Good Shows | Not Good Shows |
---|---|
Auction Kings | American Chopper |
Cash Cab | American Loggers |
Curiosity | Breaking Point |
Daily Planet | Breakout |
Destroyed in Seconds | Canada’s Worst Driver |
Dinosaur Revolution | Canada’s Worst Handyman |
Future Weapons | Deadliest Catch |
How Machines Work | Desert Car Kings |
Inventions that Shook the World | Dirty Jobs |
Junk Raiders | Flying Wild Alaska |
MythBusters | Gold Rush: Alaska |
Oddities | How It’s Made |
River Monsters | Man vs. Wild |
Shark Week | Mayday |
Smash Lab | MegaWorld |
Things You Need to Know | Mighty Ships |
Verminators | Natural Born Dealers |
Worst Case Scenario | Sons of Guns |
Plants vs. Zombies Winning Layouts
Here’s a few screenshots of the final layout that I used to complete some of the Plants vs. Zombies levels.
Unforunately I forgot to get rid of the menu in this one, but basically, I used a lot of winter melons and cat-tails.
It’s the same scenario for the roof; expensive, but worth it. Plus, I had some seed slots to spare, so I woke up a few mushrooms for the party, but they fell back asleep—even one of the winter-melons dozed off. (Yes, this was the last level, allowing me to win the gold trophy.)
This was pretty easy because I did it during the early levels of the second pass through Adventure mode. Just don’t forget the coffee beean.
Again, this was easy because it was an early level. The spike-weeds took care of the zombies for the most part.
This level was fairly hard. I hand’t used asymmetrical layouts or garlic until this level. I read someone on the Internet mentioning “funneling” the Zombies, so I did this.
This was all that was needed because the snow-peas froze everyone for me (and you don’t even have to plant them on the flat of the roof, the top of the slant is sufficient).
The iron-spike-weeds took out the vehicles, and the fire-repeaters did the rest of the work (the nuts were a last line of defense that was barely necessary).
This was one of the least resource-hungry levels. The iron-spike-weeds did almost all of the work and a single cabbage-pult took out any surviving bob-sledders.
Speaking of PvsZ, the white marigolds on the bottom row show the three sizes that they grow to.
Music List
Music | ( | [ | – | ] | ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E Nomine | |||||
Fettes Brot | |||||
Nightwish | |||||
micky 3d | |||||
Imagine Dragons | |||||
Arash (Melody) | |||||
Paul Cauthen (Everybody Walkin’ this Land) |
Pre (() | Impression before starting (eg “hype”) |
Start ([) | Impression during early parts |
Mid (–) | Impression through most of it; current impression |
End (]) | Impression at end (or towards the end) |
Post ()) | Final, overall impression |
Not applicable; haven’t/hasn’t started yet; have not heard of it | |
Hate(d) it; was/is a mistake/waste of time; dreading it | |
Negative feelings; a chore; not looking forward to it | |
Neutral feelings; no opinion; can take or leave it | |
Positive feelings; want more; looking forward to it; heard good things | |
Love(d) it; worthwhile; can’t wait for it |
Movie List
Movie | ( | [ | – | ] | ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Twilight | |||||
Inception | |||||
Rat Race | |||||
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | |||||
The Girl Who Played With Fire | |||||
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest |
Pre (() | Impression before starting (eg “hype”) |
Start ([) | Impression during early parts |
Mid (–) | Impression through most of it; current impression |
End (]) | Impression at end (or towards the end) |
Post ()) | Final, overall impression |
Not applicable; haven’t/hasn’t started yet; have not heard of it | |
Hate(d) it; was/is a mistake/waste of time; dreading it | |
Negative feelings; a chore; not looking forward to it | |
