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CP: The Life — Fisher
CP: Welcome Me — Indigo Girls
CP: Oculus Ex Inferni — Symphony X
You bought the Symphony X album? =]
Reaction time test: http://www.mathsisfun.com/games/reaction-time.html
0.263
My last time was not my fastest.
Rhettro: Based on your recommendation, yes.
CP: Rock And Roll – The Velvet Underground
0.224 and the last dot was my fastest.
Hope you liked it ditto.
Yep.
CP: You May Be Right — Grapes of Wrath
All moved in to new temporary workplace location. Looks like it will be a big improvement, even if it is only until new space is renovated for us. Bright, I can see the outdoors, morale much improved (note this message), and generally happier place…
0.321
Is that a boney hand on my shoulder?
No wonder I’m no good at Defender….
Average 0.194 with the last being the fastest at 0.173
Well, there goes another excuse for why I suck and Call of Duty. I’m fast running out of excuses beyond just generally being a lousy shot.
Great news about the surgery, marlo!
What happens when you take a pop video too literally:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ
Remixes of the Thanatos theme tune:
http://remix.kwed.org/index.php?search=thanatos
0.366
Stiff trackpad buttons can make a big difference..just did the test using a mouse and got it down to 0.258 average.
.296, where my first and last tied for fastest at .273, and the middle was next with .279…
I got a mass e-mail earlier today from the Wine Bar owner. He’s selling the place.
Average time: 0.416.
Fastest time: 0.253.
My average is skewed by my time on the last dot, which was 0.97 – my reaction was not to startle, but rather to go, “huh? what’s this? oh, it’s a different color, yeah.”
Tried the reaction-time test again, using the mouse button on my laptop instead of my separate USB mouse. Since I knew what to expect, my average when down to 0.29, and my time on the last dot was my fastest this time (0.234).
Now let’s try it with the touchpad only!
.293
maybe I’ll try again now that I know how the game is played.
Using the touchpad made my time WAY slower, because the motion I made with my finger was much more careful and deliberate. It brought my average time all the way down to 0.421, with 0.336 as my fastest (second to last dot).
second time around was .273
meh
I think Ed does intravenous caffeine
Re: wine bar
Woa Jack. So how much would we each have to pitch in to be silent partners ?
A “brick and mortar” Deadpan. Is it big enough to hold a small Con?
dangerous thoughts, joe…..
hmmm, a few years ago, I probably coulda used my shiny new car that I have no equity in for collateral. Alas, those days are probably behind us.
Whoa… the Deadpan Bar becomes physical reality… that would be absolutely awesome. I sure wish we could actually make it happen. :-)
On my second try, I’m down to .245. My fastest time, from the first test, is still .214. It reminds me a bit of some of the tests in Brain Age.
So how much cash can we scrape together? I think I have about $1.46 in loose change on my dresser.
Well I just found 2p behind the settee…
Well judging from the reaction tests, todays words of wisdom are:
Never challenge Ed to a game of ‘Snap’.
http://tinyurl.com/6pz6p5
Well, I tried it again, just to make sure it wasn’t some sort of fluke.
Umm, averaged 0.196 again. So, while I still suck at COD, it’s apparently helped my reflexes a good deal.
I’ll have to pass this on to the game forum to see what the other players manage.
Awesome reflexes, Ed!
I’m thinking Ed plays waaaay to much video games.
Jack – I’ve found about $3.82 (don’t forget the couch cushions and under your car seats!
I’ve always thought that the best way to have a successful bar/club type establishment … would be to make money some OTHER way with that same space. For instance, have the back room be full of servers and you actually make money as storage space or web service.
Or maybe you have some sort of web based design service.
Or maybe you have a meth lab in the basement.
The key is NOT to have to turn a profit with the bar itself. This leads to a more relaxed atmosphere and allows you huge flexibility with entertainment should you choose to provide it.
OK
So, all we need now is a Deadpanite with sound business experience, a Deadpanite with an upstanding enough “permanent record” to qualify for a business loan and we need an excruciatingly clever plan.
We are soooo close on this one.
Well, which Deadpan Bar do we like better, the hopping and bustling one or the dead quiet one? The various text versions have ranged between the two, and the audio versions have the “Death of Jack Mangan” which was no business, and the Origin Story, with hopping business…
Morning Pan.
Glad you like you’re new work digs, JB.
For the bar, I have a Toonie – but I think that only works out to $1.70 US.
