I was planning on standing in line this morning outside of a Gamestop or EB in order to secure myself a Nintendo Wii on launch day but then I decided not to. It's fucking cold outside. That baseball game in Detroit is going to be a real treat tonight.
Something-D-O-O Economics. Anyone? Anyone?
- The hyper-realistic first person shooter Counterstrike (think Quake with real guns and one hit kills) is moving to base the cost for in-game equipment on supply and demand within the game. The theory behind the change being that if the lesser used guns become cheaper, more people will use them and some sort of gameplay balance will be restored. Personally I don' think the projected price swings will be enough to get people to switch from the AK. Thankfully I put down the Counterstrike crack pipe a couple of years ago and haven't looked back since.
- Are you supposed to tip on tax? I have no idea. Get Rich Slowly's tip guide doesn't know either, but they do have decent rules of thumb to go by. Personally I never tip hotel maids. Does this make me a cheap bastard or merely sane?
- The Woot-Off reaches into its second day. I managed to pick up a wireless Logitech X-Box controller on the cheap so yay for me. My attempt to get one of the legendary Bag-O-Craps didn't turn out so well for me. Or Woot's servers for that matter.
Teh Funny
- Remember those terrible Halloween costumes from the 80s? The ones that consisted of a printed hefty bag and a thin plastic mask. Retrocrush has compiled a list of the oddest/scariest/worst examples of the species
- Delicious Ambien recipes. Totally dated link, but amusing anyway.
- The definition of funny
Art Attack
- Neat cardboard laptop case. Hope it doesn't get wet.
- Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein. Pop art at its finest.
Quick Hits
- I was struggling to write this post before my McDonald's hangover set in. I failed. Then, of course, a tusnami of work crashed through my door. There's a reason I don't eat McD's very often. It's tasty for about 5 minutes followed by three hours of complete lethargy. But, eating complete dreck once every quarter can't be that bad for you (Right?). I certainly will not be following this poor man's Morgan Spurlock attempt to eat everything on the menu.
- The origin of your favorite band's name
Fortune
When in Rome, do as the Visigoths do.