This is my favorite short they've done yet.
Cyanide & Happiness - Pigeon
Sunday, January 31, 2010
«Pigeon Short»
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
«YouTube Borderlands»
If I'm not playing Borderlands, I'm watching YouTube videos of other people playing it... I did this for the game Fallout 3 as well, after playing for a while I will watch a series where someone else plays through the game. This allows me to see different play styles and see possible things that I missed.
I've been watching the long series of YouTube user SSoHPKC's walkthrough of Borderlands. I'm on episode 90 so far.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
«Talk of the Bridge, Again»
Now that Sarah Palin is out of the equation, there's renewed talk about building the bridge to our airport.
We have a $28 million literal "road to nowhere" over there, built to connect to where the bridge would have been. Palin only stopped the bridge to try to make herself look good. She was "for it before she was against it." Once there was a national public outcry (based on misinformation) she changed to the "popular" side.
We need something, the current ferry system is just not cutting it. There's the options of new ferries or a bridge. New ferries would only delay the problem, and you'd still have the issue of trying to catch the ferry in time so you can get to airport security in time. Meanwhile a bridge would not only provide a much needed hard-link to our airport, but it would open up all that flat land for development. And that's what this town needs to thrive.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
«Clockwork Mushroom»
Here's an example of an image I truly don't remember saving. I have no idea where I got it or how long I've had it. It's a cool image, though; and that's why I saved it.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
«The Philosophical Glass of Water»
I think I'd be a smart-ass and be a Realist. What are you?
Monday, January 25, 2010
«Motivational Monday: Ninjas»
I've always said, "a pirate can't shoot what it can't see."
Sunday, January 24, 2010
«Warm January»
This January has been unseasonably warm. I'm in Ketchikan, Alaska and usually January is one of our snowy months. This year, it's been rainy and in the 40's Fahrenheit. This town is no stranger to rain in any month, but we usually get a little snow and go through a cold spell.
Our normal precipitation for January is 11.94 inches, and here it's only the 24th and we've already had 16.24 inches. There's a lot of places in the world that don't get that much in a full year.
I'm not invoking global warming1, one unusual month in one location isn't enough to determine a global trend. Last year at this time was unusually cold and we had 4 feet of snow on the ground.
1: My position on global warming is that we are currently in a natural warming trend, not a man-made one. The Earth has been warmer in the past than it is currently, and has recovered from it before.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
«Caturday: Bangs Tarzan Lulz»
Actually, yes. I do think it's a good look for the cat.
Friday, January 22, 2010
«January 21st Sunset»
Yesterday's sunset was a treat. This image was taken at 4:09 PM on January 21st, 2010.
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That ship is one of the Inter-Island Ferries. Although in the small version of the photo here it just looks like another island.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
«Second Blogoversary»
2 Years of Blogging, and all I have to show for it is THIS.
My traffic has improved a little from the first year. Across my entire site (not just the blog) I've had over 384,500 visits and 726,500 pageviews during this past year.
The absolute most popular post of the last year was Pon & Zi with 29,166 views. It also has the most comments, with 56.
Never missed a day yet, and I don't regret any of it. I've made some friends along the way, some with radically different beliefs.
I've made 775 posts now. I should reach 1,000 before my next Blogoversary!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
«Borderlands Complete»
I've finished Borderlands completely with a character now (a Siren). Gone through Playthrough 1 and 2. When I was doing Playthrough 2, I saved most of the sidequests for the unofficial Playthrough 2.5.
In Playthrough 2, you start the game over with your character and gear intact from the first Playthrough. The enemies are tougher and the "Badass" enemies are renamed to "BadMotha".
Once you've beat the main quest in Playthrough 2 and reload your saved game, you're in the unofficial Playthrough 2.5. In Playthrough 2.5, all enemies are between level 48 and 52. And "BadMotha" becomes "SuperBad". The maximum level for a player is 50, so it's common for enemies to be higher level than you are.
Now that I've completed every quest, the only thing left to do is collect rare weapons and search for secret locations and Easter Eggs1 hidden in the game. Or start a different type of character. And there's always online play with other people.
1: An Easter Egg in a game is not literally an egg (usually). It's just something hidden in the game. They usually require the player to go out of their way to discover.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
«And He's Gone»
Well, one of my real-life friends went back to college; his break is over. Hopefully I can still continue playing Borderlands with him for a while over the internet. He's not going to be back in town for a while (if ever). And I am horrible at keeping in contact with people. Borderlands should give me an excuse to keep in contact for a while.
Maybe one day it will be my turn to leave this rock and not come back.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
«I Don't Remember Saving»
Actually, I do... But that's not the point.
I've got a lot of random images saved, but I pretty much remember all of them. If anyone were to go through my computer, they'd find some pretty odd stuff. Nothing illegal, but it might cause them to question my sanity... And their own.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
«Part of the Team»
I've been playing Borderlands multiplayer with a couple of my real-life friends. We're on the 2nd playthrough now, and the 3 of us make a pretty well balanced team.
We've got a Brick (that's the character's name) who is the team's tank and damage sponge. He rushes into battle in a suicidal rampage and gets the attention of all the enemies. He likes to punch things.
We've got a Mordecai, he's our sniper. If something randomly dies out of nowhere, it was probably his doing.
It took me a while to figure out what part I wanted to play. At first I started as Lilith (I always seem to chose to play the woman). However, she didn't really play well with others. When one of my friends would go down, the only thing she could do was phasewalk and run away to save herself. I didn't feel like part of a team playing as her. So I switched to Roland and became the team's medic. I'd like to think it's because of me that Brick can go on suicidal rampages and not actually die.
I've picked up a special skill (called cauterize) that allows me to heal teammates when I shoot them1. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "friendly fire". I usually like to find a position above the battle and shoot my rocket launcher at Brick. Since the rockets explode on impact and hit everything in the area, I can simultaneously heal my teammates and kill the enemy. I'm also durable enough to run into battle and revive a downed teammate, if needed.
Because of my constant barrage of friendly rockets, this allows my teammates to hold nothing back. Even Mordecai can go out-of-character and run into the foray Rambo-style. I also enable the team to regenerate ammunition, so we should never run out. I feel important and useful to the team now.
1 That's right. I heal people by shooting them... With rockets.
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