Toonie?
That’s what we call our $2 coin, Van.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie
That’d be a $2 coin, Van. The Canadian $1 coin has a loon on it, and they did away with their paper dollar at the time they introduced it. The $1 got to be called a “Loonie.” Accordingly, when the $2 was issued (a marvelous-looking two-metal coin like a silver coin center with a gold hug) it was pretty easy to go to “Toonie” in the vernacular.
Or you could just read the wiki, I guess…
D’oh! And I got the metals reversed, too. I haven’t been north of the border since Summer ’01, sadly…
Ha, JB! Leave CDN trivia to us Canadians ;)
perhaps you need to go visit … soonie
I have a guest bed-roomie
So, in other news, I think one of the Black Belts is hitting on me. It’s very strange.
I’ve been asked to stay after class a couple of time to “refine my technique” (this is not as bad as it seems as, whenever a blackbelt stays late, other people stay late to continue practicing so we’re not alone)
He’s also said when I test for my yellow belt (which would have been on Nov 1st but had to be pushed back a month because I won’t be there for WF), he was going to be my testing partner. Even other belts have commented on how unusual this is because black belts don’t partner with whites, usually it’s greens or even blues. Nobody has ever heard of a black belt being a testing partner for a white.
He also like to hang around me in class and “give me pointers”
It’s not uncomfortable, yet. I just think it’s strange because he knows I’m married.
Perhaps he detects that the Deadpan in you is strong.
CP: PC Mag Radio
CD: A Warm Hug on a Cold Day (AKA hot chocolate)
Luckily my husband is not the jealous type. I could tell him and he knows I won’t let anything go to far.
That’s a shame TEB, maybe he’ll get the hint soon that you aren’t interested in him that way before things get sour.
Although I suspose it’s good for the ego that getting ‘hit on’ is still happening.
Getting hit on in Karate class?
Yes it was an unfortunate choice of words.
Insert correct terminology here —->
Playing with Drupal this week. So far I’ve installed the wrong version and then uploaded the correct version to the wrong directory and deleted it before realizing why I couldn’t find it…
On the up side, I’m having fun playing with the click timer thing. Thanx for posting that one.
And EB? “I just think it’s strange because he knows I’m married.” In my very limited experience, that’s a warning sign that he doesn’t care. Be careful, okay?
Scry, if it starts to bug me, I just have to let the teacher know, Master Park, and he’ll put a stop to it very quickly.
Well Pan, now off to transport more books for WF. It looks like people will be getting well over $200 in books in their membership bags. (extra weight charges on the airplane :) )
Ta
TEB -perhaps you should ask him (with a broad smile) to teach you how to kill him.
Not that I am advocating that … I’m just say’n, is all.
Naw, I actually think it’s funny (and, as Van said, a little flattering). the minute he decides to ask me for coffee or anything outside of class, I’ll put an immediate kibosh on it.
OK, really, really am going.
“I’ll put an immediate kibosh on it.”
Wow, I didn’t think they taught that move until like brown or yellow belt!
;)
Due to a hectic morning, I didn’t have time to put together a lunch, so I’m off to discover what Maple Grove/Osseo has to offer. Sadly, I don’t have the time today for a leisurely lunch, so I’ll have to go with whatever I find first instead of looking for what’s best…
While I’m certain Osseo offers a nice Main Street alternative if I look for it, I opted for the regional chain sandwich shop Erbert & Gerbert’s down in Maple Grove. Some lunch hour when I can take my time, I’ll check out Osseo, I promise.
Of course, I can hardly afford to forget to make lunch at home all that often, so it might take a while.
At first glance I thought JB wrote “Due to a celtic morning …”
Also … I hear Siskel and Ebert gave Erbert & Gerbert 2 thumbs up!
Heck, they might have, the chain is based out of Madison, WI, or at least started there, so there’s a decent chance they spread down to Chi-town as well as up to the Twin Cities…
Of course it would have had to been back when Ebert still had a tongue and Siskel still had life…
So after watching the lastest Chuck….I have the urge to watch Grosse Point Blank again..
snap
crackle
….pop!
But the cat fight in the shower..errr..ummm..
I have chuck in my tivo backlog…
Alas BJB is no more:
http://tinyurl.com/3ojna6
He did some great short stories as well.
I saw Bruce Sterling tweet about Barrington Bayley the other night. Not familiar with his work, but apparently he had some good stuff. Alas.
