The first compact disc ever was produced by Philips, a copy of ABBA’s “The Visitors”. Eugh. Well, happy quarter-centennial, CD!
(Btw, I’m in Colorado until Sunday, which is why I’m not posting much…)
A Series of Tubes
An archive of old posts.
What to Buy…
A while (like, may last year), I posted What Mac? In which I discussed all my options for buying my next computer (sorry all the images are broken…and probably the links too…oh well…). Anyway, I’m going to do the same thing now, since I’ve been thinking about it a lot since the iMac came out. So here we go.
- A Kickass 24″ iMac
Pros
*Great computer for relatively low cost ($2000)
*Can replace Eve (when Eve needs replacing)
Cons
*Don’t have nearly enough money yet, I’d have to save almost all the money I get for a year and get a job to be able to have this by 2009…
Pros
*Really advanced system, should be great for a long time (I’m still happily using my ps2…)
*LittleBigPlanet
*I can actually afford it at the moment (but just barely, another month or two for a game and a second controller ;))
Cons
*Only one game I’m really looking forward to, but plenty of other’s I’ll enjoy
*Can’t afford any games yet 😛
*No HDTV to play it on, I can hook it up to my monitor but then I have no sound…The TV is another $500 if I shop right…
Pros
*Love using it. The controller is fun 🙂
*Fun hacks with the controller and a computer
*Some fun games coming out later in the year
*Wii Sports counts as exercise 😀
*Have a lot of money left over for games/controllers
Cons
*I already know 2 really close friends with Wiis, and I can use theirs whenever I want…
*Barely any good games out right now…Boredom until something good comes out
*Underpowered
*Hard to get…
*Lack of HDTV (See ps3 cons)
Please advise me! 😀
New iMacs!
Apple announced their new, 4th-generation iMacs today. They’re made with aluminum (like the macbook pro and mac pro) and glass (like…well, you know. It’s got a glass screen. Very shiny, very pretty), and are thinner than the previous generation.
Want.
Levitation? Boo-ya.
Apparently, some physicists have figured out how to levitate things. Awesome? Yes.
Bourne Ultimatum
I saw the “final” movie in the Bourne series, “The Bourne Ultimatum” today. It was good, but I haven’t seen any of the others in the series so I really had no idea what was going on at first 😛
It was really action-packed, very few special effects, just tons and tons of crazy action. The ending was sub-par though. I didn’t really like the ending. All the stuff leading up to that kicked ass though. Lots of really blurry close-ups in the action sequences, though…
Still. Great movie. Go see it. 😀
Odd Error on Amazon
While looking at Stephan Martiniere’s book, Quantumscape, I noticed that the Book Description (under Editorial Reviews) is that for the behind-the-scenes book/dvd combo for Alien Vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest…
Book Description
Alien vs. Predator: Survival of the Fittest is the upcoming sequel to 2004’s Alien vs. Predator film. In this follow-up to the worldwide hit ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town with the residents caught in the middle. Filming began in September 2006 in Vancouver. Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Alec Gillis from Amalgamated Dynamics (ADI), veterans of the first AVP and all the previous ALIEN sequels, will be handling the creature FX for the encore film as they did for the previous installments. ADI opens its doors to unveil the secrets of the creature design process behind two of the most frightening characters ever! From conception to fabrication and finishing, follow their talented crew in-studio and on location through this captivating book and accompanying creature FX DVD.
Odd. Very odd.
Update: I took a screenshot of the odd thing in case they fix it (I darkened the parts that don’t matter):
Alas Poor E3, I Knew Him…
For any gamer in the world, E3 was the place to be every year when it rolled around. The Electronic Entertainment Expo, an annual convention/tradeshow for everyone in the gaming industry; from the little 3rd party developers, to the massive players (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft). I remember planning how to get to California, trying to raise the money for a plane ticket, pining away as the date came and left, with me sitting in front of my computer reading about the awesomeness. The gigantic “booths”, the playable demos of games and even consoles never before seen and played by anyone.
Last year’s attendance? 60,000 people. And that was down 10,000 from 05. First-time playables of the Wii and PS3, not to mention the 360.
Why am I going on and on about how huge and good E3 was (and yes, I mean was there)?
Because after last year’s convention, the ESA (Entertainment Software Administration, the group that runs E3) decided to kill it. And it was not a kind, euthanasia-style death. No, the ESA decided to change E3. It would be press-only, and the booths would be much,much smaller. Small enough that it could all fit inside a small hangar. And the press conferences? Microsoft’s was held in a school theater.
Attendance this year? Around 4000. Only 32 companies had booths, from 400 last year.
Even the name is different, E3 Media and Business Summit. Eugh.
ESA, you make me sick. Oh well, there are still other conventions to wish I could be at (yes, that’s right. A convention focused on a webcomic has surpassed E3).
LiquidMac
The program LiquidMac is just awesome. It’s a mac program (obviously), and it utilizes the sudden motion sensors in the powerbook and macbook/pro families, to do this really, really cool simulation of…well, I guess it’s some liquid substance. It’s made up of a lot of little dots, which if set to be blurry merge together to make some sort of blue glop, which slides around in its window in accordance to how the computer is tilted. It works amazingly well, and I’ve been playing with it for about an hour. If you have a powerbook, macbook, or macbook pro, you seriously need to try this thing out.
Harry Potter 7 Released
Well, the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series is officially out. I’ve read it, took me maybe 7 hours. 759 pages, all very dark (well, maybe not the last 10 or so…), and very intriguing.
Yes, I was at the midnight madness gathering at Barnes & Noble. Yes, I had my computer. No, I couldn’t connect to the internet, so no, I had no live coverage for you. Sorry. 🙁
However, I did take this video while I was there (Yes, that’s me in a wizard hat :P):
Does anyone know who the dude with the video camera who briefly interviewed me is? If he’s some internet entity, I’d like to know 🙂
Oh and just because I said I would in the video, Matt’s blog can be found here (caution though, the bastard put a list of everyone who dies in the book on the front page).
Harry Potter 7 Released (Tonight)
Tonight, at midnight, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows (the seventh and final book in the series) will be released. I’m going to my local Barnes & Nobles for the midnight madness party.
Yes, I will be wearing a wizard’s hat with a lightning bolt drawn on my forehead.
Yes, I will bring my computer and liveblog the event 😛