Archive for May, 2004

P2P Thought

Tuesday, May 25th, 2004

Something that cripples networks such as the anonymous Freenet and various p2p networks, is that people are unwilling to share bandwidth.

The reason for this is obvious: If you pay for a big fat line, you want speed, and you aren't prepared to suffer slow web surfing because someone else is using traffic on your erxpensive [...]

Neverending Story

Sunday, May 23rd, 2004

Tonight I saw the Neverending Story from 1984 on TV.
I've seen it many years ago, and I seemed to remember that although it had bad special effects, it was ok.

I was way off the mark.
At the time of writing, the IMDB score is 7.2
If it weren't for the knowledge of it being based on a [...]

E3 and L.A.

Wednesday, May 19th, 2004

Let it be said from the start: My trip to E3 was great. I am really glad I got to go.

Thanks to IO for sending me over there.

There were, however, a lot of things about E3 itself I had mixed feelings about.

From what I had heard about E3, I had the impression that it would [...]

Going To E3

Sunday, May 9th, 2004

Tomorrow I am leaving for L.A. for a week to go to E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) with a bunch of other people from IO.

I am sure it will be fun. We will be staying in a swanky hotel on Marina Del Rey.

It will be very strange to be away from Anna for an entire week. [...]

Danish Jackasses

Tuesday, May 4th, 2004

I have run across a few danish jackass-like groups of people who hurt themselves for everyone elses amusement.

I can really recommend their video clips.

Here you go:

Carma Cowboys
Fucked Up Productions
Farmer Ass