Alright, I finally, finally got around to checking the Animatrix out from the library, and watching all the little installments. I knew I was expecting something of a mind-fuck from The Second Renaissance, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite as disturbing as the final battle between the Humans and the Machines was. And, I made a mistake of watching it late in the evening so, all that freaky shit was stuck in my head when I went to sleep.

Now, I knew that the Humans were going to lose the battle with the AIs, but I didn't expect the defeat to be that... disturbing. Though, I admit, the tactics really sucked.You've got reinforced World War One style trenches, which you can at least defend, and your being attacked, specifically at your position, and instead of holding your ground while the enemies move up at you, you rush out of your positons and go to meet them on a straight, flat field with no cover to speak of. Does not make strategic sense to me. Not using fixed defences because they wouldn't work for that engagement is one thing. Not using them when they'll actually be an advantage for you on the other hand, is something else.

The latest version (4.0) of the Pro Wrestling Simulation Game "Extreme Warfare Revenge". This will be the last version of the game that is freeware. Future Installments will be titled "Total Extreme Warfare" and be pay only (with a limited demo, of course) and be published through .400 Software Studios.

You can download EWR 4.0 here

Alright... I've been looking an Anime MP3, and I've been having bad luck looking for it online. I'm not using file swapping software not because of the RIAA, but because in the past file-swapping software has caused some... issues with my computer.

So, I was wondering if anyone could direct me to where I could find an MP3 of "Mina Soko Ni Nemure" from the Anime "Blue Submarine No. 6". Thank you very much.

FASA is dead... so, why is Microsoft still putting Mechwarrior games out under the "FASA Interactive" label? It's Topps/Wizkids that owns the Mechwarrior/Battletech franchise.

Alright, I saw "Pirates of the Caribbean" yesterday, and here's my thoughts on the movie

The movie was very well done. The sword fighting was well chroeographed, and reminded me in some ways to Errol Flynn films. The sets were very well designed, detailed and accurate to the time, but they did not steal the show, nor were they so over the top as to detract from the acting and action.

Orlando Blooms acting is superb, and he delivers his lines with appropriate emotion, and admirably. He does not come off as "Legolas of the High Seas".

However, it is Johnny Depp, playing Captain Jack Sparrow who steals the show. He plays his role like a combination of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and The Dread Pirate Robers, and all without being too silly or over the top.

All in all, I give "Pirates of the Caribbean" a 4 out of 4.

Here's a possible first for y'all. My county library system (well, just Estecada and West Linn, but you can put holds on the items so anyone in the county can acess them) has Playstation, Playstation II, and Game Boy Advance games avalable for check out. And they have some pretty good games also, like "Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec", "Gran Turismo 2", "Spiderman" for the PSX, PS2, and GBA, and more games. And now my question to my readers: Do your local libraries have video games avalable for checking out?

Alright. I have been using Linux on my dad's computer (Red Hat Distro), and I have a problem. Both of the CD players that are on there (the one that came with KDE and the one that came with GNOME) both suck.

I can't get the KDE one to work, and the GNOME doesn't have the ability to edit your playlist (as in skip these tracks). I hate to say this, but the CD player software that came with Windows 9x is better. So, I'm asking you, my reader(s): do you have a reccomendation for a good software for playing CDs for Linux (I don't know, LinAmp, if it exists)?

Sorry for taking so long. What has happened since my last post...

Well, I played golf at the Special Olympics State Championships and placed Gold in my division. Also, I picked up a copy of the game "Feng Shui", published by Atlas Games. I have also managed to get a group togeather for said game, though we've only met once. I haven't scheduled another time because of our first sessions proximity to a Camping trip, and I didn't want to get it started only to have a pause for the trip.

What else... Well, I'm going camping next week. I'm also teaching myself C. And finally, I've started reading the comic MegaTokyo. I don't need to really give you the link, as the site's adverstized here (in fact, I discovered the comic through a banner ad). I reccomend it completely. However, don't just go to the site, click on a banner ad for it and support /. already!

And that's all for today.

Well, today I went to Fry's to get my refurbished USB Zip drive only to discover that they'd marked up the price by $40. I am pissed off, as that's two month's paychecks for me. Well. Looks like I'm going to have to find some more odd jobs to do so I can hopefully make upt the difference before the start of the school year.

This will also, unfortunatly, make it so it'll take longer for me to get some of the RPG book I want to get so I can actually get into a group. As it is, I have a bad feeling that, once the school year begins, I won't be able to do any Role Playing at all. So all in all, I've been forced to miss my window to get into a RPG group.

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, backing up my hard drive has become an option, my dear readers. I have managed to get a short term job painting my neighbor's house, and recived a tax-fre $40. That cash is going to go directly to, with the $15 I've already saved up, to buy a used USB zip drive, and thus be able to copy enough files to clear one of my partitions, and install on said partition, Linux.

Three Cheers for my neighbor!

Hip, hip, Huzzah!

Hip, hip, Huzzah!

Hip, hip, Huzzah!

I'll let you know how the installation of the drive goes.

As of the time I am writing this message, on Mystery on PBS they are showing the first part of their new miniseries, "The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes". the series looks very promising, and the acting is very good. Though I must admit, I did not envision Arthur Conan Doyle with a Irish accent.

Alright, I've finished the episode, though I'm not going to spoil anything, I will say that the episode had some humerous moments, and the actor who played Dr. Joseph Bell was very good. However, he didn't have that many real Holmes moments, but that's okay. Doyle certainly reflected Watson. The ultimate solution to the episode certainly caught me absolutely by suprise. However, the writers, like Agatha Christie and even Arthur Conan Doyle himself, cheated. They left out a couple of important pieces of information which would have allowed us to have come to the conclusion at the same time as Bell did. However, I am certainly looking forward to the next episode of the series, and I reccomend it to all you slashdotters who enjoy an entertaining mystery.

Alright my marvelous readers. I have a request for information from you. I am considering switching from the two Windows computers I am currently using, to one Linux and one PC. The version of Linux I am considering using is Lindows.

My main questions are:

1. Will my Windows and DOS games work in Lindows?
2. In the process of the switch, will I lose or risk losing my MP3s and Music Videos and so forth that I've downloaded going bye-bye?
3. Will I risk any programs that I've downloaded and installed going bye-bye also?

I eagerly anticipate your responces.

Alright, hello, my name is Alex, and I'm a geek (Hi, Alex).

I might as well tell you a little about my self. I'm a high school student in Oregon, I'm a fan of SF (I prefer to call it in text instead of Sci-Fi), I watch anime, I listen to classic rock, and I'm a fan of wrestling. I also don't think Bill Gates is the antichrist, don't like KoRn, and don't have a connection faster than 56K.

I had heard about Slashdot, but what really encouraged me to venture forth hereis Jon Katz's book "Geeks", which I feel is an excellent book, and anyone who says otherwise is entitled to their opinion.

I'll let you know in advance, I'm not good at really organizing myself, so my updates will be really infrequent.

I figure I'll start out my journal with a movie review. I recently saw the movie "UHF" again. It is a hilariously funny movie starring "Weird" Al Yankoivc, and Michael Richards (more commonly known from his role on "Seinfield"). Al plays George Newman, a fellow geek who gets made station manager of a UHF station by his Uncle. The station was on the verge of bankruptcy for years, but George makes it the biggest station in town with oddball and bizarre programming.

This film is a good family movie (aside from one scene), and I reccomend it to anyone who finds "Weird" Al's music funny, and is enjoy's rather odd comedy. The film is out now on DVD (I got it at my local Fry's for $9.50), and is rated PG-13.