Daedius

Wow! Just Wow!

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:37:34 GMT

Follow the White Rabbit

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:59:44 GMT

http://tinyurl.com/dhjo8e

Mind Blown

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:02:56 GMT

This man single handedly as undone every bad thought I've ever had for the accordion. Ah, so beautiful ;)

Why we're fucked

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:02:55 GMT

Bring em on!

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:14:56 GMT

Between 250 and 350 monkeys

I'm most like Between 250 and 300 monkeys.

Take More Surveys

Oui

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:54:12 GMT

Emo Bear Rights!

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:24:29 GMT

Damn Unicorn Cults

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:59:10 GMT

Origins of Santa

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:28:46 GMT

Breakdown of Society

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:33:36 GMT

* "Please select a user name and a password"

* "Please select a user name no less than 3 characters and a password."

* "Please select a user name no less than 3 characters and a password at least 5 or more characters"

* "Please select a user name no less than 5 characters and a password at least 5 or more characters"

* "Please select a user name no less than 5 characters and a password that contains at least 6 characters with at least one letter and one number"

* "Please select a user name no less than 5 characters and a password that contains at least 6 characters with at least one letter and one number and one punctuation character"

* "Please select a user name no less than 5 characters and a password that contains at least 6 characters, select a picture and click on the picture somewhere. This will be your key. Also, answer us three random questions just so we can be sure its really you."

* "Please select a user name no less than 5 characters and at least one number, and a password that contains at least 6 characters, one charcter, one punctuation, one capital letter, no words based off dictionary. Be prepared to be redirected to your banks security verification site where you will be asked to enter in the secret pin you need to create with them."

ad absurdum ....

Rubber Ball Compilation

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:19:37 GMT

My god, physics has never been so funny.

Devotchka - How it ends

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:51:02 GMT

Random Realization

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:55:43 GMT

My god, toenails are such useless things.

10,000 internets to the first person who can give me a respectable use.

Daedius' Chicken Recipe of Uber-Deliciousness

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:54:11 GMT

By popular demand. My secret recipe! Shhh! =X

The Ingredients

Chicken Marinade

1 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground red pepper
2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 piece ginger, minced (1/2-inch long) or 1 teaspoon ginger powder
1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch cubes

Sauce

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 jalapeno chile, minced
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon garam masala
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

The Method

Mariande:
Combine yogurt, lemon juice, cumin, red pepper, black pepper, cinnamon, salt and ginger in a zip lock plastic bag - shake and let sit for 15 - 30 mins.
Stir in chicken, marinate in refrigerator 1 hour or more.
Thread chicken onto skewers (or place in grill pan) and grill until done.
Melt butter in a large, deep skillet over medium heat, add garlic and jalapeno; cook 1 minute.
Stir in coriander, cumin, paprika, garam masala and salt.
Stir in tomato sauce, simmer 15 minutes, stir in cream; simmer until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.
Add grilled chicken to sauce and simmer until chicken is heated.
Serve over basmati rice or naan (or roti, or chapati, or tortilla, or other flatbread).

Please note, this above recipe is VERY spicy. There are few tricks to pulling this recipe off nicely:

Give yourself enough time ( it takes awhile to cook this recipe ). This recipe takes 3 hours from start to finish for me.
Know how your going to grill your chicken: I've done broiler, on the fire grill, and on the skillet with this recipe. All methods work pretty well with varying outcomes of texture
White meat is better for eating this recipe like a stew, Dark meat chicken makes this recipe very moist and better for sandwhich fillings
Find a good flatbread you like: I like plain white rice or wheat tortillas most. But home made nan is the best to have if you have the time. Pita bread can be hit or miss.
If you do make it too spicy, a little vinigar will tone down the spice
Do not get the largest jalapeno you can find for this recipe!
BE VERY CAREFUL CUTTING THE JALAPENO

Enjoy!

Feel free to post your favorite recipes below if you want. Life is too short to horde deliciousness. =)

Ticket! Rolling Past Stop Signs at Midnight

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:07:56 GMT

WTF, is this the best my country can do with its police force? Watch me drive out of my neighborhood in the middle of the night to go get groceries to make sure I come to FULL stop at a stop sign. FFS.

Ubuntu 8.10 Rocks!

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:12:56 GMT

It's been awhile since I delved back into the Ubuntu world. The release of 8.10 today sparked my curiosity again. I must say, this was the best installation yet:

- sound worked automatically
- nvidia card detected and given the option to enable
- good speed
- all my network setup automagically

The whole install was easier than windows honestly. First I boot up into livecd, start up the install, and browse firefox while it does its thing. No stupid cd key or anything. After getting it up, I start installing some apps. And I'm golden. Here's a breakdown of what I do on my box and what applications

web: firefox
mail: thunderbird
music: banshee
im: pidgin
games: secondlife
mp3: amazon mp3 music

Absolutely great stuff and not a dime from me. Only thing I use windows now for is work. That whole making money thing. Bah.

