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I'm sure we will see more of her....wow...

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This information is from iPod Lounge's Power Users Guide to the iPod shuffle. I'm glad I have the 60 gig iPod photo. Looks to be tied for cheapest cost per space...PLUS color screen!

Model	Capacity	Price	Cost Per Gig
shuffle	512MB	$99	$198 per gig
shuffle	1GB	$149	$149 per gig
mini	4GB	$249	$62.25 per gig
iPod 4G	20GB	$299	$14.95 per gig
U2 iPod	20GB	$349	$17.45 per gig
iPod 4G	40GB	$399	$9.98 per gig
iPod photo	40GB	$499	$12.48 per gig
iPod photo	60GB	$599	$9.98 per gig

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Mac Mini Versus G4 Cube

If you needed an illustration of exactly how small the new Mac Mini is compared to its great grand daddy, the G4 Cube, take a look at this somewhat naughty, dominant picture of a Cube wholly enveloping the new G4 computer. I've had hard drives bigger than that thing.

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Im da WERST Speller eva'

Man, I cannot spell interesting. I tend to spell it like this: interrestering. Google has come up with a page SPECIFICALLY FOR ME.Oh man, I just noticed that I spelled very wrong as well. Geez...Radio Userland needs spell check!!! I'm making that number one on my wish list.

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Teen Girl Squad Issue 8

New Teen Girl Squad: Issue 8

Our "heroines" meet So and So's stepmom.

Teen Girl Squad: Issue 8

how this works

Easter Eggs

At the end, click the "o" to see a breadtangle, breadpazoid, breadallelogram, and brhombus of pizza (click each one to see the next. Click the brhombus to go back to the IT'S OVER! screen.)
Click the "!" to see what happened to Tompkins.

Transcript

{Tompkins and Strong Bad are sitting in the principal's office. Strong Bad has a sign on his desk reading "PRINICPAL" [sic] and has a sega cartdrige saying "Road Rash."}

TOMPKINS: Aw, come on prinicpal Strong Bad. I only stole ONE Sega tape!

STRONG BAD: That's just it, Thompkins... You could have stolen UPWARDS of one Sega tape.

TOMPKINS: Awww PEAS!

STRONG BAD: Kid, I think youre gonna turn out... HGHJHGHAAAALL right!

Fun Facts

Trivia

This is the only Teen Girl Squad issue to date where all four girls clearly die.
This is the first appearance of a main character other than Strong Bad (namely, Pom Pom) in a Teen Girl Squad issue (Outside of an easter egg).
Judging from how the girls hold their guitars, Whats Her Face is left-handed. Likewise, Cheerleader is right-handed.
Other than Issue 1 with "ARROWED", this is the only issue where nobody is something'd. The Ugly One is floor tommed, step-mommed, and pom-pommed, but not floor tom'd, step-mom'd, and pom-pom'd.
As The Ugly One is doing her "16-Hour Drum Solo", her arms wrap around her body a couple of times.

Goofs

The die that crushes So And So is a 20-sided die. Twelve-sided dice have pentagonal faces.
During Kissy Boots' first practice session, both Whats Her Face and Cheerleader are playing basses, possibly Fender basses, judging from the arrangement of string keys.

Inside References

"Ooncha ooncha one, two, three-cha" is from Teen Girl Squad Issue 7.
Sega tapes are also mentioned in anything.
Strong Bad is called a "prinicpal" (note the misspelling) by his nameplate and Tompkins, just like in the Homestar Quiz and CGNU.
The "-erson" tacked onto Mrs. So and So's name is done the same way that it was tacked onto Mrs Commander's name in Teen Girl Squad Issue 7. Other "ersons" appear in Issue 4 (Brett Bretterson) and "the process" (Emerson).
When So and So talks about Tompkins being a renegade, she has an expression on her face reminiscent of Deauregard in lackey.

