Post Removal

Hello everyone! I’m guessing that if you’re reading this, you may not be aware that the blog has been moved to a new server.  That’s ok if you’re still here, for now.  But, I wanted to put out a warning that the posts from this blog will be removed within the next week or two.  I no longer update this blog hosted here.

So, that being said… come to http://www.timewastersparadise.com.
The tower defense list is here http://timewastersparadise.com/?p=4.

Update your bookmarks, share the link with a friend, do whatever you want

Thank you, Jason

We Have Our Own Domain Now!

In the coming days and weeks, I will be moving this blog to it’s own hosting. You will be able to get to it through the following domain:

• www.timewastersparadise.com

I will send an update when things have been converted over. Possibilities are endless now!

Perfect Date Dating Video

This is funny…

How to win at {insert game here}

Do you like to dominate other players? Of course you do… that’s what games are about – competition. Get a leg up on your opponents (or the ‘house’) with some advice below. As always, please share links that I am missing.

• Carnival Games – Good stuff here
• Chess
• Diablo II
• Dice
• Low Limit Poker
• Minesweeper
• Monopoly – very detailed write-up
• Rock, Paper, Scissors – (2)
  
• Starcraft
• Trivia Games

Halo 3 Site List

I was a little late buying Halo 3… If I could have, I wouldn’t have had it the day of release. Of course as you age, have children, and a full-time job – buying Halo 3 drops down in your list of priorities (just a little).

Below is a list of sites that are really good for hints, tips, walk-throughs, or just for reference-sake As always, if you know of a site not listed, please let me know.

Halo 3 – Official Site
Bungie.net – Another official site – check online stats
Halowik.net – This site has it all… very good reference site.
Mjolnir Tactics – Very nicely laid out and good strategies
Grunts R Us – Good bit of information, decent forum, and news updated daily.
The Final Fight – Also has Halo and Halo 2 information
Halo 3 Basics – Good information regarding the mult-player aspect of Halo 3
Halo 3 Custom Map Finder – Find multi-player games without being logged into Xbox Live
Halo 3 Spot – Halo 3 Blog
Tactical Breakdown of Halo 3 Maps - video with what it says
Pro Halo League – Are you good enough? Sign up and win money in tournaments
Halo Forever – Good set of tips here
Halo.Bungie.Org – News Site and other information
Planet Halo – Gamespy’s Halo Site
Halo 3 Comedy – Classic in-game moments
Games Radar Halo Coverage

Here’s my profile on Bungie.Net. I’m not sure on the frequency of update because I am no longer the rank it says I am. I’m actually two ranks higher than it displays, as of this edit.  Feel free to add me as a friend!

Write a science fiction novel

The link below is a internet collaboration to create and publish a science fiction novel.  Every aspect of the novel, itself, will be from contributions from the internet community.  All contributors will be noted in the text of the novel.

http://writeascifinovel.wordpress.com/

A friend and myself are facilitating this blog and are excited for the project.  We cannot wait to see the contributions come in and all the pieces come together.

You Have The Right To Remain Tasered

Yes, yes I know – this isn’t “really” funny. But, I have to tell you with the increase in reports of people being tasered by law enforcement officials, it kind of makes me chuckle. Come on, what the hell is going on with this? I do send out my condolences to those families who may have lost a loved one due to the senseless act and am not poking fun at any victim, just the supposed law enforcement personnel who share the same brain capacity with that of a worm. I’m certain this list will grow as I am seeing new articles almost daily.

Taser Attacks

• Toronto Man Tasered In Eye (10/29/2007)
• Man Tasered While Sleeping In His Own Home (11/3/2007)
• Don’t Taser Me Bro (video)
• Woman tasered numerous times by police officer (video in link)
• Defiant father tasered while holding newborn
• Deputies subdue autistic boy with taser (9/19/2007)
• Youth, 17, dies after police taser incident (10/14/2006)
• Woman tasered by cops (video)
• UCLA Police taser student in powell (video)
• Sheffield Village Police taser incident (video)
• Police Chase and taser a drugged out kid (video)
• If you get out of line, we will taser you (video)
• King County Sheriffs are too quick to grab for Taser

Other Links

• “Can’t Tase This” (video)
• Taser Danger?
• Don’t Taser Me Bro Merchandise

List of films by gory death scene

If you were wanting to know about some gruesome death in a movie check out the Wikipedia article “List of films by gory death scene“.

You can also look here, “Movie Deaths Database“. It has the gory and not-so gory deaths. As of this post, there are 759 movie deaths in the database. I’m not sure why you’d ever need to use this, but it’s good stuff anyways.

Drawball

This can be a very big time-waster with all the zooming potential. Very cool stuff.

http://www.drawball.com/

Click this link to see one year worth of drawball activities. One second of video = 40 hours.

http://www.drawball.com/playback – Click the play button

Here is the “best of”

http://best.drawball.com/

Typoglycemia

This is pretty neat. The rumor is, Cambridge University did a study concluding that the human mind can read words that are scramble, so long as the first and last letters are intact, at almost the same rate as reading correctly written words. That however, isn’t true. Cambridge University never did such a study.

” hTe olny ture widosm is in kiwnong you konw nthnoig.” – Socrates

” You can trun pfnuail soiauttnis arunod truhogh luthgaer. If you can fnid huomr in atyihnng, eevn potrvey, you can svivure it.” – Bill Cosby

“Do you think taht wehn tehy asked Ggroee Wasgtnhoin for ID taht he jsut wpiphed out a qutraer?” – Steven Wright

Here is a handy link for translating your own text to a jumbled mess – Typoglycemia Translator.

Wikipedia entry about Typoglycemia.