song of a seal

This blog system didn't quite work out, no Open ID, etc., hence the new experiment-blog, which is over here.

A fair warning would be that there won't be any real updates over there either, as the word 'test' implies, anyway..

..I was just hoping this interface would've improved, after so many years, but it seems I was wrong.

More here, from here

That's right: for strange aeons, only those who were willing to sacrifice their lives, their sanity, and their very souls were able to get advice from Cthulhu.
Now, thanks to the wonders of the internet, recently developed Plush Technology™, and the kind people at Chaosium, we can bring the invaluable wisdom of this most popular of Great Old Ones direct to your home!

So go ahead, ask Plush Cthulhu here.

It's pretty simple to get over. Stop joining the hype-wagon whenever the company releases a new product, that means don't follow the news every time Job's jerks off to his own press. The fanboys and paid astroturfers get suckers into a frenzy for $PRODUCT every time.

Try this (but don't pull the trigger!) Go over to avsforum and chose a manufacturer of TVs. Look at panasonic or pioneer if you like plasmas, sony, samsung or sharp if you think LCD are you thing. Look at the hysteria over up-n-coming $MODEL. Come back daily and keep up to date on that model. Within two or three weeks you'll be on the verge of pre-ordering it. At this point, delete that bookmark and don't comeback for a couple of months. The same thread(s) will be full of owners pissed off with the issues of this round of models, full of fanboys pretending the problems don't exist exhibiting cognitive dissonance, and hot prospects asking owners about $MODEL. As soon as real owner tells it like it is, they'll be jumped on by those that can't bear to think they didn't get the $BEST_THING_EVER. It's really funny.

Of course, at some point you will desire a new product, or what you have craps up. After watching a few rounds of the above, you'll know you can pick up the $BEST_THING_EVER a few months after initial release for a fraction of what people paid. And guess what? Your friends will be just as impressed by whatever it is, and probably don't follow model numbers anyway.

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