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<title>Tasty Buffalo RSS</title><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/index.php</link><description>All things TastyBuffalo&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2008 Tasty Buffalo Design</dc:rights><dc:date>2011-11-16T15:58:17-08:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:39:33 -0800</lastBuildDate><item><title>On Skyrim (Part 1)</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2011-11-16T15:58:17-08:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a77a5d290cc162a843ba94069e12f294-93.php#unique-entry-id-93</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a77a5d290cc162a843ba94069e12f294-93.php#unique-entry-id-93</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[First of all, let me say that I have been a fan of the series only since Morrowind, (TES 3) though that may be pretty long by some people&rsquo;s standards.   I want to say from the very beginning that I could not be more pleased with the game. ...  In fact, I believe every facet of the game and its design is worth discussion, and that&rsquo;s part of the reason I want my thoughts here so I don&rsquo;t get lost in thinking on a single point.   I may tidy these notes up at some point, and formalize them in one great treatise on the aesthetics of the game, but that&rsquo;s unlikely as I am very lazy.


...But I&rsquo;ve always felt it accomplished that at a high cost; that Bethesda had shifted the game to a more mainstream platform to make the game more broadly accessible to the Halo crowd of gamers.   I find that I have problems with the slow homogenization of blockbuster games into titles that must pander to every audience possible to be successful. 

...So really it was not that I could blame Bethesda for going more mainstream with their games, I was only a bit disappointed was all. ...  And if they decide to cut features that are dear to me, I should not feel personally hurt, as I am not the entire audience.


...Clearly what I meant when I said that Morrowind was more &ldquo;true to its origins&rdquo; I meant that is was more of a genre title, or what might be a game focused on a particular niche of gamers. 

...Morrowind had 5 or 6 as I recall, and they all made it into Oblivion, minus the luck stat that was pretty broken.


...It cannot be that the player character is simple perfect at everything, and one of the ways Morrowind accomplished that was to tie skill gain to level experience.   You couldn&rsquo;t gain more than 10 points in a major skill without gaining a level.   You could add to your primary stats, and there would be multipliers for stats related to skills you had gained.   Gain 10 skill points all in a skill related to strength, and you would have a x5 multiplier should you apply a point to strength. ...  Without any multipliers, you would have only those 3 points to assign, and with 3 skills with x5 multipliers, you could have a total of 15 points assigned to your primary stats.   But 10 points in a primary skill would level you, so you would need to strategize and make sure to gain 10 points in 2 other skills not your major skills if you wanted those multipliers. ...  This meant that a character that carried too much from their archetype would be the waker for it, whereas a character that specialized would be much stronger. 

...Each swing was a dice roll, and each dice roll had a computation underlying it that was again, very complicated. there were the related stats, like strength or agility, and then there was your skill level, your luck&hellip; it was a lot going on that you couldn&rsquo;t see.


...Certainly the selection of different skills and abilities played a role, but all the hard work had been done before you got that far. 

...There were your stats interacting with your skills in much the same way as in Morrowind. the problem of combat had been made more simple by reducing the number of skills, but their relations to stats both primary and derived were the same, but at least there weren&rsquo;t dice rolls.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Not turning any leaves</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2009-05-17T16:04:53-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d6d72f9bc6b29c107315e65ebe220d8a-81.php#unique-entry-id-81</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d6d72f9bc6b29c107315e65ebe220d8a-81.php#unique-entry-id-81</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So I'm not going to make any promises or say any of those stupid things a person might say, like, "Turning over a new leaf."


Because I think any true change is a process, and to simplify it as a binary condition of simply changed/unchanged is simply a means to ignoring the problem at hand.   That said, maybe I'll start posting to my blog again.   Maybe not, but I'll try.   Oh wait, that sounds kinda like a promise.


Anyways, I don't know if I ever mentioned this here and searching through the entries would take well, really only a few moments...   Ok, so now I've checked and I don't think I mentioned the twitter thing.   Since everyone else is doing it, check this out: Follow Me


Beyond that, these days I've been playing fallout 3 and EVE. and have most recently considered playing through morrowind again and claiming its some kind of summer ritual.   Which it isn't.   Not really.   Should be playing that game.   Now.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Don&#x27;t get you hopes up.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2009-02-05T20:07:44-08:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4ca9194a0b5247338523aed31589f5f0-80.php#unique-entry-id-80</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4ca9194a0b5247338523aed31589f5f0-80.php#unique-entry-id-80</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just don't.   It's never that great of an idea.   If you notice any activity on this site, don't think it has anything to do with something.   What it may be, is that I am starting a second blog, for the purposes of my politics class.   Unless you're really interested in whatever cause I decide to champion, I wouldn't recommend you get too excited.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ahem.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Site</category><dc:date>2008-05-08T12:39:17-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4e1d80f6dd69cc105ad26d4f240e561d-78.php#unique-entry-id-78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4e1d80f6dd69cc105ad26d4f240e561d-78.php#unique-entry-id-78</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	In the process of writing the last post, I did a great deal of thinking. ...  Unfortunately I became so derailed by planning the future of the blog, I totally lost sight of the post I was writing.   Not sure where I was going with that, but it's over now.   Whatever it was that motivated me before is gone, to continue it would be to water it down. (and frankly, I'm much more excited about where I'm going with this now.)


...	So I started to write an outline of things to be done. ...  Haven't yet done this, but I plan to come up with a regular schedule for formalized posts, augmenting them with the little snippets my next host should facilitate.


...My point is that I've actually come to a decision!   (for once) I'm moving the blog, if not the whole site eventually, to Tumblr! ...  Transferring things may take a while, not to mention fiddling with all the knobs and switches and things over there on the Tumblr control panels, moving my domain... handling the issue of not having the email account at MacDock. ...  I should study for my AP US History final tomarrow, but this is a worthy diversion methinks. ...  I've been doing a lot of soul searching and such. ...  I find them at times most insightful and take great pride in them.   I've come to realize this site has always been an outlet for all that pent up creative energy I have built up over these many years in high school without so much as taking ceramics.


	I've come to realize, in this search for self, that I need to form my own ambitions and motivations.   Soon I'll be without anyone to push me or guide my behavior, leaving me as my own guardian. 


...	Whatever the case, I've selected objectivism as my philosophical framework, prompting a an audit of all the values I hold to revalidate them through reason.  ...  That's brought me to things like reading and thinking, and the realization that writing holds a lot of value for me.   I want to be remembered, I want to prove my worth, I want to do my part to heal. ...  So putting this much effort into a diversion such as this blog has new meaning.   It's a creative outlet that I know I want.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blog Update</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Site</category><dc:date>2008-05-08T11:21:06-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/8d9658066637f61655cdfc9892107788-77.php#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/8d9658066637f61655cdfc9892107788-77.php#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I fear I may be forced to leave much of it as it is, not wanting to break any links to files I've agreed (with Apple no less) to host.   Also, I feel like I want to keep the blog intact.   Many posts are useless, and I fear the whole thing may lack direction, but it is supposed to be a web log, right?   There's a divergence in what it means to different people, as a medium, but I think principally it must remain an archive.   A log is only so valuable as how much content it contains, and over how long a period it has been kept.   So I do want to keep these postings.   Though that may not be that hard to do.   I'm probably making too much of it in fact.   There are only 77 posts on here.   How hard could it be to copy-paste them into whatever new service I may choose?


	So then the question becomes where I'll host the new blog; and I have many thoughts on that.   I see that while the Internet moves closer to "Web 2.0," it becomes clear that services like blog hosting can be differentiated to cater to an infinite number of niche groups.   Thus have many blog hosts found new ways to style their service, and I think step 1 in finding a new home for the blog should be defining what I want the blog to do.   On that point, I have a few clarifications to make: 1st off, I think I must make it as accessible as possible.   I never know when the mood may hit me.   That means I want a web-based form to post.   RapidWeaver is great, iWeb has a lot of virtue, but I feel I've outgrown them both.   The principle user of this blog is me.   It's where I will vent, occasionally offer valuable opinions others might benefit from hearing, and occasionally offer advice and solutions as my own contribution to humanity. ...  Sometimes I feel like my own, one man think-tank...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mine Kompf: a Rant</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2008-04-27T12:09:25-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/df5976f9686e3954322fe5b883cd9c12-76.php#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/df5976f9686e3954322fe5b883cd9c12-76.php#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[No, not like the last entry, how I structured it like you knew what I was talking about before you did. ...  You know, I've liked my Road Runner experience for the most part. 

...	However, do to some tragically poor wiring in my house, the modem has always been troubled. ...  But then it'll go for days and not be able to connect at all. ...  It sucks to be cut off from the internet when you're as addicted as I. (and I say that not only for comedic effect, but also as a blind faith admission to the public of the internet. ...  Never expect me to say it so openly ever again, but I am.   As soon as I step away from it, I have cravings for digg.com and the like. ...  I even get the shakes. well, almost... but enough of my darkest secrets.)


	Not to mention that my house was apparently built as a hybrid domicile and bomb shelter combo. ...  I believe you're probably smart enough not to believe anything so fantastic and bizarre unless you see it yourself. ...  I like to think its because I prefer to be mysterious... but maybe there's another reason....


...My point was this: (and I love it because I feel so authentic for say something criticizing Apple's design) Why does the iPhone's SMS chat interface look just like iChat? ...  Most texting interfaces make the whole thing out to be like having a mailbox. ...  I can agree, at least in theory, that their scheme to organize text chats in conversations make some sense. ...  It makes it seem as if it's a continuous conversation without any accounting for time. 

...	In several interactions with my friends, I've had the problem arise that they don't see the conversation as I do, continuous and apparently lag-free.   So I respond to something days later like I'm just picking up where I left off. ...  Then there's the fact that I, as I think others do to, have a tendency to send shorter IM messages. ...  When I think of all the text messages I've sent in small blocks instead of complete sentences or ideas, it makes me sad.   Oh well, I'll fault Apple on that but still love them for everything else they do. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>An attempt at a quick post</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-04-26T10:13:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9149c92f421ceb35c35842df090573e3-75.php#unique-entry-id-75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9149c92f421ceb35c35842df090573e3-75.php#unique-entry-id-75</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ok, so I just saw it again.   I'm sitting in La Jolla, CA, and I saw it on TV.   The History Channel to be exact.   It's not the first time, so I've probably seen it on other channels too, but I can't be sure which ones...


	Its a commercial promoting some kind of environmental group.   But the title, and this is my point really, is GreenNYC.   Yes.   New York City.   The commercial opens with this little cartoon bird.   And then the narrator says, hey, you know what you can do to help keep NYC green?   Yes you...   And while that's cute.   The idea is that I can do something.   They know I'm likely apathetic.   They think they need to tell me that I can indeed make a difference.


	But I'm in California.   Exactly how do I help keep NYC green?   I don't live there.   I wonder what the carbon footprint is of a commercial that runs unnecessarily.   I wonder how much money they've waisted by running their PSA on the OPPOSITE COAST. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>On the road again...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Site</category><dc:date>2008-04-24T01:47:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/c18e90c7182283efe5cc5d61f4f79859-74.php#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/c18e90c7182283efe5cc5d61f4f79859-74.php#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I can't be sure if I was on the road before, when I left said road, or whether or not I'm back on that road now.   I'm considering all sorts of radical restructuring of this site...   Thought about moving my blog to somewhere where I can post via a web portal... something RapidWeaver, for all its charm, does'nt allow for.   And while CushyCMS seems like it might offer some kind of jerry-rigged and/or MacGyver'd solution, all that seems to complex for my taste... ...  I was for a while thinking of moving it to The Pirate Bay's new blog service...   That would certainly grant me some protection, but still, I don't think I'm there yet.


	I'm also, (and I'm now whispering to you) considering changing hosts.   Now don't get me wrong, MacDock has never done me wrong.   But I do in fact get the distinct impression that the service for which I am paying is not only overpriced but also feature-poor.   Seems like this web hosting tailored specifically for RapidWeaver may in fact be some kind of RealMac-MacDock racket.   It may in fact be.


	I'm also particularly concerned about things like MySQL and such, as I'm considering hosting a Wiki for my "Family Group" at Bishop's.   And while the people at MacDock assure me that I should be able to install one, I get the feeling they're just giving me the runaround...


	I'm too ashamed to tell you what they charge me, really...   But I have indeed gotten most used to the cushy-ness of a paid host, so I'll likely just find me a cheaper one...   I'm considering NearlyFreeSpeech.net if anyone has any input.   I'll also have to redirect the DNS... and find some way to move my email... but the site itself should remain intact I think.   And thats sorta comforting.   Beyond that, it may afford me the chance to try new things.   And you know how I love that.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Once Again</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Site</category><dc:date>2008-04-17T20:16:52-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/08663486f0ebe1e588782b0b39d0d820-73.php#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/08663486f0ebe1e588782b0b39d0d820-73.php#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	So once again I find myself trying to revive my long defunct blog. ...  Well, what to say?   I got into Occidental College.   I'm nearly failing half my classes, have a bunch of work to make up... pent up stress...   Modem was on the fritz for a while, booted me from WoW.   Oh yeah, back into WoW right now.


	As far as Tasty Buffalo operations, I'm considering hosting a wiki site for my "Family Group" at Bishop's.   We're the Corleones. ...  Also planning to revise/overhaul the Tasty Buffalo logo.   That should be fun.


	Anyway, just a quick post to prove to myself that the blog is salvageable.   Considering moving the blog over to the sexy new Pirate Bay blog host.   I could post sketchy things there and nobody would care.   Well, maybe people would, but not the people who could take it down. ...  Otherwise, I've got to move a bunch of files over to my laptop before I can upload all this stuff and be sure not to obstruct all the file paths on the server.


