Feb
15
2010
Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
It’s President’s Day in the US today. I thought this was funny little spoof of Timbaland’s song Apologize.
Feb
9
2010
The Open Road London 1927
Here’s a video of London in 1927 in colour. Not colourized, but it in colour.
Jul
3
2009
Alexander Graham Bell and the Garfield Assassination
Some people ask me “Why bother to collect old newspapers? If I want to read dry, boring history, I can just get a history book.” My answer to this is that even the best of history books leave out some mighty interesting aspects of historical events. The only way they can be re-discovered, is through reading original newspapers published during the time of the event. The assassination of president James Garfield in 1881 is a prime example of this.
Read the rest at HistoryBuff.com
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ShoutBox
Last Message 1 day ago- Curt : It's 6:13pm EST on Wednesday and FG2 is up and running.
- Neil : I will, thanks for the reminder!
- Curt : Don't forget to sign it and fill in the rest of the details, of course.
- Curt : Me too! My passport came last Thursday. Less than 2 weeks since I submitted it! Awesome!
- Neil : Woot! My passport came in today, so now I have my PAX pass and passport. I am good to go too Boston! F$%K YEAH!!!
- John : Oh crap, I missed it! Sorry Curt! Happy belated birthday!
- Neil : Can't stop reading Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter. Made the mistake of starting it on my lunch break, now I can't put it down!
- Neil : Nobody Wished Curt a Happy Birthday on here today?! Well then let me once again wish you a very Happy Birthday Curt! Hope you had a good day, Sorry we couldn't make it down there to hang this year!
- Curt : It's 6:15pm EST on Wednesday, and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : Definitely! Such a great movie.
- Neil : Only Sam Raimi could make a handkerchief a thing of terror...
- Curt : It's 6:16pm EST on Wednesday and FG2 is up and running! Update first, as there's a major update!
- Curt : It's 6:27pm EST on Wednesday, and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : It's 7:30pm EST on Wednesday, and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : Lego Universe Beta signup: «link»
- Curt : It's 6:06pm EST on Wednesday night and FG2 is up and running.
- Curt : No game again tonight, guys. I'm feeling pretty good, but I'm not prepared for the session AND I've still got some catching up with work that I want to do, so we're going to delay another week. Sorry!
- Curt : Psychonauts is $2 on Steam until Thursday! «link»
- Neil : I have a solution, stop getting sick!!! lol, if only it was that easy, eh? no worries. We will entertain ourselves in your absence. Just get better!
- Curt : You guys can, of course, but I'm still feeling a bit under the weather, and I'm going to do some work stuff so I can catch up. Sorry! I'd much rather play some L4D2, believe me!
- Neil : We still doing game night tomorrow? I won't have to pick up Angie from the bus this time, lol.
- Curt : D&D tonight is cancelled, guys. I've got a cold and I'm going to spend the evening fighting it off. Sorry for the short notice. We'll try again next week.
- Curt : After being subscribed for a little over 5 straight years, I have cancelled my WoW account. I may return for Cataclysm, but as of the end of February, I won't be a subscriber.
- Curt : It's now 6:06pm EST on Wednesday and FG2 is up and running!
- Curt : Anyone who's interested can get in on the Star Trek Online Open Beta here: «link»
- Carl : Got Valkyria Chronicles for $20 from a friend. Wahoo!!
- Curt : It's now 6:20pm EST on Wednesday, and FG2 is up and running!
- Neil : The reason I didn't see your skype message was cause it didn't open a window when you messages me. It also didn't drop it to the task bar and flash like it used to. Only indication I had was when I opened skype this morning and I saw an orangy yellow exclamation mark on a skype symbol... Bah. Next time!!!
- Curt : I messaged you at 10pm cause Steam and Skype both said you were no longer away from the computer and Chris was playing L4D2. It's okay though, I figured it was a bit late by then, and I had other stuff I needed to do anyway.
- Neil : Oh shoot, for some reason my skype never showed me any indication you messaged me after 8!...doh. I was sitting like 5 feet away from my computer most of the evening...
- Neil : I really gotta remember to shut my stuff down when I go to bed. I was in bed when you tried messaging me at 10, Curt
- Neil : If anyone is free tonight I should be online for some gaming around say 7:30 or 8ish. Let me know, or try me on skype and/or steam later.
- Curt : It is! I think I might be addicted!
- Carl : Beating a game is always a good feeling.
- Curt : No worries, I just figured that if people were around, we should get a game going.
- Neil : Oh and sorry I missed you on steam last night. Was cleaning and had to pick Angie up at 9. Now that at least 3 of us own l4d2 maybe we can get a game in some time soon.
- Neil : Hehe yeah, man I had totally forgotten that part. I had lent my copy to Shaun. I was at the end right before kefka. His brother erased my save or something by accident, so Shaun powered his way through the game for me and got me back to where I was.
- Curt : I got to Kefka before, but I needed to level up and lost interest with all the grinding. I was at your place when Shaun beat the game, so I saw the ending before, so I didn't really need to finish it myself. Still, it's nice to be able to mark it as completed.
- Neil : Woot! I could have sworn you finished it before. Glad you finally went back to show Kefka who's boss!
- Carl : Grats on the win. It's an awesome game.
- Curt : After nearly 15 years of not playing it, I have finished Final Fantasy 3 (VI)!
- Curt : Stalker is $2, Torchlight is $5, and L4D2 is $33 on Steam today!!! It's the last day of the big sale!
- Neil : Havent seen it yet, so yes we will need to see it asap! Keep me posted on your availability for it!
- Carl : Oh and we will have to see Avatar soon. I will let you know when I can (unless you seen it). If you did see it, we can maybe see Holmes
- Neil : No worries Carl. I have a dinner and stuff tonight also. Enjoy!
- Neil : Happy New Year!
- Carl : BTW Neil & John, have dinner with the parents tonight so we will do our gaming night back on track starting next friday.
- Carl : Happy new years to you all!
- Curt : Happy New Year everyone!
- John : Happy New Year!