Mikebert's New Writeups

I will node no more forever (idea)

2007-07-24T23:42:03Z

Tell General Nate I know his heart. What he
created for us I have in my heart. I am tired
of noding. Your gods are killed. EDB
is dead. The editors are all killed. It
is the new noder who say yes or no. He who led
the young noder is dead. It is cold and we have
no chings. The newbies are freezing to
death. My people, some of them, have run away
to slashdot and have no cools, no votes; no
one knows where they are, perhaps freezing to
death. I want time to look for my writeups and
see how many of them I can find. May be I
shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my
edevs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.
From where the sun now stands, I will node no
more forever.

We all know what it was like, noding uphill both ways, in the snow, back in the…

refractory period (thing)

2007-07-23T06:19:48Z

I was cruising the nodespace a few days ago and managed to stumble across refractory period. I've been suffering a dry spell on e2, as well as other things, so I put the idea of a nodeshell rescue on hold.

I'm quite happy that I had a research opportunity tonight that allowed me to reexamine the issue with a critical mind. I offer my fellow everythingarians some insights from my back breaking work.

One more time, what's a refractory period?
After a male has an orgasm, there is a length of time wherein he cannot have an erection. Much to women's chagrin, no amount of stimulation will help. The length of downtime increases as men get older. For young men, the refractory period can last just be a few minutes before their collective beef whistles are ready to go again. For Hugh Hefner, it could be hours or a day before he's ready for round two.

Women do not have a refractory period, which leads to some women having…

Wii Sports (thing)

2007-06-02T19:48:16Z

As a follow up to all the information about my Wii, I would like to continue the shock and awe campaign on the doldrums of your gaming life. What with the Wii being the youngest console of the current generation, it has the smallest gaming library. But if you bought your Wii outside of Japan, you have Wii Sports and that's all you need.

Wii Be Jammin'

The Wii consoles were packaged with a Wiimote, Nunchuk and Wii Sports to really show things off. Boxing is the only game that makes use of the Nunchuk, but it's still a great mechanism to show off the potential of the input mechanisms. All of the games are amazingly intuitive to play, so don't worry if you can't figure out how to use an Xbox 360 controller with it's array of 14 buttons. You'll do fine. And grab some friends while you're at it, because all the games have some multiplayer function.

And even though I may be quite critical of the games, rest assured that I do love them all. Wii Sports is effectively a…

Wii (thing)

2007-05-29T23:47:56Z

Having just come into recent possession of a Nintendo Wii, I was thrilled and overjoyed at the potential to relay my jubilation to my e2 family. I started to search for Wii material on e2, but there really isn't any! At first I was incredulous at the lack of content, but a realization slowly dawned on me: those other noders can't put the fucking controller down.

"Wii would like to play."

The biggest and most ground breaking difference between a Nintendo Wii and anything else you've ever played in your life is the controller. The Wii Remotes, or "Wiimotes," are all cordless designs, that are meant to be used one handed for the most part.

The Wiimote is white in color, about six inches long, one and half inches wide and an inch tall. Holding the controller in your dominant hand, there is a a D-pad under the tip of your thumb and the A button under the knuckle of your thumb. The dimensions of the controller are uniform throughout, except for the end under the D-…

Monster truck show (idea)

2007-05-23T08:42:11Z

After having read about monster trucks, you may become excited to see the mechanical wonders in action. The best place to enjoy monster trucks is at their native habitat: monster truck shows! This is not, however, the only place that monster trucks can be found. They may appear at other motorsport events, car shows or just on the side of the road at store openings or similar events. My father and I were driving down the road in Athens, GA one day and I spotted a monster truck parked in front of some automotive place. I forget whatever the hell they sold or did there, but I remember the truck and the driver. Even if you don't like monster trucks, consider that they are expensive to operate and cart around, so someone is trying to draw attention to their event with truck. Translation: free swag for you or the youngesters. The kuzooies we picked up are still in use today.

We're going to cover everything you, the humble noder, should know in order to find, attend…

monster truck (thing)

2007-05-21T06:16:31Z

Monster trucks are one of God's personal gifts to the United States. While they garner more than their fair share of a negative attention, any self respecting gearhead has to agree that the mechanical awe inspired by one of these creations is tremendous. And before anyone out there rolls their eyes and reaches for the downvote button, let's put things into perspective first. These trucks weigh three times as much as your car, stand 12 feet tall, push about 1500 horsepower and can literally crush you in a 0 to 60 race. And if you're from anywhere in Europe that has truck racing, you can't say shit. Racing 18 wheeler trucks? Snore. If you're from anywhere that endorses drifting, please just stop reading my writeups. And may God Himself help us if you sanction driving four cylinders in anything other than destruction derbies. . .

In The Beginning

For many a year, greasemonkeys have set out to tinker with their own rides. To this day there are many a hobbyist…