This afternoon I've been trying to find a resource that may or may not exist. I recently purchased a Daewoo 5800 (slightly modified) on ebay. This baby plays everything, region free, macrovision free, and so many formats that I'm salivating just thinking about it.

I've heard that there are lots of DVDs only released in other regions. Buffy the vampire slayer, for example, is only on season 2 here, but in the UK they're up to season 6 or something! I have no interest in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but I did find out that Delicatessen has only been released on DVD in region 2. Anyway, I'm looking for a guide to cross-region DVD releases.

I've found a couple of sites that compare various DVD releases, but these sites wouldn't even list Delicatessen, because it's only been released once! (Well, one of them lists it, because technically there is a French release, and a UK release.)

I've also been really jonsing for an x-box. I don't want to give any money Microsoft... so getting one new is out, and buying a refurb too. Unfortunately, used x-boxes are kinda rare. I'd actually have thought they'd be more common, just because they're not selling as well, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Ebay may just be the only real option out there.

Of course, I really shouldn't be buying anything. I did just buy a house.

Today I feel like vomiting. Everything is particularly sickening, and everything is dramatic. I don't want to do anything, and I don't want to pretend to do anything.

They replaced my phone at work, and the headset is AGAIN one of the filthiest things I've ever seen.

I'm depressed, and I'm unproductive, two insufferable qualities that leave me wanting to throw myself out a window. Plus, I'm fishing for pity, which is fucking pathetic.

I played a game of darts, and I came in last.

I'm leaving early. Fuck it.

Life is about rich and satisfying experiences.

I think you have to balance the fullness of your moments against those moments you save up to be more full. Obviously I'm talking about vacations and things (purchases that supposedly enhance those moments when you can use them), but I'm talking about other stuff too. Big things, life changing things. Choices about jobs and relationships, and compromises of all sorts.

Life is, arguably, compromise after compromise. It is the degree of compromise that helps determine your satisfaction.

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I don't know why. But why is important.

To be listed in the category "things everyone should know":

Where do "Work from Home" signs come from?

It's a long read, and you may want to skip to the conclusion once you get the gist of it.

Personally, I feel much wiser having read it. Recently, I was doing some postering for the National Poetry Slam, and I (naturally, I thought) put posters up on all the telephone poles in the neighborhood. Less than a day later I got a call telling me that it was illegal. I'd always assumed it wasn't, since there are always those annoying "loose weight in 40 days" signs everywhere. I've always wondered where those and the "work from home" signs came from... and now I know they're from the same place.

The world is small, but I am insignificant.

Yami linked this CSS related Haiku Contest.