Demented Rants

Anyone need any relatively quick graphic or web design work done? I had to quit that awful job at staples, but unfortunately that means I’m back to being bored at home all day LOL.

So, if you have any easy stuff (or even hard stuff) you want done, drop me a line dammit!

It’s been a hellish month. Money problems, storms knocking out power and cable… all that fun shit rolled into a neat ball I like to call the month of May 2009.

So! What’s gone down in internet land lately? OH! There’s a new site I wanna tell everyone about. It’s called Home for Lost Boys. It’s ran by GeekGirlsOnline’s very own Rinoa and features some very pretty boys!

This is what she has to say about her sexy new site!

Beautiful, alternative, men.

http://www.homeforlostboys.com

Home for Lost Boys launched May 22nd, 2009, but has been in the making since July 2008. It is a result of Lady Murasaki, the webmistress’s frustration at being unable to find pictures of pretty, alternative men. All that was available on the internet seemed to be overly muscled men or disturbingly twinky boys, neither of which suited her interests.

At Home for Lost Boys, we aim to bring erotic, artistic, and playful photo sets of beautiful, alternative and unique boys. The site is primarily run by women, and welcomes anyone who is looking for something more than the typical, boring guy!

We are also recruiting models and want to bring together boys who aren’t your cookie-cutter mainstream types and carve a place for them on the internet. We want our models to be seen as real people with real personalities.  We strive to be an outlet for their self-expression and are looking for models who have a unique look and sense of style.

I even encouraged a good friend (with benefits) to apply to the site, and last I heard, he was accepted (yay Meishial!).  So go check it out! NAO!

From porn to smokes…. Blu omg, omg Blu. Greatest…. Invention… EVAR! Super techno nerds that smoke will love this thing. It’s an electronic cigarette that’s phenominal! I wholly endorse (and use) these things! They are awesome. You can smoke them on planes, in government offices, at work, EVERYWHERE! It’s just a nifty concoction of liquid nicotine, propelyne glyccol *(which has been scientifically proven to reduce the risk of upper respiratory infection and pneumonia)*, water and flavor.  You inhale like a normal cigarette, and the airflow causes the battery to start the atomizer, which turns the liquid into vapor and VOILA! Nicotine straight into the lungs without the nasty shit like tar and other icky carcinogins!

Is it a “stop smoking aid”? No. It’s an alternative to cigarettes. A less dangerous one, most definitely. But you be the judge! I give it a 20/10 as far as rating goes

Last but not least, GeekGirlsOnline is starting a new annual tradition! Geeky Scavenger Hunt baby! That’s right! We’re getting everyone involved in this thing. It’s fun, totally dorky and offers the promise of free porn, and swag. Where could you go wrong.

From the June 2009 GeekZine:

From now until June 30, 2009 GeekGirlsOnline is running a Scavenger Hunt.

We have spent the past few months trying to come up with new ways to help get the word out about GeekGirlsOnline, and finally realized that we couldn’t think of any porn sites that had run a real scavenger hunt! They were fun as a kid, and this will be even more fun as an adult. Scouring the world and the internet for geeky images and videos, everything from girls gaming to cosplay. We have a pretty comprehensive list of 30 items, places, and people that will have you searching for weeks! So join in! All over the age of 18 are encouraged to participate. The winner will receive a 6 month membership to GeekGirlsOnline.com, a GGO TeeShirt, stickers and a poster featuring some of the GGO Models. Come on, a game with the end goal of geeky porn? What’s to lose!

Check out this month’s GeekZine for the full list of rules and of course, the clues. Now’s the time to spread the word of Geeky Porn to the masses!

It’s been a very eventful week for many people across the planet.

The verdict against the Pirate Bay was “leaked” and caused as much of an uproar of ignorance and stupidity as the Napster trials. They were found guilty, by no shock to be honest. Software, Movie and Music organizations across the world were partying, I’m sure, as TPB were fined a total $3,620,000 and sentenced to a year in jail for each of the 4 main members. They were found guilty of assisting in making copyright content available.

