I forgot to put these up the other day.
Morty loves to cuddle with Stewie. Stewie tolerates it. 😛
Matcha White Wine?
For some reason Matcha White Wine sounds really good to me.
Maybe I’m crazy, but it seems like if it’s done right it would taste really good. I like wine, I like tea, and I really like tea. I wonder how much it would be to import it.
The Terms of Service for the Oculus Rift are Facebook creepy… because Facebook
Hate to say it, but I saw this coming.
- Information about your interactions with our Services, like information about the games, content, apps or other experiences you interact with, and information collected in or through cookies, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies (additional information about these technologies is available at https://www.oculus.com/en-us/cookies-…);
- Information about how you access our Services, including information about the type of device you’re using (such as a headset, PC, or mobile device), your browser or operating system, your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, and certain device identifiers that may be unique to your device;
- Information about the games, content, or other apps installed on your device or provided through our Services, including from third parties;
- Location information, which can be derived from information such as your device’s IP address. If you’re using a mobile device, we may collect information about the device’s precise location, which is derived from sources such as the device’s GPS signal and information about nearby WiFi networks and cell towers; and
- Information about your physical movements and dimensions when you use a virtual reality headset.’
That’s a little too big brother-ish for my taste. I knew from the moment Facebook invested in the Rift I would lose what little interest I already had in the project. I say that I have little interest because VR is too new. I can say that I have little interest in other VR Projects as well, including Steam’s HTC Vive. But Oculus gets a big fuck no from me because of Facebook’s creepy uncle mentality.
As if I’m going to spend hundreds of dollars so I can have Facebook potentially watch my every move and try to sell me shit I probably don’t want. Why would anyone be ok with this? This is right up there with Microsoft’s telemetry BS and Google’s over the top data collection. I don’t see how people can be so open about their privacy and act as though nothing can go wrong because ‘they have nothing to hide’. Sorry, I’m a privacy advocate and shall remain as such. My computer and devices are like my house and house internals. I don’t want people snooping around in there unless I give them my permission.
Sunday Open Thread
Yesterday my alarm failed me, resulting in me becoming a ninja popping out of bed and into my work clothes. Lucky for me I keep all my stuff within easy reach. The day itself was a typical busy Friday. I went in an hour early because there was quite a bit of freight to work. I managed to get it all done and put away properly though. 😛
I notice vintage things are going back in fashion. I’ve been seeing tape cassettes and old style telephones (the kind with the old spin dial) with silver bling, and even a selection of USB powered record players. I’ve been joking at work that I should keep Win 3.11 on the system just so we can keep this nostalgia feel. 😛
Despite the hectic day I made it home. There was even brunch!
Balloon Guy
Ok, I know I’ve already posted a bunch of other videos, but they just keep appearing!
Does he do condoms too? :O
Got to properly celebrate April Fools after all
Today I celebrated pulling a prank on my co-workers by bringing in a USB key with DOSBox running Windows 3.11 running in fullscreen mode, in an attempt to freak out some of my younger co-workers. 😛 I left it plugged in since I do have to head back in tomorrow, but damn… I wish I could be there to see the looks on their faces when they try to find the start menu. 😛
Those of us who did use the older Windows actually had a good laugh at the old After Dark screensavers I had running. Every time we were near the system we’d change it from one to another. Flying Toasters, DOS Shell, Bad Dog, and Rat Race were favorites. Especially Rat Race, we set the rats to be as stupid as possible to make the race last a super long time. Here’s a short video that has all kinds of After Dark screensavers. Quite a few I never even saw before!
I hear you can get 4.0 to run on Windows 7 with a little bit of hacking… might have to look into that.
For those who use Linux for gaming
Gaming On Linux is having a Linux Gamer survey. If you use Linux for any gaming you should consider taking it. No need to login or anything. 😀
Bowling Ball and Feathers in a vacuum chamber
Time for a little science. I thought it was cool enough to share. 😀
Linux reaches a two thousand game milestone
Over at Gaming On Linux they have determined that there are over 2,000 games that run natively on Linux! Things have come so far since the Steam beta, really great to see.
People (who use Windows exclusively) say that Linux isn’t great as a gaming platform, or it isn’t ready. Granted it does have a ways to go, but they forget that Windows had to grow too. In the realm of PC Gaming Linux is getting more attention, and Microsoft is just starting to come back to pretend that they always loved their PC Gamer base… right.