My obsession with... vending machines?

I don't know why, but lately I've really wanted a vending machine. One of those Sneakbreak Mini chip, bar, can ones. I actually want to try and turn my coke mini-fridge into a coin-op vending machine, my problem is that I don't know how I'm going to get the door to close after it's opened by the contacts on the coin receiver (Thankfully, I already have something I can use. New ones run you $200 or more.

I'm so bored,

      MixedDrink

The New iPod shuffle, stupidest thing apple has ever done.

If you haven't seen them already, Apple came out with the new iPod shuffle: http://store.apple.com/ca/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle?mco=MTE2NTU

This is the absolute stupidest thing Apple has ever done. 

Why do people think this is cool? Don't like a song? Well, according to Apple, your fucked. Your stuck on that shitty or depressing song you really don't feel like listening to right now. Three Buttons, located on the headphones. Three buttons. Play/Pause, Volume +, Volume -. So yeah, you can turn up the volume, and pause. What a breakthrough. People are excited because this is "greener", but really is it worth it? 

You can't even use your own headphones without potentially ruining your favourite pair AND having tape run around an inch of your cord, maybe even a two non-matching cord colours that look ridiculous. If they came out with a male to female line with those controls, I could maybe see it working. But other than that, no. Didn't this already happen with Sony years ago?! Apples headphones are shit, they're cheap, uncomfortable, and for their quality expensive.

The voiceover feature, now that's cool. This is the only thing I've read that I like about the new shuffle, it's a potentially very useful feature. From what I've heard when you have your iPod docking mainly on a mac the voice is nice and non-accented. But it's very synthesizery when you dock to a PC. Hahaha, M$ got 1 UPed.

Anyways, I just think Apple is smarter than this. Smaller is not always better, I think this is a perfect example.

Where did it all go wrong?

                  - MixedDrink

Super Columbine Massacre RPG

Honestly, I don't get it...

No, not the game, the people criticizing it. I've played it, it made me to go to some dark places and it made me feel sad, but you know what? I learned from it. Not facts, not dates, the experience. When your play the game as a serious individual you become Eric Harris, the flashbacks set your mindset... it hurts. Just being in that mindset, being in that mindset playing a videogame, like you would be in the mindset of a soldier when playing Call of Duty... it's depressive. The flashback Dylan has in the Cafeteria, of sitting all alone is I think the most depressing part of the game. This kid wasn't nearly as mentally fucked up as the media made him out to be, he wanted someone to come sit with him... he wanted to make friends. He was social, which is evident in the story of his life. And Eric... well, not so much. But he was psychotic, and that's a horrible burden that will hopefully someday have a cure or a method of early detection. It's not someone's fault that they are mentally challenged, so why is it someone's fault that they are psychotic? Scientists haven't proved Psychopathy is developed, but there apparently is evidence that you CAN be born with it.

The library, don't judge it. This sharpens the line between reality and games, it does not blur it.

This game inspired me, it's one of the big reasons I'm writing this book. It's hard to work on it, I have to already be in a negative state to basically even touch it. I can't come be content and try and get in that mindset, it's depressing and surprisingly hard.

Stop picking on Danny Ledonne,

MixedDrink

Fuck, now I'm depressed. :/

http://columbinegame.com