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The Woz:

As in, “What in the name of Oz is wrong with you?”

Give him a break. This guy helped bring you Oregon Trail by providing cheap Apples to your elementary labs.

Weird dream last night (not involving Wozniak):
It was a commercial. The song “Shout to the Lord” was playing but on the screen was a Madden game with a Green Bay Packer on the cover morphing over the years, uniforms from the 60s to modern day. The voice-over then said, “Let your daughters know that you’ll always love them. EA Sports. It’s in the game.”

I feel like this guy:

Let’s see what tonight brings.

Cornhusker? Cornflickr? I think I’m related to a cornhicker…

Here’s what the Yahoo tech guy says to prevent damage from the Conficker virus:

Microsoft offers a web-based scanner (note that some users have reported it crashed their machines; I had no trouble with it), so you might try one of these downloadable options instead: Symantec’s Conficker (aka Downadup) tool, Trend Micro’s Cleanup Engine, or Malwarebytes.

And then he has to add:

And yes, Macs are immune this time out.

Thanks, Ohm! Dad, you ask me what Twitter is. It’s this:

I got an invitation to a focus group to watch a new movie called Game. It’s this Tuesday and I’m leading my small group that night, so I can’t go. First person to comment, message, call, tweet me gets two tickets to…The Game (or is it just Game?) It’s at Harkins Chandler Fashion 20 on Tuesday, March 31st, and you have to be there at 6:45pm. (Oh…you also have to be between the ages of 17 and 34…sorry, Dad.)

Here’s an excerpt from the description:

You and a guest are invited to preview GAME, a non-stop action
thriller from the writers/directors of CRANK. GAME stars Gerard
Butler (300), Michael C. Hall (DEXTER), John Leguizamo
(RIGHTEOUS KILL, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13), Milo Ventimiglia
(HEROES), Amber Valletta (TRANSPORTER 2), Ludacris (CRASH,
HUSTLE & FLOW), and Kyra Sedgwick (THE CLOSER).

Game is a high-concept action thriller that set in the near future, a
time when mind-control technology has taken society by storm.
Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online
game. Reclusive billionaire Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall) has created
the controversial form of entertainment, “Slayers,” a hugely popular
game that allows millions to act out their innermost desires and
fantasies – online – in front of a global audience. Gaming has evolved
into a terrifying new dimension… mind control… manipulation…
people playing people!

At the center is Kable (300’s Gerard Butler), the superstar and cult
hero of “Slayers,” the savage, ultraviolent first person shooter
game. Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star
status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory
each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight
against his will, the modern day gladiator must survive long enough
to escape the game to free his family, regain his identity and to save
mankind from Castle’s ruthless technology.

I’m almost done with Max Ride 5, so it’s fitting that we have our results of the survey:

If you were forced to be a part of a mad scientist’s recombinant DNA experiment, which creature would you want your DNA mixed with?

45% Koala
36% Chinchilla
9% Manatee
9% Matt Lauer

Let’s pause for a minute while we contemplate Matt Lauer tying in votes with a manatee.

Expect a review of Max within the next few days. Mike, still working on the video. Slade, when April 18 rolls around those zombies will have me to fear. My encouraging fans, we’re on page 90 of Vanguard.

Have you seen the information TurboTax puts out about deductions? I’m curious about the depreciation of my MacBook, DVD burner, and printer based on how many things got booyored in 2008.

Aaron Allston, Wraith Squadron creator, will be at Changing Hands tomorrow at 2pm. Thanks to Steve of Zi-D8 fame (that’s how he introduced himself on the phone).

Here’s one that I found this morning:

I GIVE UP!!! I AM GOING TO BREAK SOMETHING!!!!

I WILL PAY YOU $10 to log-on to my xbox 360 LIVE account and sing ONE SONG on expert. You have to complete it only. I don’t care about the stars. I just want the achievement.

The song is Boston’s Foreplay/Long Time.

I have completed every other song on expert already. I cannot get past this one. I am going to break another controller if I try it myself again. Is 5 minutes of your time worth $10? It’s yours if you can do it.

I did not know this. Toto composed the soundtrack for Dune.

(I guess it makes sense, being 1984 and David “Twin Peaks” Lynch.”)

And here’s a commercial from him that makes as much sense as buying a cigarette in the first place:

I don’t know if you’ve seen the Futile Ohm’s Twitter stream yet. Follow him as he braves that new world known as Washington (the rainy one) living down the street from Nintendo of America.

Irony? I hear the XBox buildings are the nicest in the commune.

I’ll add his stream to the sidebar under my “From the Field” section in the Friends links.

Editor’s note: Slade, have you seen how quickly this video has spread? I received three e-mails today from different people about the video. I think it’s because they saw your article.

With over 900,000 views in the past week, I’ll take this guy over any current politician in congress with the exception of Jon Kyl and Mitch McConnell.