The Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. We are always here. Always Watching.

Ambiguous Aptera?

I was looking at the new California based Aptera 2e (Due out this year) Full-Electric vehicle the other day. I am familiar with the product (and think it's great). I mean, who wouldn't love a car that costs 50 cents per 100 miles to operate, right?

But then I remembered something...

Listen Aptera, it doesn't matter to me at all, you've got a great product... but I mean, well,... DOESN'T ANYBODY ELSE SEE IT?!

The Ambiguously Gay Duo @ Yahoo! Video

Synergy, a software based KVM

Just a quick vid to demonstrate the setup and use of software based KVM, Synergy. Synergy allows you to share a keyboard and mouse (say from your desktop) to other PCs (like a laptop).

Synergy is an FOSS app available for Windows, Mac OSX, and *nix OS @ www.sourceforge.net or through your friendly neighborhood linux repository.



There are many blog outlets featuring a post on Synergry, but Tombuntu.com, IMO, has the most complete review and setup instructions.

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/09/15/share-one-keyboard-and-mouse-between-multiple-systems/

Of special note:

- When setting up the client machine (from the server) you must use the name of the machine, not the IP.

- when setting up the server (from the client) use the server's IP.

- Also, this app functions over TCP/IP which is not secure (there are ways to secure it (ssh) that I have yet to read into or implement.

CG

KILL CABLE CLUTTER FOR THE MOTHERLAND!!!!

Finally(!) I had some time to vanquish of one of the most disturbing aspects of all technology: Cable Clutter.

After reading a couple of Instructables on DIY cable management, I was inspired and got to work immediately. Okay, almost immediately?

Instructables:cable management

Instructables:mount power strips and power supplies

So here we are...

Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.



"Dem cables iz shit, innit?"



12 count Binder Clips (Large) - $3.99 and a legal size wire paper tray - $8.99 (I already had bent it into the shape I wanted before realising I should take a photo. Oops.



Hooks.



Hooks installed under desk.



"Man goes in the cage. Cage goes in the water. Shark's in the water..." Wait, what? I mean... Put the big pile of shit into the basket.



Binder Clips (Large) with screw and washer... you see where this is going?


Cage is hung from hooks. Cables are held by binder Clips (Large) which are screwed to underside of desk.



SUCK IT, CABLE MONSTERS!

Yes, you can haz cheezebergerz...

imagine the possibilities... cheezebergers anytime, anywhere.

Gone are the days of merely wishing a cheeseburger always be at the ready. The future you always heard about is now!

Yes, comrades, YOU CAN HAZ CHEEZEBERGER!

i declare that technology has reached it's very zenith.

via Gizmodo:

"This is a cheeseburger. In a can. It's a cheeseburger in a can.

I honestly can't figure out how I feel about this: is it the greatest achievement of mankind thus far, or is it an abomination of foodstuffs that deserves to be hucked back into the gaping maw of whatever food processing plant it was spewed from? I just don't know what to think anymore. Would you eat a cheeseburger in a can? Keep in mind that it'll look nowhere near as delicious as the example above when you pull it out of the can. [Product Page via Spulch]"

Oh, and to the enlisted, yes, a crate of these delicious snax iz already en route to Corinto to be loaded directly onto the sub for our next "purely scientific" voyage. Muahahaha... ahem, i mean "yum!"

50 Years? OMGWTFHAX!

Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Lego's. Those little bastards have made it to the big Five-O.

It's funny to me because just the other day I was in Target, (LOL), and happened to stumble across the Lego aisle. It brought back memories of all the buckets of random pieces that I had accumulated over time. And of course stepping on a Lego in the dark and having it pwn your poor foot. Spending hours and hours making these wonderful masterpieces only to have someone break it.

But now things have changed...

As i strolled down the aisle i noticed something extremely different about the Lego's. there were less pieces???

Why I asked my self?

And that's when it hit me,
America has grown stupider, so Lego has made there puzzles easier.

It's a sad day now to know that for 50 years they had to change their product to support the ever growing stupid people of America.

-I digress

Dear Cube,

Shave, then put down the horn.

As a former "clean up the crap in the middle-east by killing lots of people" field rep, I would pass along the learning that blowing a horn and wearing a Fez is a great opportunity to find out if "Mo" was right about the 72 virgins.

Initial surveys of thousands of "crispy critters" says "Mo" was wrong. Most survey respondents just fall apart when probed with a bayonet.

Fatwa of the Cubicle Gangsta

TO: ENLISTED
From this point forward, in addition to blogging about videogames and the culture that surrounds it, lets start blogging about tech and gadgets and the way that they interweave within our lives.

We, of the Hello Kitty BubbleGum DeathSquad, are constantly exposed to myriad wondrous technologies here on our secret island lair. Whether it be a new death-ray, weather machine, EMP disruptor, cell phone, or the hottest new laptop. We *do* love games too, but we should take the opportunity to share all of this other very cool stuff we run into on a daily basis.

