More sketching on the Transformer Prime. And, yes, I know Watson’s neck is all screwed up.
Church of Hell
The sand in the swimtrunks of life.
The Great NetFlix Price Increase of ’11
July 13th, 2011
Netflix is being blasted by people for its new pricing model. I don’t understand why people are getting so angry over what is a pretty slight increase. As it is now, if you have the streaming service with one DVD out at a time it’s $12. This is being separated into 2 services with streaming costing $8 and one DVD out costing $10. This is about a $6 a month increase. Consider that cable companies have been lobbying in the US and Canada to throttle bandwidth to try and destroy the NetFlix business model and that, because of competition, NetFlix licensing fees are increasing at an alarming rate with one analyst predicting that “…Netflix’s streaming content licensing costs will rise from $180 million in 2010 to a whopping $1.98 billion in 2012” , even a small price increase for the amazing amount of content and the ease of use that NetFlix provides over standard cable and broadcast service is worth is to me, especially if it keeps the company in business. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Donald – Show Me The Failure!
April 12th, 2011
“Why does the GOP like the Donald?”, I began to wonder after seeing his grimacing visage plastered on every damn web page and TV screen I’ve passed by for weeks. He looks like what would come out of the transporter from “The Fly” if William Shatner, a crested Shih-Tzu and Charlie Sheen after a two week meth-bender were put in the other end. He’s brash and arrogant, a failed businessman who had had to file for bankruptcy three times for his companies. The only reason he has any money to begin with is that his father built half of the buildings in New York.
Then it hit me.
He’s perfect. He’s white underneath that orange glow and the rabid badger that sleeps on his head. He’s never had to work a day in his life, coming from inherited wealth, so he isn’t tainted with the stench of poverty. He’s incompetent and has been buried under debt for so long that he’s easy to buy and is comfortable being owned. On top of that, is seems that all you need to do (on top of being born white or rich or incompetent) is to make such an incredible ass of yourself on television on a regular basis and you’re a shoe in for the candidacy. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Windows Live Movie Maker won’t open; error like “Faulting module name: aticfx32.dll”
March 27th, 2011
I was having problems with Windows Live Movie Maker not opening lately. No error, just nothing happening when I would run it. I tried repairing and uninstalling/reinstalling but nothing helped.
After looking in the event log, I saw the above DLL in the error which made me think ‘Video Card’. So, first thing I tried to do was disable Crossfire and try and run off of one video card.
Worked like a charm!
Apparently, Windows Live Movie Maker isn’t compatible with Crossfire, and I’d hazard a guess it may have issues with SLI, too. If you’re having this problem and running two cards, knock one off and see if it helps.
Applewood Smoked Bacon
February 15th, 2011
I got a pound of this from the West Side Market. Very nice, not the phosphate laden junk you get in plastic at the grocery store. This tasted divine.
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Note to all laptop manufacturers
February 3rd, 2011
Dear manufacturer of every laptop I have ever seen. No one uses their mouse on their lap. No one positions their mouse directly under their space key on their desk. Why do you do this with the track pads on laptops? Do you hate all of us, especially gamers?
This would be so much better. Please do this.