Daily traversal

New website!

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:39:43 PST

F blogspot! I have successfully migrated over to my own domain running wordpress. Please change your feeds and so forth to reflect the new URL: http://www.dailytraversal.com.

The best thing: I found a nifty tool that sucked all the posts from this site (and flashwhore) and put them into the new site, so all of the links have been preserved! w00t! So F this place, and come to the new site at:

http://dailytraversal.com.

f.

Top 10 Largest Databases in the World

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:14:34 PST

A great list of great examples of great big freaking databases. Great!

Cage's 'Ghost Rider' Rides $44.5M In Box Office Revenues

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:15:17 PST

Jesus Christ. Well, when you're wrong, you're wrong. I'm big enough to admit it.

The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:11:46 PST

w00t! I made the beta list for the LOTR MMORPG! Now I can merrily stomp through the Misty Mountains squishing Dwarves and Hobbits alike. Joyous day!

Movies: Ghost Rider Opens Cold

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:00:16 PST

Ever since hearing of this project, my guts have turned cold and stony. Whatever fool thought it wise to cast Nick Cage as Ghost Rider should be drawn and quartered. Well, alright, that's a stock reply from me regarding Nick Cage, but whatever. From the article:

Sony is dodging opening-day print reviews for "Ghost Rider,'' which opens a week from Friday. Critics are being invited to the premiere the night before the opening as well as a "courtesy'' screening on Friday, which means reviews will be buried in the Saturday papers.

Britney no lesbian

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:53:18 PST

It's been confirmed in an independent lab full of scientists and Nobel laureates in Physics and Astronavigation: Britney Spears is no lesbian. Apparantly, it's some kind of smear campaign from K-Fed (AKA "Burger Boy") in their divorce battle. K-Fed's producer, Omar 'Iceman' Sharif, says of Britney, "Britney was into threesomes and girls. There was tons of porn in the house - but it was mostly Britney's." What kind of a world is this, dear readers, in which young, innocent Britney Spears is accused of being a highly sexualized person? It's enough to make me physically ill.

Senator Carl Krueger Thinks iPods Can Kill You

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:50:37 PST

Well, file this under, "Get back to work ya bum." Apparantly, Senator Carl Krueger believes that by using a mobile electronic device you're putting yourself in mortal danger. From the article:

Yes, [Senator Krueger] is planning to introduce a law which would make the use of the iPod, the BlackBerry or any other handheld illegal, when crossing the streets of New York. No matter how funny or weird that might sound to you, his intentions are pretty serious. He claims that the number of fatal accidents caused by what he calls “the iPod oblivion” is increasing in New York and as an example he brings the case of a young man who died last month.

Seriously, guy, aren't we currently at war? Better things to do, perhaps?

Shower habits by gender

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:15:16 PST

A video showing the showering habits of men vs. the showering habits of women. For the record, I have never drawn a penis in the fog on the mirror after a shower, but I may have shaken my wiener and made the "woo woo!" sound.

Bad Language / How to be a freelance journalist

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:58:56 PST

A bit of good advice from Articulate Marketing Writer-in-chief, Matthew Stibbe, on the ins-and-outs of becoming a freelance journalist.

David Lee Roth Re-Joins Van Halen for Summer Tour - Music News - Playfuls.com - Fun & Entertainment

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:09:29 PST

Diamond Dave, Mr. Gigalo, re-joins the band with the record for the most number one hits on Billboard's rock list. Rejoins them again. No, really, this time they're rejoined. Dave and the band. Rejoined. Again. Together. To record rock-and-roll. Not to threaten each other, no, no, no. That was... an accident? No, to get along. Yes. To record some rock-and-roll. Together. Again.

PS2 Sales Likely to Surpass PS3 Sales in 2007 and 2008

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:03:40 PST

Vindicated. That's how I feel. For every conversation I've ever had about the PS3, it's ginormous price tag, and hasty rollout schedule. For that kid in Radio Shack who made fun of me for desiring a Wii instead of a PS3, I say, "In your face." For that co-worker that called the PS3 the "Cadillac of consoles" I say, "DeLorean, maybe." To all of the game developers who dropped their PS3 titles to concentrate on the Xbox 360 and the Wii, I say, "Forward-thinking." The PS3 is in deep doo-doo, and Sony and Blue-ray along with it. And let this be a warning to future generations of console manufacturers on how to take a solid brand and send it straight to the bottom of the ocean.

Rock Your Face

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:25:03 PST

In honor of their successful terrorist invasion of Earth yesterday, witness! The Moonites! They will rock your face.

