Brave New World

Here We Go Again

Second Life

Mezzo spoke with me yesterday concerning an idea of his. I like it. The details, to you, are inconsequential. What is important is that I am now a second life resident. My name is Whackly Oh. I need to get back on there today and finish some things. You know, it is free. Your P.C. might even run it. It might be worth considering becoming a resident.

GAIM is now Pidgin

Ever since I first heard about Trillian from Leo Laporte many a year ago I've completely dismissed instant messaging programs such as Y!IM and AIM. Everyone I know is on a different messenging system. It sucked having 4 or more programs running just to communicate with people. Programs like GAIM and Trillian allow you to use multiple flavors of instant messenger within one program. I have MSN, Yahoo, AIM, and Google Talk all going in one neat and trim little window. Trillian was my standard for a long time but one day I was wrestling with a bug and a co-worker (IAMCHOCHO) recommended GAIM. I never went back to Trillian. Trillian has released a new version that's supposedly pretty pimp but I don't like bells and whistles on shit. I like things sleek, compact, and efficient like a VW Carmengia. This concept has gotten better and better. There's no reason for you to muck about with different instant messengers or try to talk your friends in to switching so you don't have to run two or more at the same time. Try Trillian, if you must, but if you want the good stuff go GAIM.

Actually.. you can't. GAIM is gone. The name has been changed to Pidgin. I installed it last night on my desktop. It's pretty much the same as GAIM but it does have some refinements and reviews on this newest release are good. Not too many bugs or anything like that. Some companies (MSN, Yahoo, AOL) don't like these programs because they circumvent their ad and content delivery systems. Other companies (Google) have embraced them and even have instructions on how to configure them in their FAQs.

It's time! If want a to use and instant messenger that's about instant messaging and NOT about taking up half your screen with ads, lame ass avatars, online music stream access, or cutesy crap then you need to book your ass over to www.pidgin.im and get you some satisfaction!

Forgive me...

I realize I haven't been around much. I haven't posted anything for weeks. It seems cheap to break back on to the scene with a video. However, I've been very busy. I've been very tired. I don't even know what's happening with the world. I do know that this video is the funniest thing I've seen in weeks. It could be a sign of exhaustion, I've pondered, but I don't care. A laugh is a laugh.

Conan O'Brian at ILM

Part 1


Part 2


Conan O'Brien was in San Francisco last week, and the first night he had George Lucas on as a guest. In the opening segment of the show, Conan went to Industrial Light and Magic to "clown around". Check out the video...Conan making C3P0 do the string dance was hilarious.

[Update]
Thanks Metal for informing me that the link didn't work. Apparently, NBC put up these "official versions" of the segment and had the unofficial ones taken down. Here are the official versions.

The Turtle...

It's sooooooo....good. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it!!!!