Neutral feelings; no opinion; can take or leave it | |
Positive feelings; want more; looking forward to it; heard good things | |
Love(d) it; worthwhile; can’t wait for it |
Video Game List
Game | ( | [ | – | ] | ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
American McGee’s Alice | |||||
Bubblet! | |||||
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth | |||||
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay | |||||
Clive Barker’s Jericho | |||||
Clive Barker’s Undying | |||||
Don’t Starve | |||||
Donkey Kong 64 | |||||
Feeding Frenzy | |||||
Forever Worlds | |||||
Ghost Recon | |||||
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter | |||||
Ghost Recon: Desert Seige | |||||
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder | |||||
Gunman Chronicles | |||||
Half-Life | |||||
Insaniquarium Deluxe | |||||
Insaniquarium | |||||
Kingpin | |||||
Kiss Psycho Circus | |||||
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | |||||
Max Payne | |||||
NiBiRu: Age of Secrets | |||||
Painkiller | |||||
Prey | |||||
Project IGI 2: Covert Ops | |||||
Project IGI | |||||
Quake 3 Arena | |||||
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | |||||
Safecracker | |||||
Scratches (Director’s Cut + Last Visit) | |||||
Sentinel: Descendants in Time | |||||
Sérious Sam: The First Encounter | |||||
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter | |||||
Silent Hill 2 | |||||
Silent Hill 3 | |||||
Silent Hill 4 | |||||
Silent Hill | |||||
SiN | |||||
SiN: Wages of SiN | |||||
Snug | |||||
Starcraft | |||||
Tomb Raider | |||||
Unreal Tournament 2003 | |||||
Unreal Tournament 2004 | |||||
Unreal Tournament | |||||
Word Harmony |
Pre (() | Impression before starting (eg “hype”) |
Start ([) | Impression during early parts |
Mid (–) | Impression through most of it; current impression |
End (]) | Impression at end (or towards the end) |
Post ()) | Final, overall impression |
Not applicable; haven’t/hasn’t started yet; have not heard of it | |
Hate(d) it; was/is a mistake/waste of time; dreading it | |
Negative feelings; a chore; not looking forward to it | |
Neutral feelings; no opinion; can take or leave it | |
Positive feelings; want more; looking forward to it; heard good things | |
Love(d) it; worthwhile; can’t wait for it |
Television Show List
Show | ( | [ | – | ] | ) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$H!* My Dad Says | ||||||
2 Broke Girls | ||||||
10 Things I Hate About You | ||||||
30 Rock | ||||||
Alias | ||||||
Alphas | ||||||
American Dad | ||||||
American Horror Story | ||||||
American Pickers | ||||||
Anger Management | ||||||
Animal Practice | ||||||
Archer | ||||||
Arctic Air | ||||||
Auction Kings | ||||||
Awkward | ||||||
Bad Education | ||||||
Battlestar Galactica | ||||||
Ben and Kate | 2 | |||||
Better Off Ted | ||||||
Big Bang Theory, The | ||||||
Bionic Woman (2007) | ||||||
Black Donnellys, The | ||||||
Boardwalk Empire | ||||||
Bob’s Burgers | ||||||
Body of Proof | ||||||
Bones | ||||||
Booth at the End | ||||||
Borgias | ||||||
Brand X | ||||||
Brickleberry | ||||||
Bunheads | ||||||
Cajun Pawn Stars | ||||||
Californication | ||||||
Cape, The | 3 | |||||
Caprica | ||||||
Castle | ||||||
Chicago Fire | ||||||
Chuck | ||||||
Citizen Khan | ||||||
Cleveland Show, The | ||||||
Cold Case | ||||||
Community | ||||||
Copper | ||||||
Corner Gas | ||||||
Cougar Town | ||||||
Criminal Minds | ||||||
CSI | ||||||
CSI: Miami | ||||||
CSI: NY | ||||||
Day Break | ||||||
Defenders | ||||||
Dexter | ||||||
Dirty, Sexy, Money | ||||||
Doctor Who (2005) | ||||||
Dollhouse | 3 | |||||
Drive | ||||||
Eastwick | ||||||
Elementary | ||||||
Eli Stone | ||||||
Endgame | ||||||
Eureka | 4 | |||||
Face/Off | ||||||
Family Guy | ||||||
Flash Forward | ||||||
Game of Thrones | ||||||
Gates | ||||||
Geordie Shore | ||||||
Ghost Hunters | ||||||
