TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1999
CDRW FOR $159 (4:30 AM EST)
Staples, the office supply store (usually attached to a Wal-Mart plaza) has the Memorex CRW-1622 CD Rewriter on sale, after rebate it's $159 The rebate ends April 24th. I got one here, and it works like a friggin dream. :) That's why this update is sooo late. Been backing up all night :) Hence the small update, I'll add more throughout the day once I wake up.
NORM QUOTE
"Gentlemen, start your taps."
#58 IF IT SMELLS LIKE SHIT, IT PROBABLY TASTES LIKE SHIT TOO.
Ancient restaurant wisdom.
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
If you really want to optimize, customize and revitalize your box, check out FLOACH.PIMPIN.NET This is the center of the Litestep universe. I use Litestep, and it rocks ass. It's super customizable, and uses like half the system resources as the Winblows Exploder shell. Highly recommended.
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1999
THE MUSHROOM INTERVIEWS THE KINGPIN THUG (12:30 PM EST)
Bwahahahahha, this is too funny, check it out HERE.
NEW RA2 MAPS (3:30 AM EST)
Well, I must say, for the most part these are some top-notch maps. A couple blew my mind totally, and one, I forget which, has several different forms of the same map, which is a replica from Tron! It's from the disc arena, where Tron fights another program with there data discs. W00T! Also, the backwards Edge on RA2MAP20 KICKS ASS!!!!! OMG, I was so lost, walking into walls and stuff. Excellent map choice.
SAVE THE WHALES
SAVE THE WHALES
NEW RA2 SCREENSHOTS
Fadz has some random shots of some of the more scenic areas on the new maps. Scope them out HERE.
NORM QUOTE
"How's life treating you, Norm?"
"Like it caught me in bed with his wife."
#57 YOU CAN NEVER KNOW WHAT A WOMAN WANTS, HELL THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEMSELVES.
You take things slow, they complain you don't show enough affection, as soon as you get smooshy, they say you're smothering them. You can't win.
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
Want warez? Tired of searching through the porno banner packed, stupid popup sites for the crack? Enter ASTALAVISTA, a warez search engine that finds the cracks/hacks and then allows you to got to whichever site you choose to get it. Much like Yahoo, but better :)

 
SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1999
NEW RA2 RELEASE!!! (4:30 AM EST)
If you haven't gotten it yet, the new RA2 release is out!!! Fadz has a copy on the FTP here that you can get HERE. He also is running a 'new map only' server at 207.204.29.246:27914 I haven't gotten to play them yet, but I got a woody just thinking about it :)
Hell No, I Won't Go
Jenne Bailey (Mynx)'s .plan file
Just answering some questions:

No, I won't be going to E3.
No, I won't be going to QuakeCon.
No, I won't be going to your prom (sorry Calcman).
No, they aren't implants and
No, they won't be removed.

LATE NIGHT 2
Um, this second installment of Late Nite blows real bad. They show off their Keygrip tricks, ask CRT a few boring questions, and do a couple LAME skits. OMG, I was thinking, 'um, when's it get funny?' If you haven't downloaded it yet, don't bother, it might sour the beauty of the first episode....
NORM QUOTE
"How's life, Norm?"
"Not for the squeamish, Coach."
#56YOU CAN'T TRUST ANY GODDAMN WOMEN
Name one woman (besides your mom etc) who you completly trust. Remember the person you name (if you can think of one) and watch it, the bitch will betray you eventually, trust me. Tis their nature to be conniving, lying, evil bitches, they can't help it.
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
The Ultimate Collection of Murphy's Laws. If shit can happan, it will. This is true, so sadly true.

 
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1999
HOMEWORLD (2:30 AM EST)
Rine was accepted as a beta-tester for Homeworld. w00t! You know what this means right? I'm an 'unofficial' beta tester too :) I'll post some screenshots and info as soon as he gets the demo this week. :) If you're clueless, Homeworld is a space flight, 3D bsattle type game, sorta like Wing Commander, but MUCH BETTER LOOKING. There's a preview in your C:\Half-Life\valve\media dir I believe to show this beautiful game in action. I'm droolin :)
PC HUMOR
Eric Smith (Ion Storm) updates his .plan
ANIMATING A FAT ASS.

It is hard to animate a giant fat ass because I have no idea what their skeleton looks like. Fat
people always look like they are leaning back because of their bellies, but they usually also 
have a big ass sticking out, which makes it look like they are standing straight up.  And when you
Add in the hot dogs behind the neck, man I have no clue what is going on.  Either they have a 
Normal skeleton and there is just all kinds of stuff hanging off it, OR they have this really contorted
And twisted one.

If anybody out there can help find information on fat skeletons, let me know.

LATE NIGHT 2
I was amused by Late Night 1, the Quake talk show by some Toxy guy and his nobody sidekick Essobie, and now part two is apparantly out. I have the file on it's way down the pipe now, and am wandering what the topics are on this one (note two things: #1 I sent Essobie about 5 kiler ideas for Late Night 2 immediatly after LN1's release. #2 I've personally had some flammage between me and Essobie and Toxy) Anyways, I still think it worth checking out either way, go on over to the CLAN PHANTASM page to get it.
NORM QUOTE
"What's new, Norm?"
"Most of my wife."
#55 BILL GATES TRANSLATES AS 'TO CHARGE A FEE TO GO THROUGH AN ENTRANCE'
Consider the implications of this, Bill Gates is a gatekeeper who charges to go through his passage. His passage is an OS that has everything being designed for it, which is between you and the net.  So what this means is he holds the key to the most used passage, and he can charge for it, no matter how dangerous (unstable) the passage actually is.
  • Bill, v. t.  1. To advertise by a bill or public notice. 2. To charge or enter in a bill; as, to bill goods. 
  • Gate (?), n. [OE. et, eat, giat, gate, door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v. Cf. Gate a way in the wall, 3d Get.]  1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.  2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
Plain and simple, Rine is learning HTML, and here's his site, WIGGER RHINO.

 
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999
MY DAY OFF (3:15 AM EST)
Added my favorite daily links at the top so you can share in my daily amusement. Also started a thread on the Dingleboard which I'd love to hear some replies to :P
Reinstalled BSP today and started on a new map, maybe this one will actually see the light of day. Got killer ideas, the best mapping proggy, and a few beers.. but little patience.. :)
PC HUMOR
Jake Simpson (Programmer Raven) updates his .plan:
Q. Whats the politically correct term for a Lesbian ?
A. A Vagiterian.
FUNNY SHIT
I found this while browsing for shit today... no really, browsing for 'shit' I found the Close-to-complete Ideology and Religion Shit List. This cracks me up... Here's a couple examples:
Taoism: Shit happens. 
Zen Buddhism: Shit is, and is not. 
Satanism: SNEPPAH TIHS. 
Quakers: Let us not fight over this shit. 
NORM QUOTE
"Hey, what's happening, Norm?"
"Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."
#54 NEVER DO ANY REAL WORK ON YOUR DAY OFF
It's your day off (from work, school) right? Why the hell would you want to woork? Today I accomplished absolutely nothing on my day off, I'm so proud I could shit... but that'd be work... I can't understand those teachers that assign homework on the weekends, they must have terrible home lives... hmmmm, so do I... :(
RINE'S LINK OF THE DAY
This one might make you puke, seriously, you are warned. This site shows some of the nastiest stuff I've EVER seen in my life, the BODY MODIFICATION EZINE. You'll see people doing stuff to themselves that NOBODY should ever so. Can you say "penis inflated with saline?" Seriously, I'm not responsible for puke on your keyboard and stuff... :)