Archives - June 2004

June 1, 2004 - Its Alive!!

Sorry for the lack of updates boys and girls. I had an 8-hour safety training session at work last week, which put me behind a day on top of the three day weekend. So I've had a lot of catching up to do. Also, I'm going to be rearranging the website and doing a little late spring cleaning...so some links or pictures may not work. And rumor has it that I'll have my hands on some CCF pictures in the not-so-near-distant-future.

Just in case you wanted to know that the one millionth decimal place of PI was...you know...for Final Jeopardy.

I don't want your little heads to atrophy over the summer break, so here is a somewhat educational site.

Here are some games to make you think as well.

Finally, some bling for your shoes. To quote the immortal Jay-Z, "Big Pimpin."

June 3, 2004 - Rebirth

Happy 23rd Birthday Martha!!

Surprisingly, I managed to do the reorg on my site...especially since my internet has been down for two days at home. Have I ever told you how much I love Comcast? So I think I managed to get everything linked back up and in the correct place. If for some reason something doesn't work or show up, please let me know. So what did I do? I moved some files around, updated the rest of my site to the new look, and deleted some older material. Nothing too ground breaking...mostly behind the scenes stuff.

My apartment's latest edition.

So I'm a little behind on the Homestar Runner Updates: Cheat Commandos O's, and Strong Bad Email #104. Rock, rock on!!!!

Red vs. Blue posted "Episode 34 - Aftermath, Before Biology". You can download the episode from their main page.

Check out this nifty little bow and arrow game. Quite challenging and chock full of physics goodness. You can add a wall and variable wind speed in the settings menu.

As much as I want to be like MacGyver...this guy look it a little tooooo far.

And what happens when you cross two 10-year-olds with ignition keys and construction equipment?

Finally, here is a variation of the Love Calculator.

June 7, 2004 - Its Monday!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I know...there is no way anyone can happy on a Monday. But hey, it was a good try. Well, my one of my roommates managed to pull off a kegger for his birthday. I've got more info and aftermath pics here.

Now this site reeks of awesomeness. This guy is converting Metroid and Legend of Zelda (NES) into an online 3D Version. (Insert Drool Puddle Here).

Here is a wicked little frog game.

Georgia Mosquito Simulator. Just like sittin' outside around sunset!!

Have you seen this dog?

Finally, check out this nasty prank. I pity the fool!!

June 8, 2004 - Yes...yes...

Yes!!!!!!! I am now one step closer to having an army of monkeys to do my bidding!!! Muahahahaha. Now all I have to do is figure out a way to decrease the training time and cost per monkey. And I'm not going to make the classic mistake of cutting corners or mistreating the monkeys. After all, a happy monkey is an obedient monkey. Just have to be careful that they don't rise up against me. So I'll be on the lookout for the one wearing a fish bowl on its head and muttering, "Mojo JoJo"

Check out the old Right/Left Brain struggle with this Color Test.

Red vs. Blue posted "Episode 35 - What's Mine Is Yours". You can download the episode from their main page.

Delorted!!! Its Strong Bad Email #105!

This link was sent to me by an anonymous person. Wrong...so wrong.

Finally, today's game is like that fishy game where you have to eat everything in the pond...but in space...and a lot harder.

Act II
Oh, a special treat for you today boys and girls...a double update!!! Now, these only come along once in a blue moon or about as often as my weekend updates. So behold!!! I give you the Ramblings of a 6th Year Senior!!! I don't think the email address of that section is up yet, so if you have any questions and comments, please email me for now.

June 11, 2004 - Shaking the Fist

Have I told you how much I love Comcast lately? My internet went down at my apartment Monday night and its still not working. This is the second time in a month that its went down. Last time they came out and replaced my router. Who knows what it is now...other than crappy service and sucky equipment.

Check out this really cool ping pong game.

Now this guy is my new personal hero.

Here is a really nifty site that has really close up pictures of insects.

Check out Mr. Popularity!!

