People are dying all over the place today! Darren McGavin died too. He played Billy Madison’s dad in Billy Madison and Frank Black’s dad on Millennium.

It’s a sad day in Mayberry. Don Knotts dies at 81.

For a long time now the LitterMaid has been a cat owner’s only option for automatic litter box cleaning. Unfortunately it’s a piece of crap. It’s got this one big scooper that slides across the box and scoops any solid matter into a sealed storage container. The problem is that the motor is barely strong…

Holy Shiite! Tomb Attacked! I added the exclamation points, but it’s still a real headline.

I have a bone to pick with Sucker Punch Productions. I just finished Sly Cooper 3 tonight. No game should ever let you finish it when the game’s progress bar is at 52%. That’s just a basic rule that’s been around since…well, forever. It seems like common sense, you know? Here I was thinking I…

Booyakasha! Mad respec to Sacha Cohen an’ his crew for bustin’ batty on da ice. Check it.

In my search to find other vocoder bands this evening, I came across SpaceSynth.net. SpaceSynth is 80s-sounding synth music with a peppy upbeat flavor. It sounds like a lot of what I heard in PC and Amiga demos when I was a kid. Interestingly enough, SpaceSynth is nowhere to be found in Ishkur’s famous guide….

Wowie! I just found out about this 80s band called Newcleus. They only released two albums in the early 80s but there’s some good stuff there! They did a lot of old-school rap which is corny and not really something I’m into…but they also did a lot of early instrumental electro with a liberal use…

Guess what, dudes? Dreamhost Sucks! Wanna know why we have an F rating with the BBB? Because the Better Business Bureau is a racket, and you have to be a paying member of the BBB to even reply to complaints filed against you. Hooray for free speech!

Valentine’s Day dinner at Storytellers Cafe last night. I love that my crappy low-res cameraphone actually has a sepia setting. I don’t collect Disney pressed pennies, but there’s a lot of people out there who do. This one has been causing a stir lately. See if you can figure out why: Yes, Chip appears to…