As they are technically guilty by association  with the copyright material, I will not dispute it. Unfortunately, it has given the morons of the internet a voice, one that is completely ignorant and stupid.

I recently had a run in with a self-proclaimed advocate of free speech who said they deserved it because they were giving out copyright material. Unfortunately, that is absolutely incorrect. TPB was a search engine. They didn’t host a single file that was ever downloaded or uploaded to individual users. Torrents don’t work that way. You connect to a tracker, which keeps a list of people who are currently hosting the files on their computers, not a website. The torrent client then connets to those IP addresses and downloads the files, while simultaneously uploading to help keep the file alive.

After pointing out to this guy that he was wrong, and that the pirate bay was more comparable to google than anything else, he proceeded to tell me I was wrong. And I quote:

“Google is not actively hosting files for people to download..Google is a search engine .I didn’t know that I could use pirate bay in that capacity .as a search engine that is”

(His bad grammar, not mine)

He also tried to rub it in my face that my sites weren’t part of The Free Speech Coalition, and that he is somehow personally acting on behalf of me in fighting for my rights. (I’m pretty sure that’s what the ACLU is for, but whatever.) Oh, oh, here’s the kicker.

“They are Professionals and rapidshare and Pirate bay is cutting into there bottom line The Free Speech Coalition.
( www.freespeechcoalition.com ) that I am a member of Is now going after Tube sites.
REDTube and PornTube for copyright infringement. By the way The Free Speech Coalition
are the people fighting for your right to be a pornographer. I went to your site and what did I not see …Your not a member of the Free Speech Coalition .So I’m paying for the fight and your not.”

Like how he did that? He is personally fighting for me, by paying $10 to get a lousy sticker. ZOMG!

Of course, after I pointed out that he is a moron and needs to get his facts straight, he rennigs on everything. I made it very clear that I know people who work for AEBN and that there is no way in HELL the Free Speech Coalition is suing them, he claims he “misspoke”. Then, follows it up with:

“‘The pirate bay DID NOT HOST FILES’ really I know that and I know how pirate bay works”

So, he not only admitted he’s stupid, but that he is an elitist prick in the same sentence, as he follows it up with the “fact” that he PERSONALLY knows models such as Bella Star, Dana DeArmond and Masuimi Max. Whoop-de doo dude. I know famous people too, but you don’t seem flaunting it around to try and garner attention from people who could care less.

AnyWho. That was this weekend’s fun. Dealing with an idiot who think’s he’s a genius because he runs a paysite.

Onto better things than more fodder for why competency and IQ tests should be mandatory to use the internet…

8BitFM! OMG OMG OMG! I love this website. From everything I have gathered, it’s brand spanking new. I ran across them on an ad on Facebook the other night and have been in love since. Imagine a radio station that plays all your old favorites from Mario, Sonic, Megaman, add in some Remixes and Nerdcore and VOILA! You have the key to immortality… er, entertainment So spread the word people!

While surfing 8bitFM, I came across yet another ad (funny, I don’t ever remember paying attention to these things before…) and found what I feel is one of the greatest products of the millenium: Tentacle Grape Soda! You read right. Tentacle Grape.  Even the description on the About page sounds dirty:

“Each bottle of this delicious carbonated grape drink is crafted with care… and a slight feeling of breathless anticipation. As Tentacle Grape™ slides smoothly down your throat you’ll feel refreshed and full.”

Ahh… good on them for coming up with an ingenius way to use Tentacle Rape to their advantage! Oh, but that’s not the best part. There is even a recipes page that lists different ways to use Tentacle Grape, such as the JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL and HORNY SPACE MONSTER.

I have complained for many years that parents really need to watch their kids. It’s not the adult industries job to police your familiy. We do what we can, but there’s only SO MUCH that can be done. Free porn and adult commentary is available at the tips of their fingers in just a matter of seconds. According to CBSNews, 42% of online users aged 10-17 had seen online pornography between February 2006 and 2007. Of that, 34% had actively sought, and found it.