Ghost Mine | ||||||
Glee | ||||||
Go On | ||||||
Good Guys, The | ||||||
Good Luck Charlie | ||||||
Gossip Girl | ||||||
Gravity Falls | ||||||
Greek | ||||||
Grey’s Anatomy | 1 | |||||
Guys With Kids | ||||||
Hannah Montana | ||||||
Harry’s Law | ||||||
Hart of Dixie | ||||||
Hawaii Five-0 | ||||||
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo | ||||||
Hills, The | 1 | |||||
Hot Set | ||||||
House M.D. | ||||||
How I Met Your Mother | ||||||
Inbetweeners | ||||||
Jersey Shore | ||||||
John Doe | ||||||
Key & Peele | ||||||
L.A. Complex | ||||||
Las Vegas | ||||||
Last Resort | ||||||
Law & Order | ||||||
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | ||||||
Law & Order: Los Angeles | ||||||
Law & Order: SVU | ||||||
Legit | ||||||
Life on Mars | ||||||
Life Unexpected | ||||||
Lost Girl | 1 | |||||
Lost | ||||||
Mad Men | 2 3 | |||||
Major Crimes | ||||||
Make it or Break it | ||||||
Melissa and Joey | ||||||
Miami Med | ||||||
Middle, The | ||||||
Mike & Molly | ||||||
Mob Doctor | ||||||
Moone Boy | ||||||
Moonlight | ||||||
Mr. D | ||||||
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | ||||||
My Name is Earl | ||||||
Mythbusters | ||||||
Nashville | ||||||
NCIS Los Angeles | ||||||
NCIS | ||||||
Neigbors From Hell | ||||||
New Girl | 1 | |||||
New Normal | ||||||
Nine Lives of Chloe King, The | ||||||
Nine, The | ||||||
No Ordinary Family | ||||||
Numb3s | ||||||
OC, The | ||||||
Oddities | ||||||
Office, The (2004) | ||||||
Office, The (2005) | ||||||
Outsourced | ||||||
Parenthood | ||||||
Parks and Recreation | ||||||
Partners | ||||||
Pawn Stars | ||||||
Pawnathon Canada | ||||||
Person of Interest | ||||||
Persons Unknown | ||||||
Phineas and Ferb | ||||||
Playboy Club | ||||||
Pretty Little Liars | ||||||
Prison Break | ||||||
Private Practice | ||||||
Pushing Daisies | ||||||
Raising Hope | ||||||
Reaper | ||||||
Revenge | ||||||
Revolution | ||||||
Ricky Gervais Show, The | ||||||
Ringer | ||||||
River | ||||||
Robot Combat League | ||||||
Rules of Engagement | ||||||
Running Wilde | ||||||
Scandal | ||||||
Scret Circle, The | 1 | |||||
Secret Life of the American Teenager, The | 1 2 3 | |||||
Shameless UK | ||||||
Shameless US | ||||||
Simpsons, The | ||||||
Six Degrees | ||||||
Skins (UK) | ||||||
Skins (US) | ||||||
Smash | ||||||
South Park | ||||||
Starate Atlantis | ||||||
Stargate SG-1 | ||||||
Stargate Universe | ||||||
Stranded | ||||||
Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The | ||||||
Suite Life on Deck | ||||||
Surface | ||||||
Swingtown | ||||||
Switched at Birth | ||||||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) | ||||||
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | ||||||
The Mindy Project | ||||||
Three Rivers | ||||||
Torchwood | ||||||
Two and Half Men | ||||||
Ugly Americans | ||||||
Unsupervised | ||||||
Up All Night | ||||||
V (2010) | ||||||
Valleys, The | ||||||
Vampire Diaries, The | 1 | |||||
Vegas | ||||||
Walking Dead, The | ||||||
Warehouse 13 | ||||||
Wizards of Waverly Place | ||||||
Workaholics |
Pre (() | Impression before starting (eg “hype”) |
Start ([) | Impression during early parts |
Mid (–) | Impression through most of it; current impression |
End (]) | Impression at end (or towards the end) |
Post ()) | Final, overall impression |
Not applicable; haven’t/hasn’t started yet; have not heard of it | |
Hate(d) it; was/is a mistake/waste of time; dreading it | |
Negative feelings; a chore; not looking forward to it | |
Neutral feelings; no opinion; can take or leave it | |
Positive feelings; want more; looking forward to it; heard good things | |
Love(d) it; worthwhile; can’t wait for it | |
The Spammers, The
Germans—and The Simpsons fans—will understand what I really mean:
Die
Spammers
Die
I fully condone and endorse physical violence towards spammers.