	I may write another couple of posts about something else before moving on with my life.   May also attempt using this blog as my on personal venting channel.   That'd be cool.   Get myself some digital catharsis.   Oh, that reminds me, I have psych to do...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New site features</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Site</category><dc:date>2007-12-06T18:06:47-08:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/383433ad4f21cae06e76d11b14d2b17d-72.php#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/383433ad4f21cae06e76d11b14d2b17d-72.php#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm working on adding in a concise gallery of all my iPone Wallpapers, as well as implementing a strange new feature: The Codex.   The Codex is where I plan to make a database of all my projects, and episodes, as well as define names for those who don't know, and serve as something like a dictionary of all the things exclusive to my world.   It sounds pretty heady but I got the idea from Mass Effect, a game I should write a review on, but maybe later.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A New Hope</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2007-12-06T16:52:50-08:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/35555bc0ee98ec784651e949bdc8c5b0-71.php#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/35555bc0ee98ec784651e949bdc8c5b0-71.php#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, on a personal note here, I've been lazy with this whole site.   And I've had little time or energy to devote to it.   Or rather, little time or energy after you take into account all the many Xbox 360 titles there are to play.   And all the sleeping I might otherwise do.   Not to mention college applications and schoolwork.   Anyway, I mean to turn over a new leaf this time, really I do.   That said, you may have noticed some changes to the site.   I'm in the middle of overhauling its overall appearance.   During this transitional time, you may notice things don't look fantastic.   Not to worry, I mean to fiddle with every last thing until I get it right.   I can't be sure if anyone takes this blog seriously.   In fact, I sincerely hope no one does.   But if there exists such a person, I apologize for this site's overall uselessness, and sincerely hope that I manage to make it into something worthwhile this time.


Oh, and I've also upgraded to RapidWeaver 3.6!   Huzzah! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shocked by BioShock</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Daily Urinal Articles</category><dc:date>2007-09-09T19:35:48-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/528f216c8063f3cda2ec4a64f83726e3-70.php#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/528f216c8063f3cda2ec4a64f83726e3-70.php#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Shocked By BioShock


    Not to be confused with my recent review of ShowerShock, BioShock is in fact a recently released game for the Xbox 360 and Windoze.   Which isn't to say that the game doesn't share a great deal in common with caffeinated soap, but rather that the game was never in fact meant to be used in conjunction with water nor meant to keep one clean.   It will, however, keep you up at night and on rare occasions induce wild shivering that only caffeine can cure, much like the soap.   The soap aside, the game takes place in the delightfully war-torn, underwater, art deco-style city of Rapture.   The player is marooned there via plane crash, and forced to try and survive amidst of an ongoing civil war.   A variety of options (some of which are comically sinister, if not perverse) are left open to the player, including the use of fantastic genetically-based weapons called "plasmids".   My favorite plasmid riddles the player's forearm with holes from which hornets emerge, becoming the player's own personal hive to command.   The lighting in the game is fantastic, the design flawless, the game play heart-pounding and the story compelling.   My only negative opinion of the game is that its hectic pace doesn't give you much time to stop and enjoy the deep and detailed environment.   BioShock represents perhaps the most compelling FPSRPG yet released this year, and among one of the freakiest things I've ever seen, played, or even heard of.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iPhone Review (Part the First)</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Daily Urinal Articles</category><dc:date>2007-09-09T12:35:17-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/95825116bd403342522cd3f34905f23b-69.php#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/95825116bd403342522cd3f34905f23b-69.php#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[iPhone Review (Part the First)


    The iPhone's chief flaw is that as soon as you take it out, everyone demands that you let them "see" the device.   Resistance is futile; your pleas of, "I need to check my email," or "I need to call an ambulance," go unheard.   They never settle for just taking in the iPhone's seductive curves visually; eventually, all admit they must in fact hold it.   As soon as you relinquish the precious thing to their care, they will proceed to defile it.   They will touch it with their grubby little hands, scroll through your contacts list, even take pictures, thus slowly consuming your iPhone's precious memory!   Getting the thing back is another struggle: invariably others have gathered, and each now expects to "see" it as well.   Violence inevitably ensues.


    Using the "Passcode Lock" feature may help, but it may just as easily enrage those wanting to fiddle with the thing.   It may be best to never let it be known you have an iPhone, lest it disappear into the curious and envious mob forever.   Even the faculty is guilty of such jealousy: If one appears in class, or plays one of it's cheerful little ring tones, it is sure to be stolen away, kept no longer than the very end of class!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shower Shock Review</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Daily Urinal Articles</category><dc:date>2007-09-09T12:31:05-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/7e477022552fc1e311f4644908df5000-68.php#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/7e477022552fc1e311f4644908df5000-68.php#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In an attempt to make it seem as if this site is not completely dead, I've decided to post all my DU (Daily Urinal; an unauthorized school publication at The Bishop's School La Jolla CA) articles here... so here goes with the first two, gonna have to write another tonight anyway.


Shower Shock Review


C8H10N4O2 is God's gift to man, Caffeine.   Every student at this fine institution knows the allure of this common, but powerful magic.   In fact it may be said that all warm blooded Americans have this sweet nectar of the gods coursing through their veins right this moment. (save perhaps the Amish, bless their souls.)


    In my experience, the question has always been, "how can I get more?"   but recently I've found a way to not only pour this divine chemical directly into my bloodstream, but also smell like candy afterwards!   I speak, of coarse, of the mighty Shower Shock soap.   Delivering an estimated 200mg of caffeine through the user's very skin, the product has become my soap of choice, making a veritable shower-junkie out of me.


    Do I have trouble pulling myself out of bed?   Not since I switched to shower shock!   Now wake up shivering, anxiously anticipating the tingling sensation, and peppermint scent of my coming shower.   Sometimes I don't even wait for the alarm anymore!


    And falling asleep in the shower?   That would be hard considering I'm consuming nearly 2 cups worth of coffee in caffeine.   Of course, stopping becomes the real problem, the temptation to stay and continue feverishly applying the soap being almost too hard to pry yourself from.   Probable addiction aside, this is something all students should add to their routine.


(Shower Shock is available at thinkgeek.com)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Godfather</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2007-08-01T21:44:33-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/750423f2d64350c65acc07bbe04bd080-67.php#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/750423f2d64350c65acc07bbe04bd080-67.php#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So, I didn't end up getting The Darkness as planned, seemed like to much of a hassle... what, having to leave my room and all.   Good news was though that some of the games I sent back to GameFly actually made it for once! ...  They aren't stolen!   So long as I walk several blocks and up a steep hill and drop off the envelopes in one of those fancy locked curb-side mailbox deals, they don't get stolen by the mysterious "Game Phantom" as I call him.   (No relation to the Shoe Phantom that used to steal my gym shoes the one period I needed them and then put them back the period after back in middle school) (Although, now that I think about it.... there may be a connection....)   Anyways...   What was I leading up to?   Oh!   Right!   I got The GodFather: The Game in the mail, and that turned out to be a great deal.   Its like Saints Row but back in the 30s... or 40s... or whatever decade the GodFather took place in.   So I really like that.   But every time I drive through the Lincoln tunnel in that came, it reminds me of that sweet opening sequence of The Darkness.   (Or at least thats how they opened the demo) So, Although I have both The GodFather and that um.... other game I can't remember.... oh right!   F.E.A.R.!   I'm stuck in that by the way... bunch of mean guys with particle guns keep shooting me from places unknown, taking me most unawares.   Anyway, I'm going to order The Darkness online since I can then get some other stuff I need... like the Xbox 360 HDMI adaptor. (which disappeared from store shelves about the same time they released the Xbox 360 Elite, coincidence?   Maybe; but I think not.)   Anyway..... thats my update.... for now.   Also saw The Simpsons movie, that was pretty good, I liked it.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I feel I&#x27;ve become lazy</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>iPhone Wallpapers</category><dc:date>2007-07-31T13:00:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/eab37feb06bb78650e25e7cce49c68cc-66.php#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/eab37feb06bb78650e25e7cce49c68cc-66.php#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently topped 10,000 of those gamerscore things on xbox live.   I think something is wrong with my G5's graphics card, and my keyboard's keys are sticking a lot.   I camped out with the ol' boy scout troop 4 down at the La Jolla Rec. last friday.   Got the wilderness survival badge... yippeee!   Slept under a make-shift dwelling I've dubbed "The Huuudge" after an episode of Strong Bad email.   Oh!   and I made some iPhone wallpapers.... enjoy that.   Also, I've been playing a lot of Dead Rising on my xbox 360, Kinda want to do some kind of review as I find that game most inspiring.   Also recently got F.E.A.R. recently via gamefly, turned out not to be as scary as I had thought.   (Quake 4 was more gruesome and prey was more mind-bending) I think I'm gonna go check for The Darkness at some local blockbusters, and if they don't have it I'll go down to the mall and get me one that way.   Played the demo and really liked it.   Actually, renting seems kinda lame.... probably want to buy it.... but certainly more economical...   Bah, I'll probably stumble out of there with a title like "Bullet Witch".   Anyways.... one of my wallpapers I entitle "Lava Lamp iPhone wallpaper" and the other I call "The drunken seagull" which I will admit is a lame re-hash of an earlier one, but common, I've got F.E.A.R. to play here...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wow&#x2c; I don&#x27;t know what to say...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Humor</category><dc:date>2007-07-22T19:16:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/7dbf1b23d92dfda1f509be75feb2882e-65.php#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/7dbf1b23d92dfda1f509be75feb2882e-65.php#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[No sooner did I made that last post than did I return to find the below!   creeeeeepppyyyy.......
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Yeah&#x2c; I know I need a life...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Humor</category><dc:date>2007-07-22T19:05:55-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/beb07dab85aed25d6270e0fa93d6f2f7-64.php#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/beb07dab85aed25d6270e0fa93d6f2f7-64.php#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This may sound pathetic but I found this so funny I had to share.   I got two of those ads that claim that I've won some prize, completely contradicting one another.   Heh.   I'm hilarious.   Ok, I'm gonna go watch Bloodrayne the movie now...   (I love you Kristanna Loken!)
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Seagull wallpaper</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>iPhone Wallpapers</category><dc:date>2007-07-21T19:12:09-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/cc05b51171ba93b9563b8013b10d8398-63.php#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/cc05b51171ba93b9563b8013b10d8398-63.php#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tonight's addition is a seagull standing by some waves crashing against a rock.   I'm thinking I might try putting the same seagull into other wallpapers with different backgrounds... maybe really absurd ones too... like space or something...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Has a Bucket</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>iPhone Wallpapers</category><dc:date>2007-07-19T19:44:24-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/38eadc37c873e13fa6ed7e9ef9244679-62.php#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/38eadc37c873e13fa6ed7e9ef9244679-62.php#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The "I has a Bucket" Walrus is back!   And on your iPhone no less!


Enjoy ye scallywags!   (could that possibly be how that's spelled?)


Also, I'm thinking about doing a lot of these iPhone wallpapers... mostly cuz I've got nothing better to do.   So maybe I'll start a iPhone wallpaper gallery.   Or not!   WHo knows!?   that's the exciting part!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iPhone Wallpaper</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>iPhone Wallpapers</category><dc:date>2007-07-09T22:41:21-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/cb609cb6f8602412d777ea241ae1b512-61.php#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/cb609cb6f8602412d777ea241ae1b512-61.php#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Look, I did get the iPhone.   Yes, it was the very day of it's release.   No, I only waited 1:30 for the phone.   Yes it is very cool and I love it, yes it does have its flaws.   I really don't want to get into all that before I Have time to do a full review.   What I will say now though is that I did get around to making some cool wallpapers for it.   Enjoy.   (Or don't, up to you.)


NB: To actually get them on the phone, what you'll need to do is get them in iPhoto first, (I suggest maybe making a "iPhone Wallpaper album) then setting iTunes to sync that album to your iPhone and it should all be there on the phone next time you try settings > wallpaper.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Morrowind Again.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>TES: Morrowind</category><dc:date>2007-05-07T17:43:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a140b9f3d600a64adae2ffa83dfc2611-60.php#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a140b9f3d600a64adae2ffa83dfc2611-60.php#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, my obsession with Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind did not dye with the release of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.   And now, after just having beaten Oblivion for the 5th or 6th time, I think its time I revisited my roots in Morrowind.


Because I have nothing better to do, and I feel like I could do more with this blog, I'm gonna be chronicling all that I do so far as beating Morrowind in their own set of blog posts with their own, new category. 

...Now then, I'll start out with character creation and some of my choices there I suppose...


...Since my decisions thus far hadn't been so rational as much as just instinctual, I built a class thats mostly just a mix of different skills I like / couldn't live without.


...I also made the decision right off the bat that I'd try and get through the whole thing as a vampire... 'cuz that kicks it up a notch.


Anyway, I head out from that first room of the census office and into that dinning area. 

...Went out the door, took that ring of Fargoth's and then in to talk to that other guy... ol'-whats-his-name who gives you all those secret papers and whatnot.


...Didn't bother to sell my plunder right away, instead opting to take the quest where you steal Fargoth's monney, and never give it to the guy. 

...Had a devil of a time trying to get that quest to work, but after much waiting I realized I wasn't quite on my mark at the very top of the lighthouse, as soon as I was, Fargoth did his thing.   Also found a book worth 300 gold on my way up the lighthouse, just inside the top level door under a bench.


With Fargoth's loot in my pocket, I head out of Seyda Neen, towards Balmora.  

...Decided against walking the full distance to Balmora just after that, and head back to the Seyda Neen Stilt Strider.


Once back at Seyda Neen I sold all I had to Arrille and bought a mortar and pestle.   Soon as I was done with Arrille, I shifted my focus on the myriad of ingredients I had already gathered.   Among those that I could actually use for something, I found I had enough to try some things like water walking potions. 

...I then headed over to Balmora, making a quick stop at the town's alchemist, buying an potion of Exclusive Invisibility before taking the silt strider over to Suran. 


Once in Suran, I entered the Guard Tower nearest the silt strider and made my way to the top.   Using the invisibility potion I got myself in Balmora, I made myself undetectable to the nearby guard for a moment as I nabbed the Sword of White Woe lying there under the bed.


Then I left Suran and returned to Balmora via the ever-popular silt strider. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Vote.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2007-04-04T20:41:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/bf80d7b562d207d927341c15cce2665c-58.php#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/bf80d7b562d207d927341c15cce2665c-58.php#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ok, so, since I'm lazy and forgot to do so yesterday, I'll say something about my campaign here at school.   I've been trying this whole "viral marketing" thing out and it seems to work just fine.   My posters are all just letter size pages with "Cameron Davidson" written in size 72 font, dead center. 

...	Also, what could be as soon as tomorrow, though I can't say for sure, will be the publishing of a 275 word address in the school's underground newspaper, "The Daily Urinal".   The Urinal, or the "DU" as its often called, does what one might think it would do, publishes their daily articles above the urinals in the school's restrooms. ...  Anyway, so since I'm too lazy to come up with something else to put up here, I guess I'll just paste in what I wrote for the DU.