Real-World References

"Breadtangle" refers to cafateria pizzas which are rectangular in shape.
"Fatty's Big Chance," or at least Fatty, is the stereotypical Ska musician, with a shaved head, checkerboard pants, and a chant of "pick it up, pick it up."
One of the Ugly One's drums bears the inscription, "Mr Drummond", who was character in the 80's TV show, "Different Strokes". It may also have been a reference to Bill "King Boy" Drummond of the techno band The KLF.
The Sega "tape" Tompkins steals in the easter egg is "Road Rash".
The robot who introduces the battle of the bands may be a reference to Saved by the Bell, where the character Screech creates a similar-looking robot friend.
The speakerbox as the robots head may be a reference to Roundhouse, an early '90s Nickelodeon skit comedy show.
The song the girls play sounds like the beginning to "Heartbreaker" by Led Zeppelin.
Cheerleader's line "Or so I have read" is also a lyric from Spinal Tap's "Big Bottoms"

External Links

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Update on my iPod shuffle's.....

Well Dawn and Drew's iPod shuffle will be to them tomorrow... No update or mention of it on their latest show though :-(

Mine however...not so great of luck with my iPod shuffle. Perhaps they didn't think people would want the 1 gig model? Oh well, no shipping date or anything on mine yet. Sucks...well I will just have to suffer it out with my 60 gig iPod photo for now....darn.

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iPod shuffle dissected

I knew it was bound to happen soon...and here it is. Someone dissected the iPod shuffle.

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Dilbert for 17 Jan 2005.

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January 17: IT

The Word of the Day for January 17, 2005 is: IT

Seems like things in my life are all moving towards IT. If it isn't one thing it is another. BenefitOne in Florida wants me to do some data analysis for them. Working with error reports, and designing a system to deal with eliminating these errors from actually happening.

I don�t plan on changing my major to IT, mainly because all the crap they teach you in an IT degree I pretty much already know, or is general theory that I could care less about knowing.

So, things are moving at a fast pace for me right now, and I suspect a bunch of change coming up very soon as well.

BTW, I can�t wait for Saturday for the Mac Mini to come out�I will be first in line to get one!

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Weekend Update

Weekend Update:

Friday - Umm, geez I don't remember...I need to do a mid-weekend update or something. Friday I think I went to bed around 2am and woke up around noon on Saturday. I didn't go out drinking or anything, so hmm.... I was going to see a movie but didn't see that either....wierd..oh well

Saturday - Now I know what I went to the mall on Saturday and went to go see a midnight show of In Good Company. It was blah! NOTHING HAPPENS!! NOTHING!!! Plot??? Come on.... Geez. Now Scarlette Johansson was HOT in the movie, but the acting was horrible in this movie by everyone....DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!!! Oh yeah, I also learned how to eat a whole Italian meal for $2.88....and don't know why or how that is a skill...but it was good none the less.

Sunday - Golden Globes!!!! One of my favorite nights of the year. Also, new episodes of Desperate Housewives, and Boston Legal...Congratz to William Shatner on his Golden Globe that he won last night.

List of winners from the Golden Globes 2005:

Motion pictures

Picture, Drama: "The Aviator."

Actor, Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Aviator."

Actress, Drama: Hilary Swank, "Million Dollar Baby."

Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Sideways."

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jamie Foxx, "Ray."

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Annette Bening, "Being Julia."

Supporting Actor: Clive Owen, "Closer."

Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman, "Closer."

Director: Clint Eastwood, "Million Dollar Baby."

Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, "Sideways."

Original Score: Howard Shore, "The Aviator."

Original Song: "Old Habits Die Hard" from "Alfie," by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart.

Foreign Language: "The Sea Inside," Spain.

Television

Drama Series: "Nip/Tuck," FX.

Actor, Drama: Ian McShane, "Deadwood."

Actress, Drama: Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

Musical or Comedy Series: "Desperate Housewives," ABC.

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Jason Bateman, "Arrested Development."

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Teri Hatcher, "Desperate Housewives."

Miniseries or TV Movie: "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers," HBO.

Actor, Miniseries or TV Movie: Geoffrey Rush, "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."

Actress, Miniseries or TV Movie: Glenn Close, "The Lion in Winter."

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: William Shatner, "Boston Legal."

Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or TV Movie: Anjelica Huston, "Iron Jawed Angels."

By the way, just wanted to say Happy MLK Day to everyone. He was truely a great American who will live in our hearts forever. Don't allow yourself to fall back to the times of yesteryear. Don't allow hatred and racism to settle in your heart.

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Inkernet was down :-(

Internet Down....

Sigh the Internet has been down until JUST NOW....and what the crap am I supposed to do without the inkernet?

Well it's back...so time to write the Weekend Update, find a Babe of the Day, and Word of the Day

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