Hal's Blogs

Saturday, October 30, 2004

The Incredible$

From waxy.org, an incredible list of marketing items for 'The Incredible$'. Shows Disney's marketing power... I wonder how Pixar will do without Disney?

# posted by Hal : 8:04 AM

Friday, October 29, 2004

Xbox owner sues MSFT

From Slashdot, an Xbox owner is suing MSFT.

# posted by Hal : 1:49 PM

Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store

From Slashdot, the department of homeland security visits a Toy Store over an EXPIRED trademark.

# posted by Hal : 7:23 AM

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Cluster Ballooning

From the themorningnews.com, an introduction to cluster ballooning.

# posted by Hal : 9:35 PM

Kids prefer video games over TV, toys

Hmmm, they needed a study to find this out? Kids prefer video games over TV, and toys.

# posted by Hal : 7:39 AM

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Bush website blocked outside US

George Bush's website now blocks visitors outside the US.

# posted by Hal : 12:55 PM

Eminem's 'MOSH' Video

Eminem has released his newest video onto the internet. His latest target is against Bush.

# posted by Hal : 12:54 PM

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Lego Super Mario Playing Robot

DOn't know the authenticity of this page, but these guys built a SuperMario playing robot out of Lego.

# posted by Hal : 8:33 PM

ipod Photo

As rumoured, Apple has released the iPod Photo.

# posted by Hal : 7:59 PM

John Stewart's Crossfire Exchange

At the request of S.G., here's a Jon Stewart's now infamous Crossfire exchange on CNN.

# posted by Hal : 7:49 PM

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Ashlees Simpson on SNL

Last night, live on SNL, Ashlee Simpson missed her lip syncing cue, so she promptly walked off stage.

# posted by Hal : 3:14 PM

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Flat-screen TV emits international distress signal

An Oregan man was unaware that his flat-screen TV emitted an international distress signal.

# posted by Hal : 7:56 AM

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Robots

A new picture from the creators of 'Ice Age', Robots. Looks a lot more promising then Shark Tale. The trailers for Shark Tale just didn't do it for me, but the box office numbers seem to tell me that it's a better movie then I think it is.

# posted by Hal : 9:10 AM

'Frankenfish' caught in the Great Lakes

Yahoo! has the news reports that the dreaded 'Frankenfish' has been caught in great lakes.

# posted by Hal : 6:25 AM

Friday, October 15, 2004

3D Tests of 101 Video Cards in 14 Games

A large list of 101 Video Cards tested and benchmarked in 14 Games.

# posted by Hal : 12:55 PM

Google Desktop Search

Yesterday's news, which has set everyone abuzz, is Google's new desktop search.

# posted by Hal : 8:07 AM

The Seven Games of Highly Effective People

Of all places, from the Microsoft XP site, comes a list of 'The Seven Games of Highly Effective People'.

# posted by Hal : 6:27 AM

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Halo 2 leaked onto the Internet

Gamebiz has the scoop that Halo 2 has been leaked onto the Internet.

# posted by Hal : 6:31 AM

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Segway Centaur

The folks that brought you the segway have developed a four wheel version:
the Centaur.

# posted by Hal : 9:26 PM

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

A Final Fantasy History

From Slashdot, a Final Fantasy history.

# posted by Hal : 1:27 PM

Sunday, October 10, 2004

An FAQ on the Katamari Damacy.

# posted by Hal : 8:00 AM

Saturday, October 09, 2004

www.hackaday.com

An interesting new blog site, hack a day... where everyday promises a new hack to be posted.

# posted by Hal : 6:08 AM

Thursday, October 07, 2004

'Fantastic Four' Series

CNN has the scoop on a 'Fantastic Four' animated series.

# posted by Hal : 9:30 PM

China opens up to Electronic Arts

News from the BBC that Electronic Arts will be opening up a studio in China.

# posted by Hal : 12:29 PM

A Mario Sprite History

An interesting look at the evolution of Mario.

# posted by Hal : 12:26 PM

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Cheney Drops the Ball

If you watched the debate last night, Cheney mentioned a website to go check to refute that his ex-company Halliburton got preferential treatment for Iraq contract bids. Well, what he did was that he referred a wrong domain name.

# posted by Hal : 12:19 PM

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Caffeinated Beer

Uhmmm, some products aren't just meant to make it into the market, such as this one: Anheuser-Busch's caffienated beer. The name itself is ominous to a marketing disaster, doesn't it?

# posted by Hal : 12:40 PM

Saturday, October 02, 2004

Sam and Max team forms new studio - PC News at GameSpot

Gamespot has the scoop that the team of Sam and Max have formed a new studio. Does this mean that that the sequel to Sam and Max will finally be made?

# posted by Hal : 5:31 PM