Timewaster's Guide Archive

Well, after the second one, I wasn't sure what to expect with this movie, but I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I was especially apprehensive after seeing the Sheldon's comic on it: http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/070527.html. But I have to say, I totally disagree with his assessment of the movie. I admit, I'm not really critical of movies (after all, I love watching Disney Channel movies, or at least many of them), but I didn't find it confusing at all. It made sense in a Pirates of the Carribean twisted sort of way. Sure, it was pretty fantastical with the whole rescueing Jack from being dead, and have a heathen goddess, but it's that genre, so, meh.

But I really liked this one. The ending was sad, but it made it more powerful. The scene after the credits gave it finality, in my opinion (i.e., no more movies to come), but I have heard speculation that there is a way for Will to leave the ship without dying (I only overheard pieces, so I'm not sure how. Something to do with Calypso and true love.) And of course, the thing about the fountain of youth. It's possible they wanted to leave the option open, but haven't decided whether they'll make another (possibly depending on how this one does and whether the actors are willing to do another).

Thoughts? Feelings? Disgust?

So does anyone else think it's funny that in the new Spyro game, "The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning," Elijah Wood and David Spade are the voices for Spyro and Sparx? I could see them in a much bigger game, but the studio probably wasted their money on getting big names for this game. Gamespot gave it a 5.8 rating and a poor review.

I got an email a week ago, supposedly from CareerBuilder.com, where I have my resume, posted for a job. It didn't sound at all legit. Their clients would send you money and then you would put it in your account and give the company the money through Western Union (I suppose you'd keep some of it for yourself).

Because I didn't want other people (who would be stupid enough to do this) to fall for it, I sent a message to CareerBuilder's customer service letting them know I thought it was a scam. That way they could be aware and possibly send messages to everyone who received that message that it was a scam (although I was surprised they hadn't caught it before).

I got an email back from them saying that the email did not come from them, but that the people had used CareerBuilder's logos and email layout to give credibility to their scam. They recommended I put in a complaint to the www.IC3.gov Web site (stands for Internet Crime Complaint Center). So I put in a complaint. I don't know what will be done, but they are in partnership with the FBI.

I got an automated response back from IC3 that had a Web site to go to (www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com). On it were some testimonials on people who were scammed. One was from the same scam as the email I got. The guy said he was told to keep $200 for each transaction. They also sent him packages and he was told to send them on to other people. These were bought with a stolen credit card (come to find out). You should read his account here.

So I guess this can be a scam rant, if there are others who have run into scams personally.

Have you heard? There's a new program called Software Virtualization Solution. Essentially what you do is put a program on a "virtual layer" and then if anything goes wrong and the program gets corrupted, whether from a virus or your kids messing with your computer, all you have to do is reset the layer and it's fixed. I haven't used it much myself, but I have a few co-workers who've used it and say it's great. I figured for the geek guys (and maybe girls) on the site, they might be interested in it. But here's the best part: it's free for personal use! You can get it off of Download.com and use it on a home computer for personal use for free.

Here's some info from the company site. And here's where you get it off of Download.com. I'd really be curious what you guys think of this.

I think it would be really cool if related articles had a link at the bottom and/or top of each article that would take you to the next article and previous article (if one exists). For example, for the "Geek Girls Survival Guide #4," there could be a link somewhere on the page that will take you to the third article and the fifth article.

I'm pretty much a procrastinator and right now I'm trying to figure out what I want to make for Thanksgiving and I was wondering if any of you have recipes for Thanksgiving that you just love and don't think it's Thanksgiving without. My mom always made the basic stuff, which was fine, but I never really liked the stuffing, we never had cranberries, the pumpkin pie was, well, pumpkin pie (nothing special) and we had just a normal green salad.

Do you guys have any recipes that are more unique but really good? A special green salad that uses cranberries and pecans? A yam recipe that steers away from the normal candied variety? A sauce or gravy that is just to die for on turkey? Or any other recipe that you look forward to on the day of stuffing? If you need to, call mom, call grams, get the scoop and post here. I'd really appreciate it!