Monthly Archives: March 2009

JREF Youtube Account Suspended

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Puck

We haven’t heard an official explanation as to *why*, of course, but I can guess — a fake DMCA takedown request from the religious right or some practitioner of “woo” offended by Randi’s straight talk and overwhelming correctness compared to … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Skepticamp 2009

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Puck

Saturday was the second ever Vancouver Skepticamp – an “unconference” where the content is provided by the attendees themselves. Mel & I not only attended Vancouver Skepticamp on Saturday, but presented!  Mel started everything off with an icebreaker game using M&Ms … Continue reading →

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Ghostbusters HD Trailer (in, uh… Spanish?)

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Puck

Not sure if the gameplay is all that great, but the world creation, destructible environments and gorgeous and creative monsters (I love the ones made from books and the “graveyard” one) look amazing.

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My Video Card Died (I think)

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Puck

Was listening to the Adam Carolla podcast while doing some work and the whole display corrupted, sound got stuck in a loop and the computer froze up. Even after turning it off, removing and reseating the video card (Geforce 9800 … Continue reading →

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Dungeons & Dragons – Report #2

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Puck

Since Jim has his kids on alternate weekends we can only play every second weekend.  Our last scheduled Sunday we had multiple people out with the flu so it was cancelled.  After a month of waiting, our intrepid adventurers are … Continue reading →

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Watchmen Review – It’s Great

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Puck

Mel and I caught the midnight show of Watchmen last night.  I bought our tickets online — cineplex.com lets you do this with no processing fee and you can print your own ticket to directly bypass the line — and we … Continue reading →

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