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fergaloid

  1. After the crazy storm passed through, everything is cool and fresh. Fantastic awesome bonus!
  2. @kittispeaks The weekend struts and wears shades, oh yeah.
  3. @shannamann Hey! Happy birthday super spectacular woman of amazing awesomeness!!
  4. June is in, and the wackiness has only just begun!
  5. Highlight of the day: after 5 years someone finally noticed my Wesley Willis bumper sticker. AND rocked out. Love him like Tender Vittles.
  6. Meanwhile zombies who are people pretending they are zombies continue to flock to the liftoff pad, despite this being a golden ticket thang.
  7. Spent the day tetris-ing the tyranny of objects into little cubes, summoning transport modules, and entering coordinates.
  8. @kittispeaks Yes! The hunt for goodies is a noble and fully appreciated path to knowledge.
  9. @RachelGasper 1. Learn how to create and edit audio files complete with ID3 tags; 2. Learn how to code an RSS feed file
  10. And the option to override automatic destruct sequence has now expired. Klaxons, steaming vents, and strobe lights all the way through.
  11. Reversing the dimensional engineering that got stuff in my home & then getting it into the donate-disintegrator is eating up my brainjacks.
  12. @kittispeaks WHAMMO! +100 bonus points doot deet doot doooo!
  13. @simonethinks Pretty tight flowchart; you're right, it's a classic!
  14. @shemusic Been bad for a looong time; franchises, sequels, tie-ins :P Greg Costikyan does good work at "Play This Thing", thank ghod.
  15. @jessicaserran Whoa. Heavy duty topicality, I love it! Right on picture too, all sorts of good deal stuff here. Makin' space.
  16. @shannamann I use the warp drive energy allocation system myself, but the principle is the same--limited action points!
  17. Long day of repairing the Mach 5. Entering regeneration chamber now. Ahhh.
  18. Lost cities and vanished civilizations. Got to make me one of those sometime.
  19. @kittispeaks Taking it off ruined the inside cover. I mean, all I care about is the story, but come on!
  20. In other news, the Daleks invaded my home and demanded free cable and diode crackers. Had to use a smart bomb.