I’ve decided that the opposite of excited is incited. :D That is all.
Not a bad start. :)
•April 4, 2007 • 7 CommentsSo, in my first day in New York City, I’ve had pizza, seen a man play guitar in his skivvies, foiled a crime (okay, potentially), and run into the HQ’s of more evil empires than Han Solo. I’ve played 30 minutes of Super Paper Mario and discovered juicy tidbits about when the next Mario (galaxy) and Metroid are expected to be released.
I have to admit that it still doesn’t hold a candle to last time, but I can’t win a national scholarship award AND get drunk in a pub with some australians EVERY time.
It’d get boring.
(heh!)
But in the interests of tradition, I’ll have to ask Ikkarus to cop an australian accent when we hang out later. :D
(PS, the rest of my 30-or-so photos are here.)
NYC
•April 3, 2007 • 14 Comments
Other than having lunch at this little irish pub in Times Square (a block or two from my room), I haven’t done anything in NYC yet. Getting my room at the Marriott Marquis took a bit of waiting, since the plane arrived at 1p.
I’m unlikely to hit up the Statue of Liberty, because today’s the only day I was free before 5pm, buuut there’s a tonne to do here, anyway. Once I’m done posting the pictures from out my window, I think I’m going to hit up Broadway. Woo!
(no editing of my photos today. what a strange flash-bounce I got on the interior photo. It looks like something’s in front of the camera, but there most definitely was not. Perhaps it’s an unusual speck-reflection.)
AH! I SO LOVE 107.1!
•April 2, 2007 • 5 CommentsI was making lucy jealous Sunday night as I shared all the awesome music they were playing. NOW they’re playing Matthew Sweet, directly after playing the latest Peter Gabriel single.
So. Cool.
EMI sells unlocked music through itunes
•April 2, 2007 • 3 CommentsBig announcement: the EMI record label has agreed to sell music without Digital Rights Management (AKA encryption, AKA locked music) through itunes – which should mean you can listen to it on any hardware, and copy it to any devices you want. The songs will be twice the usual clarity, and will cost 1.29 instead of .99.
I looked through this list of bands it applies to, and my first thought was, Hey filmmaker79, Otep! My second thought was, Hey peculiaire, ‘chemode!
Cool. :) I might now consider actually buying some music through itunes.
CSL: warts before 10 am
•April 2, 2007 • 2 CommentsCSL’s having an extended discussion with Trase’s favorite short-talker about warts and family spreading – you know what, it -has- been a long time since I’ve put in my earbugs at work.
It’s cool to be listening to trasenstine‘s music – I have no idea who I’m listening to, heh. It’s sort of electronic, but has the calls I recognize from ari_moonchild‘s bellydancing.
Busy! Busy!
•April 2, 2007 • Comments Off on Busy! Busy!I woke up early today, with plenty of sleep. As the only day this week I’ll be in the office, I think it’s going to be a fun day. ;)
Work things:
Form template for help desk
Form template for Lettters to the Editor
Transfer videos to terabyte drive
install port replicator
prep video 1 for new york
prep video 2 for new york
prep new york page for video
haul all equipment home for packing
Waiting for the night to fall
•April 1, 2007 • 12 CommentsLucy insists that I must share with all of you something amazing I did today.
April Fool’s Alert #4: Bungie announces Halo Zero
•April 1, 2007 • 3 CommentsFrom Joystiq.com:
You have to get up pretty early in the morning to fool the Halo faithful and in any case, prime time Saturday night isn’t the crack of dawn by any interpretation. An April Fool’s prank of the “We didn’t even bother to research it” variety from Game Stooge is what we have for you this time and it has to do with a prequel to Bungie’s Halo series.
Don a pocket protector and start up your favorite MC Frontalot album because it’s about to get real nerdy up in here.
The story as it goes has a prequel to Halo starring the beloved cast of the alternate reality game sensation, I Love Bees, in a tactical shooter much like the Rainbow Six series. The problem being that none of the characters would know each other prior to the original Halo, nor would any of them have any combat training whatsoever. Hell, the protagonist, Janissary James’ great accomplishment was getting shot in the chest. Okay, so she broke some limbs and generally beat the crap out of some folks along the way, but she isn’t exactly the Chief.
Another, more obvious error, is the Cortana-like A.I, Melissa (see also: Durga), being referred to as Dana by Game Stooge. If they had listened to the I Love Bees audio files for, oh, let’s say two minutes, they would have gotten that one right. Hello? Wikipedia? Ever heard of it?
This exercise in epic fail concludes with a fake address by Bungie co-founder Jason Jones that makes him sound more like a public relations robot than a human being. When was the last time any of you remember Jason Jones doing a public anything, much less a statement outside of the Halo 2 documentary? You have a better shot at finding Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny playing a game of Strip Uno at the end of a rainbow than you do finding Jason Jones doing anything public, ever.
If we’re lucky, this “Doctor Who” marathon we’re in the middle of will last until April Fool’s is over.
All the latest:
•March 31, 2007 • 4 CommentsMy work time on Friday was not spent at all on article production (to my relief)