*sigh*

Computery Art

So this is a public art installation that wifey's work, Glass Project, did for a technical college in CT. They are looking for a name for it. It's inspired by computer circuitry, and would like the name to reflect that. The one that I like best from the first batch of candidates is "Scope and Sequence."

I was wondering if any of you had some circuit / computer / display / suggestions. I can promise you will not be richly compensated for your contribution, but you will have my undying gratitudes:

GO AHEAD

...have your faggoty Tuesday Group without me. Just because I "don't have an X-Box."

It's fine!

But WHO is going to:

• complain about the Hessian's omnipotence and quantum superposition states?
• shakily ally -- and then betray -- Mumpsimus?
• vie with Kuru for second place when The Hessian is feeding Ivy?
• spend long lonely hours in the basement with OpTer minding the flag?
• whine and bitch about "dribolo" (opposite of robusto) grenade launches in SC?
• have a screaming conniption with Brodie about where the "foyer" is?

WHO, I ask you! Did you even consider that?

One Ton of Fanmail Pellet Fuel

The Bird is Away

repeat, the bird is away!

Philadelphia man shot because family talked during movie

I'm thinking maybe we pitch in and set up some kind of legal defense fund for this guy?

Nostalgia is a Seductive Liar

As I wait for my 360 to be repaired I feel someone with the stomach flu -- a couple days without solid food has left me dreaming -- fantasizing -- about a Saltine. The most mundane pleasures of normalcy take on a certain grandeur when denied. How else could I be missing ShadowRun?

Yes, but what KIND of diapers?

I'm catching up on the New Yorker profile on Naomi Klein, whom I have an enormous commie-crush on. The description of her father used the term "red diaper babies" which I had never heard before. I think it raises an interesting question for us.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/08/081208fa_fact_macfarquhar

Don't Cry For Me Armenia

Surprise I'm out this week. But my return-box is on its way.

This kid is exactly like what I think Halo Apes look like

Take my Halo and I kill you.

Anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico

FAIL

Me is sexy too, Bander?

Now Then!

meet your next thread:

what is it

about a slightly cross-eyed broad that I find so alluring? What is this telling the lizard-brain? "Psst! Dude! She might be farsighted -- go for her!!!" I just don't get it.

This has its moments...

Somebody's Day...

...is about to get a lot better!

Antartica: Derelict Paradise

Stuff sinks or gets abandoned in Antarctica and pretty much stays that way. Article on Dark Roasted Blend:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/ghosts-of-antarctica-abandoned-stations.html

Ain't nothin' but a peanut

Most Awesomest Failblog Ever

Until the next most awesomest one:

worst interface EVAR

I have tried Blogger Dashboard, Google Reader, Google Blogger Gadget, and a number of other tools - but there is NO WAY to 1) be emailed new comments (on all entries), or 2) view/sort comments (irrespective of entry). Instead I am relegated to slogging through every entry (as Fists did last night after I told him I had commented on 'a bunch of entries'), or (after doing one complete pass through all the entries) writing down the number of comments on each entry and checking for changes every hour/day/whatever.

The problem of course is that I'm thinking of this blog like a forum, where various threads have a life of their own - when what I should really be doing is acting like the lastest blog entry is the only one in the known universe. You'd think somebody would add a 'view as forum' option that would let you sort blog entries by the most recent activity (or at least flag it as 'unread').

+1 Astute!

Warning: May not be interesting to those of you who don't care much about game design wankery, Mirror's Edge, or the new Prince of Persia game:

Failing, Falling, and Feeling

It's where we stack the catz.

It's Not

looking good for the kid:








think I'm out this week!

DID SOMEONE SAY STARCHILD????????

I Am The Reason...

that Cliff's Notes were invented.

So I just finished watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. (yeah I know). So: WTF! Mys am confused.

Is the monolith sort of like that probe in ST:NG that flashes Cmmdr Barkley with the light that makes him into a genius?

It seems like the monolith is there at each important stage of human evomalution...is the Star Child at the end just the next step in our advancement? I understand the need to be poetical and stuff at the end, but that aging sequence was straight out of the David Lynch manual. WTF!!!!

If that be the case it seems similar to Childhood's End.

I Know It's Been Out a While...

but you can commence pud-pulling....now :
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/large_trailer2.html

Revised Roll Call (now with added Kuru)

Pop Quiz! What is wrong with this picture? (The answer is in "Comments.")

This is Where I Fag Myself Up Bigtime

My criteria for The Five is sort of about the idea of durable goods. The movies that give you the most "take-home" or had the longest impact. Often a movie that I don't really enjoy that much at the time or don't even have that strong of a desire to see again will really give me something to hamster-wheel on for a while. Memento and Waking Life are good essamples of this (particularly the "climax", Guy Pierce's little self-talk where he lets go of the steering wheel, very near the end).