Megaman 9 is for Masochists

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:46:47 GMT

My god, this game is just evil. Every pit, every jump, every monster is so exactifyingly planned to fuck you over.

G1: Googles First Phone

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:45:00 GMT

Today, T-Mobile announced the release of the G1 - google's first phone. I can't tell you how much i'm psyched. This phone embodies ideals I believe in: open source, google, and connectivity without borders. Asside from idealistic opinions, here's some of the hard facts that I love:

3G/Edge/Wi-fi == connectivity almost anywhere
3 MB camera for taking pictures of random things
Trackball that functions well for video games
Dedicated slide out keyboard that doesn't take up screen space while I type
179 price w/ 2 year contract
Wide screen
Google apps galore built in
Amazon MP3 store
Austin/San Antonio 3G coverage
Release in October 22nd!

Here's the video, worth the watch!

http://www.t-mobileg1.com/g1-announcement.aspx

Holy Hell Amazon, Thankyou!

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:37:59 GMT

I often face a choice in my head. Do I embrace a system which makes my life easier but more restricted, or one which is harder but in the end liberating. For a long while I've been very pissed of because this contention has divided me ( in some sense paralyzed me ) in my desire to want to buy anymore music. I always seem to go through these thoughts:

- If I start buying iTunes, not only will my wallet burn up faster that gummi bears in potassium chlorate, but I'll be locked into Apple with all my costly music
- If I stick close to Linux, I'll never be able to play apple music without a huge hassle, or be able to get much music that I actually want without having to turn to illegal sources
- If I buy CDs I'll not only be environmentally wasteful, but i'll be encouraging the continuation of archaic system of media on material CDs rather than actually encouraging online distribution of music I can do whatever the hell I want.
- I can't go on listening and watching music on youtube forever =/ I want a sound track to my life

Well, I discovered something amazing. Amazon.com MP3 store. Not only do they have music from almost any artist I can think of wanting to hear, they are cross platform, web based, and their format is MP3 which I can use however I please! All I can say is, I think this is the future of how music should be. I shall have to experiment. It's been a long long while since I bought music, so I'm crossing my fingers and I will let you know of my experiences in a review if I'm impressed.

Working to Be Me

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:08:50 GMT

Choosing what to do with ones life is a very difficult task. It shouldn't be taken lightly though it seems we all step in deeply. I chose a path sometime ago, perhaps, without realizing it, to be a geek. I chose to be an ambitious geek who saw no limits to his talent or time to what I could create or do with 1s and 0s in a machine. I chose this above all other things in my life, and have done well by society's standards.

What better role to play for a male in high-tech society at the golden age of computers? Probably very few. I speak this with little ego, so don't think I'm just stroking my cock over here by this. My point to this, is merely that there is a trade off to the efforts of one's life. One I've paid over the years and I'm truly starting to grasp the pieces together of. A realization of life's illusion and dreams.

I've sacrificed my ability to be social with people beyond work in any deep and meaningful way. I've surrounded myself with false comforts that this is not true: a wife, cats, and prostitutes in online virtual worlds (good ones at least). All what truly matters to me is The Machine and the love to have a powerful mind. All else has seemed to amount to just diversions to this. And I don't believe I can change.

The End

Netflix Snatcher

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:10:44 GMT

So i'm watching Deadwood via Netflix lately. I haven't received the second CD by mail for quite awhile. I was worried something was wrong, then I see that CD 2 has been returned to Netflix. Thank you to the random person out there returning my misdelivered CDs! Faith in Humanity +1

Like and Dislike

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:21:11 GMT

Like:

That feeling when you step out of a hot shower, and take a drink of a tall glass of cold water. If your lucky and your still naked, sometimes a drop or two might hit your chest. Its pleasantly exhilarating.

Dislike:

People who call themselves OCD that are obviously not OCD. Ok, I've heard this enough times to really get sick of it. This phrase is NOT a justification to disrupt conversations and activities to do whatever you please. You're fucking neurotic and stop treating it as something to be proud of!

Holy Crap

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:05:18 GMT

A rehearsal of Barack's acceptance speech has leaked! http://tinyurl.com/5e6vxm

Quit Job

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:18:28 GMT

More details later.

Am I Just Slow?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:32:02 GMT

I just realized Alucard is the reverse-word of Dracula.

The world makes 0.0001% more sense now