Tonight I received a Thinkgeek Annoy-a-tron for Chanukah. It’s very evil and very fun. Just turn it on, select the sound (beep, high-pitched ringing, or alternating), and hide it. Mwahahahaa….Mwahahahahahahaaa…MWAHAHAHAHA! HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!!
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Harry Potter 5 Trailer
The trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been released on Apple.com. It’s an alright trailer, and it gave me shivers at the end when the music started playing, which is how I tell if a trailer is good or not. It looks to be a good movie, but I’m guessing it’s going to have to be shaved down a ton from the book version, with its > 800 pages…
More trailer news: Epic Movie, from two of the six writers of Scary Movie. Looks really funny.
Night 1 – Cuddly death comes from above!
Tonight I got a Wee Ninja, courtesy of my parents from ThinkGeek. 😀
I’m naming him Akiba:
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Windows Vista released to Businesses
Today Microsoft released the business version of its new OS, Windows Vista. This is the first major OS update from M$ since Windows XP came out, so it’s been pretty widely anticipated. Vista sports a new look for windows, called Aero, and a lot of other cool features. Nobody I know is planning on upgrading just yet, and not just because the home and ultimate editions won’t be released until January 30th. I only have one friend saving to buy Vista, but everyone else I know just doesn’t care.
And don’t look at me, I’m happy with OS X.
Updated Release Stuff
I’ve updated my various Maj Release galleries, plus I added a Wii gallery, you can check them out here:
And I added more footage for the PS3 and Zune over at Youtube:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGIeNFuRXAo]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v9inTplyxk]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWcIBDvLx7k]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIy15LjhAA]
Enjoy!
Wii Release
Today Nintendo released the Wii, their fifth generation video game console, and the final console in the current generation lineup. Best Buy didn’t have one on display (apparently their demo kiosk was broken or something), so I didn’t get to try one out. I did get some photos of the game rack and the Legend Of Zelda: The Twilight Princess box. Oh well, a bit disappointing. Speaking of which, the console’s specs are a tad on the low side, but the $250 price tag looks mighty fine next to the PS3’s $500 minimum.
The Wii’s claim to fame is its revolutionary controller design. It is based (I don’t know why I’m saying this, if you are interested in this you already know this) on a TV remote, but is completely motion-sensitive. There’s a “sensor bar” which is placed on top of your TV, and it can detect where all the Wii controllers (or “Wiimotes”, as they’ve been dubbed) are at once. They also have force feedback and a built-in speaker, which is pretty cool, plus it’s extendable (with extensions like the “nunchuck,” a joystick held in the left hand which is connected by a wire to the wiimote).
Well, I’ll post more (and pix) when I get a chance to play one myself. 🙂 Happy gaming to those of you who got one!
Casino Royale Released
I went and saw the new Bond movie today, and despite the fact that it had a new actor as Bond, and payed no attention to some of the classic traditions of the Bond films, it was pretty good.
First of all, it doesn’t start with the revolver barrel-POV-shot like every single other Bond movie does, but it does explain where that actually comes from about 3 minutes into the movie, and then it shows it, so that tradition is partially upheld.
The second tradition smashed is the usage of the Bond Song. You know the one I mean. It’s used twice in the whole movie, at the very beginning and very end. Not cool, man. Not cool. That song needs to be weaved in every time Bond does something kickass.
The third tradition is the Girls. There are 2 girls in the whole movie (average number, yes), but one is a serious relationship (not that I’m promoting objectifying women or anything) and the other dies less than halfway through the movie. Actually, they both…nah, that’s a spoiler! 😀 But anyway, there’s very little action on the shallow-minded romantic front, which is a main theme of the Bond movies.
I must give them credit for the kick-ass parkour-style chase scene at the beginning. That ruled.
Oh and destroying that AM was not cool, guys. It did not deserve that death…
PlayStation 3 Release
Today, Sony’s third generation video game console was released. And what a beast it is. I went to Best Buy to try it out, and got some pictures and a video.
Let me just say this. Wow. And I mean that totally sincerely. Wow. I expected it to be amazing (well, with a $500 core model and $600 full, it pretty much has to be), but this is ridiculous. The graphical quality is freakin’ amazing. It looks insanely photorealistic. The images it produces on the fly are like images pre-rendered by Pixar or something. I feel like I’m preaching here, but I really believe this stuff.
The new controller design (as in, redesigned l2/r2 buttons) is awesome. I really like the trigger-style buttons. They move much faster and more fluidly.
I took some photos of it at Best Buy, go to this gallery to check ’em out.
And here’s the video I took (pardon the quality, youtube ruins movies…):
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb0Ua0TxjWQ]
(check out this photo for an idea of what the footage actually looked like)
Zune Pix
Took a visit to Best Buy today, snapped a few pix of the brown Zune they had on display there. I have to say, the brown looks good in person, and I totally forgot about the FM tuner in my first Zune post. Woops!
Two annoying things about Best Buy’s PMP stand:
- All the PMPs were completely strapped down, unlike before when they were on cables so you could pick them up and stuff.
- None of them have headphones, so I couldn’t tell if the Zune really does have higher audio quality or not.
Influx of Readers
My WordPress chart showing the people reading my blog jumped up a while ago when I got 133 visitors in one day, and the chart has been marked off in increments of 40 ever since then, but usually the first number is 2 and the next is 42, and today it starts at 8 and goes to 48. I’ve gotten 17 unique views today, not including me, and that’s pretty much the lowest it’s been in a while. What’s attracting people to my blog? I’m not sure, since nobody ever comments. But apparently it’s this:
I get at least two people google searching for that every day that end up here, so maybe posting this picture again will get me more hits 😛