...First I'd like to say what an honor it is to be syndicated in such a way... above this urinal.   I'd like to take some time, if I may, to tell you what to do.   You should vote for Cameron Davidson in the upcoming ASBC elections.   Handsome as I, Cameron Davidson, am, I think there are still those who, as well informed as they are, have yet to decide who, among the many candidates, to give their vote for ASBC president.   The answer is, as you may have guessed, that appositive clauses, amusing though they may be, can become rather vexing if used too often. ...  Evidence supporting this claim need not be mentioned, to do so would be to waste your time.


...I'd also like to take the opportunity to save myself some time, as well as yours, and answer some of the questions I get from the many politically minded students that populate our campus.   First and foremost, though none have yet been so bold as to ask anything so specific, I'd like to address my generalized solution for all your problems, real and imagined.   My solution is a careful mixture of robots and duct tape.   Robots mainly for dramatic flair, and the tape to put everything back together when the epic robo-battle is over.   And before you ask, my watch displays the time in Japanese kanji, my backpack charges a battery, and my belt buckle is from thinkgeek.com. ...  If our roles were reversed, I swear I'd vote for you.


...Also, I'm planning on making a campaign promise to sponsor a student run forum. ...  And if it comes down to me doing it myself, I'm totally gonna host it off of here. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Revivals</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2007-04-02T16:37:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/94bea3ce0ac14023349bd97fa41b9ce8-57.php#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/94bea3ce0ac14023349bd97fa41b9ce8-57.php#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not in that I have been blogging about things that actually might come across as important, but like, I think my main excuse for not making any entries is that they seemed stupid and unrelated.   So now I am officially restating the purpose of the whole thing, it's all about my thoughts on anything. 

...	So to get the ball rolling, lets discuss something vexing and something exciting going on in my life right now. 

...	Ok, so as far as the router goes, first I'd like to say that the internet, and telecommunications are mysterious things.   Not in that they don't have scientific explanations, but in that sometimes there is no definitive answer to any one particular problem. ...  It's kind of a voodoo science at times, and when you fix something and someone asks how, or what was wrong in the first place, all you can tell them is not to think about it too hard.   But I've been looking into this for a while, and while I cant, or don't want to assume that I'm clear on any of it, I think I know what's going on. 

...Easy enough I thought, Apple provides great tools for administering their routers and all, I should be able to change that setting and get back up and running everywhere without much effort. ...  So I went through the classic and tedious process of turning absolutely everything off and bring it back up one at a time.   I guess the theory is that modems and routers and computers all go through their initial network set-up as they boot-up. 

...Each computer, my Xbox 360, my G5, my Powerbook, all of it can get online with a little work. (mainly restarting the modem) And the reason why is a bit complex.   But why the computers can and the router can't is something, that, though hard to believe, is easy enough to explain. ...  The network being an ever-changing thing though, it becomes a lot easier for your ISP to keep you connected if you don't mind what your ISP is. ...  And in some ways thats cool, maybe that keeps people safer on the internet, having their IP change all the time, but if you want to host a web page off your home computer, you'd need one that didn't change for instance. ...  And to keep up with that, my computer checks with another server on the network to find out what its new IP is. ...  The computer goes and finds out its own IP, without it, you aren't going to get anywhere.   My various computers all manage to resolve the DHCP host, renew their DHCP lease, and get on the internet with their shiny new IPs. ...  It goes and makes the assumption that there's no use in trying to get the IP, and gives itself its own, non-functional one.


...And I feel tired of typing right now, so I'll get back to you on the campaign thing.   Oh, and if my problem is one you think you can solve, feel free to leave a comment or something.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hello Again. Supplementary Mammoth Post Pt. 1</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-12-04T13:52:05-08:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/39796b46085d8db72064ae388a6852d5-56.php#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/39796b46085d8db72064ae388a6852d5-56.php#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Can't say I know who I'm saying sorry to, but in the event someone out there feels they need an apology, I more than happy to provide. 

...Let me lend you a little piece of advice, most open-source projects, in my opinion, lack polish and stability, but quite commonly I find them indispensable as a swiss-army knife of sorts. ...  What I mean to say is that, some software, though crucial to the proper operation of your machine, something you thought you'd already paid for in full, might be used to lure more money out of your pockets.   Somehow that sounds like common sense now that I word it thusly, but it's an often over-looked sinister tendency for retail software to (gasp) earn money.


...You know, maybe the heros are off screen, and the camera is just panning across to give the audience an advance view of the scene before things get down to business... such seems common in film.   Or perhaps the two young lovers are walking side by side when they come to an awkward silence, comically broken by the absurd ramblings of two bystanders walking past. 

...	The Characters (A and B) walk slowly and silently, deep in cheerful contemplation down a narrow hall, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of busy students around them, swarming like locust, with seemingly no finite destination. ...  They instinctively pass around the Characters, never touching either, avoiding them in such a way as to afford them their own little island of solitude in the sea of hormone-charged, over-worked, sleep-deprived, teenage life.


...Shot between the heads of the two, as they walk side-by-side, taking their steps, instinctively, in unison.   Accenting their difference in height, as their bodies gently rise and sink, not in unison, but true to their style, and somehow, in a sort of twilight harmony. (no, no idea what "twilight harmony" is, fairly certain it's nothing, but its what I was inspired to type in that moment, so it may prove useful to someone trying to understand my train of thought. 

...Each looks pensively forward for a moment, and with no communication between the two, the two happen to reach for their supplies, their heads both looking down a bit, and away from one another, each beginning to prepare for class, each in their own way. 


...Even with his pants as low on his frame, one bunched up pant-leg still manages to expose the sock on his left foot, also far from what is outlined in the uniform. 


...The boy then slips out from behind his ear a chewed disposable pen, having long lost the cap that had adorned and protected it's stationary tip.   Placing the notebook on the desk as crookedly as could be imagined, he places his pen, somehow not lacking any ink from it's long days of abuse, on top of the notebook diagonally.


...Though her hair is bound only by a single black ribbon as it flows down from the back of her head, the hair continues down an improbably strait line down past the back edge of her chair. 

...The pair (A and B) can be seen through the doorway of a classroom, the door, opened inwards is propped open by a brown rubber door-jam.   As the pair reach midway, walking painfully slow relative to the world surrounding them, a slender, young, female teacher approaches the door, from behind the camera, and passing in front of the camera, blocking the view of the pair marching to class for a moment. (she does this as the aforementioned students flanking her retrieve their supplies.)   She moves with a slight spring in her step, as she is excited to seal the outside world away, and begin today's lecture in seclusion, devoting herself with all her heart to the education of her small class of students. and kicking a door-jam from its resting place, closes the door, slowly, as it has one of those hydraulic "door master" (or w/e they are) things attached.   Thus far we have not seen her face, and get only a glimpse of the side of her head as she pushes the door shut against the pressure of the hydraulic, then leaving it as the door is just nearly shut. 

...The camera focuses on his hand, zooming abruptly inward each time he invokes the next item of his seemingly childish 			checklist, skipping the actual movement of each finger, simply accenting that the finger has come to rest in a new position.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>This is not a test.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-10-11T19:52:57-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/ec56752a02872a90aa1d33af6357a1ad-55.php#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/ec56752a02872a90aa1d33af6357a1ad-55.php#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ahem.   May I have your attention please.   The guidelines of a recent Math assignment have stipulated that I find two different sorts of charts, graphs, or tables published in the newspaper, in a magazine, on the internet, etc.   In an attempt to find material for this project of some interest to present, I have decided to go personal.   The outline of the project also prohibits me from creating the graph myself.   I then had the idea to use statistics from this very web site for my project.   In particular, statistics on the visitors to said web site.   Now, it occurs to me that though I have not directly generated this graph, and can cite the good people of Urchin web tracking services as my source, until the moment I took a screen selection of said graph, the whole thing had been a very private affair.   I myself needed to enter a password just to view the thing.   So, as I sat down to start, I realized my graph had never, in any sense, been published.   Then it occurred to me that, though not being a publication of any sort of legitimacy, my own blog, being accessible via the internet, and, as the graph in question depicts, being at the very least visited by people other than myself, my blog constituted a publication.   Of sorts.


Thus, by simply publishing said graph, which I myself did not make, I have fulfilled the requirements in full.


Without further unnecessary ado...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A word about that buffalo...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-10-11T15:12:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4615211f2a6f3d9ae0ce99ec5cc0886f-54.php#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4615211f2a6f3d9ae0ce99ec5cc0886f-54.php#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Apparently, that buffalo image that I had said someone emailed me, well...   I wasn't the only one.   Apparently it was some manor of spam.   I can't say I'm an expert, as I get so little.   On top of that, this was weird in that it had all that strange HTML stuck in the subject line.   And most of all, it was a buffalo.   Apparently, it was merely a coincidence that the proprietor of tastybuffalo.com should have the image of a buffalo emailed to him by people in foreign lands.   I'm not entirely convinced, but some are.


Here's a link to the Project Honey Pot article my associates point to as "proof":


http://www.projecthoneypot.org/bss_X19tb2RlPWdsb2JhbCZzYmo9VHJhcGVyK0duaWV6bm8rLStHcmVldGluZ3MrZnJvbStQb2xhbmQrKyUwQStDb250ZW50LQ..]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Seems only natural.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-10-11T14:55:38-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/608c9db5a133e463a4714d93be8341a6-53.php#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/608c9db5a133e463a4714d93be8341a6-53.php#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I can remember saying this is what it was going to one day come to.   I remember regretting not being in a position myself to capitalize on what I thought then, and still think now to be a brilliant concept: Paying people to watch commercials.   In a recent email I received from Gamefly, I was told I could now, by virtue of a new partnership of theirs, transfer credit from my BrightSpot.tv account to my gamefly one, at most saving me $5 a month.   I have yet to try the thing, but it all makes sense, and I take pride in having predicted such a thing.   First it will be credit on services I already pay for, soon enough it'll be going to my pay pal account, mark my words!


ok, ending it there is lame.   I'll register on the site and give you my thoughts, but after that I have work to do.


Huh... they seem to have utilized some kinda fancy java on their site, and I've yet to get logged in on any of the browsers I've tried...


Safari


FireFox (DeerPark distro)


Camino


OmniWeb 5


Whatever, I'll tell you what I think of it some other time...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>iTunes 7.0.1</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-09-27T15:46:43-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/25583c9b3ab5342a0714e19d701d2cc3-52.php#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/25583c9b3ab5342a0714e19d701d2cc3-52.php#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just want to say that there's been a lot of talk about the poor release of iTunes 7.0.1, and as a mac zealot, and co-president and co-founder of the Mac club at school, I should respond.


Ok, 7.0 was a bad release, a cool one with features I like a lot, namely CoverFlow, the iPod status reports, and the new skin (yeah I do like it), but all of it was executed so poorly.   It was an ambitious update, and I'm sorry for it not going well for everyone.   Personally, all I noted were some apparent memory leaks, and once when I quit iTunes 7, my finder relaunched.   That's it.   Now with the recent fix, version 7.0.1, it seems to work just fine.   I'm on a mac and don't know or particularly care if the windows fix has been released, or if it has, whether or not it has gone well.   Thats all, I've gotta go.


	-Cameron D.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Little to say.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-09-26T18:10:30-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/898bced613686972cafc583dbc996155-51.php#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/898bced613686972cafc583dbc996155-51.php#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So, haven't done anything in a while...   Ok, how 'bout this?   I recently found myself working on more stylish versions of the Tasty Buffalo logo and found myself creating what you see below.   It makes a fine icon.   So I'm starting my latest project: The Icon Pack.   I'll be incrementally adding new icons to the package, and may one day submit the whole thing to Apple, but for now you'll find the pack with it's sole icon and a rather lengthy "Read Me" file.   Well, at least I thought it was lengthy.   Lengthier than I had intended.


Oh, and the icons are for Mac OSX 10.0 and up.   No Windoze version.   Probably not going to be one.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I lied</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-09-12T17:16:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/2c15dc2d9fa3d96294961b5fe008bcc6-50.php#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/2c15dc2d9fa3d96294961b5fe008bcc6-50.php#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I commonly find myself lying to myself, and though I make a point of being painfully honest with others (no, really.) this blog is pretty much a conversation between me and me, I'm the only one I can be sure reads this, and thats because I read it as I write it. 


...Really, I'll post when I feel like it, and as I have more and more to do, I feel like it less and less.


...But I'll figure that out later, for the moment I'm writing because I now suddenly have the urge.   I can't say why, but now it has struck, and in writing this lengthy... whatever this is that I just wrote, I'm loosing my inspiration.   So, in an effort to get something out there, I'll give you the highlights of what I would have written more extensively about. (and maybe I will later.)


...Great, you've got to try it, runs in the doom3 engine, so as you might imagine, happens to look and feel a lot like Quake 4 and Doom 3.   Doesn't take itself to seriously, and follows a fairly clich&eacute; plot, but gives it some of its own unique twists. 


Clich&eacute; Plot: Lone native american who hasn't really gotten anywhere in life, dreams of leaving the reservation with a woman he has yet to convince.   Loves his grandfather dearly, but has grown weary of his stories of his people's glorious past, he has long since stopped paying any attention to his grandfather's musings. 


The Red Monkey Wrench: In Doom 3, there is a weapons locker with an assortment of tools the hero takes with him, as the player enters the box he or she can see its contents.   The contents include with only one exception, items that the player can take with himself and use in the game.   The developers clearly thought that the red monkey wrench also found in the box helped to hold the reality of the scene. ...  But many players expressed their sadness over the fact they could not take the red monkey wrench with them and use it as a bludgeon to fight off the game's many monsters. 

...A plethora of views, (from the driver's perspective, 3rd person, from the bumper, etc.) an RPG-esque system in which the player buys cars of his choosing and real estate to keep them at, a plethora of cars, including more than 150 different models, and this fun "free-ride" feature where you can drive as you wish (ala GTA) and another weird thing, while in "free-ride" the game apparently uses Xbox Live to populate the streets with other drivers, making it easy to meet new people and coordinate for some of the multiplayer challenges. 

