Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
In 1990, a game was released for the Sega Genesis called “Action 52″, a series of 52 arcade games which were priced as “52 games at a discount” rather than the price of a single cartridge. The game consisted of simple arcade-style jump-and-shoot games with goofy graphics. Not a bad idea, but definitely not worth [...]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
You might have heard of computer supplier Newegg accidentally shipping computer builders boxed “processors”. This is no ordinary counterfeit import issue – I found a nice article describing the shipments – the CPU was a piece of lead, with a sticker of a fan attached to a “heatsink” piece of molded plastic. And, of course, [...]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
I found this video where these two kids (guy and girl) prank call Dell, with the guy claiming that on his computer, there’s a virus which keeps popping up and telling him he’s gay. Over time "the virus" "makes" him gay until he starts hitting on the poor Dell technician who can’t speak English. Funny [...]
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