Jolly on the Rocks

So I'm editing my post!!! oops on the posting a blank!

I was posting to let everyone no that Jolly is transitioning from the no-longer exciting world of geology *boo dirt* to that of being a bartender *Horray Beer!* . I am taking classes here in Nashville and getting to learn all sort of neat drinks and shots. It's really kind of fun. It's fast paced and not so tedious at looking at soil cores over and over! I will complete my 40-hours or class in the next couple weeks! Then hopefully I will graduate and move into the exciting world of getting people tipsy. I'm also looking at moving from Tennessee back up North in this mystical quest of mine. I'm looking at Louisville, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati as my places of choice. So any suggestions on good areas to live that aren't overly expensive would be great! Plus if you are looking for a good stiff drink...I'm now the man to see!

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[chat] would like to eat your brains

Yesterday I came across a video of Jonathan Coulton singing his wonderful song "re: Your Brains" at PAX its a really great video, but the audio sort of sucks, so I'm just going to post the link. In its place i bring you a much cleaner version.





enjoy

Jack Thompson supoenas George W. Bush.

Jack Thompson is an idiot. But this one made me lol:

"Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court in Florida requesting to subpoena President George W. Bush for a deposition to retain Thompson’s license to practice law."

Metroid Prime 3

I may not have yet finished playing Metroid Prime 3, and I may be talking to people who may never even begin to play it, but I won't let trivial matters like those get in my way of bullet-point reviewing it.

1) There is more talking in the first five minutes of MP3 than in the entirety of every other Metroid game combined, and these people need to shut up.

I may be wrong about that, as my memory of MP2 is hazy at best, but usually Metroid is a readin' game. Not that I oppose automatically to voicing games that used to be silent, but when people talk, that means there are PEOPLE (plural), as opposed to, say, ONE PERSON (the player). And again, I don't hate it just because it's different, but because it is a waste of time and it goes against the whole solitary nature of the series to date.

2) I am happy to aim my gun with the Wiimote, but don't make me push and pull and twist the damn thing just to open a door.

This refusal to make a Wii game that doesn't have at least 10 retardedly useless wiimote commands thing needs to pass along. This is especially true in cases where I need to make a motion that prevents my death, and the hardware does not agree with the motion I am making.

3) Everything else is pretty great.

Shooting aliens, reading stuff, it's all here.

I give Metroid Prime 3 one jelly sandwich out of a possible thermostat.

Apple is the new Microsoft?

This article by Mike Elgan discusses the ways in which Apple has become the New Microsoft. While it does have some retarded in it (It's a PC World article, after all) I think it does offer some good comparisons of the two companies and show that in many ways the latte drinking fuckwits who tout Apple's inherent superiority need to look in a mirror circa the mid 1990s and realize that the things for which they faulted Microsoft are now an aspect of their beloved Apple. Here are some examples from the article:

Monopolies:
1990s: WAH! IF I USE WINDOWS I HAVE TO USE INTERNET EXPLORER! WAH!
Today: You want an iPod, an iPhone? Get ready to install iTunes.

Copycat:
1990s: WAH! WINDOWS IS JUST THE MAC OS WITH MINOR CHANGES! COPYCATS!
Today: "The LG KE850 was winning awards for its full-screen, touch-screen, on-screen keyboard before Jobs even announced the iPhone."

WiFi: The Zune had WiFi before the iPhone / iPod Touch.

Bully:
1990s: WAH! MICROSOFT IS SO MEAN! THEY ONLY ALLOW THEIR RESELLERS TO SELL WINDOWS! WAH!
Today: 1/3 of all music sales are now digital (iTunes). Also, companies are beginning to offer Linux desktop PCs while that whole NBC / Apple fallout was the result of Jobs not allowing flexibility.

The article is good read if you've nothing better to do, and I thought it provided enough evidence to support a few flame wars.

NEW. EVANGELION. SERIES.

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CHIBI EVA!!!!!!