...Look, if you don't already know, check out their website, they've released a new iPod Shuffle, crazy new, though kinda retro for them iPod nano, and they have some sweet new offerings in the iPod line, including an 80GB iPod.   They've released a new upgrade to their iPod software, including faster scrolling and a nifty new search feature I believe?   They've launched Movie sales on the iTunes Music store and released a FABULOUS new version of iTunes, they've dubbed 7.0 (free download for mac and windows) I'm told they've done a major redesign of their iPod Earbuds, though they look much the same.   And they're now offering game downloads for the iPod, which can run on their new iPod OS. ...  and they've announced that by early 2007 they'll be releasing a set-top media center type thing, streaming video, a next-gen front row, the apple remote, and all about half the size of the current Mac mini.


So yeah, maybe not so brief, but now my hands hurt, so I'm stopping. 'til next time folks!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m Scared</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-09-01T17:11:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/e90f51f99376a96ac4fc9b9a964b3ef3-49.php#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/e90f51f99376a96ac4fc9b9a964b3ef3-49.php#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And though I have been witness to some of the internet's depravity, I've yet to have it emailed to me...


...In fact, that's where most people encounter the strange things the internet may bring them.   Perhaps my account at mac.com really is nifty, cuz I've yet to get any spam... 'cept the spam I know I signed up for at one time or another, and most of that's been blacklisted by Apple's Mail.app. ...  It seemed to suggest that I had an unread email... from myself.... with a subject line that appeared to be in HTML.   Of course, I didn't remember emailing myself anything, so I was intrigued.


Upon further inspection, the email was not from me at all... in fact it claimed to be from a "Wojcieh_Krzwa=F1ski"


Now I'm not good with names, but I don't remember knowing anyone like that... 

...The email seemed to be devoid of actual content, the only dicernable attempt at communication came from the subject line, which did little but confuse me further.


...Now this I thought was odd, considering the strange nature of everthing else, I had thought this to be a message in some forign language, but indeed some was in english.


Looking into the html that was the subject line, I found what appeared to be the domain from which the email originated, "traperpl.eu" In fact, it came from a Mr. "traperpl@traperpl.eu".   Maybe you hadn't thought of this, but it stands to reason anyone with a user name the same as the domain, it stands to reason he's the one in charge over there.   It also contained a jpeg, which I naturally thought to be the intent of the message.... this is what I saw...


...Well, there's a connection, whatever this fellow means to say, it seems to involve my Imaginary Design Firm, Tasty Buffalo.   For, as you can see, he has emailed me... or rather, attempted to email me an image of a buffalo. 

...So some Polish guy sends me an email, saying hello... from poland... and it's something to do with a buffalo... ...  My next thought was that, if he be the lord of traperpl.eu land, stands to reason he's got a homepage there.... so I hoped in safari and checked it out.


...But to sum it up, it appears to be some kind of Polish Gaming Reserve or something.


Now all this seems wholesome enough.... but what is this person trying to say? ...  I could assume they're innocent, and if nothing else the guy lives in poland, so its pretty easy to ignore him, but still... very strange...   I'll keep you all informed as to the status of my ongoing investigation as to what this means...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Now I remember why I love summer</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-30T15:05:48-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/56eb48fb9a7899300311d54305188c96-48.php#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/56eb48fb9a7899300311d54305188c96-48.php#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[School has been a huge drain on me as of late.   I know I said I'd do things, and I will... but getting back into school has been exhausting.   Two quick things: The Wiki page I was doing for john is off, but I'm hoping to salvage my work on that and use it for a new site for my new Apple User Group at school.   I'm not sure what the protocol is, but it would make sense that they want the clubs at school to re-file everything each year.   So, I might as well take the opportunity to change the name at the very least.   My registration with Apple never really got off the ground, so I suppose I'm not loosing anything but starting fresh. 


	Second, I just want to say, "why pre-order on iTunes?"   I mean, it'll be in stalk, and they won't let you listen to anything...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Duty Calls...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-23T20:13:05-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/e7d3eca8d1cf9920300dd8fc63ace5f5-47.php#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/e7d3eca8d1cf9920300dd8fc63ace5f5-47.php#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A friend of mine, John, has asked Tasty Buffalo to produce for him a web site.   So that means me.   Of course, by Tasty Buffalo, I refer to myself.   So, it seems both prey and the newly arrived Chromehounds will have to wait! 


To the internet to find inspiration or something!   Huzzah!


Well, I'm gonna contact him, but I'm thinking a wiki... been thinking about doing one o' thems... lots of benefits to that too.


I will of course keep you fine people posted... expect to see another post soon...


here I go...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x5982;&#x679c;&#x60a8;&#x80fd;&#x8b80;&#x9019;...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-23T16:42:36-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/c91d6aa92abd3e01dbda9e2a085803a2-46.php#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/c91d6aa92abd3e01dbda9e2a085803a2-46.php#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[According to my translation widget, that says "If you can read this..." in simplified han.   I don't know how many of you (assuming someone reads this) Have tried typing in chinese on your mac, but let me tell you - it's fun.


This year I've been taking a course in Chinese, and I find it fascinating.   I've been granted the gnarly chinese name: "Gold Dragon" to instill fear in all those I say "Ni hao." to.


Funny thing is, and this is my only real thought on this... it seems far easier to type the chinese characters than it is to type the pinyin form of the words.   You simply type in english letters, no accents or anything, and a small window pops down below it with a list of characters it's found based on those letters.   Or, whilst I have some other chinese dialects I have no knowledge of, it seems to pick a character for me.   I don't know how that works or why...   I also am in hopes that Apple's Ink technology might let me write in the characters myself, but I think I'll try and set that up later.


But if I want to say, type the pinyin form of the words with their tonal markings and all...   Well, I have yet to figure out how to do that.


Anyway, I haven't played Prey in a while, and I must admit to having looked forward to doing so.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Maybe that&#x27;s why</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-22T20:12:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/361b9c510a26709b89629879703d208a-45.php#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/361b9c510a26709b89629879703d208a-45.php#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You know what they say, TiVo killed television.   And if they don't say that... well, they do now.   One of the distinctions made a lot these days when people quote ratings statistics is that they attempt to ascertain the number of people watching live.   I can't personally fathom how they manage to separate those who watch live, and those who record it.   Logically, and this is all based on my fairly limited understanding of the technology, but, is the TV tuner on the inside of a TiVo or one of Formac's EyeTV devices so different from one inside a TV?   How could they know who watches live?   Does the recorder somehow transmit information about itself like:"I AM A RECORDER - SEND ME SIGNAL NOW."   Because that would make little sense.   At the very heart of the problem is the fact that cable companies can't selectively deny digital recorders the signal they record.   If they could they would, lets face it, but then how do they claim to know anyway?   Surveys?


The only point I have to make is that recently SciFi seems to have been attempting something that could act as a measure of this: "And only viewers that watch LIVE can unlock secret bonus features on SciFi.com"


They've been trying that for a while now, and I even tried it once... it was kinda lame.


But it just hit me tonight, and I know this would be ludicrous but, could they be trying to use their bandwidth usage on those video files to try and track how many people watch live?


Now maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, (seems more than likely) but, though it would seem so clear that that's the only good reason to encourage viewers to go on the internet, that just can't be what they're attempting... can it?


Night all,


~FatAlbert]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Remember When</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-22T16:16:22-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5dea747a4372e7fcaaba6dc2c9cccc20-44.php#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5dea747a4372e7fcaaba6dc2c9cccc20-44.php#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The timing of this could not be more bizarre, the show was by no means loosing steam, in fact, by the 200th episode, it seemed like the show was winding up for another 10 years on the air.   Problem is, though the producers seemed to have handled the many obstacles to the show's continued success admirably, ratings were apparently quite low.   They'd patched the hole that O'Neill's departure left, imagined an enemy so powerful as to seemingly trump all opponents prior.   They had what seemed like a strong show that could last for a few seasons to come at the least, but then MGM said no.


And for this, though it may seem a strange connection, I blame it on the PS3. ...  And it was their system of small groups of engineers working on projects of their choice that had made them what they were. ...  Perhaps we are all spoiled, but Sony's gadgets face relentless criticism  as the consumer becomes more familiar with such devices.


...I have no doubt that they have a hard time just trying to pick a standard for their own products, let alone consent to use the industry's. ...  Though their products still show the same mark of quality design they are so well known for, the company may be on it's last legs.   Sony's execs. pour money into pet projects, and they seem to have great difficulty working all as one as is common these days.   The product the ailing company has come to lean on is by far the one they've screwed up the most.


...At crucial moments, they have failed to deliver, apparently making a demonstration this last E3 almost identical to the one a year earlier, presented to the same crowd.


...With so much of the company's reputation riding on their marketing an impressive Gaming Console, It's hard to see how they could have screwed things up so much.


...But the point was that Sony, or more accurately, Sony Electronics, is in trouble. 

...(or should by now) MGM, just like all of Sony's other assets has cash-leaks, in StarGate's case, not necessarily a major one, but they were under-performing. 

...So Stargate didn't make the cut it seems. them troops were needed to reinforce the rear (lest they be taken a tergo). ...  Heh, I always thought the AirForce should subsidize the show, seeing as it paints such a flattering picture of them. (they've given awards to cast and crew in the past.)


...SciFi network of course also hurt the Shows ratings when they decided to remove an anchor show for the series, BattleStar Galactica... 

...Finaly, I'd like to say that the episode that has done so much to boost season 10's meager ratings: "200", has arrived on iTunes, oddly renamed: "Remember When".


Oh, and one last thought, you know what other ailing company is behind SciFi's decision to cancel the show? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>School tomarrow...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-20T19:43:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/b76ae7c73fe897f339da30e662ab3007-43.php#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/b76ae7c73fe897f339da30e662ab3007-43.php#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ah, The Bishops School for boys and girls (my shout-out to Coach Assaf) shall be opening its halls again tomarrow, much to the dismay of students, myself in particular.   New things awaiting me this year include:


&bull; Driving to school (damn people wouldn't even give me a damn parking spot >.< [my face as I think of this] starting to wish I had run for ASBC again, though then again... nah...)


&bull; Finding places to park outside of school (not looking forward to that in the least)


&bull; Taking a set of courses that have been referred to at least once as impressive (my mom)


...And, ok, being a Junior in High School in general.   But how does this effect the blog?   the progress of Tasty Buffalo design? ...  The coming school year may make it very difficult to continue my work, research and correspondence via this blog.   And I felt you all should know that.   But, in all likeliness, it will if anything, cause an increase in all areas of my work for Tasty Buffalo.   As I look for ways to simulate work without the effort of actually working, it makes sense I may write something in my blog, or finalize those T-shirt designs of mine.   In short, I felt this deserved a good blogging, but you needn't be concerned.   I'm also looking forward to use this site to share my schoolwork perhaps, or perhaps give you my thoughts on said work.   I'm taking an english coarse that has a writing focus, perhaps my writing here may be a factor, I don't know.   But I know this: though I have less down time to do things Tasty Buffalo related during the school year, I am far more productive with my down time while in school.   So, like I said, if anything MORE will get done.


I also intend to make use of some software I found over the summer to increase productivity and organization this year.   I didn't really have the chance to use the software over the summer, but now that I'll have a reason to use it, perhaps I'll write some reviews of the software I've found. (all mac only software I'm afraid)


...I promise to write about the first day back at school tomorrow.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>STARGATE ON ITUNES</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-20T12:48:50-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/0b4b534228e95b96fcacf9e81d03a89d-42.php#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/0b4b534228e95b96fcacf9e81d03a89d-42.php#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When I heard of this, I rushed to see their page on iTunes, seeing that no reviews had apparently been written, I wrote my own...   By the time I was done I was far from the first it seemed, as there were 73 reviews.   It's already gained the prestigious 4.5 stars, which, as I reckon is as high as it ever really goes.   I mean, we all know how it is, people pleased with something seem to have far less incentive to say something as the people who just want to complain.   For the most part though, the only complaint has been about iTunes not yet having seasons 1-9 as of yet, which to my mind seems unfair.   The intention wasn't to rate the iTunes Music Store, or really even the price, it was to discuss the show.   Of course, we all know iTunes went to hell when the PC crowd got in on the thing but oh well...   ;) Anyway, they have only Season 10 right now, which as far as I can see, makes perfect sense.   In the first season, they shot probably with the idea in the back of their heads that they'd ship it out later on VHS.   With the advent of DVDs I imagine they had to go back and re-master them to make the best use of this new technology.   Now, though it seems like you couldn't go wrong distributing a TV show on iTunes, (costs nothing to send it electronically to people, caters to those who either want to pick their favorite episodes or are too lazy to go to the trouble of buying the DVD box set, and most of all, takes back some of their losses due to piracy, catering to the people who pirate the episodes out of convenience and still have a conscience.)   But you most certainly can screw things up if the audio and video for a lack of a better word, sucks.   Now this means, and I can't say I know what exactly is involved, that they would be best served by going back to the master copies and doing whatever necessary to bring the best posable product to market.   In season 10's case, they undoubtedly shot the show knowing they would soon launch on iTunes, so that's why thats there.   I have no doubt that the SciFi network intends to bring the other seasons online as soon as they can.   And I really must applaud the efforts of the SciFi network as of late.   They have been experimenting with all sorts of new-age ways to interact with their audience, and this move to bring perhaps the most successful show they've ever had to the realm of internet download, in my mind means they've decided that iTunes is indeed a good medium for them, and that they will doubtless bring some of their newest additions to iTunes soon. ...  Anyway, I've got some StarGate to watch.


The only concern I have is how the new episodes with my own collection in iTunes...   My uh... totally legit StarGate collection in iTunes...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m giving up</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-18T13:40:25-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/502942345e91ae6f7cd34e30906aa6e1-41.php#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/502942345e91ae6f7cd34e30906aa6e1-41.php#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You know, saying this was a movie tie-in game would be to demean all other movie tie-in games. ...  And what they made up got recycled so often it was like playing the first 15 min of the game again and again and again.


...Ok, I liked the whole deal where your weapon isn't always on screen, makes it more like a movie experience and all.   But perhaps thats one of the flaws of the game, that it tried to be like a movie.   Ever since video games went more mainstream, they've borrowed heavily from a more respectable medium: film.   Many games even to this day use in-gmae cut-scences to relay plot info to the player.   And as a concept I don't think all cut-scenes are all that bad, but they are a fall back on that medium from which video games have borrowed so heavily: film.   These cut-scenes often rob the player of control for a brief period, which when I think about it, makes little sense. ...  But in the traditional mainstream game, the linear plot line doesn't lend itself to player interference during crucial moments in the story. ...  One day maybe none of the games we play will use these tricks to direct the plot, relying on the player to essentially get from point A to B on their own.


