Up late watching CNN and John Paul II's funeral. Interesting, lots of history, maybe some thoughts on this topic later...but now...code and tv.

Went to Taco Bell with Eric...they had a few trainees and I got a 7 layer as well as a Bean Burrito. The 7 layer has salt problem...I need to balance it out...with Water!!! Di-Hydrogen Oxide...the great equalizer.

N-Sider interviewed Chad yesterday or was it the day before? Hmmm...well, they interviewed him earlier this week and they've posted the article. [url=http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=439]http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=439[/url] As usual, I won't provide any details or clarifications.

I really want to sleep but listening to "Heart of Glass" by Blondie just won't let me go. It's also the instrumental version...so no words to distract you...quite good.

Let me just say this one thing, when you try to sell me something try to realize that if it takes you 7 seconds to blend something...I want it in 4...FOUR! If it makes garlic bread in 4 minutes...I want it in 30 seconds! Quit slacking, get working!

[url=http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/popcultured.asp]Pop Cultured with Elvira Kurt[/url] I was hoping that this show would be something funny...it wasn't. Individually the comedians on the show are excellent at standup, put them behind a desk and have them read from a script...horrendous. Telling jokes from a cue card requires something special, it requires snappy comments. When you sit behind a desk you can't tell jokes with punch lines unless the punch line is a graphic or you have a really silly way of expressing the punch line (like Letterman and Leno). Your humour has to be slightly sophisticated and high class when you sit behind a desk as the audience is used to suits in that place (Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, Stewart). You can't sit there in jeans pretending to be an outrageous character when you're obviously not. I'm sorry, this show could've been a lot better and will probably get a lot better as they get feedback but right now I'm just not feeling it.

Remember that Gene Kelly VW video from a while back? Well I believe that I may have found a vide of another performance of his. [url]http://gprime.net/video.php/robotdance[/url] (Windows Media Player required) The gentleman you are interested in is in Orange and will appear about halfway through the video.

Resolution like...720p...or 1080i. I can't watch regular TV, it's too blurry...I'm a spoilt brat...sniff...how can I live with myself?

I'd like to apologize to those kids that visit this website for the lewd language that some have typed in as comments. However, I do not believe in censoring...so we're good to go! Just cover your eyes whenever you see a word you don't like. Or better yet! [url=http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/atomic/civildef/duckncvr.mov]Duck and Cover[/url].

Well, I said I'd give you my thoughts on it and so here we go. I played 2 solid hours of PSP Ridge Racer (undoubtedly excellent graphics) prior to playing Rayman so I was in the mood for a bit of an adventure...boy did I get it! Rayman is an entertaining adventure exploration game that will keep most people entertained for a few weeks. The story surrounds rescuing folks and fighting baddies in general. The environment are large and in 3D, load time are FAST (remember, I've been playing on the PSP). The controls are simple and easy to pickup (you don't need advice). The game instructions aren't intrusive and you can use the touchpad as the analog control. In other games the analog control has been a bit tricky and perhaps a bit too sensitive but with Rayman movement is pretty smooth and after a couple seconds I had no issues with being able to move around. Graphics are a poor and I'm not being biased here. Compared to Wario Ware DS, Rayman is pitiful in detail and clarity. Things seem to be a bit too pixelated and I don't seen any antialiasing. The lack of crisp graphics takes away quite a bit from the game but the excellent gameplay saves the day! Ubisoft did a relatively good job on Rayman and had the graphics been better there is no way you should've skipped this game. As it stands, it's entertaining and worth the purchase price, so go out and grab a copy.

The UMD drive started giving serious errors today so I went and got a replacement. Now there's a problem with the new one as well...there's a piece of dirt under the cover...it's annoying. Guess I'll be getting a replacement in a few weeks.

So the average gamer spends $700 a year...I think that's faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too little (that's 700 USD, init?). [url=http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/599/599398p1.html?ui=rssFeed&RSSwhen2005-03-28_132100&RSSid=599398]Read the sampler[/url].

1) Get a vehicle. 2) Add two parts Swidrovich (Kyle and Eric). 3) Add one part movie (Robots) 4) Add one part running doing figure eights in the bus lanes. 5) Add one part driving thorugh downtown looking for a mailbox. 6) Add one Taco Bell drive through (backwards). Equals...a nice fun and relaxing Sunday night.

Well, in continuing with the thoughts about games. If you've never heard of the Twisted Metal series then you're either too young or an idiot like Akshay (sorry, I mean imbecile). Every game in the series is about driving around and blowing each other to bits...it's that simple. There's a variety of weapons and power ups you can pickup along the way. There's a variety of cars and trust me, the regular cars are by far the ones with the best handling. The online play in this game was relatively interesting; however, there was lag and frequent disconnects. I've tried playing from several different wireless locations to no avail (le sigh). This game is definetly worth a buy if you love driving and shooting and destruction (basically, if you liked the other Twisted Metal's). Course, if you want to learn to love this game or series then play Interstate 76 for the PC. It's an old game from 1996...wow, almost 10 years ago...but give that a try.

Chad told me that a lot of folks are staying away from this game so of course I HAD to have it. MGA is a turn based strategy card game. The game involves using cards to perform actions and/or move around in the world. Your objective is to perform a series of missions while doing all the regular things that Snake is well know for (destroying the enemy). Sounds pretty exciting, init! However, there's also a lot of story between the missions and it's quite interesting so far. While it doesn't sound that exciting it's quite exciting when you lure an enemy over the period of several minutes into a mine (knock to attrack enemy down the hall, place mine, back away, end turn, enemy moves, enemy moves, your turn, flatten against a wall, knock, end turn, enemy turns, moves, BOOM!). So, if you don't have this game and want an engaging strategic game, buy Metal Gear Ac!d.