M-O-O-N, that spells Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!

So maybe you have a fear of long words. Perhaps you have a fear of long games too? If so, then you should give You Have to Burn the Rope a shot. Make sure you have the speakers turned up for the ending song, because it is very much worth it. Good stuff indeed. Its been stuck in my head for days. A big shout out to fellow FHSU homie Adam for letting me know about it.

If you have problems beating the game, they also have a text walkthough in addition to a YouTube video walkthrough listed on the site. There is no reason not to play!... Unless for some reason the game doesn't load properly. That would probably be a good reason I suppose.

From 1 to 1000

In the beginning there was 1. It was a post of post. It came before fhsu even had a blog. It came for one of the Big Three. It came from the MAN! Time has passed into a new age until the 1000. In that passing of time a lot has happened. The Big Three have all left the great fhsu. A few others remain behind, but that is about over to. Who knows what the next 1000 holds. What tales will be written. How many time there might be bring back the blog efforts. Perhaps most important, how many more UT games there might be. Whatever happens it will be good times.

Spring?

So since I don't have anything non-nerdy to write about I will talk about the default the weather. It seems like spring is here but it has not been a nice spring. A lot of wind and cold and rain. Now I know the rain is good, but the wind I don't like. If there were some wind turbines around making power I guess the wind would be ok, but there are not, and I don't understand why. We spend billion on all kinds of stuff why not put a 100 billion in wind and fix these energy problems. Hmm seems I got off the weather there. Well the weather report does have a good look for Friday, and I hope it comes true.

Home Decorating Tips

Looking to decorate your home in an ultra-cool, ultra-nerd way? Check out these ASCII curtains.

Never mind lighting fixtures--they are so last century. Instead, get some sweet light-emitting wallpaper.

And for all your time-tracking needs, get this Jumbo LED Binary Clock.

Strong Bad coming to a WiiWare near you

This is crazy-go-nuts! The just announced Strong Bad game Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is coming in June!

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Uh, that is all. Really! Yup. No long posts here!

...Although it has been snowing here in McCook almost all day. The ground was warm enough that it didn't accumulate on the streets. What's the deal with that?

I need some help, please

I'm in desperate need of an idea for a wedding anniversary gift for Paul. Last year, I was negligent and forgot our anniversary entirely, so I'm trying to do a little better this time around. And, as I'm sure some of you know, Paul is hard to buy for. I've already used up all my great gift giving ideas on him, and we've only been together 3 years. That leaves a lot of future occasions for which I'm stumped. So if you have any great ideas, I'd love to hear them.

Hays to McCook at 5880 MPH

So I decided to set up a camera as I went home from Hays. Too bad I was heading towards the sun for a good part of the trip, and then went into night for the last part, causing frames to be dropped and intense motion blurring. The effect is still cool nonetheless.

Google Wake-up Kit

From Google:

What's new with Google Calendar

"Just launched!

Wake yourself up with our new Google Wake Up Kit!
Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? We do, too. In fact this problem became so serious at times that it sometimes resulted in lacklustre attendance at team meetings. To help solve the problem we've created an innovative solution called the Google Wake Up Kit.

"I could never wake up on time to get to our team meetings. But thanks to the new Google Wake Up Kit, I'm always on time now!"
Pedro C.

In combination with the kit, you can receive a new type of notification from Google Calendar, called the "wake up" notification. This notification is relentless in ensuring your timely awakening from restful slumber.

The "wake up" notification uses several progressively more annoying alerts to wake you up. First it will send an SMS message to your phone. If that fails, more coercive means will be used. The kit includes an industrial-sized bucket and is designed to be connected to your water main for automatic filling. In addition, a bed-flipping device is included for forceful removal from your sleeping quarters. Learn more "

Bed-flipping device! Sweet! This will solve all my wake-up problems. Hehehe.