Hack Attack: Burn almost any video file to a playable DVD - Lifehacker

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:22:44 PST

Yay! Finally, no more hunting for converters for: xvid - dvd; divx - dvd; mp3 - dvd; ac3 - dvd; mov - dvd; avi - dvd; wmv - dvd; mpeg - dvd; vog - dvd; and so on. This tutorial on how to use the open source program DVD Flick will make it all happy.

Boxhead: The Rooms

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:10:20 PST

I've been playing this zombie shooter for the past 3 hours and I'm seriously cracked out on it. I found it to be pretty formulaic after a point but, well, see the "3 hours" above. Lots of fun!

Nudist Beginnings: Do nudists have a word for people who wear clothes?

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:50:55 PST

From the "You learn something new every day" department:

Yes, anyone who is not a nudist is called a "textile". The word textile refers to the non-nude person being clothed with textile materials (i.e., cloth is a textile).

I wonder if latex-wearers are known as synthies?

Tiger 1 Radio Controlled Model Tanks

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:11:25 PST

"1/4th Scale Tiger 1 !!
The only commercially available 1/4 RC Tank in the world! Massive size, 63' long in body, 36' wide, 28' tall, and 7' long with gun! Full option weight 200kgs! Will run on either 12v or 24v, all options available similar to the 1/6th tanks, but bigger and louder! Also, 1/4th T34/85 currently under test."

(Thanks, deedlebomb!)

Even vodka freezes in Siberia

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:48:27 PST

Some guys (uncredited) made a photo montage of their Jan 2006 trip through Siberia. See: beautiful and desolate landscapes, native Siberian fauna, bizarre Soviet Union relics, and crazy (shirtless!) Siberians.

Mum: You are wrong because...

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:05:43 PST

A list of argumentative fallacies for the next time you're at a family gathering and your uncle makes a statement about the world only being 6000 years old because the bible doesn't mention dinosaurs.

The Axe Murderer

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:38:10 PST

Video funness by a bunch of guys who answer the ancient philosophical question: what would you do if an axe-wielding maniac was beating on your door and your voice-dialing cell phone keeps connecting you to the wrong number? Fun!

You missed Muhammad Ali's birthday

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:22:33 PST

Gah! Yesterday was the 65th birthday of the butterfly-floating, bee-stinging idol of America and the world! And you missed it. You may officially suck now. Give yourself a haymaker to the face for penance!

I'm reading on Jan 20th

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:15:09 PST

I'm doing a performance reading this saturday, Jan 20th, at Kate the Great's bookstore, at 5550 N. Broadway St, Chicago. Come out and watch me astound audiences with funny googly-eyes and well-pronounced words. (I have no idea what I'm going to read yet.) Show starts at 6:30 in the PM.

All's well..

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:59:42 PST

Some images and other file-ish content was fubar on DT for a week or so due to a snafu on the server on which they're hosted. Seems that the web server suddenly got stuck on an internal 172 network, thus boofing the pooch. Gnarly. Anyhoo, everything should be back online now. Aren't you thrilled?

Caloric Values of Alcoholic Beverages, Alcohol calories

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:55:40 PST

JFC. Drinking booze will, indeed, make you fat. This excellent article, produced for the University of Rchester Health Promotion Office, not only discusses the metabolic reasoning behind the reviled "beer belly", but also has a comprehensive list of caloric values of alcoholic beverages.

I had always known that an average beer was about 150 calories per bottle, but what I hadn't known was how calorie-laden liquor was. For instance, a 1.5 oz shot of vodka can have as many as 125 calories, and a 12 oz Long Island Iced Tea has almost 800 calories! Compare that to the average daily caloric intake of the average American--2000 calories--and now you know why you felt like bloated crap the morning after drinking a half-dozen Long Islands.

Robert Anton Wilson is dead

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:54:11 PST

One of the greatest thinkers that I ever had the privilege to read, meet, and discuss, Robert Anton Wilson, has left his physical shell to join the cacophony of Eris in the halls of Chaos. RAW was a shill, a lunatic, a skeptic, and a great man of many profound words. He was a visionary blessed to be at the side of Timothy Leary's death bed, as well as the noted co-author of the "Illuminatus!" triology. The world is a sadder place with his loss, and, whoever you are, should smoke a joint in his honor this very moment. Fnord.

Eulogy for Robert Anton Wilson (1.4mb mp3)

Net Business Blog » Blog Archive » Building a Niche Minisite (Part 1)

noreply@blogger.com (frank crist) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:42:56 PST

One of the easiest ways to make money online today is by creating “niche minisites.” The internet is huge, and it’s growing bigger everyday. You can always make a site that attempts to compete in large content areas, and you can succeed if you put enough time, effort, and money into it. What if you don’t have a lot of time? What if you don’t have much startup money? What if you’re lazy (even too lazy to start a Myspace turnkey)? Well then maybe you should give niche minisites a shot.