But porn isn’t the only issue with allowing your kids to have their own computers in their rooms, or accessable when you aren’t around to at least peek over their shoulders every once in a while. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying you shouldn’t let your kids hang out on sites and forums. Just encouraging you to pay attention to what they are saying and doing. Believe it or not, this generation of teens and tweens can completely demolish their standings at school or in social groups, just by their behavior on the net.

Some seem to think that the internet is still “anonymous”, but it’s really not. On sites like myspace and facebook, everyone is encouraged to socialize with people that they already know. This itself makes for a bit of an issue, when your kid thinks it’s ok to start talking about how they are dating some 30 year old man, when they are only 14 or 15 themselves. Rumors spread, stories evolve and next thing you know, you are getting a call from the school about how your child got into a fight because of someone calling them a name or worse.

We should all do our part in raising our own kids. It’s no one’s job but your own. Giving them their own completely unsupervised access to the net is no different than handing them the keys to the car without a license. You need to make it very clear what kind of behavior you expect from them, and take appropriate action when they prove to be otherwise.

Now, I’m not telling you to install some sort of spy software on their pc, but you do need to have some sort of open lines of communication. I remember when I was a teen, I couldn’t say 5 words to my mom openly, without fear of some sort of retribution no matter what the conversation topic was.

On the other hand, if you are worried, maybe you do need to pay attention to what sites they are visiting, see what posts they make on forums, etc. They are your children after all and if an office can do it, I see no problems in keeping tabs on your kids.

Yesterday’s Rock Band April Fool’s Debacle wasn’t funny to everyone. A collective group of people got very butt-hurt over the whole thing. Apparently forums are srs bzns and everyone should act like adults all the time. Hah. Obviously most of this bickering was done by people who hang out in the oft’ arguing forums such as History of Rock and the like where the most intelligent conversation normally involves how Eric Clapton isn’t as good of a guitarist as that guy from My Chemical Romance.

As was pointed out earlier, the whole “Mod Ban” was all pre-organized and even orchestrated by the PAID guardians of the forum. But of course, there were people who got their knickers in a twist over the whole thing. Then, proceeded to get pissy when we told them to just get over it or leave and come back the next day when it would all be over. I was unaware that a forum for a VIDEO GAME had to be totally on topic! Even in the General forum in which the description is “This is where all off-topic conversations should go. Probably not very rock.”

Anyone who spends ANY time in the “What are you doing right now II” thread can see that we all generally get along, sans a few bad apples (no, not you Apples, I’m speaking of the Emo Brigade). Also, it’s blatantly obvious that a lot of us don’t venture outside this THREAD let alone the forum, for the very reason as stated above: Not everyone is into elitist pricks with no sense of humor, hate to rain on your parade.

Of course, after it was “unveiled” that I was right, and these idiots were wrong, the whole forum turned to turmoil because of the lack of ability to comprehend a very OBVIOUS joke. Lots of repetious people speaking repetitively about how they didn’t like it, and how it was “hurting” their conversations, blah blah blah {insert more emo whining}. Hold on. I must go call the waaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmbulance.

After it was all said and done, the large group of us (which includes myself, bood, mex, muddy, hawk, ren, ddrman and more) were laughing hysterically at all the absolute idiocy and serious inability to trash talk. And the mods were happy that we enjoyed it. Tough cookie to those who didn’t.

Moral of the story:

Oh the joys of April Fools day…. I was going to come up with some extravagant plot to fool everyone I knew and associated with, but got lost in the Rock Band forums instead.

I stick to the General forum, as it’s normally filled with mass chaos and hysteria, which makes me feel a teensy bit better about myself. See, there are volunteer mods, paid mods and the developers that all hang out on the forums there. Today, though, chaos and hysteria hit a new level. The volunteer mods banned all the HMX community crew. (Now, mind you it’s not hard for a mod to unban himself but it was all fun and the mods got the day off essentially). This was just the beginning though.

