Author: Sam Steele

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Buggy Bubble Bobble

Looks like Bubble Bobble Revolution for the DS was released with a serious bug: the boss for level 30 never appears. I’ve noticed a similar bug in the wifi multiplayer mode, a lot of the multiplayer levels wouldn’t spawn any enemies. Good job codemasters! I guess I’ll have to wait 8 – 10 weeks for a replacement cartridge, though I haven’t managed to get past the first boss yet anyway, the new age version of the game is hard! At least there’s the classic version to play in the meantime.

testing

cool, you can post to LJ using sms. Not as useful as mms though.

CANDY ♥

I have japanese candy!

My favorite two are banana choco, and the cola-flavored puccho. Banana choco is like those hard banana candies we have here, except there’s chocolate inside! And the cola-flavored puccho has a crunchy fizzy thing in the middle that um.. enhances the cola experience?

I’ve got the power!

Batteries Charger full view

I tried to take some photos over the weekend with regular alkanline batteries and none of the ones I had around had enough charge left to power the camera for more than 1 picture. I tried about 10 old AAs I had laying around and none of them worked. So I finally got around to buying some rechargable AA batteries and a charger. Finally I don’t have to worry about buying more batteries when my mouse, keyboard, camera, soldering iron, R/C controller, etc. run low.

The batteries that were in my Gameboy Color were so old they still have testers on the side! Any ideas why the stopped putting those on?

All kids, outta the pool!

[Adult Swim] had a pretty funny bump last night:

America you are fat

It’s cool though.

When France sees you
and is like

onh honh honh America
vous étes le fatty fat

You tell France to go
suck a stale croissant

Why?

Because you are xenophonic
and not that clever

But you are America

and proud to be fat

You’re the world’s
A #1 consumer

[behind China]

So tell those frogs over
there in frogtown

That you love their pencil lead
and City of Light

but you are big and will
crush their dumb French heads.

We call that diplomacy

[Adult Swim]

A Waffle House on every block

Photos from Biloxi, MS have been uploaded to flickr. The opening of the Grand Biloxi Casino went pretty smoothly.

Most of the pictures are shot from the van during our commute to / from the casino which is why they are so blurry. There are several other things I wanted to get pictures of but didn’t have the chance: One of the balconys near the top of a destroyed apartment complex had “MOM WERE OK” spraypainted in blue. Also, the fence of a house had “We are home! We will SHOOT!” spraypainted on the fence to deter looters.

Outside of work things went pretty well. We all went out for hibachi at Yuki’s Japanese Restaurant, and I sang karaoke at Michael’s nightclub.

I can’t escape it

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1001 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…GULFPORT…BILOXI JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…PASCAGOULA… OCEAN SPRINGS…MOSS POINT

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 1000 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT KNOCKED DOWN TREES. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LYMAN TO WADE…OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF GULFPORT TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ESCATAWPA…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR… VANCLEAVE BY 1010 PM CDT ST. MARTIN AND ESCATAWPA BY 1025 PM CDT GULFPORT…OCEAN SPRINGS…MOSS POINT AND GULF PARK ESTATES BY 1025 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH…PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL… AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER… PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.