A Night Out with the Pens

I found this story online yesterday of a guy and his girlfriend and how they ended up gallivanting around Raleigh with members of the Penguins between games 3 & 4 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals.  It's a really entertaining read.

And  despite the fact that I'm not old enough to drink I'm a *teensy* bit jealous.

Robert Downey Jr. to Remain Tony Stark; I Cry

Rejoice

Microsoft: "We Done Goofed"

As I previously documented, the Xbox One thus far has been a bit of a disaster.  Basically, Microsoft wanted to change everything about how game ownership has previously worked.  You could no longer just lend someone a game without jumping through hoops.  Used games of any kind would face similar restrictions.  The system would require a connection to the internet once every 24 hours or it would no longer function.  The reaction was, to put it mildly, bad.

But today, Microsoft decided that their policies sucked, most likely due to the backlash, and changed many of them to reflect what the PlayStation 4 and the current generation of consoles already do.  They updated the Xbox website to reflect these changes.  

While I've already preordered my PS4, now I'm debating if I've made the right choice.  I think that, for right now, at least, I'm going to hold on to the order I've already made and then get the Xbox One at some point next year when the exclusive games I want are released.  The PS4 is still $100 cheaper, after all.

The Eighth Passenger

I have a bad habit when it comes to browsing the web that sees me open a link in another tab and then then leave it there for days.  By the time I finally bother to look at it I forget how I was linked to that particular article or why I wanted to read it in the first place.  This is an example of such an occurrence.

These are all of the tabs I have open as I post this.  I suggest clicking on the image for a better look.

I've had this article about movies that have had their titles mangled by translators over the years open for days without bothering to look at it until now.  It's fairly interesting and elicited a few laughs from me over the poor nature of some of the translations.  If you have nothing better to do (which you obviously don't, considering that you're reading this blog), it's worth a look.

And here's another gem:  The French title for The Hangover.  I don't understand the point, considering the title remains in English.

1,000 VIEWS!!!

I'd like to thank the Academy.

It only took more than a year but we have 1,000 views.  Which isn't really that much.  But still.  May the next 1,000 come much more easily.