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Birthday haul…

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Well, I hit 35, and my haul this year is: $170 towards my iPhone 4 (that is an awesome present), an Orleans Firebirds hat (they changed their name from Cardinals to Firebirds this year under new ownership),  a book from The Onion that’s a collection of their front pages over the years (another awesome present), and…one other thing that I can’t mention, ha! Oh, and five packs of my Nat Sherman Classic Menthols (which are mint flavored, but they can’t call them Classic Mint anymore because the government forbids it…).

Oh, and if you’re looking for Firebirds info, go to http://www.orleansfirebirds.com. Unfortunately, you can only buy hats at the games themselves.

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Oh, the shame…

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Well, after ignoring it for about eight months, I signed up again for World of Warcraft. What is wrong with me? Why can’t I stop signing up for MMORPGs? Especially since I spend maybe two hours a day playing the damn things?!!?

Don’t hurt me.

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Apple to give out free “bumpers”

Friday, July 16th, 2010

So, Antennagate has come to this: Apple will give out free $30 bumpers, or offer a $30 rebate if you’re like me and already bought one.

You can read more about it over here.

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The return of Beavis and Butthead

Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Beavis & Butthead

Beavis & Butthead return...

Yep, you heard me. Beavis and Butthead are returning to MTV with 30 new episodes. Or so the “confirmed” rumor goes.

I might actually turn MTV on for the first time in thirteen years or so…

You can read more about it here.

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A good BP joke…

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Alright, this ain’t the world’s BEST joke, but it ain’t the world’s WORST, either.

You hear that BP has figured out a way to deal with the oil leak?

They’re going to lower a giant wedding band on top of it; they figure it’ll immediately stop putting out.

<rimshot>

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Some updates to kiplange.com…

Monday, July 12th, 2010

You may have noticed, I’ve been polishing up the blog a little. I’ve overhauled the sidebar as well as adding a rating system for posts and comments.

I’m particularly fond of the rating system. Hopefully it will help people get to the better parts of kiplange.com without thinking too much. ;-)

Kip over and out.

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Resetting the Logitech Dual Rumble Gamepad

Monday, July 12th, 2010

There’s nothing posted in the instructions included with the Logitech Dual Rumble Cordless Gamepad about this, so I felt it would be a good idea to share this information.

If your controller suddenly stops working, or if the red light on it starts blinking, and it will not connect, attempt to reset it. This is done by taking out ONE of the batteries, holding down buttons 5 and 7 (these are the two right-hand huddle buttons) and re-inserting the battery.

Hopes this helps some people out.

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Beware of iPhone screen protectors with liquid applicators

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Just a warning here. I bought a “Bodyguarz” screen protector, and I want to severely steer you away from buying this brand or any other that uses a liquid applicator to help affix itself to the surface of your phone.

The reason? Water is not good for your iPhone. I used a minimal amount of fluid with the Bodyguardz protector, and my home button stopped working. After two days of drying out, it’s finally working again — although not as smoothly as I’d like it to. I’m going to wait another few days, and if it’s not totally better, I’m going to have to either exchange the phone or have someone replace the Home button (which is relatively easy to do but which I am not going about doing myself as it voids the iPhone warranty).

And if you do mess up your iPhone with a liquid applicator, and have to bring it into an Apple store — it just happened. You did not use a liquid applicator. Because methinks that would also help to void the iPhone warranty.

Stick to the dry-apply films, as annoying as they may be. You’ll thank me later.

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Lord of the Rings Online going “free-to-play” — is WoW next?

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Some good news for MMORPGers — The Lord of the Rings Online is going free-to-play in a couple of months.

Now, it’s not entirely “free”. You have a gold limit (albeit a large one) with the free service and you have only three character slots. And you do not have the same priority in logging in during busy times as a “Premium” or “VIP” (paying) member. But this is good news.

Turbine already took Dungeons and Dragons Online free and it’s working just fine. Same math holds true with that MMO, though — if you remain a paying member, you get more perks.

Still, this is a good move. And Blizzard may be contemplating taking the grand-daddy of ‘em all, World of Warcraft, free as well. You can read about a potentially free WoW over here.

Well, actually, I guess Everquest is the real “grand-daddy of ‘em all” but let’s not parse things too finely.

See you online — for free!

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The Kia Soul Hamster Ad — Somebody Must PAY

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Seriously. Whoever greenlighted this idea should be taken out back and put out of his or her misery like Ol’ Yeller.

After watching this annoying piece of garbage a few times, I have decided a few things. First, I will buy a giant toaster before I buy a Kia Soul. Second, rendered hamsters are fucking creepy. And they’re even creepier when they dress up in hip-hop attire.

Third, and most important, “The Choice is Yours” by Black Sheep is a great song and even this evil, vile, horrid commercial will not stop me from liking it.

What, are the Kia ad execs now sniffing airplane glue or something?

Worse yet, scanning the Internet, I keep running across people who love this ad. One person said, “I wanted to rush out and buy a Soul right away!”

These people should not be allowed to breed.

This commercial came very close to forcing me to create a new category to file the post under, something like, “Things That Are Desperately Wrong And Make Me Want To Off Myself”.

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