That all said, this game was not one of the futuristic play-driven games.   Using for the most part highly scripted events, king kong leads the player on through an impossibly unlikely set of scenarios almost none of which seem to have come from the film.   Another thing they use to make the game more movie like is having nothing like a HUD or GUI on screen. not even so much as a health bar.   You hit the "B" button and the character you often play as, Jack, shouts out how much ammo he has. (which makes for a lovely opportunity for someone to respond, but no one says a word.)


...Also there is some FPS element to this madness, as you do a lot of shooting, but to call this an FPS would be to imply this element might have been fun or something... which it wasn't.   The name of the game when it came to shooting was, hit them as many times as you can 'til they die.   You can't know for sure what your status is, as you'd need to hit B a bunch of times and then listen for an ammo count.   There really doesn't appear to be a concept of health when it comes to the player's avatar: Jack.   It seems if you get hit, there"s some red flashes, some wailing women soundtrack, and you stumble about trying to kill whatever just hit you. 

...Often I'd be frustrated with how little it seemed I could have done to save myself given the circumstances. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why Would HoverRound Advertise on SciFi?</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-18T12:34:58-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/79514aba85eb3ae6d392dd6774182bd2-40.php#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/79514aba85eb3ae6d392dd6774182bd2-40.php#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They make power chairs.   You know.   The kind they make for those too old to get out of a chair and walk.   The kind I didn't think would be watching the SciFi Network today during their StarGate Marathon.


Anyway, I just wanted to inform my readers... or reader as the case may be, that tonight Richard Dean Anderson makes an appearance on both StarGate: SG-1 and it's spin-off series StarGate: Atlantis.


And on top of that, Snakes on a Plane comes out today!   (as if you didn't already know) Speaking of which, I must say that I love the title track of the Snakes on a Plane album.   Though the fact that the song is "Album Only" makes me consider the nefarious act of music pirating.


As a side note, during the last episode of Stargate: SG-1, was that Red Stripe they were drinking in Colonel O'neill's cabin?


Also, planned projects in the near future include: 


-Read the Grapes of Wrath


-Finish Peter Jackson's King Kong on the xbox 360


-Beat N3 (Ninety-Nine-Nights) on the 360 'box


-Maybe write a quick review of both?


-Tutorial on getting doom to run on your ipod?   (it's been done tho)


-Next Draft of T-shirts I may even end up selling on the site or something.


I intend to write many reviews of many things... yeah, that might be fun.   So check back soon for some totally unbiased xbox 360 reviews and stuff.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Heh&#x2c; woops...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-17T23:39:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/6295afb2914204f0ad5ea8dac105eadb-39.php#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/6295afb2914204f0ad5ea8dac105eadb-39.php#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, that file I mentioned earlier, the DsktopButtons thing from the apple store, yeah... about that...   See, best I can tell, it's only really part of the equation.   Which, come to think of it, makes a barrel of sense.   For you see, I myself did indeed have a little trouble wrapping my head around how that little applescript could produce the whole GUI to it... and indeed, as far as I can tell, the missing element was something found in the applications folder.   Something going by the name, "Concierge".   To be specific, it is this line here that makes me suspicious...


file:///Applications/Concierge/genius_framework


Yes yes, quite clearly something I don't have.   Out of 216 applications in that folder, not a single one goes by that name.   Anyway, I may get back to this later, I may not...   But for now I'm taking it off the downloads page, because it seems useless. anyone who feels they need it may email me.   G'night all.


~Fatalbert]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh&#x2c; one more thing...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-16T23:02:06-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a05e52c164fb116a3552f1a4cec6c969-38.php#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a05e52c164fb116a3552f1a4cec6c969-38.php#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was just browsing around for some cool new pics for my gamercard and all when I came across a reference to Bomberman: Act Zero.   I was like, "oh yeah!   I wonder when that comes out..." and ended up watching the most pathetic trailer I've ever seen, or more specifically heard.   After that whole "All Your Base Are Belong to Us" fiasco, you'd think the japanese would have learned to hire better translators!   But no!


what's even worse is the voice doesn't work at all for this, it's hard to imagine how they didn't notice that. anyway, that's up for download too if you want it.


It's hilarious... what did it say again?   you know.... at the end?   oh, thats right, "The Earth of the despair that arrived at the end of a fight"...   I'm not sure thats a complete sentence... least not in english... hard to see how that'd work in any language... wait, do the japanese not need to finish their sentences?   This deserves investigation!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A pox on all things microsoft&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-16T21:04:54-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d796b7218d77aa4ab80617b9c3a79378-37.php#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d796b7218d77aa4ab80617b9c3a79378-37.php#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Rise up my macintosh, linux, unix, BeOS... err... and other operating systems not microsoft product brethren!   Soon the world will be ours!   Or at least this much, NOT THERE'S!   Mwhahaha!


Regardless of what you think of M$, you're plenty welcome here.    I just felt the need to counter-balance my GamerCard up and over there...   Yes, sigh..   I own a 360Box and no I don't want to talk about N3 right now.   I just have to come clean here.   Though my dollars may be feeding the evil empire, (though supporting a product that has done nothing but loose the company money doesn't feel so bad) I must admit I'm obsessed with this "GamerScore" thing of theirs!   Most impressive for such an unimaginative group.


Anyway, back to King Kong, and before you ask, yes it's a terrible game but it's just so generous with its GamerPoints!   mwahahaha!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ok&#x2c; it got old...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-16T13:06:17-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/843752d20b147ab7ade79afba2cd85d2-36.php#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/843752d20b147ab7ade79afba2cd85d2-36.php#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yeah, yeah I should have known better than to think MegaMan Effect wouldn't get old pretty quick. ...  Quitting it just wouldn't have given me the same amount of satisfaction.   I went in terminal, tracked down it's pid via the top command, and entered the friendly sequence kill 2545 and poof! 

...In utterly unrelated news, today I went and picked up Ninety-Nine-Nights only moments after it arrived at the local Electronics Boutique. ...  I got there early to beat the crowds at the mall (as is my custom) but was foiled again as I had arrived under false pretenses (as is also my custom it seems).   I had apparently arrived but an hour too soon. the man behind the counter assured me, that was the one thing that hadn't yet arrived, but would most likely do so within the hour.   So I had an hour to kill at the mall.   Tried to call my mom, phone was dead (wish I had a solar backpack).   So I go over to the pay phone where a strange man talks to someone in what sounds like french.   The damn thing ate $1.50 before I gave up, assuring me again and again all I needed to do was to drop in another fifty cents and my call would go through... urgh... finally did find a phone that worked outside where a man persisted to try and sell me some kind of cell phone accessory.


Later though, whilst "killing time" I found myself at the UTC Apple Computer retail store, playing an assortment of ipod solitaire and Big Bang Chess.   During this time I became curious as to the nature of  the application Apple uses to display those funny buttons on the desktop of their computers.   In case you are not aware, they have these five or so buttons back the for things like concierge and and sign up now! ...  I became curious to the point I tracked down the application with the aforementioned top command (adding the -u flag for flavor).   Then, having isolated it's name found it's home in the library with a timely use of our friend Mr.   SpotLight. (for users of the PeeCee, SpotLight is Apple's fantastic integrated search technology.)   Whipped out my Swiss Army Knife (with USB flash drive), and downloaded the app.


I can't think of any practical use for it, but I'll make it available for download.


And last but not least, when I got home with Ninety-Nine-Nights in hand, I logged it into my library immediately. (had to give the linkage props to them too)


...I've got some evil something-or-others to slay... catch ya next time folks!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>You&#x27;d think it&#x27;d get old...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-12T15:05:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/b28328a0df989690c3a01240f693f233-35.php#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/b28328a0df989690c3a01240f693f233-35.php#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But it doesn't.   I'd just like to spread the news about my latest internet acquisition: MegaManEffect.   It's really quite hillarious.   Every time you launch a an app, there's a full screen animation introducing the app, with the music and style of the intro to MegaMan's arch rival.... ol' whats-his-name.   Anyway, check it out here at freemacware.com.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I feel so informed</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-07T10:30:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/42429fed93e34d0c5306919691b59b39-34.php#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/42429fed93e34d0c5306919691b59b39-34.php#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Apple insider has been offering a live feed direct from the keynote presentation at Apple's WWDC '06.   Among a lot of info about the convention itself, including attendance numbers, Apple has completed their transition from PowerPC to x86 chips (intel) today.   Announcing a fantastic new replacement for the PowerMac G5 the new "Mac Pro" as it's being called uses intel's "woodcrest" chips, as some have speculated.   It appears the cooler processors have allowed apple to stick in a whole slew of extra expansion slots and drive bays.   The Mac Pro is said to conform to the aesthetic of the G5 but with a second optical bay.   And though I didn't see them mention it, I'm assuming an IR sensor somewheres for interaction with apple's remote.   The new systems are supposedly 1.6 - 2.1x faster then their predecessor's top configuration: The G5 QUAD.   That makes it more than a little faster than the rig I've got here... (heh) I also believe they've introduced something impressive in their Xserve Line, though I'm fuzzy on the details as I was busy dreaming of the Mac Pro.   I may write more later, but you can check it out here for yourself.   And be sure to check apple's site for a webcast of the entire thing later today.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shiira</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-07T07:54:46-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/caab23e2e20652d1d38b454cc473c8ab-33.php#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/caab23e2e20652d1d38b454cc473c8ab-33.php#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My favorite japanese freeware browser based on the WebKit engine recently released a version 2.0 beta! ...  (Oh My Gods) Its gnarly!   I just got it running so there isn't much to say, but taking one look at it, I'm stoked! ...  OMGs...   Ok, gotta look at this objectively for my readers...


I see...   I see...


well, the buttons are sexier... the tab browsing now has little thumbnails... ala OmniWeb if you ask me, 'cept they're down the bottom edge instead of the left.


...and the history and bookmarks buttons bring up ultra-sexy overlays! ...  There's a "shelf" button that brings up a more traditional bookmark manager too. (drool) And so like theres this other button next to they're "page dock" where they've got all those thumbnails, and it brings up all the pages at once and lets you select one in a fancy-pants overlay thing, ala expos&eacute;!


And...   And....


it crashed!? ...  Shiira Build 060803!!!! .... you were too good for this world... may you rest in peace...


Huh... thats not the only thing... looks like the google search bar doesn't wanna work either... and it won't accept incoming URLs from other apps...   Ok, so..


In conclusion, you should avoid downloading the ulra-unstable build of shiira 2.0.   You may ponder it's new features, behold it's screenshots, but don't bother using it... quite yet...   Thats all I can say.   The current nightly build is a little... well, off... but go ahead and try the last stable build if you haven't shiira 1.2.2!!!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Project: LazyMan</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-06T18:21:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/44da14758a4399872fcb3dda4e9797ed-32.php#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/44da14758a4399872fcb3dda4e9797ed-32.php#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One acquisition made to reach this goal was the purchase of several Inteon devices a few months back.   Or rather, I was granted the devices as a gift to honor the day of my birth.   The best way to think of them is that they're basically like the clappers you've seen on TV and may actually own.   (My friend matt has one hooked up to a black light for an instant night club-like feel.) ...  It seems they use the circuitry in the walls, perhaps using tiny fluctuations on power to broadcast their signals.   Facts to support this are that a) it is suggested they not be used in the presence of halogen lights, (suggesting they may interfere with more fickle devices) and b) devices that use RF signals to communicate are also available, to cover areas that are on separate circuits. 


...Of course it does stand to reason that if they need RF signals to bridge between circuits they must be communicating that way... 

...Regardless, that's a rather moot point as they do indeed seem to work and thats fine by me.


...In adherence with my mother's wishes that I carry a phone with me whilst I drive, I had to unearth an old friend: My N-Gage QD.   Having really only be a novelty at first, my automated lighting has taken on a whole new importance for me with the magic that is Salling Clicker.   I had tried the software in the past, but hadn't seen any features so impressive as to make me buy it. ...  After a quick installation, I noted the feature that first turned me on to this latest feature: Media Remotes.   While in the past I remembered it having some ability to interact with the system volume and even move the cursor in one of four directions, it now seemed to offer so much more.   While the iTunes controller is fabulous and worth buying the software alone, I found the software interacted with another of my more recent acquisitions: EyeTV; and in so doing, solved a problem of mine.  


For you see, my computer and entertainment system are on opposite sides of the room, and subsequently facing each-other.   Over by the television lies the cable TV line, my xbox and 'box 360, along with the TV now solely for the xbox duo.   By installing the EyeTV 250, my goal was to bring television to my computer screen, and in so doing enable myself to record various television shows.   But, since the EyeTV device, with it's internalized IR sensor is behind me, what I'm watching is in front of me. ...  But, by using the N-Gage and its bluetooth connection, it doesn't matter which way I'm facing!


...By installing some simple scripts on my phone, I can control the Indigo software on my computer, which intern activates a strange Insteon device labeled the Powerlink mark 2, and sends those fairies through the electrical lines and to the various "clapper" devices and thus controls the lights in my room! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Traffic</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-08-04T16:24:12-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/01e91d53b0bc319c6e2eaa4041b0788f-31.php#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/01e91d53b0bc319c6e2eaa4041b0788f-31.php#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Looking into what seems to bring people to the site, I've found out just now that most people seem to find the place whilst searching the term "blade" yes, blade.   Maybe I've used the word a few times but I find it bazaar that this should be a major draw to people.   Regardless, google and it's ilk seem to be dead on the money when it comes to cylon and buffalo, and that christa businesses is ironically related to blade but comicly misspelled as it was really supposed to be Krista instead... woops...   Lord knows who or what christa is or why people should come to my site for it.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trans Lucy 2</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-31T16:43:11-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/71b962751a796b29a232935b7022322e-30.php#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/71b962751a796b29a232935b7022322e-30.php#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Trans Lucy 2, the not really anticipated sequel to the lack-luster Trans Lucy, invokes from within me but one question: Trans Lucy 1 was really that successful?   In truth, I'm glad it was.


