Not much to report on the last few days – cleaning in preparation for next weekend’s open house (as in toothbrush-on-the-baseboards cleaning), walking a couple miles each day, enjoying yesterday’s 70-degrees weather (before it goes down to the forties this weekend, yeah, I know wah wah wah…). In lieu of any news, I present you with some choice clickables that I’ve come across lately:
Takaza mentioned this already, but Cedar Point has announced their new roller coaster for this year. Think Kings Dominion‘s Hypersonic XLC, only a lot taller and faster. Where XLC is 195 feet and 80 MPH, Top Thrill Dragster will go 420 feet straight up and hit speeds of 120 MPH. Yes, that’s 110 feet taller than Millennium Force. Dig that corkscrew on the way down, too – way cool! (Yes, I have now gotten in touch with my inner roller coaster geek).
Courtesy of BoingBoing (and the referral credit goes to them), I see that Linksys now has an 802.11g wireless access point out for only $139. I really like that it’s backwards-compatible with 802.11b, but a little leery since the official 802.11g spec isn’t due to be released until later this year. This may be a case where the early spec becomes the de facto spec, but we’ll have to see how it plays out. 54 Mbps sure would be nice, though.
You always knew, didn’t you? Now there’s proof! Here’s some Lord of the Rings slash art which is actually quite well done. (Work-friendly inasmuch as a naked male haunch is acceptable…). There’s also stuff from other genres, including X-Files, Highlander, Smallville, and Miami Vice (!). Link courtesy of the Daze Reader.
Finally, what do you mean you don’t read Animated Movies every day? If you are a fan of animation, this is THE place to get the latest dirt and links to some great in-depth background articles. If you were reading, you’d know all about Disney’s next animated feature, the upcoming two-DVD set for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and the latest on the animated adaptation of The Polar Express. Enjoy!
*ears perk up* Someone say “Mark Hamill”?? =D *clings!!! Mmmmmm…MY Luke Skywalker 🙂
I am officially recomending everyone I know never even consider buying a Linksys product.
I emailed them twice in December, explaining the problem with my card, the first time, dispite the fact I told them I tried it in 3 computers they told me to re-install drivers. I replied that all 3 computers had worked initially, and all failed simultaneously. It’s been a month now, I’ve re-sent the email and no response. So F*** em. I can buy Dlink or SMC for about the same price.
My rule of thumb is that Linksys makes a decent wireless access point and router, but can’t make a decent client card to save their lives.
We’ve had good luck with our BEFWS11S4 WAP/router – I like the configuration interface, and it’s been able to connect with just about any card we’ve brought in.
On the other hand, I went through two Linksys WPC-11 cards (one of which is currently in Posi’s possession 🙂 and had terrible times with them under Windows XP (though, curiously, they worked fine under Win98). Repeated calls to Linksys’ tech support were useless, as they just recited the same old typical Level 1 tech support pap until they finally gave in and told me to get an RMA number and send it back. I said t’hell with it and bought a Netgear MA401 card, which has worked perfectly for me from the start.
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Hee. and I were watching it last night.I want hair like Jason Mewes. Mrr.
Mmmm…. Legolas.
I still think he looks like your friend whose name I can never remember.
You’re right– well-done slash art. I was beginning to believe it wasn’t possible. Although I want to say that the pics of Legolas and Gimli and of Legolas and Gandolf were just wrong on way too many levels. Eww. 😉
–M