Happy Chocolate Hangover Day!

And, I guess, normal hangovers are included…oh and Day of the Dead. No, not the movie. Anyway, regardless, you may have either drank too much alcohol, ate too much chocolate, or both. Me? I just had too much sugar while playing Guild Wars for their Halloween event. It seems ArenaNet finally got around to adding some horrifying quests for the holiday and they were a welcome addition to the festivities, which leads me to believe Wintersday may get something new as well. Hopefully.

Anyway, aside from that, I have yet to get Windows 7 on my computer, only because, as you may have guessed, I am lazy, but I got the student upgrade which has had problem after problem after problem, but that won’t happen to me. I can’t be bothered with this stuff not working. That and MS sorta fixed it by releasing the ISOs.

Oh, and, with it being November, not only do we get to set out clocks an hour back, I get to look forward to the Friday after thanksgiving, and the Monday after Black Friday, oh, and the first week of November! All of those days will have absolutely fantastic sales going on in stores around the states and online, and I will be poor shortly there after. Of course if it’s anything like last year, my wallet will keep warm. Or maybe it’s not just me and Black Friday is dying.

Geocities Dies Today, Along With Part of Me

Well, it’s official. Geocities, free-hosting to some of the most ridiculously broken websites on the entire internet, has left the building. Geocities was the first place I learned about the wonderful world of HTML a long time ago in a far away place known as 6th grade. They were simple times, and they were the best (not really), and while I might be able to give a fitting commemoration, xkcd.com has me covered.

geocities_xkcd

Brings a tear to your eyes, doesn’t it?

Dungeons & Dragons Has The Touch, Has The Power

Multi-touch surfaces have been around for a little while, and still has a way to go before being used by everyone for everyday needs, but already I can see no other greater use for such a device other than to play DnD on it.

Obviously still a work in progress, this demo comes to us courtesy of the team Surfacescapes at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, and it shows off a lot the potential fun that could be had by anyone interested enough. Of course you’d have to get pass the price of such a table, but it’d be totally worth it. Totally.