Famous last words: 1. Here, hold my beer. 2. Wanna see my grenade?

Be sure to download this skin for your WinAmp player. Its sooooooo good!

June 14, 2004 - So...cold...

My internet is still down and I'm having some serious withdrawals here. I mean, I can handle not playing Star Wars Galaxies for a few days...even though that online world still turns. Its mostly the fact that I can't email or get on AIM. Or even the simple act of checking movie times or the online TV guide. Its to the point where I have to bum access off my friends. Hey man...can I bum some bandwidth off of ya...?

Just when I thought that things could not get any sadder on the internet...they do. And just a side note here...cats are evil. I'm talking about the devil's evil minions.

This guy can take me to school any day!

You know, you learn something new everyday. Now let me ask you this? What was the first image that came to mind the first time you read "Monkey Fishing"?

Too bad you can monkey fish on this game. Please note that this isn't the original link I posted. The site that hosted the first link went down. Every other site that hosted that same game was down as well. I think that game was cursed (insert Twilight Zone music here).

Red vs. Blue posted "Episode 36 - Nut. Donut.". You can download the episode from their main page.

June 15, 2004 - Babble...Babble...Babble...

All work and no internet makes Joshua a virtually disconnected person!!! Yes, that's right...I'm still internet-less. I guess you don't really notice these things most of the time, but do you realize how many ads (TV, radio, billboards, etc...) contain website addresses. Everywhere I look...they are taunting me. Bah!!! In the meantime, you can email me at istilldonthaveinternet@home.com

Just as a public service announcement...Yahoo! Mail now offers free email accounts with 100 MB of storage and the ability to send/receive up to 10 MB of attachments in one email. So you can sign up or wait and see if Google comes through on the GMail (1000 MB of storage). /endshamelessplug

Help Beer Dude score some beer and avoid work!! Comes complete with wife beater tank top, mullet, and 80's moustache. Git her done!!!!

A new and improved version of Asteroids.

Jessica Simpson quotes. Nuff said.

Some people take one for the team. This guy took 160...wow.

Quite frankly I don't care what color it is...I'm still not eating it.

June 16, 2004 - Shaking the fist...again

So I'm leaving work yesterday and my cell phone starts chirping at me about a voice mail. Hey! Someone loves me...they left a message. Not quite...it was a tech from Comcast asking to check my internet to see if it was working. Wow, I think my heart skipped a few beats there. So I got home last night and checked things out. And survey says....."network connection not found". Noooooooo!! That's the last straw, the gloves are coming off.

"Hey watch this...and here, hold my beer."

Talk about going the distance. Looks like someone tried to out do that.

Good luck trying to surf in this little game.

Do you remember Vince and Larry...The Incredible Crash Test Dummies?

Finally, try your hand at this challenging game of Pool.

June 17, 2004 - I am the champion my friend

I don't know why this thought did not occur to me earlier. If everyone else at my complex has internet, then there must be a problem with the router. So while I was at work yesterday, I downloaded the manual for our model router. When I got home, I did a factory reset on it and configured it the way I wanted it. Now the only thing that's Comcast about our router is the label on the side. Muahahahaha!!!!! I love it when a plan comes together.

WOW!! Just what I've always wanted! Grrrrr...Baby Yeah!!

Hahahaha....HAHAHAHAHA. Poor guy. I smell a lawsuit here.

Now this makes a lovely conversation piece.

Guide this little guy through the caverns.

Get ready to take out some aliens in this nifty game.

June 18, 2004 - Summer Vacation

Well boys and girls, you won't be hearing from me for a couple of days. I'm going to experience one of those rare events called a 'vacation'. Its been about two years since I've taken off work to actually go somewhere and do absolutely nothing. Sadly, I have to use most of my vacation days for those things called Midterms and Finals. And believe me, there isn't anything vacation about those. Assuming that I don't get buried in sand, burnt to a crisp, or washed out to sea...I'll talk to you on Wednesday.

