Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

[vansmack]

I'm super concerned that the guitar only comes in wireless.  The wired version is the only thing that keeps me from running around the room and jumping off of furniture.  I've knocked a lot of stuff over, but have yet to break something.  Yet was the key word there.
 
 As far as the light, that's a cool feature, but I'm not sure how it's going to work now I've taken to playing most solos with the guitar behind my head or laying on the floor waiting for the flames to erupt!

[sweetcell]

smacks, start clearing the furniture from your TV room:
 
  Live shots of Mad Catz's full-size Rock Band 2 Fender Stratocaster and Precision Bass controllers
 
 you knew this was coming... no more whimpy plastic geetar.  
 
 the first comment: "A great way to perpetuate the idea that playing (Rock Band/Guitar Hero) is actually playing an instrument."

[vansmack]

Sadly, when I bought my first Strat in 1980-something, I don't think I paid $199 for it - it was more like $150 from some dude who needed the cash for no good.
 
 But even then, I would never gut it to make a controller out of it.  I don't think.

[vansmack]

For some reason I thought this had already happened..
 
 YouTube brought to Tivo
 
 Digital video recorder TiVo is set to release a software upgrade that will let users access YouTube videos on their televisions, the company announced Thursday. The deal with the Google video-sharing site, originally announced in March, is scheduled to start rolling out in a few weeks.
 
 TiVo owners will need a Series 3 or TiVo HD box to be eligible for the software upgrade, which will be further extended in the near future to allow them to log into their own YouTube accounts to access playlists and the like.

[beetsnotbeats]

(catching up)
 
 I for one love Code Red and liked Pitch Black. The Taco Bell flavor is okay. Haven't tried any of the others, including Live Wire. Anyone remember Dr. Pepper Red Fusion? That tasted like cough medicine.

[sweetcell]

not a new story per se, but looks like it's gaining steam: it's on the november ballot.  love the witty pun at the end   :roll:  
 
  Voters to decide on naming sewage plant for Bush
 
  SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.
 
 The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.
 
 Supporters say the idea is to commemorate the mess they claim Bush has left behind by actions such as the war in Iraq.
 
 Local Republicans say the plan stinks and they will oppose it.
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 personally i think this is a bit much... the man will go down as the worse president ever.  not sure such theatrics are necessary.

[godsshoeshine]

good way to turn a sewer treatment plant in to a tourist attraction, i suppose

[vansmack]

I drive past that sewage plant every day (it's between the beach and my workplace) and I don't think it stinks enough to be renamed the GWB Sewage plant.  It actually does a pretty good job of cleaning things up, not making messes.
 
 All jokes aside, I won't support that.  Unecessary and beyond disrespectful.  It leaves me more shaking my head than laughing.  We have real problems in this city that we can focus on - like PG&E's attempt to install fancy new meters!

[walkonby]

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[godsshoeshine]

it kind of reminds me of that guy that spends all of his time getting things named after reagan
 
 in other words, nothing good can come from this

[walkonby]

"the george w. bush convention center"
 
 tonight - the dixie chicks
 
 tomorrow - pearl jam
 
 next month - coldplay

[vansmack]

Originally posted by walkonby:
 
 
 next month - coldplay

Next month?!!?  I'm like t-minus 7 hours and counting!  Woohoo!
 
 Oh that's right, I don't live in DC anymore.  Yeah, next month for you.

[vansmack]

This one's for the ladies, however, I doubt they'd be as excited as I would be had it been the other way around. They're classy and all...
 
 Passenger Strips; American Airlines Boston-LA Flight Diverted
 
 updated 7:00 a.m. PT, Fri., July. 18, 2008
 LOS ANGELES - American Airlines Flight 725, scheduled to fly nonstop from Boston to Los Angeles on Friday, was diverted to Oklahoma City after a disruptive passenger took his clothes off and had to be subdued.
 
 American Airlines told KNBC that as the passenger stripped his clothes off, he was restrained at first by other passengers. After being forced to put his clothes back on, flight attendants subdued him with a flexible handcuff.

[vansmack]

I love it when the plot thickens..
 
 The "mid-air stripper" was subdued by members of the New England Revolution (they're a US Soccer team).  And they did an emergency landing at Will Rogers World Airport.  That alone made me laugh.

[godsshoeshine]

revolution ruins his fun like they ruined taylor twellman's fun