I’ve got 79 cents in change in my wallet, and 45 cents on my dresser.
Hmm, wonder if WP would have a cow if…
Yup, a total cow, figured as much…
Milk it, JB.
Can you tell us what you were going for?
Hey guys!
Wow, it must be good to take the cow metaphor this far. I’m expecting great things, JB!
I herd the metaphor is worth the weight.
Pimpage on behalf of one who helped me out…
I’ll link to…
http://tinyurl.com/68u3o6
Forgot WP doesn’t really use html code in here…
Plays will get me a t-shirt…
JB – I clicked, hope I helped your t-shirt goal
Anyone here know how to make this day just completely disappear? Just like it never happened? It would be greatly appreciated.
Gimme a few hours, I can make today no longer today.
“Like it never happened,” …that I’ll have to think on…
Sorry Smarty Hotties :(
Take the bull by the horns, JB. Good luck.
http://podcampaz.org/top-ten-things-to-bear-in-mind-when-preparing-your-presentation-for-podcamp-az/
Morning Pan, Baker Street is playing on the radio, and it’s chilly here.
On reflection TEB, you could always use the N word on the guy, amost as effective as kicking a bloke in the balls.
+l
You know, with the latest Heroes, things are finally getting interesting. And yet, I cant’ help but get wrapped up in how recursive it all is. If future Peter hadn’t come back and taken today Peter to the future, it seems much of the trouble wouldn’t have happened.
Plotonium?
absolutely plotonium.
Not that it’s the strangest word in the world, but I listened to two podcasts in a row just now that used the word “ephemeral.”
I first encountered that word on a Doctor Who episode in the 80′s.
That was selected as the podcaster’s “word of the week”.
You get points for using it. Double points for actually using it in an appropriate manor.
You must not have gotten the memo.
Peter Davidson era, the one with the sailing ship space race.
I finally got around to watching the “Heroes” season premiere last night.
Thank heavens for the fast forward capabilities of my TiVo. I wouldn’t have made it through it otherwise. I find I no longer care about most of the characters.
All in all, I kind of wish I had spent that 1.5 hours doing something else.
JohnBoze: I clicked. The original Descent promo makes me nostalgic for 2006.
Ah Heroes, while this week’s episode is an improvement, I can’t get over the idea that the characters are just doing a lot of “stuff” without rhyme or reason. It’s getting harder to care what happens to them. It’s still a fun show but it isn’t the “awesome” of first season.
gotta wonder if the original writers have left. Maybe they had to move onto other projects during the writer’s strike.
I kinda wonder the same thing. It’s starting to feel more like a soap opera to me now.
Wow, it’s been a quiet day here.
I posted the reaction time test on the game server forum that I follow. Average response there is looking to be about 0.21 with a couple that were faster than me.
See, video games are good for something :)
The tumbleweed is looking bored and I can’t play the harmonica..darn.
Maybe a link youtube link to a Deputy Dawg cartoon would help:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAqF7OAml8
Just saw in the flyers with today’s mail:
AC/DC – first new album in eight years. Only at Wal-mart.
WTF?
Exclusivity contracts promise more profits, Ed. In these cases anyway.
It can also make for lots of unforgiving rage though, especially when you’re dumb enough to sign an exclusivity deal with a store chain that has locations like 3000 km apart.
Plus your sales will blow.
Wal Mart makes some interesting demands. So, if you are just an individual with product (like say, an independent film) it can b very difficult to do business with them. For instance, they agree to put your product on their shelves but you have to be able to deliver a hundred thousand units to them. All well and good except that they don’t pay you must shell out the cash to have these things produced in the first place. Let’s say, oh … $30K out of pocket.
Gets better though. They pay you for the items BUT you have to sit on that cash because they demand that you must buy back ALL unsold stock after a pre-determined length of time. Will they sell 5 of the items or 50 thousand? No one knows. So you better not spend that money they gave you.
All of this is “just doing business” if you are Sony or Disney. For the independent artist though … it’s pretty daunting.
oh … hi Deadpan.
Thank you for trying JB. The new day did come :)
Hugh and I must rest now. Tomorrow we will leave our liberal safe place to visit the great red state of Texas.
night pan
hope you are not up too late with the new pan, Jack
see you when we return to Chicago
Unshow this week?
ZP examines the latest Silent Hill game:
http://tinyurl.com/6e8xsl
You ain’t seen me right?