New Homestar Runner Main Page - #21

Now this event probably would have never happened if she had followed a few of these simple rules (especially the last one).

Be sure to check out Slime Basketball.

What happens when you cross Simon Says with Dance Dance Revolution?

I'm still trying to figure out the logistics of moving his much cash in coins over four years. Lets run some numbers here shall we? Assume that this guy went for the big bucks or quarters in this case. That means that he scored approx 13,078 quarters. Now, the average weight of a quarter produced since 1932 is 5.96g. There are about 454g in one pound. So that comes out to about 172 lbs in quarters...wow. That would mean that if he worked the average 250 days a year, he would have to smuggle out 13 quarters a day. And yes...I'm a nerd.

June 23, 2004 - Back to Work

Well, I survived my vacation. I didn't really get sunburned (which a feat within itself) and only had to combat some puny jelly fish and snot-like seaweed. I did, however, break a plastic table in a completely non-alcohol related incident. Apparently I'm not as skinny as a used to be. But I'm going to chalk that one up to fact that table had been exposed to the elements for a long time...very long time.

Be sure to check out the second installment of Ramblings of a 6th Year Senior.

Here comes the email...with a gun. Its Strong Bad Email #106!

Harrr...watch out for the bombs on deck.

Way to go chief...the brake is the pedal on the left, or in the center if you have a clutch.

Well guys, I don't think we have the upper hand in writing our names in the snow anymore.

I don't care what they say...but this just doesn't seem like a good idea.

June 24, 2004 - Save the Twins

You may remember that I did a piece a few weeks ago out how the Olsen twins looked cracked out. Well, its now official for Mary-Kate. Apparently she thought that she wasn't good looking enough, despite her massive male/stalker fan base. After all, one cannot have too many stalkers...err...fans. So instead of my "Speed Bumps on the Wheelchair Ramps" service project for this year, I'm going to start a "Feed the Twins Fund". If you are interested in making a donation, please email me. And in a somewhat related matter, don't you find it a little odd that John Stamos (Uncle Jessie) is getting a divorce about the same time the twins turn 18?

Play a little game of Volleyball.

A study that focuses on the morphology of a dialect of a specific Internet group, Gamers, done by an University.

Here is an interesting little game that involves bugs.

Duh!! 1 kilogram = 35.2739619 ounces. You mean they don't offer Drug Math 101 anymore?

June 28, 2004 - " "

Nothing much to rant and ramble about today. I had an extremely long weekend, especially on Friday and Saturday. But I'm alive and I made it. Thankfully, I've got a three day weekend coming up with lots of fireworks.

Interesting game where you have to bounce balls into the goal.

I would have paid good money to see this in action.

This is by far the hardest Tetris game...evar!!

Here, hold my beer.

Red vs. Blue posted "Episode 37 - Dealer Incentive". You can download the episode from their main page.

June 29, 2004 - No Rest for the Weary

So I'm sitting my in office yesterday and my lights go out and battery backup starts beeping at me. Strange since the lights in hallway are on. So I venture out into the hall to check things out. Kinda weird since the lights are off here and there with no discernable pattern. Wait a minute...I've seen this before. This happened on Mother's Day when I got called in. Then I walked out to the power pole next to out building and saw the burned out disconnect. Yep. So I called our electricians to let them know. In the meantime, everyone else went home since the power was out...so I'm left holding a flashlight and radio...alone. But it gets better. Power came back up about two hours later and I got all the servers back online. I got home, changed clothes, and got ready to go to CCF. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr...there goes my pager...and I'm off to the plant again. Nothing like a bad hard drive to kill a server to round out my evening.

The Artie'cles section has been updated. Please note that I had to reorganize some things, so please update your links to this new homepage.

Get rid of these pesky critters in this game.

Quit obeying your thirst and run!! On the other hand, that's something handy to know.

You've seen the movie...now play the game!

You know, I half way expected this news story to say, "Skunk turns out to be house cat, Pepe LePew discovers." And to top it all off...they still couldn't catch it. We are ze winners!!!