So by my decree, we shall double our traffic of infidel jackal subscribership. So thats like, i dunno, 5(!) additional infidels!

and so shall it be...

Now if you will excuse me, i need to see if my pants are dry.

CubicleGangsta

Magic Bullet, Single Shooter...

The folks over at MLG would like you to believe the death of Spartan, Skyllus vBi, on Last Resort, a suicide. Well Hitler always said, the bigger the lie, the more people will believe it....

I submit to you, that "magic bullet theory" is real. This was not a "suicide", but was in fact a conspricy that was carried out by fanatical and disciplined "cold-warriors" in the Pentagon and CIA's covert operation aparattus. A public execution carried out by like-minded individuals...



Watch closely... back and to the right. baack... and to the right...BACK. andtothe right...

Camera: Model 414 PD Bell and Howell Zoomatic
Medium: Kodac Kodachrome II 8 mm
Location: Zanzibar, East Africa

What We Do In Life, Echoes in Eternity...

LANFest is upon us, it is time to show your colors...

Proudly display your Halo 3 Emblem for all to lament its meaning as they lay, dying, nothing more than a sponge for your bullets....

Rubine (Fuschia) Colored
Inverted Pentagon background
White Tomcat symbol
Yellow Bow-Tie


And tomorrow, remember team! Always do for the team, becuase you are a part of the team. And the team is a part of you. Also, Team. TEAM, TEAM, TEAM.

ALSO, HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE A-TEAM:

"Boss Stage 2: Rise of Hypno-Rachnid"

Name: Enraged Hypno-Rachnid

Found on: Level 65, aka Truck Yard.

Weaknesses: Undetermined

Powers:
- Upgraded Laser Eyes (x8!)
- High Climb
- Web of Deception
- Enrage (The cause of the enraged size is yet to be determined but scientist believe it has something to do with cognac)

The Count Down Starts

"I've come here to create a new country for you called chaos, and a new government called anarchy...all for you."




So for all you noobs out there that couldn't make it to Lanfest2K7 I will be taking my video camera so you can see how much fun we have. Owning noobs in the face and all takes so much effort.

-I Digress

Best.Game.Evar. - No, not Halo 3...

I think I just peed a little...

ROFL!!!1!!ein!!!

Mmmm. Cognac.

A Ranger's Grave...

When I used to work with an82ndVet he would often tell stories starting out with the excerpt below:

File Number: 412689
Excerpt of Mission Debrief
OP: Hear Kitty Kitty 26-SEP 2007

"No s***, there I was... knee deep in hand grenade pins, just me and my sixty gunner and he was dead..."












I took this snapshot with the new features offered in Halo 3's "Theater". Obtw, that's an82ndvet on the ground and me being alive and a total badass.

The Fatwa Continues!

Attention Infidels! Peace from Sanrio be with you. The mullahs are proud to announce that the glory of Hello Kitty continues to rise around the world. The "Hello Kitty DeathSQD" clan for the PS3 title "Resistance: Fall of Man" is now converting bad infidels to good infidels with well aimed weapon fire! The streets will run with the blood of the non-believers!

Cross Platform Rollout!

I am pleased to announce that our insidious plan of world dominance through video-game networking (backed by my weather control machine [developed as a Black-OPS project for Wal-Mart]) is rolling along according to the timetable agreed upon by the signers of the NAFTA agreement!

Last night the "Hello Kitty Death SQD" clan was created for the PS3 online masterpiece- Warhawk. The clans single member, an82ndVet, has rocketed to the top of the global leader boards! On last check, I'm up to 91 thousand-th place! Give or take several thousand! The momentum is building, so please pass this along to your PS3 friends. Positions are still available- act now before the roster is full!

Happy TLAPD, you scurvey scum...

Aye, piracy is less and less welcome these days me mateys. But stay 'igilant for you ne'er be alone. And as always, keep an eye out for ninjas and FBI agents and such. They are ne'er to be trusted, says I...

Halo 3 Game Fuel LE Bottle

Now in 7-Elevens nation wide!

12/07, 6/6, 8/9, 8/15: 9/11, 12/24, 6/28, ??, ??

What numbers finish the sequence?

9/11

Never forget.

Answer Key;
12/07/41 the bombing of Pearl Harbor
6/6/44 the invasion of Normandy
8/9/45 the dropping of the first atomic bomb
8/15/45 the surender of Japan

9/11/01 the attack against the WTC, the Pentagon
12/24/01 OBL escapes CIA operatives in Tora Bora
6/28/05 Operation Redwing, Afganistan

People... What a bunch of Bastards!

What has happened to the good old days when people had respect? Respect for the elders? Respect for other peoples property? When everyone in the neighborhood knew everyone and the lock and key were just a luxury?

Well I'll tell you what happened...

...Some transient found his way home with your roommate and managed to piss himself on your couch! That same couch that you are still paying for every working hour of every day! Well I have a message for those transients! You're a bunch of bastards! Believe you me you will pay! (Two new couch cushions and the fold out mattress will suffice) but in the end you will pay!

-I Digress