We soon realized words such as “rock” “band” “guitar” “drum” etc had been banned and were all showing up as just asterisks, which made people like RockBandRocker show up with the most offensive looking name available on the forum if you quoted any of his posts.

It then evolved into a day of pretending to be someone else on the forum. I started with HeyRiles and moved onto Alright_Computer. (I love the kitteh but didn’t want to be away from the forum when Riles showed up and freaked out lol.) Bermuddy was me, RenRock was Daesania and Mex was a 15 year old ErinGoesMoo.

Of course, a few people saw this as a bunch of grown adults acting immature, but screw it. It’s the internet. Why would anyone take it so seriously on a forum that has a thread called “What are you doing right now part 2″ in which we hold conversations like we were in a chat room?

Oh well, to those people I say:

Today was filled with oddities all over the net from some of the biggest names around:

Google introduced CADIE: Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity

CADIE is an “AI” that believes she is outgrowing her creators. She blogs on blogspot regularly now, about her love of pandas and how google devs are “doing it wrong”.

You-Tube’s New Viewing Experience

Check it out for yourself! As per you-tube’s info page about the new view: “At YouTube, we’re always looking to improve the way you watch videos online. As part of that, today we’re excited to introduce our new page layout.” Some of the “tips” for this new experience involve turning your monitor upside down or even moving to Australia.

Wikipedia’s New Main Page

Hilarity continues with wiki’s new Main Page citing new finds that we were totally unaware of such as:

• 1293 – Robert Winchelsey left England for Rome to be consecrated by the Pope, only to find that there was none.
• 2006 – As mandated by a 2005 Act of the British Parliament, several British policing agencies joined together to become very serious.

Conficker Worm

I’m still convinced that this was the best laid out April Fools joke ever. Creating more panic than the Y2K bug, this teensy worm has caused people to actually unplug their lives from the internet for the entire day (because yea, that’s gonna make a difference). It’s now 6:30PM and there hasn’t been any damage reported, and I doubt it was because you turned off your modem.

Game Informer

Of course, no April 1st is complete without Game Informer’s 2009 Compendium with such gems as “Elder Scrolls: Oblivion DLC Prices Slashed… Mostly”, “IGN Gets The Scoop On Super Smash Bros. Brawl X: Extreme” and “World of Warcraft Introduces New Dance Battle System”. The Rock Band forums even got a note in there about our calamity

This year’s April Fool’s celebrations were definitely amongst some of the best, many of which I didn’t even cite including all of the Google associated ones (Gmail Autopilot anyone) and the various other gaming ones. For a list of those that happened today, check out The Museum of Hoaxes.

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See, see the vindictive sky
Marvel at its big clear depths.
Tell me, Joxter do you
Wonder why the ass ignores you?
Why its foobly stare
makes you feel exhausted.
I can tell you, it is
Worried by your slorshl facial growth
That looks like
A mold.
What’s more, it knows
Your snorf potting shed
Smells of leprachaun.
Everything under the big vindictive sky
Asks why, why do you even bother?
You only charm noses.

So, I was extremely excited to see a new Star Trek movie in the works, some many months ago. Everyone was worried how they would pull it off, until details were released that it would take place in Star Fleet Academy. Still, who could they get to play the parts that even resembled the original cast?

Here’s my take on the Star Trek Newbies:

Chris Pine – Kirk
I actually don’t think I’ve seen a single thing he has done. He looks cute, and could possibly play the part physically, but I don’t know enough about it him to decided definitively about his acting possibilities.

Zachary Qunito – Spock
I am extremely excited to see this choice. I think it was one of the best decisions they could have made. For those of you who don’t know, Zachary plays Sylar on the hit TV series “Heroes”. I think he’s perfect for the look of Spock (just add some pointy ears) and his acting ability is amazing and quite ranged. Though, it will be quite a task to see him go from the ranging emotions of Sylar to the emotionless Spock, I still believe he is quite capable of the task.

