I was playing around with a screwy little site that my friend, Tim, at work, showed me. Yeah, I have a friend or two.

This is what I made:

South Park Character Generator

Happy Birthday Big Brother!!

Gina, Happy Belated Birthday (via the blog, anyway), it was exactly 1 week ago.

It’s always been cool that Dino and Gina have birthdays 1 week apart, April 19 (Gina) and April 26 (Dino)!

Two nights ago, I had the chance to have a fascinating chat with a Chinese Civil Engineering student that attends Hunan University. I always like to ask the farmers I see in the game if they are farmers. This dude actually wrote back, and he had good English. I was so happy!

Unfortunately, this farmer only earns about 800 RMB ($96) per month playing 7-12 hours per day. He said he was unhappy. He said his friend told him about the job. Man, that’s some pretty shitty money.

Regardless, I am quite fascinated by this notion of turning virtual resources (gold and items in World of Warcraft) into real money. There are companies overseas, mostly in Asia, that pay game players to play these games and “farm” in-game currency by killing monsters and selling items looted from these monsters. It’s amazing because the impact this has on the game is immeasurable. Also, the impact this has on small economies is immeasurable. If I was a student of economics, pursuing a PhD, I’d love for this very topic to be the subject of my dissertation.

E-mails hurt IQ more than pot

This is amazing!! Thanks, Alex, and a A Small Victory.

Nintendo Songs

Some may not know this, but I play World of Warcraft. It’s an online role playing game. I love it, as do many of my close friends at work and in real life.

Things to do in Azeroth When You’re Dead

This is very interesting!!!

Great Mileage!!!

What is a blog, you ask?

What, exactly, is a blog?

Thanks again, to Ars Technica, for the tidbit.

TiVo and Comcast are looking at new innovations to make those that skip commericals of old programming get more current commercials.

TiVo plans to replace old commercials with new

My neck still kills. It’s been a while since I had a pinched nerve/muscle spasm THIS bad.

OUCH!

[Listening to: Put You On the Game - The Game - The Documentary (4:14)]

Not sure why, but C3PO is back!!!! With a vengeance, too. No idea why, but man oh man, does it hurt!!!!

I have a final exam today in my e-commerce survey course. Should go well.

We’re getting ready for the baby. 6 weeks to go. House is pretty much ready for our new roommate. We can’t wait!!!

My brother is pregnant. He’s lifted his NDA about it. You can read more at http://www.dinofilias.com/blog.

Oh, I LOVE the warm weather! Can’t wait to be outside a lot more. It’s been a long winter, it seems.

[Listening to: Piggy Bank - 50 Cent - Massacre (4:15)]

I love these cats.

Google Gulp

Infinity and beyond for GMail storage!

Terry Schiavo has died. We’re talking at work. They should have just given her a lethal injection if they were going to go as far as removing her feeding tube, which was certain death.

Story at Fox News

One of my favorite sites, who gets a fair amount of traffic, has some interesting information regarding how Firefox is used by 40% of its readers, and IE has fallen from 38% to 30% usage.

Ars Technica Traffic Report Shows Firefox Making Strides

Thanks for this, Demo.

From the state where drinking and driving is considered a sport comes
a true story from Milwaukee, WI.

A routine police patrol parked outside a local neighborhood bar. Late
in the evening the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated he
could barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few
minutes with the officer quietly observing.

After what seemed An eternity and trying his keys on five different
vehicles he managed To find his own car, which he fell into. He was there for a few
minutes As a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a dry night), flicked the
hazard flasher, tooted the horn and then switched on the lights.
He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and remained
stationary for a few more minutes as more patrons left in their
vehicles.

At last he pulled out of the parking lot and started driving slowly down
the street. The police officer, having patiently waited all this time now;
started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly Pulled the
man over and carried out a Breathalyzer test. To his amazement,

the Breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed alcohol
at all. Dumbfounded, the officer said, “I’ll have to ask you to accompany me
to the police station, apparently this equipment is broken. “I doubt it,”
said the man, “Tonight I’m the designated decoy.”