“Dave, why milk the cow when you have a fridge full of steaks?”

broderic on September 2, 2010

Just checking in.

I’ve got to post at least something a day just to make BrowserMetrics’ Seventh Annual NewsRadio Quote Month worth it.

I’ve been trying to set up a subversion repository on my MacMinIntel, but have been stuck for days figuring out where to put it. I would like for it not to show up in a Finder window, but I would like it accessible from all over the place (i.e. over the wireless network to my MacBook Pro). The problem then is one of permissions and such. I tried to create it in one of the root directories, but ran into permission problems. Can someone clarify where to put a subversion repository on Snow Leopard (not the server version)? Or maybe that is my problem, that I am not running the server version.

Apple released new iPod Touches with FaceTime. Looks to be the cool. If I didn’t have jonesing for iPhone 4, I would be all over that. Also, if I had more than 3 GB of music, maybe as well.

Tweeting has been so much fun. I wish you would join me.

Nendoroids. Nendoroids? Nendoroids! They’re coming at me like crazy.

When will that Haruhi movie come out?

What would you like to discuss? Comments are now open.

“That’s a very cunning plan, but now is not the time for cunning plans or crazy capers.”

broderic on September 1, 2010

Dude! It’s freakin’ September, the greatest month ever. Suck it July!

I have yet to exhaust that gold mine that is NewsRadio. It’s on! BrowserMetrics’ Seventh Annual NewsRadio Quote Month. For you new readers, every post title this month will have be a NewsRadio quote. NewsRadio being the greatest show of the late 90s. And the late 90s being the best time of my life. So NewsRadio is the best show I’ve seen. Even better than The X-Files because it is so much easier to watch in 25 minutes.

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy all the nice NewsRadio quotes. Hope you go and Netflix the episodes and laugh, laugh, laugh with BrowserMetrics.

“If you want to build a thermostat that won’t be affected by humidity, try this you dumb bastard.”

broderic on October 1, 2009

The summer anime season has come to an end. Here’s a quick hits on the ones I watched.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Started out awesome, then we got into the Endless Eight loop for fucking six episodes. SIX EPISODES of the same damn thing. NOTHING changing but their clothes. I can’t wait for this on DVD. The final couple of episodes encapsulating The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya was slower than I would’ve liked. But we did get Nagato. C+

Tokyo Magnitude 8. Alright, but I didn’t want to get death, and got it anyway. B-

Taishou Yakyu Musume. Baseball girls of the Taishou period. Awesome. B+

Sora no Manimani. Great astronomy club school comedy. A

So what to watch in the upcoming season?

“Gee, and here I am mistaking the Museum of Yarn for the Guggenheim.”

broderic on September 30, 2009

"Go to DMC! Go to DMC!"That would be the crowd chant for Detroit Metal City fans as it is translated into English.Who is Detroit Metal City?You've got to read the manga to find out, but be forewarned, it's pretty offensive. And hilarious. And cruddily drawn, but don't let that stop you from asking me to borrow it. You'll be laughing your ass off and wondering what will Soichi do.The story is about Soichi a college grad who is the lead singer for Detroit Metal City, a death metal band. DMC is a mixture of Kiss and Gwar. They are a up and coming band. Good for them, but bad for Soichi who just wants to write sugary sweet bubblegum pop music. As the lead singer for DMC, Krauser II, Soichi is bad. As himself, he's good, but in reality, which role is the real Soichi. He comes so naturally to the Krauser role that his sweet normal self is almost a sham. He likes to become Krauser to express his more aggressive self.There are also fun aspects to the book. DMC's manager is a woman who loves to talk about how much DMC's awesomeness makes her wet. Soichi's band mates are also as bland as he is when they too aren't dressed up. And there's the love interest who thinks Soichi is a sweet guy, but he wants to do things, bad things, to her as Krauser.

“Dave, pretend is for little girls and mental patients. Sucks on pretend!”

broderic on September 22, 2009

Link of the Day [9.22.09]Hey! It's another palindrome day! Sweet.Today, I got a cool link for you. It's about a bunch of MIT students who sent a balloon up into the upper reaches of the atmosphere to do some near-space photography. Cool, hunh? What's even cooler? They did it all on a budget of $150! That's pretty cheap. Someday soon someone is going to do it really on the cheap once technology can bring it all down.http://space.1337arts.com/

"Maestro, if you please. Rumpshaker, or some reasonable facsimile."

broderic on September 19, 2009


Rays @ Orioles, Sept 16, 2009
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.
Sometimes it’s hard to be a Baltimore Orioles fan. The decade of losing. The old worn out pro free agents. The not ready for prime time rookies. The dead arms and dead bats. Jobu does not smile on this franchise.

Yet. You go the Yard. Drink beer. Sweet talk the ball girl. And watch the game and it becomes fun.

Nothing like a night at the Yard.

“This is Dave Epithicus-erectus, one of the very few in captivity. His diet consists of black coffee and sarcasm.”

broderic on September 15, 2009

Hey! I ran into this!http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/technology/internet/15adco.htmlI was trying to check the scores of the Orioles v Yankees game over the weekend to see the NY media's take on the almost demolition of the high and mighty Yanks by the lowly Os. But every time I hit the Sports page, the anti-virus adware would pop up and tell me I had a virus. Cool, but I'm running a Mac. Can't you at least make it look like I'm not runing an MS OS?I mean, come on. You can sniff my OS in the http request can't you? How hard is it to parse the user-agent string in this day and age?It's a pretty lame way to get attention. But don't switch to the Mac, keep the stupid people on MS OSes, please.