amphichon

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An’ foolish notion
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us
An’ ev’n Devotion

Happy birthday, Rabbie Burns.

Not that anyone has noticed, but for what it’s worth, our official code cleanup to validate against XHTML 1.0 Strict started on January 1, and the bulk of the site is now validating to Strict vs. the previous 1.0 Transitional. I updated the headers today, so the link in the lower right sidebar for [...]

Two stupid things caught my eye in today’s news – one gently stupid and amusing, one horribly stupid and tragic.
Patrick Agin, a high-school senior in Portsmouth, has submitted for his senior yearbook a picture of himself in chainmail, wielding what can only be described as a big-ass sword. (Patrick is an active member of the [...]

Found on InertiaBlog: a live-action version of Nintendo’s classic Punch-Out.
Other memorable short live-action films spotted recently:

live-action Simpsons intro
live-action Mario

preview of Super Hamster Puzzle Attack Turbo II
And of course people can’t seem to get enough live-action Pac-Man.
the original live-action Pac-Man
Minneapolis live-action Pac-Man – longer and not as funny as above, but you get to see Pac-Man [...]

Okay, well. Things seem to be stable at the moment – Dreamhost put me on a new server and so far response times seem acceptable, I haven’t noticed the flakiness I was seeing on my old server. Of course if you do see anything unusual please let me know.
So, still feeling a little [...]

DreamHost is really irritating sometimes. Once in a very great while, I’ll go through a flurry of activity where I am actually working on my site, uploading files and editing entries and generally depending on it to be working reliably. And for some unknown reason, it seems like every time I hit one [...]

[Editor’s note: I’m a little behind on this story, but better late than never.]
Here’s a hypothetical situation for your consideration.
Let’s say a given media outlet is saying a lot of inflammatory things – hate speech, threats of violence, racial slurs, etc. Some folks are offended by this, so they make a note of [...]

So. How would you feel, if you came home to spot this in your In Box?

Click to open fullsize image. And yes, my given name is Eric, but don’t tell anybody.
Good thing I checked my Junk folder – I almost missed this.
So um. Talk about confirmation links you probably [...]

A hokey and unintentionally hilarious happy new year to your and yours, from your friends at amphichon.

Some folks say he is. Some folks say he isn’t. Some folks just don’t care. (You’ll just have to imagine those last folks singing about it, I guess, since I can’t seem to find the recording anywhere online.)
Sadly, the evidence seems to favor LA Style. The Godfather has moved on.
The beat goes [...]