The gaming community (well, a small niche of it, anyway) is awash with the news that 3D Realms has just released the first screenshot of the eternally-delayed Duke Nukem Forever in over six years — without really meaning to.
Apparently, the image you see here (shown actual size) was posted on a 3DR job listing on [...]

Apple and I ran a few errands today, most of which were related to tax preparation and other items of life’s miscellany. I tell you, the traffic around here is astounding — it’s definitely busier than last season, and perhaps one of the busiest we’ve had yet. Naturally, I may only be saying [...]

I’m posting this from my Nintendo Wii! It has a special version of the Opera browser on it. In truth, this browser has spent a lot of time locking up on me, but has been behaving better since the last system update.
Now I’m off to play some Wii Sports. It’s bowling time.

Inevitably, whenever I change my surroundings, my whole way of thinking changes right along with it. Somewhere, trapped just beyond the tenuous perimeter of my conscious mind, is an ethereal font of inspiration that can, at certain moments, be grasped and held onto. Sometimes it requires only that I use my mind in [...]

As some of you may know, I have a deep fascination with abandoned hospitals, particularly mental institutions. Recently, the cause of that fascination has started becoming clearer to me. I believe we all feel some strange compulsion to experience the things that frighten us most, but beyond that, there’s something strangely artistic — [...]

Goodness sakes, you haven’t been sitting here waiting since December, have you? Well, I apologize for leaving this site derelict for so long. In truth, I’ve been too busy to even think about posting here, most of the time. During those times when I’ve actually had a few minutes to myself, writing [...]

About a year ago I posted a humorous sampling of some of the search engine keyphrases people are using when they stumble across Oddball Update. This seems to have become an annual tradition, so here we go again — I’ve culled the best of the best from my 2006 statistics archives. Bon appetit.

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