The application has a bazaar name, but somewhat catchy, really...   I had downloaded the original a while back as a last-resort back-up for Apple's Inspired DVD player app, the aptly named: DVD Player.   While I had never experienced any problems with DVD Player, I still feel its just good practice to both have a contingency plan, and of corse to check out the grass on the other side.


So when I stuck in a Stargate disk a few days ago and some screwy thing popped up citing a initialization error within DVD player, I quickly turned to Trans Lucy.   Now, I  had Trans Lucy on a demo license, much as I have Trans Lucy 2 on a demo license.   But back in the days of version 1, their demo did some baaad things...   Like stopping in the middle of the episode of stargate you're watching and demanding that you send money to strangers.   Thinking to myself, "Well now, that's certainly not how you make friends... three demerits for you!!!   and... you know what...   I don't need you!   yeah, that's right, take a hike!   and take that dumb icon of yours with you!"   (the original icon was indeed quite dumb) When suddenly at the bottom of my screen I see the words "Trans Lucy 2". (ala nullriver's NewsTicker) Figuring it to be serendipity, I followed the link leading to one of my favorite sites MacUpdate.com.   Upon downloading I noticed a considerably sexier icon (as seen above) and cool new features like, custom sizing and a controller built into the window!   And as always the handy transparency feature making it easy to multi-task, I think it's worth a try if not a buy!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Scifi Network offers Immortality to Contestants</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-30T10:16:13-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/518f9fec11fb5ef466ee14c5d88aac9e-29.php#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/518f9fec11fb5ef466ee14c5d88aac9e-29.php#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Scifi Network has launched a new series hosted by Stan Lee, entitled: Who Wants to be a Super Hero? 

...They started out with a mere 12 would-be super heros, and by the end of the first episode they knocked that number down to 9.   First off, the team was introduced, in a mansion that would have otherwise appeared to be the home of this adventure. ...  After beginning to dance, the group was startled by the face of Stan Lee appearing on the nearby television screen. ...  He informed them that they were not taking things seriously and that they should be.   He then told them the mansion they were in was not were they would be staying, but rather they were to be relocated to their "lair".   After a short ride in a Hummer-Limo contraption, the group arrived in what looked to be a bad part of town.   Behind some dumpsters and a chain link fence they found a door, which one of them opened. 

...and the man I had come to know as the "garbage dude" leapt in front of the group and revealed his true identity, saying, "Mwahaha! ...  Apparently, the video (shot in black and white for drama) was incriminating in some sense, though it seemed like just small talk to me.


Sadly, Levity, who had planed on being the world's first gay Super Hero, (he actually wouldn't have been) was found to be the worst of the top three.   He had been caught saying that he worked making custom action figures, and commenting that he could make a lot of monney making action figures of himself if all went well. 

...but found only another televison. (so sad) After having an awkward meal wilst talking to the old man on the screen, they were told to rest-up for tomarrow they would face their first challenge. 


The first challenge was to find somwhere to change into costume, do so without anyone noticing, and then run for a painted archway.   What they were not told was that there would be a crying girl on the way that they were expected to help. ...  Most of the women stoped to help her, save Monkey Women and Creature, who actually cracked her whip just after passing her, nearly hitting her as it seemed to me.


Later that night, the guys were in trouble, Nitro-G, and Iron Enforcer were called up along with ol' Monkey Women.   Though Monkey Women and Iron Enforcer both passed by the little girl, (Monley Women actually seemed to look the girl in the eye) Nitro-G was found to be the worst, as he ran by the girl at the speed of light (or something like that) and changed out in the open where everyone could see, revealing his secret identity entirely.   Nitro-G was kicked off the show, and the episode ended with some kind of teaser for the next I'm sure.


All I can say is that I was plensently surprised with the show, and intend to watch the next episode, whether that be on TV or on my iPod. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Amazing Screw-On Head</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-28T10:46:46-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5dc7b6f51b295c2736ce803035635de4-28.php#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5dc7b6f51b295c2736ce803035635de4-28.php#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Twice on SciFi.com, and once last night when it aired on television for the first time.   The show is based on a one-shot comic book created by the creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola.   It details some of America's most secret of histories: The strange adventures of President Lincon's top spy, The Amazing Screw-on Head.   Screw-On Head, or Screw-On, or Head for short, is apparently some kind of mechanized... robot or something.   Apparently everything that gives Screw-On life is contained within the head, as he is often seen without body at all.   As you might guess, his ability is to be screwed into and thus control a variety of different bodies.   What makes that situation even more bizarre is that he is also apparently several hundred years old! 

...And of course its all done with that guy who played Dr. 

...The Pilot was hilarious, and its the dark style of the show that seems to make that all the funnier.   It may seem strange at first, but by the time it's over I promise you'll have fallen in love with it.


I realy think you should go ahead and find online and watch it. (over at scifi.com/pulse) just to wet your apetite here are a few quotes:


Screw-On Head: It's as I always say, all really intelligent people should be cremated for reasons of public safety. 


...We're dealing with undead perversions of the only woman you ever loved and your most trusted manservant who vowed to do away with all subsequent menservant in cruelest means imaginable! 


...The jewel worshipped by the wizards of Mu and the black priests of Atlantis, finally passed down to Gung the Magnificent who was chosen by the gods to conquer the world with it! 

...Emperor Zombie: It's not a jewel! 

...Emperor Zombie: You went on and on about how sweet the candy was, then told me not to put it in my mouth and got mad at me when I did! 


Screw-On Head: If by 'candy' you mean 'ancient forbidden evil', then yes, I told you to not put it in your mouth! 


...Screw-On Head: You mean that big, magical thing you used to conquer the world thousands of years ago? 

...The Demigod: Your poor, sad, insignificant brains cannot conceive of the horror that is coming now! 


...It marks the end of Amazing Screw-on Head and brings closure to my petty vengeance fetish with his manservants!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Paint</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-25T17:42:14-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d88d4cdbf8d7cf12dc2ad1959d12b7d4-27.php#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d88d4cdbf8d7cf12dc2ad1959d12b7d4-27.php#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We're painting my desk again so I've set up shop in another room.   Thinking I should spend as little time as possable in the room filled with paint fumes, I moves my xbox 360 too.   There being no TV in the room, I'm using me mac as the primary display for all things 360...   I don't know, I felt I should document my work.   Check it out below:


       
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Red</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-23T19:58:14-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a839d8fd97835c7df4779aedec92228d-26.php#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a839d8fd97835c7df4779aedec92228d-26.php#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Creative title, no?   Ok, I'm not in the mood, just wanted to give the heads-up that most of that last post was really pretty bogus...   I just don't believe in editing old posts... feels like changing the history, and without history, how can we hope to learn from the past?   Too philosophical?


Anyway, back to the point I was trying to make, when I wrote the last post I was looking at my new... well, more-hacked-than-before .css file, and was referring to my success in deciphering some of the many mysteries of the .css file.   Regardless, I realize now, nobody saw it.   I never uploaded it, and have thought better of it due to some of its flaws.   Just to make me happy though I've switched to red, one of the styles I found included within the .rwtheme file.   Any-who.... in the unlikely event someone reads these posts....   Just trying to keep you all posted as to my progress!   I'm gonna make some pop corn and sit down to a good episode of Blade: The Series now.


Also, just wanted to say Intend to make a short film based on my favorite character from the game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Amusei.   Least I think thats his name...   I've thought of a great many Oblivion related projects I might want to take on, and he may end up the mascot of those endeavors....   Yeah, I like that...   I could like do everything from the perspective of Amusei... 


Right!   Blade!   back to that then, more on my Amusei films or w/e later.


~Fatalbert]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Some Results at Last</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-22T21:07:16-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/95c162d7fa94f2dc5916fa71b732ecf3-25.php#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/95c162d7fa94f2dc5916fa71b732ecf3-25.php#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So far I've deciphered the majority of the inner-workings of these .rwtheme files.   Whilst fooling around in one, I found .css files unused but theme as far as I could tell, though I find it curious that these .css files seem to be managed from a property list within the .rwtheme file.   Suggesting, as I know you're thinking, that someone intended for these different .css files to be easily swapped, perhaps from within RapidWeaver, though I have seen no such option myself, and have had to edit the .plist file manually to change the path to the desired .css file.   Reguardless, here is the first attempt at crafting my own .css, and bg images to boot!   I somewhat like it, though it may require review, and as you might have noticed it still borrows heavily from the style of the original.   So, just a quick update on that front.   Seeing as how I did all of this today it is more than likely you noticed none of it.... oh well.... still working on the lightbox thing too, more on that later ;)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More theme Dev.</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-07-22T09:58:31-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d4743192b6c456c14d56de288b70e4c8-24.php#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/d4743192b6c456c14d56de288b70e4c8-24.php#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, no... this time I swear...   It'll work...   It has to... must link...


try this...


...RW wants to tells me whats to do... keeps changing the code for the pic from rel="lightbox" to rel="self" clearly you can see that problem with that... so I'll make my own little photo album page and take the HTML from that, then make a custom page in RW (so rw doesn't screw with the html) and then presto!   Should work, give me a sec...


wait.... no.... thats bogus... hmm... aha! ...  RW is trying to fix my mistakes!   now I'll just go ahead and turn that off and presto!


...Damn you!   Stop that!   no rel="self"!   No more I say!


...Check out this line...


<a href="http://tastybuffalo.com/lightbox/photos/img_3510.jpg" rel="lightbox" title="lilly licks her face" rel="self">presto!

...Perplexing, It did indeed keep the rel="lightbox" but then went ahead and apparently ignored it!   perhaps if I rearrange it so that the rel statement comes after the title or have no title at all... like so


...Oh, this is frustrating... well, at least I got the page looking a bit different today, as you might have noticed, the old blue part is now purple... maybe I'll change that to red or green or something....   ( I found css files left behind in FreeJay) maybe I'll attempt my own.... who knows?   but I'm tired of this for now...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>RW Theme Development</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-07-21T12:26:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5ed6ba018caf337560fb1d960e3dfb73-23.php#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5ed6ba018caf337560fb1d960e3dfb73-23.php#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've begun the task of learning to develop custom themes for RapidWeaver, the .app that built the site before you.   In fact, this is the current build of the TastyBuffalo Theme!   Now, an utterly small percentage of you may say, "hey!   isn't this the FreeJay theme?"   and yes, thus far to get the project off the ground as soon as possible, I've taken the "FreeJay" theme as my template; for now at the very least.   Now... for those of you who know the "FreeJay" theme well, you may even say, "Cameron you lazy good-for-nothing, you haven't done a damn thing!"   And to that I would say, "I most certainly have!   It's just all under the hood!"   And that would indeed be the case.   As of now, the only real modification I have attempted is the instalation of a "lightbox" system into the theme... alow me to demonstrate... erhem... yes... wait for it...


ok, maybe later...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Quick Check-in</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-07-18T20:30:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9911c329ac9b3f8c439b5c8e0775fc44-22.php#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9911c329ac9b3f8c439b5c8e0775fc44-22.php#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just wanted to say that the CylonBum Battlestar Countdown Widget is about to go live.... -er...   It's actually been there a while, but noones downloaded it, presumably because they don't know about it...   So I'm giving apple the heads up, and considering that this widget actually has some functionality, you know.... does stuff... they should be thrilled..   I mean, if they accepted the last one, they're bound to take this one too!


In other news, I'd like to announce my plans to build my own custom theme for the site, you know, instead of using all these cookie-cutter ones...


Well, thats it, night for now.


P.S.   Just finished filling out the widget submission form, seems like everything in there has changed a great deal since I was last there, which is saying something cuz I was there mere weeks ago.   This time they required an ADC log in, which I do not remember from last time, and seemed to have a stream-lined set-up for the submission of screenshots. (last time they instructed me to email it directly to them) Anyway, they have a cool new page for tracking all submissions I've made.   Or rather, my mother has made... for you see, one must technically be 18 to obtain this elite status.... and I am a mere 17 years of age... reguardless, I've got stargate to watch ;)


		~FatAlbert (my call-sign and alias)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ubuntu</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-07-17T11:36:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/960613760528b8978402ad904c5b931b-21.php#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/960613760528b8978402ad904c5b931b-21.php#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm told it's a reference to some word used by some culture in Africa.   Meaning something like World-Peace or something, it's a distro of Linux I've been hearing a whole bunch about.   So, for some reason I decided to take it upon myself to instal it on my laptop.   As far as I can tell, that part went well enough, or at least seemed to.   I had the whole thing up and running before I realized that there's no driver for the airport extreme card in my laptop...


Well, with the internet out of the picture, my first true for-ay (sp?)   into linux didn't go so well, and I've already got Tiger reinstalled on there.   If anyone can think of a better distro for a 17" powerbook G4 with an airport extreme card and all, I'm ready and willing to try again.   Also, I'd appreciate one with a Majong app pre-installed.   That's all I got going on ubuntu but I liked it.


So yeah, any suggestions, go ahead and post a comment or something.   Lord knows I get lots of those.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Search Begins</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-07-17T13:25:37-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4b7bbf1f5dae666921eaf53240606795-20.php#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/4b7bbf1f5dae666921eaf53240606795-20.php#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In an effort to better track project CylonBum's Success, research has begun to find every reference to "CylonBum" on the world-wide web.   Saying that may sound old fashioned, "world-wide web" was a term used heavily during the popularization of the internet, to advertise it's size.   Now-a-days that seems silly, people want the internet condensed, indexed and listed in order of importance.   (Via Google) People should note thats not the whole thing, and though its debatable whether the use of search engines these days has indeed narrowed our view of the internet, I think you have to keep in mind the internet includes networks of such massive size, that scanning through it all might seem silly.   Silly though it may be, it falls upon people like myself to bring to light information that might otherwise be hidden.   So, I've started up my own little web-crawler.   Much like Google, my computer is currently scanning the internet itself, searching for any and all references to the "CylonBum" project.   Every page it scans renders new links to more pages that shall be scanned.   As you might imagine, this whole process may take a while, but should render outstanding results that I shall share in the next few days.   Just for a little taste of what's to come, so far the thing is up to 4600 pages, 58 documents.   And just to clarify, I'm using the industrial strength search technology that is DEVONagent.


