty cat for Katie’s birthday! Our first cat, so advice from cat owners is appreciated until I get tired of you all. 😉 Here’s a bunch of bad pictures, but at least a start. [Lumpy Gravy]

    Update: Had to fix some links. Oops.

  • Echos of Childhood

    I had this game as a kid and loved it. It’s one of those things that I wish was still floating around my parent’s house somewhere. But here’s a flash version of it. Now they need to make it networked and I’ll be in heaven. Oh yeah, and it’s loud.

    dark tower

    Flash Fun: Dark Tower

    It’s flash! It’s fun! It’s a game. Dark Tower.

    I actually have no idea what is going on in this game at all. At least, I didn’t until I read the help a little bit. Oops. I liked all the noises and such, though, and I’m sure someone that got more sleep last night than me will like this game quite a bit! I would make up a better description, but I started a new job today and am sort of out of words at the moment. (I mean, there’s only so many times one can say “Hi. Nice to meet you!” without completely losing some conversational power for the day. And trust me, I said it quite a bit. And I only remember approximately three names.) [#!/usr/bin/girl]

  • I’m not sure if this is real or fake…

    But either way it’s pretty damn funny.

    Doom 3 teenagers freaking out

    doom3freakout

    Cory Doctorow: This is a video of two teenaged boys playing Doom 3 — you can’t see the game, just their reaction. As Joey notes, these kids are screaming like hyenas as the boo-scareys lurch out of the Doom 3 shadows and leap on their characters. One of the kids actually gnaws a pillow when it all gets to be too much for him. Pretty cool endorsement for a game, actually. 7.8MB WMV Link

    Mirror Link (Thanks, Quentin!)
    (via AccordionGuy) [Boing Boing Blog]

     
  • Using Google as a Research Tool

    A LiveJournal user has used Google to figure out some stats about LJ users.

    21% of people who hate their lives use Livejournal
    [via
    [Waxy.org Links]

  • Maybe If I Share It…

    trevor-animatedMaybe if I share this with the world it will get out of my head. Those wonderful wacky people at weebls have a little cartoon that I’m finding more addicting than Badgers. I mean, Everyone Love Magical Trevor. He makes cows disappear than reappear! I blame ladysissyphususerinfo for my knowledge of this.

     
  • Damn Those Cobblestick Shuttlerunners

    Adam Felber gives us a transcript of an obscure event from the olympics. Here’s a snip of the beginning.

    Olympic Transcript [Obscure Event Edition]

    TOM: Welcome back, and we’re just in time for the 800 meter sideways cobblestick shuttlerun. With me, I have 1976 bronze medalist, Lucy Pinker. Lucy, what are we looking for today?

    LUCY: Well, Tom, Hungary’s Bidrai Malouva is the favorite in this event, having taken gold in Sydney.

    TOM: He’s more machine than man!

    LUCY: Uh, well, sure…

    TOM: But don’t count out the plucky American, Morgan Hurren. He gave Malouva a real run for his money in Sydney, finishing a very close 7th, and he’s been training exceptionally hard for this year’s games.

    [Cut to exciting video package about Hurren and his various trials and tribulations as he trained to rival the preeminent sideways cobblestick shuttlerunner in the world. Morgan turns out to be a startlingly down-to-earth kid, and you get the sense that maybe, just maybe, he’s got a shot here. He’s plucky.]

    TOM: And there he is, the Kansas kid who has the whole cobblestick shuttlerun world abuzz. [Fanatical Apathy]