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January/19/2007

Here is the first story i'm posting hope you like it.

An iPod Adventure Posted by Andrew Poelstra on May 15, 2006.

This is the sad story of my iPod nano, which lasted exactly one month in my hands. The first few things I did were harmless, and merely voided the warranty. I installed iPodLinux on it, and from there installed Doom. I had plenty a joyful French class with that toy in my hand. I also managed to loaded a few System of a Down videos onto there, using some clever but illegal methods to download the videos, hack up the file format, and transfer them to the pod. Perhaps I'll post about that some other time. The next few things were dangerous. I downloaded some spec sheets on the connector cable, and used that to power some LEDs from the iPod's battery. I also wired it into my stereo (version one, sans safety measures). In retrospect, a few of those things could have caused fires. I don't really care at this point. One day, however, the iPod succumbed to my abuse. I wanted to see what would happen to the sound if I poured water into it. It was kinda fingerprinty anyway, so I turned it on and went to wash it. It ran fine for about two seconds. Then the music began to cut out and get choppy. I removed it from under the tap and frantically dried it off. It was too late; the iPod had stopped playing, and the screen was dead. The screen seemed a little cloudy from the water. Knowing that most electronics will live if you simply let them dry, I set the iPod aside and went to do something else. Ha ha! That, of course, was a joke; I can't put down broken electronics without toying with them. Instead, I tried to dry it faster. I did this by opening up the iPod. All the websites I had visited told me that I could do this easily and safely using a putty knife. So, I ordered a putty knife. After spending ten whole minutes waiting for the UPS guy to show up, I simply took my pocketknife out and stuck that into the iPod. I heard a loud crack, and ignored it. I continued to force it open until it came apart, after several other odd cracking sounds. When I looked at the screen, I found that I had jammed the knife into the LCD, and crystals were leaking out. "Oh shit," I said. At this point I still wasn't worried; I could use the pod without a proper LCD; I'd just look at the square centimeter or so that wasn't all black and drippy. I would just leave the iPod open and let it dry, and tomorrow it would be all right. Ha ha! Once again, I'm kidding. Realizing that I had an opportunity to play with an iPod while it was open, I decided to power various LEDs off of the battery directly. I closed and opened the iPod a few times, just to make sure that I could. I could, easily, but the second time my knife cut through some wires connected to the battery. I let this slide, because I figured that I could always solder it back together. I put it back together and left it for a few days to dry. For real, this time. Two days later, I soldered the battery back in. That took me several tries, because the iPod's circuitry is much tinier than you'd expect. When I finally finished, I discoved that the iPod didn't work. At all. I taped the battery in placed, checked my solder, and left it for about a week. After a week I opened it up and studied the extent of my damage. To my surprise, there were traces peeling off of the connectors on the clickwheel. Hmm. That was never to function again, but I figured that with Linux, I'd be able to script everything, eliminating a clickwheel. Upon further inspection, I found that I had no screen, either. I sensed that the dollar value of this iPod was dropping ever so slightly. Two months later, I returned to the iPod and tried to reconnect everything. I connected this to my stereo, which was at version 1.2 and had a motherboard. After some quick scripting, I managed to mount it as a HFS+ partition. Wee hee! It mounts! I ran over to my Mac and reinstalled Linux on the iPod, and decided that scripting the music could wait until later. For now, I'd just take it apart a few more times, just for fun. When I did this, I ESD'd the NAND memory, which had a far worse effect than I'd expected. After a 12 hour scan by my stereo, I found that I had exactly 0 blocks of working memory left on the pod. Wondering whether I could return it, I went to Future Shop and gave it to the guy, saying that it didn't work when I opened it. He opened the box and dumped the thing on the desk. "Impact damage isn't covered by warranty," he said. "Oh no," I laughed.

January/20/2007

Boy Finds Porn in Madden Case

Apparently, one in every 5 million copies comes with adult entertainment.

by Daemon Hatfield

January 3, 2007 - This has to be a first: a 14-year old boy in Utah is claiming his factory-sealed copy of Madden 07 for the Xbox 360 displayed hardcore porn when he popped the disc into his system. The boy, Kolton Mahoney, immediately notified his parents, who are backing up his claim.

IGN contacted an Electronic Arts representative said the company is working with Circuit City, where the game was purchased, to resolve the issue. EA has not seen the disc in question and was unable to verify whether or not the claim is valid. The representative did say that EA "regrets any embarrassment this matter has caused the family," and pointed out over 5 million copies have been sold without any similar complaints.

According to Utah's Standard-Examiner, when Mahoney laid eyes on the pornographic images, he thought to himself, "This is definitely not Madden."

Electronic Arts, Circuit City, and Utah's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force are all investigating how this mix-up might have happened.

January/22/2007

Here is today's story, well not story but a quiz

Prepare Yourself!!!!!!!!
EASY
1.Who is the creator of Family Guy?
2.How old is Peter?
3.In what episode does Stewie finally kill Louis?
4. Name all the members of the Griffin Family (Including relatives)
5.Name peters best friends.
6.What is Louis's last name
7.Around what time did Joe break his legs
8.What is the man�s name who owns "Glodman's Pharmacy" first name?

Congrats!!!! You've Defeated Easy!

MEDIUM
1.Lous's brother's name is?
2. In the episode "Mr. Saturday Night" Which car is the knights?
3. In the A-Team episode what did the A-Team do to get the kitten down from the tree?
4. In the episode "Griffin Family History" Meg gets charged for sexual harassment because?
5. In the episode "Petergeists" the exit portal is?
6. In the Family Guy Movie what is Stewie's name when he is disguised by future Stewie?
7. In the Family Guy movie what is Chris's wife's name?
8. In the Family Guy movie Meg gets a sex change and her new name is?
9. Approximitly how many episodes has there been so far?
10. In the episode "Barely Legal" Meg dates Brian because she _________
11.What is Louis's aunt�s name?

Congrats!!!!!!!!! You've completed MEDIUM!!!!

HARD
1.Who plays the voices of Stewie and quagmire?
2. When did the first Family Guy episode come out?
3. Who is the director of Family Guy?
4. Who is the Co-Creator for Family Guy?
5. How many Family Guy books has there been?
6. The man who does the voice acting for Cleveland is Black or White and his name is?
7. Who was the former director for Family Guy
8.Who is the writer for Family Guy
9.Family Guy is expected to have how many seasons?

Congrats!!!! You've defeated Hard !!!!

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