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Friday, March 17, 2006

Whatchu need Natalie?

I finally watched the Natalie Portman SNL short the other day (hey, I'm at least a week late on everything over here in EU!) and I have to say it's pretty hilarious. Not as hilarious, of course, as Lazy Sunday (how can you top "Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious"!?), but still pretty funny. I guess with all the controversy about the other clip, NBC has made it available, but still demanded it be taken off YouTube.com.

stereogum: Natalie Portman Raps

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Tuesday, March 14, 2006

U R a jrk

Best Week Ever had a tidbit about Jessica Simpson getting dumped by text message by Mr. Maroon 5. Heh. I like their alternate breakup text messages, especially

Srsly, U R gettin annoying

Best Week Ever Blog: SIZZLER: Jessica Dumped In 118 Characters or Less

Seriously, what is with this guy?

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Slobo dead, mixed feelings abound

So yes, Slobo died. My husband works for the tribunal so I've been asked, "Now what? Is it still going to be there?" The answer is yes, of course-- Slobo wasn't the only war criminal and yes, there are other trials taking place and scheduled to take place. But, there were lots of people dedicated to his case and his case only, and I'm assuming that for at least some of those people, they're worried about their jobs and contracts. To put it in terms I understand personally, it might be if like, Microsoft said, "We're not doing MSN anymore!" You can imagine the job turmoil. (What's funny is that the idea of Microsoft dumping MSN has never been that unlikely... but that's a topic for another day!)

Anyway, all the pundits have mixed feelings about the matter. Many say it's a shame that he died because he didn't face justice, not to mention the whiff of martyrdom taking shape (some Belgrade newspapers had headlines that read "Milosevic Murdered!" Since when is a heart attack a murder?) Other pundits are saying good riddance; it doesn't matter if he died in prison before the trial is up, at least he died in prison.) But at least the general (non-Serbian) consensus seems to be: he was a war criminal, people. Don't feel sorry for him.

Slate: No Sympathy for Slobo - Let's not forget Milosevic's many crimes.
NYT: Slobodan Milosevic, 64, Former Yugoslav Leader Accused of War Crimes, Dies

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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Video game history

For the geeks out there (like me), you will appreciate this link from Engadget -- a brief history of handheld video games. This is funny because I was just reminiscing the other day about the first Gameboy. Remember those? They were like the size of a small box of cereal and fifty times as heavy. But hey, they came with Tetris. And that crappy screen... Those were the days, yo!

Ahh, yeah...

After that, my brother had a Sega Game Gear. It was about the same size, but it had a color screen which was awesome at the time. But the thing had this battery pack that was the size of a shoebox! Portable... if you carry a suitcase everywhere.

Now, we have a Gameboy SP, and as of last week, a Gameboy Micro (thanks to Tita Kay for the kid's birthday!) The screen on the Micro is tiny but so good-- great for getting reacquainted with your favorite 80s and 90s games: Super Mario, Street Fighter, Zelda, the list goes on and on. Oh, and doesn't it look just like a controller from the Classic NES?

No PSP (yet-- I've been fighting myself on that one. The idea and cost ($$$) of building a whole new game library, ugh!)

Engadget: A Brief History of Handheld Video Games

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