Mac People Are Generous
I recently bought a memory card reader (more importantly writer) so that I can put files back on to the memory card since my digital camera does not do disk mode. Unfortunately I listened to the advice of the clerk at the store instead of getting the one I was looking at—hey, I figured if he’s saying that the $20 one is better (specifically faster) than the $23 one, then it must be right? I bought it and went home and anxiously tried to install it (it is an internal one, not a portable one). What the clerk failed to mention, and this is pretty important, is that this particular card reader does not have a USB connector cable, but rather a USB header cable. That means that I have to connect it to a USB header on the motherboard (using both ports if I want to use the USB connector on the reader). Of course my old motherboard only has a single header which is already occupied. I was screwed.
(I should also mention that my old motherboard only had USB 1.1 which is why I bought a USB 2.0 card that same day; fortunately that part was not problematic.)
A quick check found that there are actually very few USB male A to USB header cables. There are a small handful of places to buy one online and probably none in brick-and-mortar stores. In any case, I wasn’t about to spend another $5 (plus any shipping) to use a product that I just bought—and was expecting to have a USB cable like most other readers. Of course this particular store (Cutting Edge Computers) has horrible store policies which include seven day exchange and no-return (not to mention processing fees for credit card purchases). Anyway, I figured I’d just make my own adapter.
This turned out to be a little harder than I thought since I don’t have any spare USB cables; the few that I’ve got are already attached to peripherals. Like I said, I wasn’t about to buy two brand new cables and cut them up either. I needed to try to get free ones since they would be cut up anyway.
I posted an ad on Kijiji requesting one or two old/broken USB cables. The only reply I eventually got was from someone offering a box full of USB cables for $30. Um, no thanks.
I got out the phone book and began calling all of the computer stores in town and asking them if they have a box of old cables in the back. I started with the used computer and repair stores. No luck. I then got to The Mac Outpost. Bingo! I explained that I needed an old USB cable and he said that he had one. I asked how much it would be and he said that he would just give it to me. Yes! I gave him my name and told him that I could be by the next day to get it. I still needed another one for the USB port on the reader so I continued my search more hopeful. I hit up a few couple of more computer stores with no luck. I decided to try the other Mac store in town, Mostly Digital (formerly Mostly Mac). Double bingo! He said that he had an old one that he would just give me. Again I gave my name and arranged to pick it up the next day.
I was anxious. I ended up getting a ride and heading out that day—no time like the present. I went to Mostly Digital first. Even though it was only an hour later, the gentleman I had spoken with was not there, but he had left the cable with a sticky with my name on it. Another clerk gave it to me and after a round of thanks, I was off to get the other one. I went to Mac Outpost. This time it took longer because Ian was busy with a customer (a whole family). About five or ten minutes later—I lost track of time—he was done with them and got me the cable. Another round of thanks and I was off to make my adapter.
In the end I ended up saving the two cables that they gave me. The one from Mostly Digital was actually an Apple brand USB extension cord (which was probably thrown in the back because it’s too tight, but still works, albeit kind of dirty). The one that Ian gave me was new and had some really nice shielding. I couldn’t bring myself to cut them up so I cut one of my other USB cables that was of lesser quality. Luckily I already had some header type pins and connectors so I made the adapter. I plugged the reader in and it worked. A while later I reinforced it to be a better connection (the original one was just a quick and loose test). I still don’t have use of the USB port on the reader for now, but I’ll eventually attend to that (it’s actually kind of important since all of the USB 2.0 ports are at the back of the computer and my two hubs are 1.1). In the meantime, I have a card reader/writer, and I am thrilled because it is much easier to pop in the card and do whatever I need to do rather than going through the camera. (I installed CHDK on the 16MB card that came with the camera and played around with that; a task not possible without a card writer.) I should also point out that Jake failed to mention that the card reader does not support SDHC, which is why I am already looking for a replacement. Basically I paid $20 for nothing; thank goodness I didn’t waste even more money on cables.
I learned two valuable lessons: (1) don’t listen to Jake the next time I shop at Cutting Edge—assuming I have to at all—and (2) Mac people are generous. (Of course a logical explanation would be that anyone who can afford a Mac can afford to be generous.)