DEVONagent is something I intend to use for my next few posts, to render so hard facts built on a concensus of gosip, like that new iPod everyone's been talking about...   ;)


UPDATE: The initial search is complete, and 62,341 pages have been found in connection with "ClyonBum" along with 133 documents.   Needless to say, it will take a while to sift through all this information, but heres a cool chart thing of all topics found to be apparently in relation to CylonBum


Research continues into why exactly "CylonBum" relates in any way, shape, or form to the Quran... (the holy book of Islam)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cylon Sighting</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-07-16T14:39:38-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a03b88b1e9394503776c4df06b1bfd04-19.php#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a03b88b1e9394503776c4df06b1bfd04-19.php#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's clear to me that if this were ancient Rome, Eygpt, or something like that, I would have been declared a minor deity by now.   (If not god of gods) Whilst writing my last post, It occurred to me that someone might have already done a widget to count down the days, hours, min, and sec until my beloved battlestar galactica returns to my television... (and computer and ipod for that matter) This is when I noticed there was but one other battlestar widget indeed, and it certainly puts mine in it's place.   Curious about a group capable of creating such a refined widget, I clicked on a link leading to their site, galacticaa.net I liked the first thing I saw, (being an apple fan) an ipod. but at some point I must have scrolled down a bit, for at some point I caught the shiny tip of something in the image in the post below the first.   I did what can be best described as a double-take, for when I scrolled down to see.... there it was!   ZOMG!   It's my widget!   they're talking about MY widget!   This is fantastic!   I'm overwhelmed!   I feel like a celebrity!   they even refer to TastyBuffalo!   hehehe...   This has been a fun moment for me.   If you don't believe me, check the site or the screenie below.


Thanks a lot guys for your support!   and thanks....   Greg Perkins!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A stroke of genius</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-07-16T14:29:10-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/def71d0dbc462cc50fe8c67629406505-18.php#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/def71d0dbc462cc50fe8c67629406505-18.php#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Out of nowhere comes a brilliant idea.   Alright, it wasn't totally out of the blue, but it was clever.   I was working on the CylonBum widget, Trying in vain to get him to speak...   When I realized Dashcode has a quick and easy set-up for making countdown widgets.   So I slapped together a widget that counts down to the beginning of season 3. hooray!   I'll submit it to Apple soon-ish.


In other news, I was working on the CylonBum Widget, like I said, working on getting him to talk, when I realized that though the current version cannot play the "ByYourCommand.wav" file included within it, It still has the damn thing.   By taking it out I can greatly reduce it's size and save the  MacDock people a little bandwidth.   So I'll be releasing that soon.   Maybe.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Further oddities in my records</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Humor</category><dc:date>2006-07-16T12:13:51-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/e539228865f56150a2e1f76ffd0245e5-17.php#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/e539228865f56150a2e1f76ffd0245e5-17.php#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Please, if you have children, cover their eyes...


If you are a child... well, find someone to cover your eyes...


What I'm about to report is strange beyond belief... and funny...


Whilst scouring my records I found another site linking to my own; yes, I'm quite popular.   This time it's the google of the UK...   But what stuck me as odd was what the fellow must have been looking for when he found my blog...


Note, he or she has apparently searched the phrase "she's hungry"


She's Hungry?   I did use those exact words in one of my posts, in reference to Krista from Blade: The Series.   But what was this bloke looking for I wonder?   I'll leave that to you fine people out there to decide.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blade: The Series 2</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-07-15T09:57:18-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/ff0cd3185170877dc0fb820011c7cddb-16.php#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/ff0cd3185170877dc0fb820011c7cddb-16.php#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just wanted to let you all know, as I did cover the pilot of the series, that the pilot episode I mentioned as being free, is no longer so.   It now seems to apear as two seperate episodes. as another note, there are two more episodes in addition to the pilot episodes.   So, whereas it was once just one free episodes, it is now 4 episodes at $2/ea.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Referals on the Net</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-07-12T11:17:27-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/048b8279093203d6d2129e6a2eeb58cc-15.php#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/048b8279093203d6d2129e6a2eeb58cc-15.php#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the many tidbits hidden within the detail status pages for this site is "Referring Domains".   It gives me a great idea of what links to the site, and how people are finding the site. now, a quick shot of that for all of you...


Now, it's no surprise to me that Apple.com is on the top of the list...   These people have clearly been drawn in by the fabeled CylonBum widget. ...  as I've mentioned, google has even taken note of the site.. no surprise they're on there. ...  lord knows what that is... let me check...


...The google of where?

...Strange that... but wherever Nederland is, I'm sure they need a google just like we do. makes sense.


Now, you may have noted the strange reference to icio.us on there....   Cameron recognizes this... this refers to the brilliant del.icio.us!   del.icio.us is an on-line bookmark manager of sorts, allowing for searches throughout everyone's on-line bookmarks.   It's clever really, If you like using your bookmarks to navigate the net, this can provide you with bookmarks that are equally accessible no matter where you are when you are when you log in. ...  And searching through can make a lot of sense too, using the numbers of how many people "tagged" a particular site, you can try and judge just how cool that particular site is... and another idea, search for your hobbies and other interests and see if you can't find someone who shares them, and then browse through all their favorite sites for that particular topic! ...  So with that said, check this if you will...


 http://del.icio.us/amazinwilly


Pretty good company if you ask me...   I don't know who this guy is, but he has good taste!


On another side-note... check this if you will....


...I shall never know... but it is nice to see I'm becoming an authority on the cylons... just call me Dr. ...  Heh, ok, don't call me that... that'd be weird...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Puppy&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-07-09T18:57:51-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/3969a9ca1ccd2c2412ba2eaa660638e3-14.php#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/3969a9ca1ccd2c2412ba2eaa660638e3-14.php#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We got a new dog named Lilly, I'm told she's at most 6 months old.   So of course I could put some pictures on here... let me get on that...


....


....


Ok, super-cool Ajax page... least I think it's Ajax... hell, I don't know... but it looks very Web 2.0 to me...


Lilly's Super-Cool Ajax Portfolio (2.3MB)


or check out the few I put on flickr for kicks...


Tasty Buffalo's Flickr page]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mo&#x27; &#x27;lons</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-07-09T18:18:39-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/3acfa8c1e628de816ae8e63de61fd3b1-13.php#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/3acfa8c1e628de816ae8e63de61fd3b1-13.php#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, so I've been making some stuff whilst I eagerly await the return of the fabled "Xbox 360: Working Edition" to my home.   Lazy Texans have yet to get it to me, and for that I am greatly vexed.   But it has given me some time to do some other projects I've been pondering for a while... which include:


Cylon / Tasty Buffalo Shirts


Cylon Head Lego


PSP Mods


The Shirts Thus Far:


Just the head sort-of a thing~		The whole widget pretty much~


		


The Lego Head:


Poor attempt in clay atop ye old Xbox HDD~			Cool animated gif of the lego deal exploding in reverse or something~


						


So anyway... thats it for now.... least in this category...
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Quick update</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-07-03T06:49:28-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a5113c5436f611f5500a0472db069216-12.php#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a5113c5436f611f5500a0472db069216-12.php#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, the economics class I'm taking is going well, thanks for asking...   And yes, the class does apparently meet today... the day before the 4th of July...   I'm not sure as to why that seems so criminal.   Regardless, I just thought I'd make the quick announcement that the CylonBum Widget has reached about 1,000 downloads...   I've got this picture of the status page, and being fairly good with photoshop, you're just going to have to take my word that it is in fact legit.   Anyway here it is:


Now, I know what you're probably thinking...   "What's the difference between visits and hits?"   well, best I can make of it, hits are all requests, where as visits tries to bundle requests by the same ip into just one request...   Now I know you're thinking that should make for a more accurate number...   And you're probably right...   But there's nothing to say that those multiple requests weren't for reasons other than faster or even multiple downloads... nothing at all....   So I choose to use the perhaps slightly inflated number.   Besides, it's not as if "visits" is far behind "hits" and going with one over the other gives me just one more thing to celebrate this July 4th.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blade: The Series</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-29T18:38:08-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a1550134f9aef6c38f72549f5b9ffcd2-11.php#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/a1550134f9aef6c38f72549f5b9ffcd2-11.php#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So, I went on the iTunes Music Store and the first thing I see is this thing thats all like: "Blade: The Series" and I'm like "whoa... that deserves a click..." and what do I see? 

...(He just got a 5G 'Pod for his B-day)... and to my disappointment, he was more informed than I, he had even gone so far as to have it recorded, but he seemed a little interested when I mentioned it was free, and as he has yet to watch the episode, he was eager to hear my thoughts in the morning.


...Let me remind you that you don't need a video iPod to watch the episode in iTunes... which is also free for download. 

...Christa wants to learn the truth about her brother's death, and she gets in between Blade and some vampire baddies in her search. ...  She goes to  a fancy party to meet some master of their vampire clan, but he recognizes her, and she can't place the transponder thing the asian dude said to slip in his pocket. ...  From what I can make of what happens next, she gets a sniper rifle from somewheres... and gives this fancy looking bluetooth headset to the boss of the vampire club via the doorman.   So she acts all tough on the phone, like, "I'm looking at you through the sight of a sniper rifle", and he's not impressed.   He has one of his goons jump on up to the top of the nearby building where she is, and his goon beats her good.   For whatever reason, he's decided he likes her, likes her style, thinks she's got guts and stuff... so his plan is to make her a vampire.   There's some level of trippiness about him making her a vampire and all though... like, "when the council finds out about this Marcus..." and he's all like "silence!" ...  The asian guy warns him against it, but he decides it's not too late for her, he thinks that if he can get some of the serum he uses to sustain himself into her, he can turn her away from her bloodlust. ...  So the race is on, he needs to find her before she goes and eats anybody.... and boy oh boy the guy beats up pretty much everyone he meets... 


So like, we all knows how this is gonna go, he'll save her just in the nick of time, right?   well... they take her to this safe-house they've got where they seem to be doing research on making every vampire into Blade or something... to get some blood into her. she has a little snack from the fridge while she waits and then they bring in the dirty cop guy that works for them bringing in bodies that they know she won't like because he was the one on her brother's case who was all like, "he got shot, big deal." on her. ...  I should mention as a side note that one of the things this clan of vampires is up to seems to be the same of vampire dust as a drug. ...  And they make the stuff by taking people in telling them they're gonna be a vampire... turn them into some mindless vampire thing, have the dirty cop guy find hookers to feed them... and then they test the blade serum on them, which never works so they just sell the ash.


...Blade busts in and this burly servant of Marcus (a vampire himself) is all like, "give me the serum! ...  Anyways, Blade gets through him without much trouble, gets to Christa gives her the shot of the serum and double-times out of the place. ...  He reveals that he was working with her brother... that he got him killed... at first she's mad but calms down when he says, "He was a good man." ...  He gives her a case with the serum and a super stylish injector gun for her own use... she walks off and the episode is over.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m speechless...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-06-26T18:14:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/118bce8beec10d7bc0dc4b462db31ddd-10.php#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/118bce8beec10d7bc0dc4b462db31ddd-10.php#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you realize people might actually be reading this?   Hell, *you* would know, you're one of them!   I was just poking around and noticed that Apple.com was linking to my site, I was like... "why would they do that?"   and then I checked...   Without really notifying me they've gone and put the CylonBum Widget up on their site!   Yes, I know thats strange... but it's true!   I'm right now trying to pin down the exact number of downloads thus far...


...


...


325!?   GOOD LORD!   We've had 325 downloads of the CylonBum Widget thus far!!!!


At an average rate of 140.0 Downloads a day!


...


I need time to meditate on this... more on this development later...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A 6th Gen iPod review</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-26T11:25:37-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/fcc3409e42e6a9097f34aaeba84fecdc-9.php#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/fcc3409e42e6a9097f34aaeba84fecdc-9.php#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'll admit, the thing isn't even out yet but I have some thoughts others might ignore...


I'm terrible at solitaire, a game I frequently play on my 5th Gen iPod.   When some people see me playing on the thing, they look at me like I'm crazy.   But I think they're crazy if they don't see the potential of the device for things other that music and movies. 

...Heres my thought: The iPod could be playing more games in the near future.


...well, I've got some facts to prove that could be a move Apple is planing to make.


Fact A: I'm already running the game "Doom" on my 5th Gen iPod and that never ceases to amaze me. ...  Well, it's not part of the device's intended function, though I'm sure some very fine people worked very hard building the few little games that are in there, they're more of a proof of concept than anything else. 


Fact B: I've heard rumors of Apple hiring some old Game-dev execs... and putting them all in... the iTunes division... yeah, that might seem strange, unless you consider they  might use iTunes for the download of these cool new games.   If any of these execs I just mentioned actualy have been hired, I'm sure that knowledge is all part of the public domain and all, and I could link you to proof of these happenings, but I'm too lazy to do so... and if its fact checking you're concerned about, why are you reading a blog, anyway?'


Fact C: I happen to know that Apple recently ditched their old provider of iPod processors, perhaps looking for more power, maybe? 

...Fact D: Right now the fight is on, Apple is making their first major push for control of the worldwide computer markets since back in the day when Microsoft miraculously won the first bout.   If, for some reason they manage to loose the huge advantage they seem to have right now, and M$ pulls into the lead again.. or if Linux comes from nowhere and takes Windoze's place, then Apple will recede from their more ambitious sales of Mac computers to the mainstream. becoming in large part, a consumer electronics company.   They've got the iPod, and they may be what they fall back on if they loose bout #2, to rest in a dormant state until.... ...  But thats a few decades of me thinks... least 'til it gets to the point I'm thinking of.   By that time there will be no need for PCs anymore, and wireless devices will take over in full, and Apple will use their strong history of fine consumer electronics to leverage some new poster-child which will emerge something like 5 years before the actual conflict, to gain the support of the people.... or something like that...


So basicly, the 6th Gen iPod will need the fat of aditional functionality to survive the long winter to come. 

...Tomorrow I swear I'll do that thing wear I explain how to run Doom on your 5th Gen iPod (video)!   Ok, so... thats it... you can turn away from the computer now, or if its a PeeCee...   I don't know, just wait for the inevitable crash thats coming... right about.... now!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Should I do a podcast? I guess I could...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Work</category><dc:date>2006-06-25T18:47:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/dfe0cae0640126620d77cc0f74425288-8.php#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/dfe0cae0640126620d77cc0f74425288-8.php#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Really, I think I could handle that...   I'd have to take some time out of busy schedule, but that can be arranged... (not actually busy with anything)


so let me know, if you like the idea... comment, or e-mail me or something...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>One More thing...</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-25T17:59:05-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9045a3922e3742dd20bcf7e5289156fa-7.php#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9045a3922e3742dd20bcf7e5289156fa-7.php#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been asked this at least once: "how do I get movies n' stuff on my 'Pod?" ...  If you're on a mac... yeah, I know, not real helpful for the other 95% of you out there, but I frankly don't know or care how you do anything on one of those monstrous "PeeCees" and I'd rather be subjected to 3 hours of yodeling (could that really be how I spell that?) 

