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12/21/2005 4:09:20 PM
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 Today, I had the best conversation with my wife over messenger. It was such a great example of the joy of giving gifts during the Christmas/Holiday season.
Here is a snippet:
[Wife] says (3:49 PM):
i mean, if i don't like the presents, i'll just punch you
Dustin says (3:49 PM):
oh ok
Dustin says (3:49 PM):
great
[Wife] says (3:49 PM):
yeah
Dustin says (3:49 PM):
your gift to me will be 2 black eyes?
[Wife] says (3:50 PM):
yeah and knocked out front teef
Merry Christmas dear wife, I love you too! ;-)
Note: Don't worry, this is all in good fun... she is not a violent person... which is what makes this funny.
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7/14/2004 1:48:30 PM
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DOOM 3 has GONE GOLD!
click image for awesome wallpaper
That's right folks, DOOM 3 has officially GONE GOLD (for you noobs, that means the game is finished and it is being sent off to get manufactured!).
Expect it to show up in stores the first week of August! Here is the official press release. More news to come soon!
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6/16/2004 9:26:15 AM
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 As a follow up to the previous posting, here's the first single from "Alter Bridge" - Open Your Eyes courtesy of VH1.com
Alter Bridge is comprised of 3 original Creed members: Mark Tremonti (guitar), Scott Phillips (drums), & Brian Marshall (bass) plus vocalist, Myles Kennedy (formerly of the Mayfield Four). As is to be expected, the first single sounds instrumentally just like Creed did but with a new singer. Being a big Creed fan, I give it 2 thumbs up and am looking forward to the full album release "One Day Remains" on 8/10/2004.
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6/4/2004 8:27:14 AM
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 The bad news is that they are indeed splitting up. The good news is that there will be 2 bands instead of one. Scott Stapp is working on his own material and the rest of the band is replacing him with former "Mayfield Four" singer/ songwriter Myles Kennedy. So it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Press Release here
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5/7/2004 6:11:56 AM
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Another Friday is upon us. The weeks are just flying by now. I can't believe it's May already. Where on hEarth did April go?
Got any good weekend plans? Van Helsing comes out this weekend, so that's exciting.
It's also starting to heat up here in the desert... but we knew it was coming, so yeah - time to start planning a "cool" vacation. E3 is also almost here, so we should be getting some good gaming news coming our way soon. I'm personally hoping to hear some DOOM 3 and Half-Life 2 news.
Okay, if you have anything else to add - do it in the Forum! Have a good weekend!
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4/27/2004 4:04:05 PM
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I came across this site today while reading through the Shacknews comments. I thought I would come up with my own church sign image, so that one is what I came up with.
Check the site out for yourself. Church Sign Generator
Hahahaha... awesome.
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4/16/2004 10:58:42 AM
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 Yesterday on my daily commute home, I noticed an "all your base are belong to us" license plate holder in action. Fortunatly, traffic on the freeway was moving slow enough that I was able to get out my camera and take some pictures.
click picture on right for large view
For those of you not familiar with "all your base" here's some history:
"All Your Base" comes from a cut scene in an old arcade game called Zero Wing with possibley the worst Japaneese to English translation ever. Its become kind of a cult web phenomenon. Here's a flash video from the game.
Still confused? Check out the "Official All Your Base Are Belong To Us Site" Dont worry if you dont get it. Im just easily amused and figured at lease someone else would get a cheap laugh out of it too.
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3/26/2004 12:35:25 PM
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 WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!
The other night I had one of the worst experiences I have had in a long time. In fact… it was so bad it makes me nauseous just thinking about it.
I will re-construct the course of events after I give a brief history of one of my favorite dessert/snacks. As a young kid, I learned a lot from my dad – especially when it came to desserts based on ice cream and late night snacks.
