October 2009
5 posts
Amusing Vestiges.
Whilst rummaging through my phone’s memory card I found some pictures from my job at the computer repair store. Some of them were quite amusing so I thought I’d share them with you.
This is one of three drawers filled with laptop adapters, every once in a while the boss would make me sort through them as a way of avoiding ordering a new one for a customer. It was a an ungodly...
Resurrecting Excellence.
Movie reviews are fun :]
If nobody reads them I still enjoy writing them. I’ve been waiting to see this movie for a while, mainly because I am a big fan of Dominic Monaghan and his work on LOST. I SELL THE DEAD opens as Willie Grimes is being led to the gallows, yelling obscenities and kicking, Dominic Monaghan’s character Arthur Blake is soon to follow his partners fate, and is...
Chaos Reigns.
Today I watched Lars Von Trier’s new(sort of) film ANTICHRIST. I had seen the trailer for it a long time ago and thought what anybody viewing the trailer would think, that they are looking at a trailer for an intense European horror film, taking place in the woods. But that assumption would be very very false. I wasn’t that interested in seeing the film at that point, but there seemed to be in...
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Divine Domain.
With the advent of the internet came something else. Something that simply cannot be ignored or denied (well you could but for the sake of dramatic effect you can’t). There exists a god. And I have proof of his existence. People always come to me with questions. They say “Mandragon, how do I modify my video game console?” or “Mandragon, how do I use Photoshop?” And to this I always have an answer...
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An Evolving Breeze.
Back from vacationing and ready to get my blog on. I’m doing this as a suggestion, a TMM first. By the way if any of you have suggestions for blog topics or reviews please run them by me. Anyway, today I’ll be taking a look at the new album from French electronic duo AIR. This album is entitled LOVE 2 pretty simple and to the point as to be expected. I am pretty familiar with this...
September 2009
10 posts
Mission Statement.
I figure the way I’m going to get the most out of writing these and seeing what you guys think, is for me to take it somewhat seriously. Seeing as though the original format of this blog cannot be properly continued (as the result of me no longer working at *censored* computer repair) I will do my best to try to carry on the overall theme and perhaps bring in some new interesting ideas. And I will...
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Bioshock Dreams.
Mandragon: I WANT TO PUT MY DICK IN BIOSHOCK …………………………………………………………………… 2:58 PM Erick: my god…. i just had the greates idea …………………………………………………………………… 2:58 PM Mandragon: whats that? …………………………………………………………………… 3:01 PM Mandragon: bioshock porn? …………………………………………………………………… 3:01 PM Erick: what if instead of puting plasmids on you hand, put it in your cock that would make you ummm cool!...
Abandonment Posthaste.
I haven’t been back to work since Monday. I’m thinking of not going back. Not only am I not getting payed but now I’m not even interning, I’m just volunteering.
I was fine with that.
Up until Monday.
First off I walk in the shop and as I turn the corner to the boss’s office I notice a mysterious man sitting in the chair opposite the boss’s desk. He is a young man dressed...
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Adhesive Abhorrence.
All new computers, well all big name brand computers are usually sold and packaged with something. And the very concept of it baffles me. I’m sure when most of you purchased the desktop or laptop you now sit in front of reading this blog waiting for it to be funny, it came with a variety of stickers and plastic wrap spouting useless specifications that could have easily and most likely ARE...
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Resisting Talent?
Indie rock pioneers Muse have released a new album entitled THE RESISTANCE. I’ll start by saying I don’t have an extensive knowledge of all of Muse’s accomplishments but I’m aware that they have reached large recognition and received lot’s of praise. I’m familiar with a few songs from their last album which I did enjoy although I wouldn’t say I was diehard...
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Districted Analysis.
Jumping far into the future with this review, I recently downloaded the widely successful science fiction/action film DISTRICT 9. Now if I seem harsh with this film it’s because I liked it. So I may just be nit-picking here. But overall I really enjoyed it. It was intense and heartbreaking at points. At first I thought the whole movie was going to be filmed in this stereotypical, documentary...
Dr. Stangelove, or: How I Learned to Further...
Well since I’m finding the downtime between blogs to be somewhat unbearable I thought I’d write a review of a movie that I recently saw, not necessarily a new one or one I haven’t already seen. I need something to entertain myself with. Although to me it’s almost pointless to write this review. It’s as though say, I was the biggest Nine Inch Nails fan and I basically...
False Innocence.
Whenever a computer is brought into work I can take one look at the gentleman or gentlewoman and tell whether or not I’m going to discover some sort of obscene material, whether it be photo’s of the owner nude or indecent or the latest in free hardcore pornography. But for the first time I didn’t see this coming. A computer was turned in with the usual problem. Viruses. Taking a...
Blasphemous Heresies.
Mankind is capable of some terrible things, we can all agree on that.
War
Violence
Rape
Carlos Mencia
So it really hurts me to see man find new ways of destroying the planet. Have you guessed what I’m referring to yet? I’m sure you have. You look like an intelligent, well-adversed crowd. I’m speaking of course about Apple Computers. Yes, I saw something today that cut right down to my soul,...
Macabre Revelations.
Whenever you buy a new computer, now matter what it is PC, Mac, Linux the moment you get to your desktop you are always greeted with something. Background wallpaper. It’s usually a pleasant scene from nature or abstract lines creating light and shadows. Something visually stimulating that makes you think of:
-Power
-Creativity
-Endless Possibility
It’s too bad. It seems like all these things...
August 2009
5 posts
Bestial Desires.
A Computer came into work that impressed me. It wasn’t necessarily a good computer nor one that looked like it belonged to someone who knew what a good computer was. I was however impressed by this person’s knowledge of obtaining programs through illegal means. Not saying it is difficult just surprising that there are people smart enough to not pay for software. Well being the good computer...
Shameless Immoralities.
A man by the name of Jim is the highlight of my day. Jim has balls. Jim turned in his desktop computer to be fixed by our crew and knowingly left his collection of pornographic media, in plain sight. making no attempt to move it into a private folder or set it as a hidden document, this guy is content with leaving it right in My Documents. Just classy.
Hats off to you Jim.
You crazy banana.
Oh...
Inglourious Analysis.
Fuck this movie! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that. The truth is I really enjoyed….*siigghhhh*….Quentin Tarantino’s latest “reference collage” as I refer to them. But Inglorious Basterds is pretty close to a film and a pretty good one. I will start with what I believe to be its flaws.
It seems as though it was written by focusing on the most important scenes and...
Curious Follies.
It was a particularly active day at work, but one moment stayed with me. A very attractive looking pink laptop was mailed in to have recovery discs ran on it. I stared at it in awe. It’s reflective and spotless case, wrapped around an elegantly displayed keyboard with a sleek looking font and it’s flawless screen bared a pink wallpaper, and to top it off a web-cam sat atop it like the...
Startling Discoveries.
Today, at work, I was sitting, staring at the ceiling as I usually do and I waited for something to work on, when the dark-skinned boy nammed Oz walks into the room. His arms latched around a gray computer tower. He drops it on the counter and tells me to run diagnostics on it. I nod. I look at the receipt for the computer. The costomer wrote down that his computer was infected with viruses and we...