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I don't know wtf is going on over at Kotaku Tower, but it seems like their entire staff today is completely incapable of publishing a single story without a typo (or more). I blame it on lots and lots of Bigfoot-DNA-sniffing. Examples? Lian-Li became "Lan-Li" in many spots, Sprite became Spite, and a handful of others that I can't remember. Either way. C'mon guys, shape up!

I was re-made aware of the infamous line from Fight Club the other day in a discussion, but it wasn't related to what this post is about. But yet it is. The context of the source conversation was in the more Fight Club-ish context about material possessions, social status, et al. But there's definitely a positive and necessary need for self-improvement. Improvement in your job, in your relationships (creating a more healthy environment), improvement in your hobbies, and improving your physical health (and mental health, I'd say). It's important to life to seek improvement in these core components of one's life. So, what am I doing to improve myself?

I've recently become pretty into Coheed & Cambria's epic-ness. Not just the music, but the lyrics and the universe that is the source material for the albums, Claudio's comic series, The Amory Wars. While I've been a huge Coheed fan for a while now, I've only just begun to delve into the canon of their story, revolving around Coheed Kilgannon, his wife Cambria Kilgannon, and their son Claudio (aka The Character). This story has the epic scope of Star Wars, but I'd venture to say it's a bit more dark and introspective. And the band will be performing all four albums in the Co&Ca saga live, in their entirety. And it's sold out. I would do pretty much ANYTHING for tix to all four nights and hotel stay for the trip. I'm serious.

Some key personnel from Google have left the Mountain View, CA tech haven in search of their own Valley Gold. Again. This one, however, has a decent chance. Cuil is purported to be the largest search engine in the world, claiming to index three times as many pages as Google, and ten times as many as Microsoft's engine. But... Something here doesn't look right. Or at least, is a big tech bug that is screaming to be fixed. Cuil doesn't seem to know a lot about a lot! What do I mean by that? Pics after the jump.

I've been around the CMS block a few times. From more "old-school" solutions such as PHP-Nuke, PostNuke, and their ilk, to Wordpress, Joomla, and now Drupal. I'm always looking for something better, easier, slicker, nicer, and more powerful yet easier. And I think I've found that in Drupal. However, Joomla's got some pretty nice features and capabilities as well. Although both seem to have one glaring omission in their power and flexibility: social dating sites.

To preface this post, I'm a huge Harmonix fan. That being said, when Activision/Neversoft and Harmonix/MTV squared off for Guitar Hero 3 vs. Rock Band, it was pretty easy to pick which game would be more fun for whom. Rock Band would be more accepted by the guys/gals looking for a whole band experience, classic tracks, and that classic HMX vibe. GH3 would be for the shredders, the mainstreamers, and those who are scared to touch a drumset or let loose a few vocal licks. I actually enjoyed both games a lot for those different reasons. Now with Guitar Hero: World Tour vs Rock Band 2, those lines are severely blurred.

Checking my Yahoo mail, delete some stuff, and this is the ad I see... Maybe it's just me and I'm lame, but it made me chuckle.

We've all been there... Sitting at your cube, nothing to do, the day's dead, and either the net is blocked or you've so completely exhausted your browsing for the day your brain is melting. The eyelids droop, the Mountain Dew/coffee/Rockstar/whatever is doing absolutely nothing. You're about to fall asleep at work. Again. And nothing seems capable of combating this workplace evil. What do you do??

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Finally got ScribeFire to work with Drupal, didn't realize I had to turn on the BlogAPI module... so it works now. Let's try a test post. :)

I know that sometimes people get carried away with their blogs, putting in all sorts of crap, extra ads, links everywhere, cluttering things up. I switched this site over to a three-column layout because I wanted more space "above the fold" for key items, and while it feels functional to a point, it's slightly cluttered, I think.

I'd like to hear some of your opinions on this site, other sites, examples of what to do and what not to do. Peeves of yours, or favorite ideas on how a blog layout should or could be set up.