Archive for July, 2004

Verizon frustrates me…

Saturday, July 31st, 2004

…I’ve been looking around for a good free site to host some of the content for this blog, like my new title bar. It occured to me that there is most likely some webspace provided for my Verizon DSL account. I checked and found out that there is 10MB of free space for […]

The Village…

Saturday, July 31st, 2004

I went to see The Village last night, alone.
I saw The Sixth Sense. I saw Unbreakable. I saw Signs. This film is, by far, M. Night. Shyamalan’s best. I am taking the girl again tonight, along with my sister and her fiancee and maybe a few other friends.
I obviously can say nothing about […]

Alternate Reality Games…

Friday, July 30th, 2004

…have got to be the coolest form of marketing.
I’ve been following the ARG that’s going on for Halo 2 at ilovebees.com. (WikiPage)
It’s freaking incredible. Over the last ten days or so since I first stumbled onto the page I’ve been watching the *ahem* “buzz” grow. Within hours, sites like Slashdot.com, Wikipedia, and others have done […]

More and more…

Thursday, July 29th, 2004

…Just finished the new title bar.  I think it reflects the fun, whimsical nature of this blog, as well as (finally) showing GloryFish himself.  The fonts I used were fontdinerdotcom and dot2dot from fontface.com.
Please let me know if there are any problems with the display on your computer.  It looks great on mine, but you know how […]

I’m uploading a new pic for my profile. I think i…

Thursday, July 29th, 2004

I’m uploading a new pic for my profile. I think it might be a little too sexy for the average blog viewer though…

Minor adjustments…

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

…I made a few small tweaks to the blog template today.  I think it improves the overall flow of the page.  If anyone has any suggestions regarding the look of this place, drop me a comment.
 

An anonymous poster…

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

..at Bungie.net/forums wrote:
if we all work together, we can kill a whale with our bare hands”

It made me laugh out loud.
 
I’ve been busy lately.  These are the topics I feel most compelled to write about, compiled into one easy to read format:

How I spent my summer vacation(this past week-end).
DOOM 3: Slave to the hype.
Halo […]

August 4th, I-day…

Sunday, July 18th, 2004

My implant date has been scheduled for August fourth.  That’s when I’ll be getting a new Medtronic Maximo VR defibrillator.  Hot stuff.  You want to know the coolest thing?
 
They’re gonna’ let me keep the old one!
 
So here I present to you the top ten list of things to do with a $20,000 piece of used biomedical […]

Freak of nature, right?…

Wednesday, July 14th, 2004

I’m expanding to photoblogging. Thank you to Blogger.com and picasa for the free hosting and webtools.
Here’s a picture I’ve got of a cat that had an unfortunate incident at a pet groomer. Apparently the story goes like this:
The owner asked for a “line cut” which is a simple trim that removes the long hair […]

I see London, I see Grand Central Station…

Wednesday, July 14th, 2004

…I’m going to have an operation.
I have hypertrophic-cardio-myiopathy. It is a genetic diorder which causes the septum of the heart to be thickened blah blah blah (click the link for more info). In order to regulate that condition I have an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. My current model is the Medtronic Gem II VR. Its […]