Ms. Dewey....

This is a new search site test project apparently by Microsoft, that uses their new Live Search technology. She is much better looking than Ask Jeeves, and more entertaining than Yahoo and Google. But she can get very annoying if you don't feed her with attention. She has a ton of different reactions to the questions you type. My favorites are "George Bush", and "u r hot", classic!
Some other ones to try:
There is no spoon
does size matter
Oh dear oh dear, an hour of insults, but it's true, I'm a sad lonely man.
Are you a Microsoft employee?
Where can I get a date?
Team Fortress 2
spam
What is your favorite Xbox game?
Where can I get tested for STDs?
How do I tell my mother she's a grandmother?
Are you gaining weight?
Where do republicans come from?
Where do babies come from?
Halo
Nintendo Wii
PlayStation
Who is Nine Inch Nails?
virus
homer simpson
ipod
google
Bill Clinton
cell phones
Blogger (they give you the addy for Spaces (MS version of Blogger)
http://www.msdewey.com/

Hot Fuss!

I never understood how Fuzz is a slang term for police, but I do like the sound of Hot Fuzz! This should be damn good, if it is anything like Shaun of the Dead. I love that damn movie.

The Fifth Freedom

How many bunnies have to die, before... Oh Splinter Cell, who knew killing innocent bunnies was so much fun? This is a cool viral site for the upcoming Splinter Cell game, not bad.

NIN HD!!!

Wait for it.... Oh yeah, Halo 22 is nearly here. It will be just like what Rob, Corey, and I saw, only with better seats! Seriously though,it should be damn good, this years tour was by far the most impressive tour yet.

Madden Curse? Nonsense, Right?

Well it looks like it happened again this season. The Madden Football Posterboy Shaun Alexander, last years NFL MVP, is out for at least a few weeks, possibly longer with a broken bone in his foot. I'm not a superstitous man, but if my multi-million dollar paycheck depended on me playing football, and 5 out of the last 6 years the cover boys have been injured or had horrible seasons, I think I might think twice. EA Sports must pay some serious cash!

2007 - Shaun Alexander: Broken bone in his foot, out at least 3 weeks.

2006 - Donovan McNabb: After week 9, Mcnabb suffered a hernia and was lost for the season. Mcnabb threw for more interceptions and his yards per attempt and completion percentage were down from 2004. The Eagles finished 6-10, in last place, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1999.

2005 - Ray Lewis: Lewis for the most part avoided the curse. His numbers were slightly down from the year before, but he missed one game. He did not record an interception in 2004, the first time in his career.

2004 - Michael Vick: Vick missed the first 11 games with a broken leg. Vick's QB rating, comp pct, and yards per attempt were all down from 2002.

2003 - Marshall Faulk: Despite playing the same amount of games, Faulk rushed for 430 less yards and had 4 less TDs compared to 2001. Faulk's worst season since 1996. Rams scored only 16 more points then their 1996 team, one of their worst years ever.

2002 - Daunte Culpepper: Culpepper missed 4 games with injury, threw for 1300 less yards and 19 less TD's then in 2000. Minnesota's worst record since 1984.

2001 - Eddie George: George's curse came in 2001 where he failed to break 1000 yards and Tennessee missed the playoffs going 7-9.

Prior to 2001, John Madden Football did not have NFL players on its cover. It just had a picture of John Madden himself.

Fun with Photoshop!

lookingglasswatercolor
Originally uploaded by bigdsims.

I really haven't played with Adobe Photoshop in years. Here are a couple photos I doctored with a watercolor look.

The Jetty

For some reason, today I decided to drive down to Fort Stevens State Park, and take some pictures out at the Columbia River Jetty. It's probably because every time I drop Peyton off at her daycare in Hammond, I see one semi-truck after another pulling flat beds with giant boulders to repair the South Jetty. It is a massive project. I according to the the plaque at the site, the mouth of the columbia exports more grain than any other river in the world with the exception of the Mississippi River. It said that two thirds of the giant rock wall is actually under water, and that it is about 65 feet high from the ocean floor to the top of the wall.

I also decided to check out some other areas of the beach while I as there and take some scenery shots.

This is Gonna Kick All Sorts of Ass!

This comes from the man who brought us Sin City, Frank Miller, brings to life another graphic novel. "300" is all about bad ass Spartans. This is the first trailer I've seen, and it looks damn promising. The official site is just a production blog, hopefully they will put more up. Oh and that song during the last half of the trailer is NIN's "Just Like You Imagined", I knew there was a reason I liked it so much.

...update...
Warner Brothers has had it removed from ifilms, google video, youtube, etc. Here is a link to a quicktime version that is still up. I would have embedded it but google doesn.t allow java which is needed for quicktime.