One of the best things I learned from my dad was what is now referred to in my family as a “Dustin’s Special” (somehow I was given credit instead of my dad… so I am admitting it in front of everyone that I didn’t invent this, he did). The first thing you do is get your favorite ice cream (I highly recommend Breyer’s chocolate ice cream if you like chocolate ). You make sure it is nice and frozen, the harder the ice cream, the better… and scoop some into a cup of your choice (I use those red plastic “Solo Brand” cups). Make sure and only fill your cup between one half and three quarters with ice cream. It’s better to be more conservative because you can always add more ice cream if you need it. Then, take some milk and pour the milk until it just barely overtakes the ice cream. Then, here is the part most lazy people will hate… take a spoon out of your silverware drawer and start mixing it by hand. “By hand???” you may be thinking… trust me though, it keeps the consistency just right if it is mixed by hand. I suggest mixing until you have most of the large chunks of ice cream mixed with the milk. Don’t over mix though, because it’s not as good if it is too runny. If yours is too thick, just add some milk to it… if it’s too runny and you need more ice cream (and have space in your cup) just put a bit more ice cream in your cup. And the last step is: ENJOY!
Okay, now that I have set the stage for my story (and given you a killer milkshake recipe), on to my story. As I tell it, keep in mind that these “Dustin’s Special” milkshakes are my favorite dessert.
The other night around 10:30pm, I went into the kitchen to make a “Dustin’s Special.” I noticed it was kind of dark in the kitchen as I gathered the milk, ice cream, spoon, and my cup. I filled the cup up to the just the right height, poured my milk, and started mixing. After a minute or two I was happy with the consistency, I took my milkshake into the bedroom, sat down on the bed and started watching a movie on my laptop. Keep in mind that my wife was sleeping, so I had the lights off – and the only thing that was emitting light was my laptop.
I began to eat my milkshake, but after a few bites I noticed that something didn’t taste quite right. It wasn’t a horrible taste, it just tasted funny. I ate nearly half of it before I decided I didn’t want anymore because I just wasn’t happy with the taste. I took the cup over and set it on the dresser, and went to bed.
The next day, I was cleaning up in the room and grabbed the cup to take it into the kitchen. I looked in it, and was quite astounded at how the remaining contents looked. It was almost like a caked over brown foam at the top, with chunky liquid below the caked layer. I took it into the kitchen, turned the water on, and began to pour it out. I noticed it was overly chunky as I poured it down the sink, and suddenly began to realize why it had tasted somewhat funny the night before. After I was finished pouring it out, I went to the refrigerator and pulled the milk out to check the dates on the bottle. The dates checked out. It said “Sell by 3/##/04, and Use by 3/25/04. I don’t recall what the sell by date was, but it was the 24th when I made the milkshake… so in theory, the milk should have been still good.
Then I realized that we had gotten the milk quit a long time ago (maybe 2 weeks). I examined the bottle a little closer and looked at the liquid inside. It looked “thick”… and at that point I realized that I had violated my “Dustin’s Special” with some rotten, chunky, nasty milk. My mouth began to water... you know, just how it does right before you vomit. I began to pour the milk down the disposal, and it literally “fell” out of the bottle in chunks. I almost ralphed right there into the sink with that chunky milk, but I was able to take control.
At this point of writing this entry, I have had my mouth water up 3 times because it still makes me sick thinking about it. You may ask why I even wrote this. There are 2 reasons… the first being that I can share my recipe for a “Dustin’s Special” with everyone who reads this… and the second reason so I can warn everyone that making a “Dustin’s Special” in the dark can give you “mixed results.”
That’s about all I can write because I feel like I am going to throw up, even know this happened 3 days ago.
The moral of the story is: Don’t make your favorite dessert with rancid ingredients.
This was far too long to proof read, so please excuse any mistakes ;-)
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11/4/2003 12:58:33 PM
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Our dear friend, Robby, sent me over this picture he took with his handy dandy camera phone. This is why it pays to be a Costco Member. (if you can stomach the $40 a year membership fee) ;-)
Thanks Robot!
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8/14/2003 9:40:34 AM
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It looks like ATI will be the graphics chip supplier for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox2. Personally, I'm starting to wonder about Nvidia. They've been the industry leader for a few years now with their TNT & GeForce lines of GPU's but in recent months, they've started slipping. ATI is now a huge threat to their dominance. The last non-nvidia 3D accelerator I had was the original 3dFX VooDoo. Currently I have a GeForce4 but when it comes time for me to upgrade that again, I'll give ATI some serious consideration for the first time. The way things stand now, Nvidia's recent FX line just isn't performing like I would have expected. Hopefully Nvidia gets their act together SOON. I'd hate to see them go the route that 3DFX did.
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