My top five in no order:

1. Baraka
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Brazil
4. Amelie
5. Sen to Chihiro

Favorites

Bander, your list guesses for me are good in spirit - and some probably hit the mark (though not Batman. I liked it quite a bit, but wouldn't find a place for it in my favs). It's funny, I was actually just thinking about my favs, and came to the conclusion that I have to list mine in categories. Spinal Tap would definitely be in my list for comedy.
I'll use this as a place holder for a bit, but then add some entries.

(actually, I'll list things in the comments section. Think of that as the "spoilers" section)

For Reals

Okay, here's my stab at Shawn's Top Five. Made harder by the fact that he his'self claims to have difficulty arriving at a "tops" list. (Personally I find five pretty easy.)

in no order:

1. This is Spinal Tap
2. Star Wars: A New Hope
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Batman Begins
5. and yes, Blade Runner

So Mumps does This Thing Now...

...where he laughs and says, "HA HA HA!, that's exactly how not to use a bubble shield!"

There's just a hint of Wally Shawn in it. Maybe more than a hint. Anyway, it's pretty fucking awesome.

movie sign!

In an effort to show off my perceptive ABILITEHS and my understanding of the subtle nuances of each of your personalities, I shall now list each of your five favorite movies in no particular order of preference:

MUMPS
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Yenta
Fiddler on the Roof
Life is Beautiful
Shindler's List

FISTS
Raising Arizona
Big Trouble in Little China
Evil Dead
RoboCop
Dead Alive

HESH
Blade Runner: Theatrical Edition
Blade Runner: Director's Cut
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Ice Pirates

OPTER
Summer Camp with Trucks: the Hootie & the Blowfish Movie
The Alexi Lalas Story
A.I.
E.T.
C.H.U.D.

KURU
Cinema Paradiso
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The English Patient
The Sheltering Sky
Saw IV

So Awesome

B'Caw, Bitch!

Robot Roll Call!

Kevin Smith, Former Deputy Minister of Vocabulary Wrongity

I think Steve was more right than I was.

T.S.:"Wow, look at this laundry list of complaints. Says you have no directiion, no college ambition, no job prospects..."
Brodie:"Yeah, it also says I have no dick. But you'll notice that follows the financial question, proving once more what women really look for."
T.S.:"Oh no, she calls you callow in here."
Brodie:"You say that like it's bad."
T.S.:"Well, it means frightened and weak-willed."
Brodie:"Really. Sh*t, that was the only part of the letter I thought was complimentary."

Now Am Realistisch

Steve and I officially have the same 'do, even though in the Life Real his is more Blade Runner von Sydow and mine is more 'skull stubble', our avatars manage a certain versimileh.

Nonetheless:

Fists wins one internets.

Tuesday - 11/24

So, shall we take an H3 break Tuesday? Perhaps some Team Fortress??

(do you think the big guy wanted to be the heavy? Or was he just obligated - "hey man, you're the big guy, you HAVE to be the heavy. Besides...I've already got a scout costume")

Radioshack INCIDENT (with audio)

Rock & Roll Epilogue

I like to think of this as the sad, true-life ending to the Police classic "Be My Girl Sally."

Robot Ants!

apropos of nothing

Xbox update online

I'm out Tuesday. Just a reminder that the dashboard for the 360 has been updated. It's a pretty quick update, but you might want to log in ahead of time for about 10 minutes (anytime before Tues) and poke around it a bit. Most of the stuff they added seems to be fluff - but I'm a sucker for creating a "realistic" avatar of myself.

My favorite failblog to date

Not gaming related, unless you include Burnout (which I've picked up by the way - $15):

Splitting Hairs

I've had conversations in the past about the difference between geeks and nerds. We had agreement that there was an industrious quality to geekdom that is lacking in nerds. Steve has his a broadened coinage for nerd which I think is near-synonymous with "spaz" ("he is a raquetball nerd."), but I do buy his basic premise, which is that anyone can be into something to an uncool degree, regardless how "cool" that thing might be regarded.

Anyway, this chart brings in the third leg of the milking stool.

I don't get paid for this, honest.

So, it's lonely wandering the Fallout 3 wastes, but you have your radio. At the beginning you have the option to choose between one playing patriotic tunes with a Paul Harvey-esque announcer, or another one playing oldies like this:



Or this



Sure, you could turn the radio off - but tell me YOU don't want to stumbling around through twisted rebar and rusted out atomic cars while blowing off the heads of super mutants while listening to that?

Sorry sir, it appears you've been blacklisted...

They DO sell batteries at other stores. Perhaps they can sell you some rechargeable units?

It's Official

Last night I had some lab guys watch the game to see what they could come up with. i didn't say anything because i didn't want it to distract you. What they found was interesting even if it's only official validation of what you already knew -- they said that The Hessian is more slippery than wet ice on wet ice.

The Hessian: slippery mofo

My first post

This is all I got:

I am your father.

Oh, hai Bander!

Types of gamer that I love

periodic.

Types of Mercenaries that I Love

HESSIANS!

Inaugural Post

WHO'S IN tomorrow?
I am "definitely maybe," (depending on baby)