Simon Pegg – Scotty
I’m also quite pleased for this choice. Simon Pegg is a very hilarious comedian and actually very adaptable on acting. We’ve seen him go from Comic Book collection nerd to Zombie Bashing, Non-Commitment “Shaun” and even does a skit in Grindhouse. I think he will bring the perfect amount of comedy and drama to the screen.

Zoe Saldana – Uhura
Another actress I haven’t seen actually act, but her look was definitely chosen for the correct part. I think she has quite a likeness for Uhura, and if done well, I could see being Uhura.

Karl Urban – Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy
This young man is a fantastic actor. I’ve seen quite a few of his movies, but unfortunately, all the parts I’ve seen him in were Action Films. I’m not sure how well he will be able to translate this experience into playing Bones, but hopefully he can do it. Otherwise, this one choice by the casting director, could completely ruin the movie.

John Cho – Sulu
I love John. He’s had a variable range as far as acting parts, which goes to show he has excellent range. He excels in comedy and as shown in the Harold and Kumar series and American Dreamz, he’s quite capable of doing both in your face hilarity, and subtle, giggle to yourself comedy.

Eric Bana – Nero
Eric Bana is fantastic. He’s a great actor, and I believe, a perfect choice for the villain of this movie. He’s really good at going from protagonist to antagonist in 60 seconds

and then we come to this:

WINONA FUCKING RYDER – Amanda Grayson (Spocks Human Mother)
Did they look at the cast and say to each other “Wow, this movie is going to be awesome. We gotta suck it up a bit. Let’s call Winona Ryder”…. It’s gotta be, because there is absolutely no excuse for her being in the movie. I don’t care how many people she had to suck off to get this part, it’s uncalled for! There are certain parts that Winona does well, such as Lydia in Beatlejuice, and Heather in Heathers… But SPOCK’S MOTHER? Are you fucking serious? Not only do I think she will butcher the part, much like what she did in Alien:Resurrection, the Crucible and Dracula, but I think she might single-handedly cause this movie to be the biggest flop of the Star Trek series. Think INSURRECTION, but worse!

This is just a dissection on the cast, I won’t even BEGIN to go into the problems with the storyline. My one major question: Why did they decide to go with a “new” Original Series instead of just a NEW fucking story-arch?! Other than the obvious “riding on the coattails of established characters”, is there any real reason? Stupid money grubbing bastards.

What I expect is they will just make Chekhov run around with a handy-cam and not show you the main bad guy until the end of the movie. And then we are all disappointed because it’s just a Romulan.

So, I haven’t written in a week because my daughter has been posessed by a demon. It’s been widely discussed at this point, and we’ve narrowed it down to one of these:

Ana say’s it’s Gozer,  I am pretty sure it’s Baal, but specifically pulling his rendition out of Diablo 2: LOD but Wolf is torn between Zuul and Vinz Clortho.

I really don’t care which it is, as long as I can actually sit down for more than 10 minutes without hearing blood curdling screams because she decided that jumping off the couch was a good idea while I went to the bathroom.

So, on that note, here’s some new “interest readings”.

I read about it on twitter, but Walrus has seemed to also come across the dumb girl also from Indiana who is sitting in jail for being a FUCKING MORON. This girl reported her boyfriend/fiance/fuckbuddy/whatever for supposedly having kiddy porn on his good ol’ lappy. Apparently, she’s never really paid attention to the things she does when she’s drunk, but the cops were very surprised at what they found, though it had nothing to do with kids, but I won’t tell you. I’ll let Walrus give you all the fuzzy details…..

Ever want to mix porn, cooking and gardening? Mistress Talia does it all the time, and keeps herself quite busy with it all. I personally think that food has it’s place in the kitchen, and my stomach, but to each their own I suppose

Poor Rofl. He just can’t seem to find a real girl that isn’t married. I guess he just might have to take Flip’s advice and come out about being ghey. I think Rofl’s just being too damn picky. If you lower your standards man, you will never be disappointed.

So you now have some insight into the company I keep. Don’t worry, I will back to my ranting self as soon as I call the exorcist or Constantine, or something….