Category Archives: Toy

Half-life Headcrab

Sean wins so far for the most evil birthday present. You may all still enter the contest at anytime.
This headcrab, while smaller than the ones I remember, still reminds me too much of creeping around the Black Mesa research facility, fearing zombification. I had to seal it back inside its box for the [...]

New Phone

I was looking for new phone about as soon as I got my last, and I was not particularly excited about anything I saw. My desires fell somewhere between a phone that simply did voice and text in a tiny form-factor, and a full-featured brick, knowing the best of both worlds is not possible. [...]

iPod Quest

I don’t want to pay a lot for an iPod, which means I don’t have one. We have one, but I do not have my own. I want one. It’s useful for cycling, working, or just drowning out external noise with tunes.
My efforts for a Free iPod failed, and until recently I [...]

My new bike is officially, finally home

And so am I, because regardless of the weather, I’m not going to focus on work when I’ve got a new toy begging for a ride during what’s turning out to be a pretty day.
But before I can do that, I have to install the SPD pedals from my mountain bike, since the SPD-SL shoes [...]