Category: Musings

Paul Walker Killed In Car Crash

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/paul-walker-dies-crash-report-article-1.1533786

Really sad to hear about this. It seems to be something of a rather disturbing irony that a star of a franchise based around car chases and dangerous stunt driving would be killed in a car crash. No doubt, I won’t be the only one to make note of this. Even so, it’s always unfortunate to lose someone before his time.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the Walker family.

A Humble Plea To The Higher Ups

Please, for the love of God, don’t let the awful Google+ bullshit changes affect the blogging services like they did on YouTube. That shit is unbearable. The comments system, especially, is ridiculously unusable. How the fuck do you have a reply button that seemingly allows me to write a reply and then tells me I can’t respond to the post in question. Fuckin’ hell.

Survivor Series Ended With the Wyatts vs Punk/Bryan To Me

Did not bother to watch the “main event” match because I did not care about Big Show vs Orton… but the show itself was pretty bleh in general. Nothing outstanding or anything of note. Almost as if it was a big colossal waste of time. I’d normally save my thoughts for the upcoming DTM-Cast this weekend, but my mind has been so numb on the show that I just won’t bother. Just as well, because I have to compile that schedule.

A Friend Saw The Bores Movie

Some folks might have heard of Pursuit Of The Paranormal, the Chris Bores movie where he talks to the dead. I haven’t seen it – no real intention in doing so – but my friend has. Sent me a quick e-mail sharing his thoughts. I replied back to him, asking if he would consider contributing to a guest review for the Review Archive. No answer yet, but I’m sure he won’t resist.

By the way, here’s the e-mail in question;

Saw the Bores “movie”… Sean got it for me as a birthday gift… oh joy, I love me some Bores.

For a 90-minute conversation with the dead, it sure comes up short… only a little over 50 minutes tops. Why call it a movie if it isn’t long enough to be one? It’d be like sticking four wheels onto a box and calling it a car.

As far as the “movie” goes, it’s just another ghost hunting thing where they look around the place, “talk” to a ghost using meters and stuff, and conclude that they’re not sure if ghosts exist. Yeah, this was worth investing your life savings in putting together. Typical Bores quality stuff that isn’t up to snuff.

I’d say wait until he uploads this to YouTube in a year or so. Don’t waste your money…

Retron 5 Head David Hu Interviewed By Retroware TV

http://retrowaretv.com/retron-5-interview/

There’s a nice little interview at Retroware TV with Hyperkin Marketing Director David Hu regarding the upcoming Retron 5 system, an Android-powered clone console which emulates functionality for NES, Super NES (and their Famicom and Super Famicom equivalents, respectively), Genesis/Mega Drive, and the Game Boy line. It’s actually a nice little read.

The Retron 5 is due out December 10 with a suggested price of $99.

WinAmp Goes To Sleep After Fifteen Years… No More Llama Ass-Whipping

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5126666/winamp-media-player-shutting-down-after-over-15-years

Sad to hear about WinAmp closing its doors. I’m proud to say that WinAmp was my MP3 player of choice for the entire time I’ve tinkered with computers, which is to say a long amount of time. Even when you have other media players such as iTunes, WinAmp was the one I always went back to; its simple yet unintrusive set-up and quick loadings were big selling points for me and the player itself was small and unassuming so that it didn’t unnecessarily fill the screen with worthless crap unless you wanted that crap there.

I’ve downloaded the latest (and possibly final) version of Winamp as a keepsake, but also as an enduring relic of a program I’ve used for countless years and will continue to use for countless years.

Godspeed, Winamp. And continue to whip that llama’s ass in the afterlife.