Monthly Archives: October 2007

R.I.P. OiNK

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Robin

OiNK, the known yet unknown tracker that everyone wanted an invite to, has been shut down and the site replaced with a gray message from the authorities. Apparently the servers, which were in Amsterdam, were seized and the owner, a … Continue reading →

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Half-Life 2… Kinda

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Robin

Thanks to the generosity of Coldforged, I’ve gotten a copy of Half-Life 2 for free! Unfortunately, I would have to run it in Parallels for now (only got a MacBook), and it sucks that I don’t have space on my … Continue reading →

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Stephen Colbert’s 404

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Robin

From last night’s Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert’s introduction line: Error 404, introduction to show not found! This is… the Colbert Report. Not as many laughs from the audience as his intro lines usually get, but I got this one…

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WWII, a Video Game

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Robin

(via Mahangu)

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Automattic Acquires Gravatar

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Robin

Yess. Yess. Yess. Automattic (a la Matt Mullenweg) has acquired Gravatar, a “global avatar service,” which has been what can only be described as a crapshoot — sometimes Gravatars went down, or at best, were really slow, and for a … Continue reading →

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