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Jun 09
Games, General, TV, Web 4 Comments
* [tag]Optical illusion[/tag]: Stare at the weird color image for 30 seconds. Then mouse over it to see the full pic in color, even though it’s a black and white image.
* How to run up a wall and flip. But please don’t try this at home. Trained professionals only. At the very least, use a spotter.
* Fascinating NY Times article about NetFlix. Almost two-thirds of its stock of different titles is out for rental on the average day. And they ship 700,000,000 packages a year.
* 4,000,000 [tag]Nintendo[/tag] [tag]Wii[/tag] units should ship for Christmas. 2,000,000 more will be available before April.
* Judge chooses to settle an argument between lawyers with a rousing game of [tag]Rock, Paper, Scissors[/tag]. This is my kind of judge!
* The typography of [tag]LOST[/tag]. Not for the squeamish. ;-)
Jun 09, 2006 @ 17:12:36
[Dupe deleted by user request. -Augie ]
Jun 09, 2006 @ 19:57:18
Netflix kicks Blockbuster’s butt. I’ve been with Netflix on and off for 2-1/2 months, and they have yet to make a mistake. Blockbuster’s online service, on the other hand, screwed up three times in one month (after which I canceled). Not to mention all the problems I’ve had at their stores. As far as I’m concerned, Blockbuster deserves the bad end that awaits it.
Jun 11, 2006 @ 19:51:45
Augie, if you don’t mind, please delete my first post (and this one). I’m having trouble posting here now because, when I go to a different computer, the message I posted the day before (which was awaiting moderation) isn’t even there. Which is why I post a second time. Should I be posting from one computer only to avoid this problem?
Jun 12, 2006 @ 09:11:56
Hey Bluuzman — Yeah, I noticed this problem with you over the weekend. I’m not entirely sure what’s causing it just yet. It might be the different IP addresses. The system is set up right now to auto-approve any message from a user who’s had a message approved in the past. You’d qualify as that. I’ll dig into the options to see what else I could find.
If your post doesn’t show up right away, though, don’t sweat it — I most likely have it in the moderation queue to be approved. Sorry for the hassles. =(