a collection of mostly incoherent thoughts, written by mostly incoherent people…
OK.
Because I’m new here let me introduce my self, I happen to be a man.
In all sense of the word:
psychical, mental, emotional, spiritual and oh yeah, I carry a card that says so.
I believe men should be men.
I know that sounds so profound, but allow me to clarify…
– September 28, 2009
Well,
We are back with some more thoughts from the resident psychiatric patient.
I can’t in good conscience keep using Mr. Kings title, so I have changed it to something more original. I hope you approve.
Posted in funny.
– February 6, 2009
Some football fans will recognize this title as I am blatantly stealing it from the SI writer Peter King.
I do this 1. because I love his writing and 2. I think it is a great idea. Hopefully I can make it a more regular feature so Smackfu will have some more content,
So let’s begin, Shall we?
Posted in Uncategorized.
– January 30, 2009
Many of you… wait… I’m not sure I’m allowed to use the term “many” when referring to our current readership, but “both of you” really sounds too depressing…
Anyway, many of you may wonder what the hell we have actually been doing here over at Smackfu since none of us could get off our asses for nigh on a year now and actually post some content.
Well, most of the content I had to add was bitching about things, and Drew kinda made a rule that we should be posting about things that make us happy.
While I did try to convince him that bitching really did make me happy, he was not swayed. In fact I was told, rather unceremoniously, that if I wanted to “Whine like the little wuss that you are” to go do it on myspace with the rest of the idiots, but keep it off Smackfu.
Well, since that would require extra effort on my part it will be painfully obvious that this did not happen. (But I did bitch to my wife about it considerably. This made me happy for a bit. Until it made her unhappy, then it was not a good place to be… but I digress.)
So, in the interest of not bitching, I decided to actually try to find something other than bitching that made me happy… this has apparently taken me ten months.
My apologies.
Continued…
Posted in culture.
– January 26, 2009
Yet another artist is gone…
It was a very bad week for the world. Boyd Coddington, Jeff Healy, and now Gary Gygax.
Gary Gygax affected my life more than I can say.
Believe me, I’ve written this six times and it has yet to come out right.
I had always thought I would get to meet him and thank him for the what he brought into my world, now that will never happen.
I have to defer to Eric Burns over at Websnark. Please take the time to read his eulogy.
Goodbye Mr. Gygax.
Thank you for touching my life.
-R
Posted in Games, culture, geek.
– March 6, 2008
Boyd Coddington passed away this morning at the age of 63. He will be missed…
Boyd Coddington, Hot Rod King, Dead At Age 63 @ Jalopnik
Boyd Coddington, Remembered @ Jalopnik
Posted in cars, culture, design, hot rods, muscle cars.
– February 27, 2008
Nice article over at Winding Road about our current favorite car around here, the 2008 Challenger SRT-8.
An axiom from the world of industrial design goes like this: If something looks right, it probably is. Examples are legion, from the classic Eames chair to Raymond Loewy’s Coke bottle. This saying also rings true in the world of cars. There was nothing right about the exterior design of the Pontiac Aztek. In contrast, from any angle the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 looks right. Very right.
Potent Pony: 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 @ Winding Road
Posted in cars, muscle cars.
– February 27, 2008
Being addicted to technology is hard; something better is always around the corner. Not even two weeks ago I was writing about the soon-to-be-released Garmin nuviphone and it has already been knocked off of my radar by the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 due mid-2008. I still think that the nuviphone is a compelling product and will find a decent market as it just makes sense to combine Garmin’s great nuvi GPS navigation system with a cell phone. The game changer there is adding internet capabilities to the GPS device which greatly enhances it’s capabilities.
Posted in personal tech, tech.
– February 11, 2008
The still pics had me, but this video just puts it over the top for me. Check out this video of the Challenger playing in the desert from autoblog.com. I’m completely in love with the look and sound of the Challenger in motion.
autoblog – VIDEO: Dodge Challenger romping in the desert
Posted in cars, muscle cars.
– February 7, 2008
Wow! When will I have the time and money to have a playroom like this?!?!? I’m feeling extremely nostalgic right now. Forget a M.A.M.E. cabinet… I want something like THIS!
Peter Hirschberg has just finished his stunning retro-gaming heaven, a Valhalla for the best arcade video games ever. His Luna City Arcade has 57 fully-restored arcade classics, which span from Asteroids to Zaxxon, plus a whole load of pinballs. Amazingly enough, he does all this on his own dime, for the love of it. It’s open to the public now, and the best thing: entrance and quarters are completely free. Check the video, huge gallery and the interview with Peter after the jump.
Gizmodo – Game Valhalla -Retro Arcade Gaming Fan Heaven Is Worth Infinite Quarters
Posted in arcade, culture, gaming, geek, retro.
– February 4, 2008
Ars Technica Jalopnik
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