Nathan Strum

I still rock a big ole 36" sony trinitron in my game room.

Problem is no one else wants clunky passive displays.

Demand for "smart" and "connected" is soaring at a breakneck pace!

I just read that Philips are cancelling sales of "curved" TVs in Scandinavia, calling them marketing gimmicks. Perhaps that is the start of a new era, where television is just that - a hires display of moving pictures with sound, not an entire entertainment system?

and fires! once again I am near a raging wildfire (Ferguson)

Damn!!!

But it's a dry heat, so it's fine. LOL!

I wish there were more to it. It was OK, though. Seemed like a big-budget TV episode to me.

Solo used to be my favorite SW character as a kid. Now that I'm older, I identify a LOT more with Luke, he's got truth and justice and idealism on his side

or at least he did until Last Jedi, which is more like how I feel these days

I'd give it maybe a six. At least it didn't frustrate the hell out of me like Infinity War's ending.

I thought it was Great! When all was said and done, I might have made it more Star Wars-y, but great nonetheless.

So now it is rain, underbrush grows back, it gets dry again, and more fires I assume...

It'll take 10 years at least to grow back what burned.

They gotta watch for Mudslides! They need trees to hold soil...

The guy above should've counter-argued for more difficulty!

^ hahahahahaha! Yeah, probably should have, Well, Super Cobra does have the 'Arcade' designation after it, so here's hoping!

Your just going to make me spend more $ at PRGE, aren't you.

Wait, you were offered a discount and you didn't need it? Early perks, man! If you can scam the system for cash, milk it, baby!

Oh, I took the discount all right. But I didn't like the inference.

I use my AARP card to get a free donut at Dunkin Doughnuts

LOL, another orange and blue movie poster.

You need to change the AA logo from blue & white, to blue and orange.

The AtariAge text is blue and orange. Bucknell colors!

We're number 2! We're number 2!

I love number 2's.

There was a great bio piece about him in the Post yesterday. For a second I was afraid he was dead, it was such a glowing tribute, almost like an obituary. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2017/02/16/how-weird-al-eclipsed-almost-every-star-he-ever-parodied/

In November, Squeeze Box with an accordion-shaped box will be coming out.

Weird Al's a Classic! Believe it or not, I know where he's coming from...We (the band Monastat 7) were not allowed to release our Doors' cover of Love Me 2 Times by stupid lawyer types...

We always have to do that where I work. You have to fill out a self-evaluation and then turn it in and see if they agree with you or not.

It's OK, they won't know if you misspell it. They're not the best "readers"...

I've had to do this, too. Didn't like it. Generally, my boss has always agreed with everything I say. For whatever that's worth.

I figure if we're in agreement, we're just wasting our time with the evaluation. Let's get some work done.

Merry Christmas Nathan!

Enjoy some VR with Itchy!

And a Merry Festivus fer the rest of us!

I always remember that face from the closing credits, but never saw the episode.

He just smiled and gave me a Carbomite sandwich.

Wasn't Han Solo frozen in vegemite?

Interesting test! I scored a 4, with all 4 being positioned consecutively in the yellow+green range.

I guess my weakness isn't super surprising. Most people have a lot of wavelength overlap in their green and red cones.

959...but all I did was hit submit to see what would happen.

I got a 16

WATCH OUT, YOU'RE GONNA CRASH! AHHH!

that is what happen to Chewbacca!

Must be something in your eye.

Classy company. I need to buy some car cleaning products. The loose change in the coffee cup holder is starting to stick to the bottom.

atari2600land - not quite. This was a professionally produced commercial on the Velocity channel. But no audio - just text and graphics.

Best commercial ever: Windell Middlebrooks shouting HIGH LIFE! for one second.

Tell us about Wonder Woman.

Hehe

I thought Wonder Woman was one of the few bright spots of the film. Kind of impractical attire for fighting though. Not that I'm complaining, however.

There is no eye in sight.

but there is an "i" in "Mediocre"

There are two i's in "idiot."

I predict a Netflix style service for the BBC.

Doctor Who leaving Netflix made me mad. I too should have watched it. I tried to record the show before it did. Said it would have Doctor Who till February 1st, and at midnight February 1st it left. Only recorded like 4 episodes before the show left.

BBC have been planning to bring iPlayer to the US for awhile, 2016 is the year they said it would happen.

It's not silly, it's a great idea to reduce our carbon footprint. Now if we only force everyone to have f-ing insurance....

Is it a non-smoking waiting room?

Nobody was smoking in it. But with the exhaust from the cars pointing right into the doorway, it'd be hard to tell.

Did you fall asleep at the company picnic?

Netflix!

I just never watched the show. But then I started watching the 50th anniversary retrospectives, a couple of episodes here and there, and the 50th anniversary show, and so now I'm hooked. Fortunately I do have Netflix, so I can start chipping away at them.

:-)

THANKS NATHAN!!! I always wondered, too.

I thought it was when he was strung out on coke. "should I try to do some more"

I dunno but me like skank

Probably just pretend skank looking for attention.

She seems genuine enough to me.

Lots of guitar players at the office? \m/ \m/

I saw a coworker get his tie caught in a shredder. I had to hit the stop button as it yanked his head down ... scary!

No stop button on this one. It was a huge, truck-mounted thing. One-way trip if your tie gets caught.

Explosions can be done in 8-bit, eh Nathan?

Pyrocluster for the Cinema 4D does take a long time to render, but give good result. I usually cheat with metaball and particle for flaming ring explosion.

Not if you use real ones.

no discount AND don't order a hot dog there! It'll come split and when you ask WTF? They reply that it needs to be "fully cooked"... ALL hot dogs are full cooked, even before they're cooked. DUH!!

tried them out a few weeks ago. heartburn city.

Yes. Fresh Jalapeno slices bring the pain. It's good going in, though.