Got a Shattered Horizon guest pass to give out. If anyone wants it, let me know before the 17th of December. Windows 7/Vista only, unfortunately, plus a beefy nvidia card due to heavy physx use. (I think)

So, I ordered this laptop online during a Black Friday sale... early, as walmart.com apparently put its Black Friday sales up based on UTC rather than a US Timezone. I actually ordered it at 8:39pm EST.

I got an email saying it shipped yesterday at 4:16pm EST.

Today, at 12:40pm, I received a package delivered from walmart.com.

That's right, it took less than 48 hours from the time I ordered it... shipping from Bentonville, Arkanasas to Mason, Michigan took less than 24 hours.

Me at 1 month vs. Tristan at 1 month:



( and some professional photos... )

So, all people who haven't been on World of Warcraft recently should have been sent an email that will allow them to renew their accounts for 7 days.

If you haven't, the Battle.Net account management thing should have a link to activate the free time below the Frozen account status for your WoW account.

So, I just found out that Lois McMaster Bujold has finished a new Miles Vorkosigan book, titled Cryoburn.

This is her first Vorkosigan book in 7-8 years.

It's interesting in a sense, because she has also jumped 7-8 years forward in the chronology. I had heard rumors that her next book was going to cover the death of Miles' father... but it sounds like she may have skipped forward past that event; I guess we'll see when Baen actually publishes it.

P.S. I've also been playing Overlord a lot lately... and some Overlord: Minions (hey, it was like $9 new at Best Buy).

My brain leakage for today...

• www.lohud.com/article/20091124/NEWS03/911240349/Mom-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-crash #

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Tristan at birth:
6lb 6oz
19"

Tristan at 12 days:
7lb 7oz (25-50%)
20.75" long

Tristan at 32 days:
10lb 0oz
22"

My brain leakage for today...

• Darwin and the case for 'militant atheism' - bit.ly/5mEat0 #cnn #

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My brain leakage for today...

• R.I.P. SSgt G. #

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My brain leakage for today...

• There is a difference between acknowledging the overwhelming vastness of the universe, and claiming the pursuit of knowledge is pointless. #
• www.philosophyblog.com.au/why-happiness-isnt-enough-extracts-from-voltaire-aldous-huxley-and-robert-nozick/ #
• When mired in collective reasoning, only rational self-interest can preserve the individual. #
• Nobody who actually goes around saying "epic fail" realizes the origin of the term. The nerd1337 put that phrase away long ago. #
• dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/ #

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My brain leakage for today...

• Allergies can die. #
• So many audiobooks, and nothing to listen to. #
• @kiddetective The virgin witch. Or the witch from Virginia. #
• More people are dying, and I keep living. What's it mean? It means... I survive. #
• And the wanting comes in waves. And it's been this way for days. And I feel this night, and I feel this night and day. #
• Marines are living warrior lives and dying civilian deaths. Something's not right. #

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My brain leakage for today...

• Nothing here costs enough. #

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http://touhoufortress2.web.fc2.com/main.html

I lol'd. Completely.

Would this work on the OCR server, PowerLord? It says something about not working on "pure" servers, whatever that means exactly.