Recent content by siderealshift

I have to get in on this contest if there's still time -- it would be great to win either of these prizes.

Your question is somewhat unclear, whether you realize it or not. If you're asking about the valence SHELL of a transition metal, it is definitely the corresponding s-level shell (e.g., for Ti, it would be the 4s shell). HOWEVER, if you're talking about the valence ELECTRONS, in terms of...

The Reach console actually looks kind of nice. At least it's not totally garish.

I haven't posted here in a long time, but rather than go back and list all of my purchases since my last post, I'll just post today's: Hot Chip - One Life Stand (200g Collector's Edition)

After you sell your pumpkin futures, you knuckle-beak.

Last I checked, you can still order tickets for the Chicago show. They moved it from the Vic to the Riviera (...I think that's right) and released a bunch of extra tickets. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but my advice is that you should probably make moves if you want to...

Eh, regardless of who was responsible, it was still a lame outcome. I'm sure there were tons of people who were hoping to see them on the live stream. And you'll appreciate this, Chairman: I should soon have my ticket to see Guided By Voices in Chicago later this year. I'm already super...

Wow, I didn't know that about Pavement's performance. They were definitely showing recorded material up on the big screens, and I figured that was what was going up on the stream. Man, I feel especially lucky now. I was about six rows back in a veritable sea of people (seriously, hipsters as...

Went to the Pitchfork Music Festival last weekend. Obvious notables were LCD Soundsystem and Pavement. Both blew me away, but didn't play for nearly long enough, thanks to the shitty festival format. Also, Panda Bear secured the "BORING AS FUCK" award, so congratulations to him. (Runner-Up...

Solid. One of my favorite bands. Unbelievable. Anyway, a friend just sent me: Final Fantasy - Has a Good Home Good stuff. Gotta love Owen Pallett.

I did exactly the same thing, with exactly the same results. No fuss, no muss.

Finally made it out to the record store(s) today: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs/Month of May (12") Four Tet - There is Love in You (2xLP) Pit er Pat - High Time (LP) Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky (LP) Eric Bachmann - To The Races (LP) Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab...

Scorch and Rig, you guys nailed it. It only had to freeze up one more time before it started giving me the RROD. Now I will be sending it to Microsoft, but it will be under warranty. Either way, Microsoft should still be ashamed of themselves for producing such a shitty piece of hardware.

Alright, I'm going to see if I can send it to Red Rings-ville. I'll probably do what Scorch recommended and just keep cycling the console until it starts giving an actual error code. If that doesn't work, I'll probably block the vents and let it really overheat. I mean, I might as well --...

My Xbox 360 was working great until I started playing Splinter Cell Conviction tonight. I thought I was in for some stealth-action fun times, but instead I was suddenly met with a weird pixel pattern and a horrendous noise, which caused my system to become completely unresponsive. This...