September 4th, 2008
Introducing Mayan Temple O' Fun!:

I got to thinking how people are ravaging the natural beauty of Earth, e. g. rain forests. The Mayan Temples aren't exactly "natural beauty", but they could still be ravaged eventually...
I built this on Forest Frontiers, and I bought almost no available land except for what was already there. Surprisingly, I didn't have to do a lot of penny pinching on this one.
I started by building a Car Ride underground based on my idea from "(Attempted) Roller Coaster Tycoon Park # 4". This really helped with building the rest of the "temple," because it was all centered around this area.
I used the gravel land and the rusty metal for the side of the raised land. I didn't do a whole lot of research, but I'm pretty sure the Mayan temples weren't built out of metal, but from a distance the rusty metal seems to fit.
I actually had to a small amount of math for this park. If you don't want to sprain your brain like I did, here's the "pattern" I used represented in this admittedly overly colorful graph:

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August 30th, 2008
I have created a custom "Cube Runner" level for use on the iPod Touch and iPhone. To download it to your own device, download "Cube Runner" from the App Store, tap "Select Level Pack," "Add Level Pack,"
and type in the following:
http://cuberun.org/CubeValley.txt
It's nothing special... I just made as a way for me to kill an hour on a Saturday afternoon.
If you want to make your own "Cube Runner" level, click here.
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August 28th, 2008
I've recently gotten really into ebay. And I know that it's been consistently very popular for a long time, but I just started getting into it because it's one of the very few places where I can buy Beatles records. This is the account of my ebay experience so far.
When I started checking out ebay frequently about a month ago it seemed like a very big and scary place. So much happening all over. But I was there to buy one thing - the "Let It Be" album. I found a pretty good one for a good price. There was no picture so it got overlooked by many people, I assume. I was very nervous. It had four hours left on it. Since there was no picture I had to contact the seller and ask if it was the album or the single "Let It Be." Fortunately I soon found out it was the album, and I nervously bid on it, not thinking that I'd have a chance. Four hours later I was shocked to find I'd won it. So I decided to begin pushing my luck.
Now I was searching for any Beatles album not caring which one as long as it was in good condition. I found "Sgt. Pepper" for a good price and bid on it. Eventually I won that too. Two in a row. I'd heard other things about ebay - how you rarely win the thing you bid on. So I started thinking that I was some kind of ebay genius- like I beat the system or something.
About a week later, I found the soundtrack to the movie "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" being sold together for a very reasonable price. I bid on it, feeling very sure of myself. In the last seven seconds I lost it. ebay had betrayed me; how could I lose? I sulked for a while, but I really wanted more records.
So, earlier today, I opened ebay and typed in "beatles lp" (Time: ending soonest), and I found that the White Album was being sold for five bucks plus shipping and ending in three minutes. I hurried to bid on it. When I won, I got this strange sensation. A few days earlier, a bid had been pulled out from under me, and now I had taken something away from someone who maybe really wanted that even more than me. It's a strange feeling.
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