Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Bill O'Reilly Loses His Shit

Daniel found this gem of a clip:

Hey, don't let that deter you from buying this book, though:

Click here to go to amazon.com and see that this is indeed a real book

It takes a special kind of asshole dad to buy that book for his kids.

Monday, May 05, 2008

The Adventures of Mark Twain

This is a really strange claymation movie... From Amazon.com's editorial review:

image Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation(r) fantasy follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, and Huck Finn as they stowaway aboard the interplanetary balloon of Mark Twain. Twain, disgusted with the Human Race, is intent upon finding Halley's Comet and crashing into it, achieving his "destiny." It's up to Tom, Becky, and Huck to convince him hat his judgment is wrong, and that he still has much to offer humanity that might make a difference. Their efforts aren't just charitable; if they fail, they will share Twain's fate. Along the way, they use a magical time portal to get a detailed overview of the Twain philosophy, observing the "historical" events that inspired his works.

Watch this crazy clip from it, though. It creeps me out a bit:


Thursday, May 01, 2008

Making the PS3 Controller Better

I have complaints with the PS3 controller. The analog sticks and triggers are convex, which means, after playing for awhile, my fingers tend to slip off them.  Note that the 360 controller does not have this problem at all.

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So aside from Sony doing a redesign of the controller, which doesn't seem like is ever going to happen, what can be done now?

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You can buy some of these analog stick grips:

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Or some of these really goofy looking ones:

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Around May 16th or so, you can buy these trigger grips (unfortunately, only as part of a package with "Controller Armor"):

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If only I knew how to make my own grips. I could possibly make a trigger out of clay, then super glue it...

But... in the end, this is probably the ultimate PS3 controller solution:

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