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Archive for April, 2007

Let It Bleed

Posted by Pooch on Sunday, April 29th, 2007 in Life, Randomness

“Yes we all need someone we can bleed on…”
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of driving out to BFE to get my first glimpse at the new house of my (and Chief Oddball’s) best buddy, Reaper. Of course, since the house is a bit of a work-in-progress, this was no open house; I was expecting to [...]

By The Way, You Own a Muscle Car

Posted by Chief Oddball on Sunday, April 29th, 2007 in Cars, GTO

I received an interesting letter from GM corporate last week. Apparently Pontiac would like to inform owners of 2005-06 GTOs with manual transmissions that, if driven aggressively, the LS2 engine in their vehicles will consume a small amount of oil. Over time, if the oil level is not maintained, the mill might be [...]

Desperate, Sony Finally Goes Mad

Posted by Chief Oddball on Saturday, April 28th, 2007 in Console, Games, Headlines

Well, I have to hand it to Sony’s Playstation division. They are now executing a slow burn as they desperately try anything their marketing department can think of to sell more Playstation 3 game consoles, except nobody really cares — probably because the PS3 costs a fortune, there are almost zero exclusive games worth [...]

Welcome to the New Web Host

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, April 27th, 2007 in Quick Takes, Site

If you’re seeing this, you’re viewing Oddball Update on my new web host. Pages are being served from a quad-processor machine at a small hosting company that looks like a real quality operation, so I have high hopes. Post a comment if you see any errors, have any speed issues, or just want [...]

Busier Than Ever Before

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, April 27th, 2007 in Life, Work

This week…jeeze. I don’t know where it came from or what happened, but I have worked harder in these last four days than I can ever remember working before. I’ve stayed up until at least 2 a.m. on every single night, have racked up almost 60 hours so far, spent afternoons in four-hour [...]

Simplifying Life…And This Site

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 in Site

The time has come (once again) to move my myriad of websites to a new web host! I’ve had numerous issues with my current host(s) — most notably, emails that show up late or not at all — and ever since Oddball Update was moved to a new server, I’ve had more random issues [...]

I Am In Flash Hell

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 in Life, Rants, Work

It’s no secret that I abhor using Flash, Macromedia’s Web authoring system that now belongs to Adobe. This is mostly because I’ve always been particularly incensed by the program’s ridiculous little idiosyncrasies. It would also be valid to say that I’m still harboring a grudge from the days when I painstakingly taught myself [...]

Going About It The Wrong Way

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, April 23rd, 2007 in Headlines, Rants, Stupid People

I’ve been getting more and more interested in finding things we can do at home to help be more friendly to the environment. And yesterday was Earth Day. But seriously, if the “Hollywood elites” want people to get on board with the green movement, some of them are clearly going about it the [...]

The Bandit Trans Am Is Back

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 in Auto News, Cars

Year One, source of restoration and performance parts for classic Firebirds, has teamed up with Burt Reynolds to create a new series of limited-edition Bandit Trans Ams. These special edition cars start with completely restored, authentic second-gen T/As, and are then upgraded with a massive, 450hp Pontiac 455 engine, performance bucket seats, custom-built 18×9 [...]

Torqued: Road Rant of the Day

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, April 16th, 2007 in Rants, Road Rage

Lately I’ve been trying to be nice. I know I have at least a couple of people who read my site just for the rants, but I have been trying to avoid such pessimistic prattle as of late because…well, I don’t know; I could spew something about “maturity” or “trying to turn over a [...]