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Dear Twitter, that was only a 5.9 earthquake. Enough with the Fail Whale already!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14745580.html

Deathend is a free-to-play 2D browser- and Adobe Flash-based game. You can explore countless, exciting adventures, equip thousands of items and join or establish teams to survive in the dark world of tomorrow. Fight player vs. player challenges against your opponents to prove your dominance in the post-nuclear future.

Click on the image below to sign up to play Deathend.

I have been avoiding Facebook like the plague. I’ve been receiving invites from friends since 2005 but I had real concerns over privacy. Due to recent press over Facebook’s privacy woes it turns out I was justified.

The feature set of Facebook is hugely impressive and I do admit I’ve long wanted to sign up and share my pictures, status updates and more with family and friends – but only family and friends.

While reading about alternatives to Facebook I came across Diaspora. This is the first piece of software I’ve been genuinely excited about in years. The idea is that you host the open-source server running your social profile. That means you have complete comtrol over what you share. I even have a computer waiting for the task.

I’ve pledged $10.00 to support Diaspora and I can’t wait to see the final product.

You can make your own contribution to Diaspora using the Kickstarter widget in my sidebar.

If you’re as addicted to SETI@home as I am you probably look for every chance to install the BOINC client on any computer possible. The default installation of the BOINC client requires administrative rights on Windows computers. If you’re working on a shared, supported or corporate computer you may not have administrative rights. Here’s the easy way around that.

1. Download the BOINC client. (Version 6.6.36)
2. Open a DOS box and change directory to the location of the BOINC client.
3. Launch the BOINC client using the “/a” flag as in “boinc_6.6.36_windows_intelx86.exe /a”
4. You will be prompted for a location to install the server portion of the application. Pick something.
5. That’s it! Launch the client using “[install path]\program files\BOINC\boincmgr.exe”

There are other flags available for the install file. Use “/?” to see them all. For help with installing earlier versions of the BOINC client read this.

I watched the movie twice this weekend. I really enjoyed it. It had a well-written story to go along with the CGI which is becoming rare in today’s action movies. It was good to see the face of Arnold once again. My only regret was that it was so short lived. I guess they spent as much money as the CGI budget allowed to keep Arnold’s face in the movie as long as possible.

I have noticed that this is the second movie in recent memory in which Christian Bale has been upstaged by a supporting actor. The last movie was Dark Knight in which Heath Ledger stole the show. Here, Sam Worthington, though not as overwhelming as Ledger, delivered a solid performance whereas Bale was just a lot of brooding and a gruff voice.

The closing to the movie sets the stage for more to come. I’m looking forward to it and I hope to see some of the new faces in Salvation reappear in the following sequels.