...Support for the iPod in Tiger is everywhere, check quicktime for a handy "export to ipod" feature, and I think iTunes can handle some of that too... maybe even on Windoze too...


But If you want a tad more control over your video files, try some donation-ware I found called iSquint quite easily found at isquint.org


...and all you've got is one of those old-fashioned DVDs (try googling HDDVD or Blu-ray sometime) and your on a mac... or maybe windoze... you're in luck!   my pick for the best dvd ripper when it comes to the ipod is HandBrake, or for those of you less savy in such matters, HandBrake Lite. ...  Maybe even Linux too... you know... in case you're some paranoid hacker type in a bunker he built under his mom's house... or a vampire...


Now that you have that wonderful thing... or whatever on your iPod, its time to consider organization!


If you check on your iPod, you might notice that everything you put in there is in the movies sub-catagory of videos... thats a problem if its a TV show.   Now, you might have tried changing the genre of the video file in iTunes, well... ...  Apple assumes since you put the video on their yourself, it must be something you have completly legitamate rights to put in in there.   Which basicly means videos of your summer vacation... or someones baby slowly crawling accross a floor... you know, something boring like that.


Now, say you for whatever reason have TV shows that you want to move out of "Movies" and into the "TV shows" sub-catagory, (seems fair enough) since iTunes won't let you do that there... its time to go all comando style and whip out the text-based interface! ...  and since theres no way in hell I'm walking you through that mess, I'll do you one better, I've found me a gem of a front end for it.. called... brace yourself...   "Parsley is Automatically Delicious" (props to freemacware.com for the actual finding of the thing) You can find that over here: some crazy place.   Now, that should be easy enough to figure out, but if you don't get it... 

...Some have pointed out, (and this is a valid point) that watching video off the ipod is not only a little silly, but also an inconvenience.   And I tend to agree, watching video on the ipod can prove to be not only troublesome in the sense that you normally end up holding the thing in position for an hour strait, but that it can also put one hell of a kink in your neck while doing so.


Furthermore, for those who already have a 60GB 5th Gen (video) iPod in sexy black, (like me) and still want to one-up your friends (like me) that installed Linux and play Doom on theirs, (like me) and you don't see money as much of a problem... (like me) you could go and buy a fancy set of TV goggles (like me) such as the Myvu media viewer found over at myvu.com (like me)


All that said, and i still have so many more thoughts coming to mind... oh well, you'll just have to wait 'til next week, or whenever I do another of these...]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Cylon widget</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-06-25T17:43:22-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9f90cb6fa8e09bad1b3ad54273c14c80-6.php#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/9f90cb6fa8e09bad1b3ad54273c14c80-6.php#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'll admit, it doesn't really do anything, just acts as decoration.   But the CylonBum Widget is here!   Downloadable from the site, I've put in an info page for him... er, *it* and have even put together a handy suggestions page for the lil' bugger.   To be honest I think its neatest if you enact devmode on your dashboard and move him so he just sits on the finder. maybe I'll explain how to do that later... if I'm feeling charitable.


That said, I'm also delighted to announce that if you search "Tasty Buffalo" on google, guess who is the top result!   me!   er... this site!   (what fun)


I really think thats a mark of achievement...


ok, thats it, you may leave.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Problem with GIFs</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-21T21:35:25-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/0bcf870c000d04cac2502667f39f9283-5.php#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/0bcf870c000d04cac2502667f39f9283-5.php#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So today, along with working on my other various projects, and calling Shawn from the Xbox Support line, I built my first widget!


yay!


Ok, so it doesn't really do anything right now... and I mean that, nothing at all.   Originally, it was going to be a funny cylon begging on the side of the street cuz he's been replaced by CGI.   And originally, his damn eye was gonna move back and forth.   The first part worked out fine, but that second part proved challenging, even though I swear I had it all figured out.   I got the thing moving in Adobe Image Ready.   The eye moves back and forth.   But when Cameron tries to save the optimized GIF of this beautifully done cylon, something happens to him.   White fragments I'm quite sure I erased appear from nowhere it seems. and I simply can't have that.   I'd rather have the eye static and at least have him cut out clean. 


Anyways...   I'll put it up on the new download page and all, but here it is... (be kind, this is version 0.2)  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Homestar on TV</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2006-06-14T23:40:32-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/6e343b1da3cae606bbad13f9e7f8bdbb-4.php#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/6e343b1da3cae606bbad13f9e7f8bdbb-4.php#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I love homestarrunner.com.   In particualar Strong Bad, the mexican wrestler who answers e-mails off is "comppy" They've put together so many episodes, and have so many dedicated fans, that they've even got their own wiki-style database out there....   I think its at hrwiki.org...


You know, Before I forget, I'd like to have it known, that in reguards to my previous entry on my friend "Anthony/Tony"'s B-Day party, I did in fact have a lot of fun.   I merely highlighted some of the less-savory moments and details becouse they were funnier than saying things like "the food was good."   Because while the food was great, that... that isn't funny... so, just wanted to get that off my chest.


Yes... and they have a podcast version of Strong Bad's Emails.   Oh, well....   I guess thats it for today, l8r y'all!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>An Afternoon at the San Diego County Fair&#x2c; and the dangers of the Limo Bus</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-13T23:42:50-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5e9a9ec2d41e4a6333b885fbebceb169-3.php#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/5e9a9ec2d41e4a6333b885fbebceb169-3.php#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ok, so maybe I've mentioned Tony... (quick check) yes, yes I have.   Today was his birthday and his mother organized some crazy thing at the Del Mar Fair grounds. (where I believe she is still on the board) Normally, to avoid a social occasion filled with wonderful new faces of people I could easily live without ever meeting, today I went to my friend's birthday party figuring I'd regret it.   So, the plan is to meet the Limo Bus at another friend's house, (Guido) at about 4:30.   But, after receiving a fairly nice wallet from my good friend Anthony (or Tony as some know him) I was in of corse the awkward position that while it only seemed fair to get him a gift of the same caliber, I didn't want to make any public display of a gift that would easily out-class the standard gift for such an occasion.   As I may have mentioned in a previous posting, I got him the JBL "On Time" iPod speaker system and alarm clock. (though the box refers to the alarm clock feature as a time machine, a little misleading, but indeed quite true) He did, as expected, love the thing I selected for him (or pretended to) and being the guy that he is, and the family that they are, when we went to his house around 2:00 to drop off our present, they (he and his mother Lisa) were just leaving with a basket of cherries they intended to bring to us... an action all to similar to our own to be discounted as mere coincidence.


	That aside, at about 4:30 or so we get on the bus, my mother follows to see what its like, doors close promptly behind her, locking her inside. "oops" she says.   Yes, "oops" as if that were not her plan.   She leaves it to my father to realize that she has stowed away aboard the giant Limo Bus and that he should follow in his car.   Which he of corse does not do, and apparently decides to go home after realizing that Anthony has not come and everyone has disappeared.


	So we get to the fair, and I'll spare you the details (most of them) and just say that I can't stand rides at the fair, maybe they're fun at the time but riding around in some broken down old swing that twirls me through the air, head in only by a harness that seems to have affixed itself to my crotch, all the while wondering how the toothless carnies could have set-up such an elaborate contraption without making some minor error that will lead to my death, isn't my idea of a good time. especially after eating 3 churos and two burritos.


	That's still not nearly as funny of corse as what happens when we get back to the bus. ...  He knows we're coming, and in fact we know he sees us, and yet the doors remain closed.   From what we can see from the outside, the guy is running back and forth, and someone jokes, "looks like he's cleaning something up" and I of corse respond at my most monotone, "Perhaps he is." finally the doors open and I'm about the first one on, only to notice a new face in the bus, shorter than me, looked like she could have been in Tony's class... but there's a distinct difference in what she seems to be doing, whereas everyone else is getting on, she seems to be getting off... and in a hurry...   Much to the amazement of all who had realized this, she got right out of the bus, into the car that had parked beside it, and drove away.   Though none of us thought we could possibly be right when we made the assertion that there was something of the devious nature afoot inside the bus, it indeed seems there was.


	And with all that said and done, I still haven't so much as received confirmation that I've even gotten tastybuffalo.com.   Yes, thats right, I'm writing all this ahead of time... so if tasty buffalo becomes something really important one day, you can sound like a real smart ass by mentioning how the first few posts are done entirely with no real site at all!   But I'd like to say that I intend to take this whole thing further, in fact, I'd like to go so far as to say this: "Tasty Buffalo officially takes the place of my old pseudo-organization, zorlon inc, as my web design firm. and with that said I'd like to announce some of our progress thus far...


a) I've already got our first project off the ground, a site done for the good people at Team Appleby Real Estate here in San Diego, and you can check that out at teamapplebyrealestate.com.


b) I've already accepted and begun at least the conceptual stage of development of a site for Ark Antiques here in La Jolla.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Morrowind Maps and Homeworld mods</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-13T00:39:23-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/418fdca6f7910a776475d85e3a130986-2.php#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/418fdca6f7910a776475d85e3a130986-2.php#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	I'm not sure why I have yet to go to sleep...   Maybe its the Coca-Cola Blak (a delightful blend of coffee and coke) that I've been drinking here...   Yeah, actually...   It almost undoubtedly is... ...  Just wanted to comment on a few quick things..


1.)   Ok, so this isn't the first time I've gone on a long Morrowind binge, but this is one of the first times I've done so much of the Main Quest from memory.   Morrowind is one of the few games ever really worth playing as much as I have of.   But looking back, I must say I owe a lot, then and now, to the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.   They've opened a new Wiki-version of the site that I really adore, and I cant say enough about how powerful a resource they really are.   Check them out at UESP.net


2.)   Ok, after countless hours of being beaten by the computer on easy in Homeworld 2, I have finally found some mac-compatable mods for it.   Ok, from what I understand, when Aspyr ported the game, they did something terrible....   Something about .big files...   Completely compiled and no way to edit them...   I fairly certain thats what has made some of the mods coming from the mac community take so long...   But even when these mods were actually ported from their PeeCee equivalent, to the mighty Macintosh version, they were still confusing to handle from what I recall.   But I found some great Mods for it tonight available on Macologist.com that include moth custom .big files, and handy launchers for them, making it a super-easy process to install and run the mods.   So far I've tried a mod that makes everything all star wars style, and a mod that adds the progenitors as a playable race (way fun) so go and check that out when you're in the mood.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New &#x22;New Coke&#x22;?</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Personal</category><dc:date>2006-06-13T00:28:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/f9530876fbe70a46240eac8d5ac170f1-1.php#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/f9530876fbe70a46240eac8d5ac170f1-1.php#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just wanted to say that Coca-Cola's weird new coffee-coke hybrid (or fusion as they call it) tastes... different.   Different as in bad, not as in the "Think Different" ad campaign.   Just wanted to share that... and if you go to coca-colablak.com you can get yourself a nifty Coca-Cola Blak wallpaper.   Which sadly they don't offer at 1920 x 1200.... such a pity.   And before you ask, "Blak" is a very strange name, and no I don't know nor do I want to know what it means or what they want me to think it means.   Also, I find the packaging deceptive...   They've covered the thing entirely with some wrapper, with streaks down the side that are of a tone distinctly reminiscent of Coffee....   Problem is though, the stuff looks nothing like coffee.   The streaks down the side that the consumer may have "mistaken" for clear portions are simply there to reinforce the idea that something like coffee is in the bottle, which it REALLY isn't.


The whole thing is clearly marketed for the wanna-be elite, the site they've got for it makes it sound like its coke for grown-ups.... but I'm plenty grown-up and I'll tell you quite frankly, I don't see myself drinking the stuff regardless of how much more I may grow. (not that growth has much to do with my choice in soft-drinks anyway)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>ZOMG&#x21; Proof of Apple buying Disney&#x21;</title><dc:creator>Cameron Davidson</dc:creator><category>Apple</category><dc:date>2006-06-12T15:23:41-07:00</dc:date><link>http://tastybuffalo.com/files/028a8aa982b4d00fab7a9b41628d7d7a-0.php#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://tastybuffalo.com/files/028a8aa982b4d00fab7a9b41628d7d7a-0.php#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	Ok, i was at the apple store in UTC (my place of worship) one fine monday morning, (my holy day?)   half heartedly looking for a few things I didn't expect to actually find.   The first was a gift for my friend Tony, (I call him anthony but i hear his new friends call him tony, I don't really like calling him tony to be honest) the second was the mac port of Civ IV, (didn't seem likely they'd have it, but I think its out now, isn't it?)   and the third wasn't so much looking, but I intended to convince my mom to buy one of those fancy new MacBooks. (cuz the old TiBook she's got has seen better days, what with 5 yrs of heavy use and all)


So... how'd I do?


...JBL On Time for Anthony/Tony


2. of corse no civ IV, that was but only a dream


...Buying on-line for some reason?


	So we get up to the counter and I'm looking around and I see some cool stuff on the shelves, mostly stuff I already have and really adore... and then something catches my eye... ...  the proof I spoke of? ...  Corel&reg; Knock Out 2 a really cool photoshop plug-in for more complex masking that it claims works with absolute precision! ...  So I take that and walk back over to the counter while the guy rings up our stuff.   My mom tries to sign the little tablet thing they have there, and as always it looks nothing like her signature.   I of corse comment that "At least we're certain no one could forge that...   I mean look at it, I don't even think YOU could do that again, let alone someone else!"   (laughs all round, 'cept my mom who has heard that before.) 


	Regardless, when I everything is said and done the guy looks at the JBL box and says, "hey... want like, a bag, man? ...  I got a handle thing..." or something like that and I'm like, "sure, why not?"   and the guy pulls out this paper/plastic tape thing that he affixes quite quickly to the top of the JBL box when I suddenly do a double take.


...Right on the paper handle thing he taped on...
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