Nas with torrenting mmmm and bruu toof
http://www.gearlog.com/2009/03/iomega_storcenter_upgrade_adds.php#more

Ohio legislator proposes a bill to give $4k-$5k voucher for new car purchases
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/18/report-congress-members-drafting-cash-for-clunkers-bill/

Too bad I already get 40mpg with my 2001 Civic LX ; ;


Wow this is an amazing rendition of Sore ga Aideshou of the Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu OP:

Get More Malmage from Your Equipment with Augmented Items! (03/17/2009)

Malm is a unit of measurement equivalent to miles




"As illustrated above, players will be able to customize certain pieces of equipment by adding two augments of their choice to supplement the item's base attributes. This new feature will allow for two pieces of armor bearing the same name to possess distinct capabilities, specially tailored to complement the skills of the wearer.
A wealth of heretofore unseen diversity in adventuring attire awaits you!"

This adjustment of potentially adding value to statless gear. Often these statless gear pieces are not cost productive to make and are usually used for upgrading other pieces of equipment through crafting or quests. The real questions remains:




1) How will this work with macros?

Two pieces of armor with identical names would be difficult to macro considering which armor piece would be picked. I can think of only 2 ways of handling this: A) Make that type of armor piece rare to the user and B) a uninque command of macro


2) Will this be limited to current gear that has stats already?

Current gear with stats already can be further overpowered with stats. I doubt this would happen and would be relegated to only a portion of available gear.

3) Will it include weapons?

Highly doubt it.


4) Is it worth speculating on an increase in value for stat-less gear prior to the update?

I doubt it. There are too many ways this can be implmented and speculating with purchases of these types of armor prior to the update would be extremely bad. It is entirely possible that SE will allow a person to pick an armor piece from an NPC and be given it based on either some type of new or existing point system, gil, or quest.

5) If the upgradable gear is not obtained by a quest, how will this impact the economy?

Some quasi mid level gears will be significantly impacted. There are huge ranges in levels where gear is entirely made of pure fail. There is too little info to make any assumptions on the impact, so it is better to leave it as is...




AIG and any failed business for that matter should be making public apologies. Let's put some faces for the financial burden us tax payers will have to face. Too bad Americans are too selfish to "man up":

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52G3BQ20090317



WATER BALLOONS IN ZERO GRAVITY!!! :P

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1175950814378468079

Playing less FFXI, so figure I would upload some interesting tidbits I found interesting throughout the day =)


Listing of Intel motherboards over the years:
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/498-intel-skulltrail-badaxe.html


Segway+Theo Jansen sculpture = this cool thing from Louisiana university ME group



I remember seeing these in an old commercial for BMW:



http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/addon/
New expansions coming out. Customizable stats on armor sounds sweet. Warning nifty site, spelling error (equipent wut?), and music playing. Expansion is expected to come out in the coming weeks and will be $10.



Came across some interesting reading. Apparently some renting corporations are also undergoing bankrupcy due to the dwindling property value versus income from renters. When renting companies default, what happens to the renters?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29697413/


Enjoying more and more anime these days. This essay has a good interpretation of where anime is heading towards in America and how some history. I would however, suggest copying and pasting it into Word or Open Offier writer, else your vision will get f'ed up and see blue:

http://www.animeyume.com/site_general/justwhatisanime.html