The Blizzard Of 2010: What It Looks Like Here

Just took a couple of pictures of what it looks like where I live as of about 4 PM ET, we’ve got roughly 2 feet of snow so far (I took these through one of the windows of the room I live in):

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With any luck (and if I’m able to open the house’s storm door!) I hope to begin digging my car out tomorrow (that’s not my car in the photos). And hopefully the Federal Government will do the right thing and stay closed Monday, there is no way I can get to work-I have to take Metro and get on at an above-ground station. If there are more than 8 inches of snow still on the ground, no service. We’ll see what happens, but I hope they make the call early tomorrow so I can just relax and stay up late for the entire Super Bowl! (PS-I want New Orleans to win but am picking Indy) Haven’t yet lost power and despite a slight chill sometimes from slightly drafty windows (little I can do there) I’m still very comfortable, in good spirits, and still with days’ worth of food and drinks. At this rate I can probably last about a week on what I have. Maybe longer. Spring and summer can’t come fast enough!

Caprica: Episode 4 Recap & Review

Yes, back on schedule this week! Now that the series finally got going with last week’s episode, it’s time to see wher elast week’s late twists & turns will take us this week. Click below for my recap & review of Caprica episode 4: The Reins Of A Waterfall.

Caprica: Episode 3 Recap & Review

It took much longer than I would’ve liked-roughly 4 days’ too long-but I finally have the latest episode of Caprica so it’s time to continue. Now that the repeat of the movie as the pilot is behind us the story really begins now. Click below for my recap & review of episode 3: Rebirth.

Confuseyus: UFC 109 Predictions

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Super Bowl weekend is upon us, which before the big game means UFC is putting together their annual pre-game big event, which doesn’t seem too big as it lacks a title fight and has been affected by the recent injury curse of the last couple months. But the show must go on anyways so it’s back to the mothership for this show before the 2010 UFC World Tour begins. Las Vegas hosts this Saturday night’s event, headlined by the “Hall Of Fame Over The Hill Bill” of Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman as part of an 11 fight card. Click below for predictions.

Random Japanese Bikini Idol Pic Of The Day #190

Movie Review: Lady Ninja Kaede

Made a trip to Best Buy to replace a broken PS2 controller (it lasted nearly 4 years under my style of gameplay…that’s saying something but make them more durable, Sony! It’s the first controller I’ve had that I’ve ever broken!) so I glanced at the DVDs real quick of course and saw this one…perfect. Tokyo Shock film. Japanese extra-cheese flick. Ninjas and samurai. And of course a very well-endowed lady ninja on the front cover…know where this is going, right? Want to know more? The click below for my review of the latest Tokyo Shock classic to reach my library-Lady Ninja Kaede. Advisory-this is probably NSFW.

Random Chiptune Of The Day #14

Although DHS was a C64 remixer first and foremost, he actually did an Amiga tune way back in 2003. It’s a pretty good one and also shows some of the differences in how tunes come out with Amiga sound chips compared to Commodore 64 chips (even though the Amiga was a Commodore system). So here is “Apidya Subtune1 (Infected Edit)” by DHS of TSW, originally composed by Chris Hulsbeck:

You can download this song for FREE at AmigaRemix (amigaremix.com) by clicking the link below:
http://amigaremix.com/remixes/search/DHS
Click on the song title to download it to your PC.

This is one of over 600 songs that you can download for FREE on AmigaRemix, no registration required.

(Disclaimer: Per their own disclaimer/fine print, all songs on AmigaRemix are assumed to be freely distributable. They generally are submitted by the composers/arrangers/remixers themselves)

Random Chiptune Of The Day #13

Sonic Wanderer, aka that bloke who walks around being a bit noisy sometimes (according to Boz on SLAY Radio), is a former remixer who became very popular on the scene for his unique style and great tunes he produced from 2000-2006. Although it appears he is no longer active, he’s still popular today and his tunes still get a lot of playtime, today I’ll share one of my favorite works from him. This is “Parallax (Wanderized)” by Sonic Wanderer, originally composed by Martin Galway:

You can download this song for FREE at RKO (Remix.Kwed.Org) by clicking the link below:
http://remix.kwed.org/?search_id=2573

This is one of 25 songs by Sonic Wanderer and one of over 2600 songs you can listen to and download for FREE on RKO, no registration required. There is one catch though: To keep bandwidth costs reasonable there is a limit of 50 downloads per IP per hour (a download is when you listen to a song even if you don’t save it to your PC). But unless you’re only listening to a few seconds of a song before going to another one, not really a problem.

(Disclaimer: Per their own disclaimer/fine print, all songs on RKO are assumed to be freely distributable. They generally are submitted by the composers/arrangers/remixers themselves)

Sonic Wanderer does have a website but it appears to have been abandoned a while ago. Fortunately he left his music page up with access to all his prior works. You can access it at the link below (in English):
http://www.sonicwanderer.com/music/

Random Japanese Bikini Idol Pic Of The Day #189

Random Japanese Bikini Idol Pic Of The Day #188

Confuseyus: NFL Conference Championship Predictions Results

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The NFL Conference Championships are in the books and the Super Bowl is set, so it’s time to see how our resident pigskin prognosticator fared. Click below for yesterday’s results.

Corey Hill Update: Successful Return To MMA

Comeback complete. Former UFC fighter Corey Hill, coming off a seemingly impossible recovery from a gruesome leg/foot injury in 2008, made a successful return to MMA over the weekend, beating Jason Trzewieczynski by unanimous decision at a Raging Wolf event this past weekend in Niagara Falls, NY. Hill was cut by UFC after the fight in which he was injured, a loss to Dale Hartt in December 2008.

Congratulations to Corey in this win, it’s so good to see him back in action and hopefully this is the start of the road back to UFC!

Caprica: Episodes 1 & 2 Recap & Review

Today I start another new thing here…sort of, I’ve done TV reviews here before but this time it’s not sports-related like before. As some of you know I was a big fan of “Battlestar Galactica” and have been eagerly anticipating the prequel, “Caprica”, moreso since they put out a movie last year. Now the series is here so as I watch each episode I’ll post brief reviews and my thoughts on them-since I currently don’t have cable but I have a Season Pass from iTunes for the show I’ll usually be watching episodes that air Friday night on Saturday mornings. Anyway, let’s get started with last night’s premiere, “Pilot Parts 1 & 2″.

Movie Review: Gamer

A lot of us enjoy our video games. But imagine stuff like Second Life on a much bigger scale, where you’re playing a game but controlling a real person in a life-or-death MMO shooter where you can win freedom for your character…if he survives long enough. That’s kind of the premise for the latest movie I’m briefly reviewing here: “Gamer”.

Confuseyus: NFL Playoffs Predictions-Conference Championships Weekend

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Playoffs?! Playoffs?! Playoffs?! Yes, playoffs! The regular season may be over but the real NFL season begins now-the playoffs! That means more work for our resident pigskin prognosticator-click below for predictions for this weekend’s NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday. Let’s pick some more pigs!