For far too long I've been wanting two things:

1)  To watch movies on my large TV downstairs.
2)  To write code while I watch movies.

I believe the only solution is to obtain a powerful enough laptop to work downstairs.  Then over time to buy large monitors that will sit on the coffee table downstairs so I can write code and watch movies at the same time.  This plan needs to go into effect soon because...to be honest...I need to watch movies/TV and I need to do work.  So it has been written...so it shall be done. 

Well, been busy, a little busy but yes busy is the right word for this.

A few weeks back (first weekend in November I believe) I had a movie/game night with Omar where we went over the game design of a small strategy game.  This game is not Ahhh-choo as we're delaying that until we have more funds and have a better demo.  I've talked to a couple people about the game and while it is a very simple game people seem to like the idea.  It will be a fun little game that many people recognize and are familiar with.  We hope to add some small interesting elements to it that will appeal to a wide variety of people.  More details as WP wants to release them. 

Everybody remembers Chris Crocker and his statements about Britney Spears, right?  If not then here's a link to the video (language warning).

Of course, what you may not know about is the response by Seth Green...here it is.

Yesterday I visited Fry's for the first time.  I visited the Sunnyvale location and I'm still a little bit awestruck.  Frys is an electronics superstore where they have quite a few things...although that's putting it lightly.

They have a whole section (about half the size of my local Futureshop) that's dedicated to electronics components like resistors, capacitors, soldering items...

They have a live piano performance that's piped throughout the entire store as opposed to having generic radio/top 40.  The pianist was playing popular pop songs and mixing them together flawlessly. 

They have 160 check out counters...my local Futureshop has 4.

They had an aisle full of kites...in an electronics store...

I did not see 2 out of the four walls while I was there. 

Visiting the US is always a strange experience for me.  Being Canadian we don't encounter things like announcments about terror alert levels, we don't have aggressive looking helicopters flying around overhead, we also don't have as much American media as I thought we did.

There's always a lot of concern in Canada about US media flooding through Canadian TV but that's really not the case.  While a lot of content is created in the US or is influenced by those here the networks in Canada do a great job of filtering and mixing it with native content.

I've rented a Ford Mustang here.  It seems to have a lot of rattling bits.  There are a lot of strange sounds that don't sound right.  It moves from 0 to 60 quite quickly :)

David Beckham is about to head onto the field in the MLS game on TV.  Busy now. 

TIME!

Got back yesterday evening from Harvest 2007 in Peterborough.  I played with Grandma's Special Recipe and we edged out the local A team (Old Skule) for first place in the finals.  Quite a bit of fun!

Our tournament record was 7-0 with two 11-1 and one 11-0 game (final was 15-9).

Jon posted his list with his ranking so it only seems fair that I do mine.

1. "No Country for Old Men"
2. "Lars and the Real Girl"
3. "Juno"
4. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad"
5. "SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO"
6. "The Mosquito Problem and Other Stories"
7. "Control"
8. "Chrysalis"
9. "Margot at the Wedding"

So...just got back from Control and Heavy Metal in Baghdad.  Very interesting but also very tired now so please expect an update on this post during the day on Sunday.

Both are good films and very interesting.