nimby/yimby effects for simcity4. 01:59 pm

btw, i did get SimCity 4 on monday. unfortunately, i haven't been able to stop playing it since then. if you like simcity and haven't gotten it already, do so. but make sure you order the guide. the manual with the game is rather lame. most especially it doesn't mention demand caps. without that info, it's really hard to figure out why your population has stagnated. yesterday morning i finally managed to get a population of 30k. before that i kept getting stuck at 12k. last night with a little help from the message boards i managed to reach 65k. after 6 cities in the red, it was most satisfying to make a profitable one. 08:25 am

2 weeks ago, at the recommendation of several people on my epilepsy mailing list, i started keeping a spreadsheet tracking my number of seizures. it turns out that i was getting a huge seizure spike every monday which tapers off throughout the rest of the week. monday just happens to coincide with the hormone fluctuation of my birth control pill. so, i went into my gyn and got a completely monophasic pill. the best part of which is that i can keep taking constantly. no more weeks off. no more periods! there is also a good chance that it will cut out those seizures. which i suppose is good too. 08:18 am

When Epilepsy Drug Therapy Fails 11:59 pm

i love drinking games. i'm not sure whether i can bear sitting through The State of the Union Address in order to play tho. 03:53 pm

i find it extremely scary that nukes would be used "pre-empt a strike by the iraqui with chemical or biological weapons." 09:56 am

800 missiles to hit Iraq in first 48 hours - smh.com.au 09:51 am

lol. "Yeah, let's give free handhelds to a few thousand of those people in the world who least need to be given anything for free." 09:39 am

unofficial shadowflare site. 12:03 pm

Virus-like attack hits web traffic. wonder why they just didn't call it a "worm" instead of "virus-like". 09:06 am

my timing has been terrible lately. first i buy shadowflare episode 1, then i finally decide to get episode 2 last night. i discover that episode 1 is now free. i order episode 2 because i'm completely bored, and today, i get into the shadowbane beta. to cap it all off, i wouldn't be surprised if my copy of simcity 4 showed up today. 09:45 am

A year later, cloned cat is no copycat. via rebecca. 09:17 am

Food Portion Sizes Have Grown -- A Lot. via rebecca. 09:12 am

Top Ten Digital Photography Tips a>. via meg. 09:09 am

Motion-Picture Windows: Soon on a Wall Near You? 11:16 am

'No sex please, we're too busy'. and here i thought it was just me. 11:37 am

Black pharaoh trove uncovered. 11:36 am

Icon War. lol. 09:08 am

i finally thought to look at the linen pillow cases we have they're by "area" and Velocity Art And Design sells them. 10:45 am

Economists tackle US obesity. 11:21 am

this makes no sense to me. i can pay $407 to get Microsoft Office XP Standard or i can pay $170 more and get a dell dimension pc with ms office. the upgrade from wordperfect to ms office being $180. does that mean the dell is only worth $170. 11:10 am

Bush Declares Sanctity of Human Life Day. isn't it ironic? "reaffirm our commitment to respecting the life and dignity of every human being." of course, that only applies to american human beings. iraqi human beings, on the other hand, don't get that kind of respect. 10:22 am

i think GasBGon should be required in all offices. "our studies show its properties are effective on average six months for women and three months for men." 10:04 am

my new favorite site is Gizmodo. i don't know how i lived without it for so long. 10:01 am

hacking the Roomba. if i haven't mentioned it already, i too recommend that you get one. it is wonderful. 09:59 am

the next Harry Potter book finally has a release date. i think it has taken far too long and am no longer interested. although, i will probably buy it anyway. 09:53 am

i started and finished Golden Fool the same day it arrived. another excellent book from robin hobb. i have found all her books very enjoyable. as usual, i'm wishing for book 3 now. i had waiting another year. 09:38 am

"oompa loompa doompadee doo, i've got a perfect puzzle for you." thanks wraythe. 09:22 am

weird. i placed a bid on this simcity 4 game and never recieved an email saying that i'd been out-bid. very odd. 09:17 am

occasionally, but very rarely, something wonderful comes out of keeping a weblog. cecily was kind enough to try and get me into the beta test of a game i really want to play. whether or not it actually happens is irrelevant, just knowing someone is thinking of me brings a smile to my face. thank you cecily. 09:14 am

the day before, i think i got phone spam. my phone was running low on batteries and making an annoying beep while i tried to go to sleep. when i got up to shut it off, i realized that there was a text message. it said "Hi there I hope you receive this message" and listed an msn email address and a phone number with a 303 area code. which appears to be colorado. why would some stranger from colorado be sending me a text message without saying who he is and what he wants? 09:07 am

