http://deanish.com Re/views on life, music, movies, games, politics, technology, the internet, and more. By Dean E Nelson. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:34:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love Wikipedia. Sure, it's not always 100% accurate but that doesn't stop me from getting sucked in for hours at a time. Here's my random adventure for this evening, posted for your amusement: I ended my Wikipedia shenanigans with Banshee. How I got there: Banshee < Abyss < Azazel ... http://deanish.com/posts/random-adventures-in-wikipedia ...and one iPhone app that doesn't exist yet. Now that the iPhone 2.0 firmware is out, there are tons of third-party applications available for it. Here, I'm going to talk about some of the more productivity-centric apps I've used that I really like, as well as one that doesn't exist ... http://deanish.com/posts/productivity-on-the-iphone The Dark Knight is the best Batman movie ever. Here's why: Action. The movie starts off action-packed. The pacing of the movie is excellent. I was never bored; never left wondering, "When will this pick up?" There were more action scenes in this movie than in ... http://deanish.com/posts/the-dark-knight Here's a gallery of pics from our trip to Las Vegas. We had so much fun. We saw Wayne Brady, Louis Anderson, the Tournament of Kings, took a ride on a gondola, saw the sites, and made new blisters on our feet. There's so much to do ... http://deanish.com/posts/pics-from-las-vegas It's late. Quite late. However, I feel the need to tell a brief story. So sit down, my children, and you will learn why they call me Beans. I work in retail. As happens from time to time, stores change. The items change. The members ... http://deanish.com/posts/they-call-me-beans That's right kids, mom and dad are taking some time off. We'll be staying for three nights at Las Vegas' wicked-looking Egyptian pyramid hotel, Luxor. I created a trip planner on Yahoo! Travel, which you can see here. I've never used this planner before - it's definitely handy. ... http://deanish.com/posts/were-going-to-vegas Today, my good friend André was offered (and accepted) a job with Prima Games! André was assigned the duty of writing the strategy guide for Heist! Congrats! http://deanish.com/posts/congrats-dre Makin' Music with John Mayer on FunnyOrDie.com http://deanish.com/posts/proof-that-john-mayer-is-awesome It's pretty awesome how similar the 1989 Batman and the new Dark Knight trailers are. Check 'em out side-by-side: http://deanish.com/posts/old-batman-vs-new-batman So you've had your iPhone for a few days and you really like it. Great. How do you like those ringtones? Not so much? Me neither. While they're vibrant and loud, they're just not good. When someone calls me, I don't want it to ... http://deanish.com/posts/maximize-your-iphone-pt-3-ringy-dingy