Where's my Metal Gear Online beta?

I'm one of the unlucky ones who legimately pre-ordered MGS4, got the swingin' Saga DVD, and received a beta access code of only nine digits. Apparently you need twelve. I contacted Konami support days ago and, predictably, have heard nothing back. Brilliant.

Hulk and Zombies killed Marvel for me.

Between tedious Marvel Zombies 2 and terrible World War Hulk, I've just about completely abandoned Marvel. Not even the Big Event Skrull Thing has me interested. I've walked past it for two weeks now without even picking it up. Maybe if I hear that Secret Invasion manages to be more than Let's Undo Civil War, I'll grab the trade.

Another example of Apple's smart design.

I ordered a matched pair of ram for my iMac, so I could max out the system with 2 gigs. I know it's no great achievement to install ram, but I printed out some online instructions and then powered down, screwdriver at the ready. After placing the iMac facedown, I saw that Apple helpfully included ram installation instructions, etched onto the bottom of the iMac's foot. Wow.

Dual Shock 3 at the ready.

Finally found a Dual Shock 3 Friday night, so now when Mike comes over to play PixelJunk Monsters for an entire weekend, we can do so two-player.

The rumble gears add the weight that the Sixaxis lacked. It feels heavy like pure hypocrisy. Good one, Sony.

I'm implementing technologies I don't understand.

My quest to improve commenting continues. This week I installed an ajax plug-in to Movable Type that allows commenting to happen without a page reload. Which is neat, I guess, but not really anything I wanted. What I thought was going to happen was that I could get one of those nifty drop-down features, so you could click a toggle and have a comment window flow down.

So I tried installing moo.fx to get that ability, and it just hasn't worked yet. The Idiot's Guide to moo.fx did not work at all for me, and I have no idea why.

I did add AIM to the list of approved registration protocols, so if you know your AIM screenname/password, you should now be able to use that to sign in for commenting.

Him have to pee.

There's a new Superhero Squad 4-pack out there, with Gambit, another wifebeater Wolverine, a battle-damaged Juggernaut, and mid-bamf Nightcrawler (he's half translucent purple). Clark took one look at Juggernaut and asked "Him have to pee?" MOVIE REF.

And speaking of Superhero Squad, who's in charge of this line? A month ago we picked up an X-Men 4-pack with White Queen and saw the included checklist showcasing a pile of cool upcoming figures. Ghost Rider w/bike. Comics-based Spider-Man figures (as opposed to movie-based). Deadpool. Ultimate Nick Fury. Punisher in his Captain America gear. And the latest ToyFare shows some Planet Hulk-based figures (including an amazing savage Silver Surfer.) None of that is in stores yet, but then this wholly new, unannounced Juggy 4-pack shows up, advertising a second Galactus and an Ultimate Hulk mega-fig? The official Hasbro website doesn't even have these listed.