yesterday i got a phone call from the Domain Support Group telling me they'd like to send a fax about important domain changes that have recently happened. When asked *what* changes, the woman couldn't answer, trying to say that the fax would explain everything. when i persisted, she offered to transfer me to a customer service agent who could explain everything. after telling her i didn't have time for that, she gave me a number to call back, along with their company name. of course, my immediate reaction was to search the web to find out who they are and what the hell she was talking about. unsurprisingly, it's a scam. 09:02 am

i was anxiously awaiting my xmas present from amazon, and suddenly it arrived. most important on the list of books is Golden Fool (The Tawny Man, Book 2) by Robin Hobb. also in line are white apples by Jonathon Carroll, a song for lya by george r.r. martin and fast food nation (finally). no more surfing, i'm off to read... 11:09 am

lol. 10:50 am

GOP senators on the warpath. i'm glad to see that republicans are actually upset over this. 10:27 am

i think that john le carre has summed up my opinion pretty well. The United States of America has gone mad. i find it most disturbing that you need to go to media sites outside the u.s. in order to find honest, unedited opinions. 10:18 am

while the new wireless streaming music players are a great idea, i'm waiting for one that lets you access the playlist from the player rather than the pc. i don't want to be running downstairs to the computer every time i need to play a certain song. 09:58 am

now a camcorder that records directly onto dvd's is worth buying. 09:52 am

i'd really like to know which toothbrushes they reviewed. it's not really clear whether they also reviewed sonic toothbrushes. 09:49 am

i've been playing ShadowFlare lately. although i went through the demo and then purchased and completed episode 1, i'm not sure if i'd recommend it. it's very basic, very similar to diablo 1. very retro. i had a lot of fun playing it, but each episode (there will be 4 but only 3 are released) costs $14.95. so i'm still tossing around whether i want to get episode 2.

i've also been playing baldur's gate 2. i think my biggest irritation about that game is the fact that you have to manage a party. it's tedious. so, i'm now debating whether to get simcity 4. sigh. so bored. 09:11 am

looking for linens... millenium beechwood cellulose towels, and linen sheets. 11:29 am

U.S. Economy Shows Unexpected Weakness as Jobs Decline. i don't understand how the vice-president can say that the economy is growing. it's like telling a person who just go laid-off, "you're not unemployed". except the white house does it with a straight face. and expects us to believe it. 01:43 pm

tivo is selling refurbished tivo2 for $149.99. pretty good deal. thanks wraythe. 12:58 pm

A Degree in Game Design. almost makes me want to go back to school. 10:55 am

if you love modern design, i advise you to go over to Unica right now. excuse me while i wipe the drool off my keyboard. if i took baths, i'd want a mr. suicide. and who can resist a johnny balaclava? on a more serious note, i must have this mirror, and some of these and these and one of these and one of... 03:51 pm

i changed my mind. i figure that if i'm going to spend years collecting a set of flatware, i'm better off buying sterling silver rather than stainless steel. my new favorite pattern is vision by international silver. replacements ltd. sells assorted pieces for much cheaper than silver superstore. but, if i'm feeling rich, i can get a 5pc place setting from them. 11:38 am

i've been looking at flatware. sad but true. i realized a long time ago that 8 place settings just wasn't enough for a family gathering. now i've become obsessed with it. looking on ebay can be tedious so i decided to go to the sources. unfortunately, my ideal pattern is disgustingly expensive. i suppose if i bought one piece a month i'd have a full 12 piece set in a few years. 06:24 pm

The Charles Schwab Tax Cut. does any real person actually feel like they'll benefit from this dividend cut? 01:21 pm

An Irrelevant Proposal 01:18 pm

HOT AIR: Postal Experiments 01:15 pm

Jesus 'healed using cannabis'. priceless. 01:04 pm

Being drunk 'a trick of the mind' 12:39 pm

Bush unveils tax cutting package.

"The president is using the word 'stimulus'... as a Trojan horse to wheel in some of their pet projects for their rich friends." --Nancy Pelosi

a very long but fascinating article on The Burden of american imperialism. all the political/war stuff i've been reading lately just makes me want to put my head in the sand and pretend none of it exists. 12:33 pm

Top Ten Conspiracy Theories of 2002. ugh. 11:21 am

Now Corporations Claim The 'Right To Lie'. 11:06 am

interestingly, 5 out of the 10 Vaporware 2002: Tech up in Smoke? are video games and if you count the geforce graphics card which is clearly for video games, that makes 6. no wonder i feel like i'm constantly waiting for games. 10:23 am

Happy Birthday, We'll Sue. 09:51 am

Bush's Bushwa   - The president and his aides keep lying about when the recession started. By Daniel Gross. 09:45 am

no updates lately. why? 2 words. divine divinity 09:28 am