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Well, contrary to how it might appear, I’ve spent the last day and a half doing upgrades and minor maintenance work on Shyzer. The biggest overhaul was my blogging tool, MovableType, which got a hefty upgrade from version 2.661 to 3.121. I am well aware that those numbers mean absolutely jack-diddly to most people and that you can’t see a difference, but from my end, it’s a world of a difference. I now have much more control over my blog and can do quite a few nifty little things that couldn’t be done before. For instance, I was able to get rid of the security code while keeping the anti-spam features. So no more complaining about filling in that code, Sax! I should have all the updates done around here by the end of tonight.

Anyways, instead of making a real post, I thought I’d pass along a few links that I thought you all might enjoy. Batter up:

Road Trip! - This video is pretty cool, but it’s the music that I like the best. It’s just entrancing. I didn’t even like the song the first time I listened to it, but the more and more I did, the stronger it started to grow on me. But even if you don’t like the song, it’s still enjoyable to watch the video. Cool little concept.

The airplane! Go for the airplane! - This, my friends, is both a simple and amazingly complicated version of tossing a ball of paper into a trash can. When you go, click on the free version to the left. You’ll have to wait in line (usually takes about 60-90 seconds) and then you are tossing away! The game works like this. You co-worked lazily tosses you a wad of paper. It is your job to catch the ball with your hand, which is controlled by moving your mouse. Once you’ve got your hand near the ball, click and hold your mouse and the character will make a grab for it. If successful, you now are charged with throwing the paper into the nearby trashcan by motioning your arm and releasing the mouse. It sounds easy enough, but trust me, it takes a little while to get the hang of tossing the paper. And it’s dangerously addictive.

My highest score to date is 6430. Anybody think they can beat that?

Did she just say…? - This one is pretty much self explanatory. Two guys, bored and looking for something to do while on a layover, managed to get the announcer at the airport to call a few Arab names out requesting they come to the service desk. The only thing was that…well, the names sounded funny =)

Are you Kramer? - I’ve saved the best for last. This great site here is a fun little game that I’ve only been able to fool twice (and I’ve tried many, many more times then twice). The object is simple. Pick either your favorite sitcom character or a dictator and answer the questions as if you were that person! If you pick somebody popular, it won’t take long for the computer to say, “Let me guess. Are you Kramer from Seinfeld?” But your whole goal is to try and get the computer to guess wrong or simply say it has no idea who you are. It may sound like a stupid idea, but it’s actually pretty fun.

And with that, I’m off to translate 40 Latin sentences. Be sure to stop back in this week for the results (and subsequent final round) of the Best of Shyzer, along with my rant on what is wrong with the Democratic party and how the best new show on TV in years (Lost) turned me onto one of the best books I’ve ever written.