Monday, August 3, 2009
Do I have to go home now?
Greg has earned the achievement [Explore Western Oregon}
On 8/1/2009, Greg (and Caitlin) completed this achievement by visiting the following places:
Portland
Columbia River Gorge
Bonneville Dam and Fish Ladder
Willamette wine country
Drift Creek
Lincoln City
Astoria (heeey you guuuuys!)
Cape Foulweather
Seaside
Newport
Cape Meares
Florence
Cape Lookout
Eugene
Crater Lake National Park
Best vacation ever.
On 8/1/2009, Greg (and Caitlin) completed this achievement by visiting the following places:
Portland
Columbia River Gorge
Bonneville Dam and Fish Ladder
Willamette wine country
Drift Creek
Lincoln City
Astoria (heeey you guuuuys!)
Cape Foulweather
Seaside
Newport
Cape Meares
Florence
Cape Lookout
Eugene
Crater Lake National Park
Best vacation ever.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Happy Friday
No Youtube nugget per se... that was someone else's province... but this is worth a post.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
They're not for dudes. Or dogs.
From a recent conversation I had a coworker from California.
Coworker: Yeah, you see some weird stuff out here. I mean, you’ve got weird stuff there, but this stuff is on another level. Yuppie weird.
Me: Like a guy on rollerskates with Kenny G hair and no shirt?
Coworker: Do you know what a baby bjorn is?
Me: A young Scandinavian bear.
Coworker:…
Me: Yes, I know what they are.
Coworker: So the other day I saw someone wearing one with their dog in it.
Me: What?
Coworker: I wanted to punch the dude.
Me: What??
Coworker: Yeah, you see some weird stuff out here. I mean, you’ve got weird stuff there, but this stuff is on another level. Yuppie weird.
Me: Like a guy on rollerskates with Kenny G hair and no shirt?
Coworker: Do you know what a baby bjorn is?
Me: A young Scandinavian bear.
Coworker:…
Me: Yes, I know what they are.
Coworker: So the other day I saw someone wearing one with their dog in it.
Me: What?
Coworker: I wanted to punch the dude.
Me: What??
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Put on your dancing shoes. It's time for the news. It's time to chase the blues away.
Here’s a bunch of cool stuff, mostly video game related:
1. A new Professor Layton will be available in the US on August 29th
2. The Secret of Monkey Island is being re-released in high def complete with full voice acting (thanks to Alex for bringing this to my attention)
3. Tales of Monkey Island will also be released for PC and Wii in episodic form, similar to the Sam and Max series.
4. There is a very cool looking new Castlevania coming out for the high def consoles, but not until 2010.
5. There’s a bunch of news around Final Fantasy titles. Basically, there’s one for the Wii, a series following up on the world of FFIV 14 years later, FF13 for 360 and PS3, FF 14 for PS3 only.
6. New Zelda coming out for DS, too.
7. Lastly, there’s a new Metroid coming out for the Wii, being developed by the team that made the flashy new Ninja Gaidens for xbox and 360.
Most of this flurry of news was released in the past few days at the big E3 expo, where the big three console makers all try and outdo one another. I have a Wii, but I want a high def system as well. Seems to me that if you want great online options and a large array of titles, you go with the 360. If you want a blu ray player built in and the absolute best in graphical capabilities, you go with the Playstation 3. A system’s game library is really what matters, and there are a lot of crossover titles, which muddles the decision further. Where is the next Shadow of the Colossus or Okami likely to surface? Do I want Gears of War or God of War? Which system will have more games involving lightsabers?
... so many links...
1. A new Professor Layton will be available in the US on August 29th
2. The Secret of Monkey Island is being re-released in high def complete with full voice acting (thanks to Alex for bringing this to my attention)
3. Tales of Monkey Island will also be released for PC and Wii in episodic form, similar to the Sam and Max series.
4. There is a very cool looking new Castlevania coming out for the high def consoles, but not until 2010.
5. There’s a bunch of news around Final Fantasy titles. Basically, there’s one for the Wii, a series following up on the world of FFIV 14 years later, FF13 for 360 and PS3, FF 14 for PS3 only.
6. New Zelda coming out for DS, too.
7. Lastly, there’s a new Metroid coming out for the Wii, being developed by the team that made the flashy new Ninja Gaidens for xbox and 360.
Most of this flurry of news was released in the past few days at the big E3 expo, where the big three console makers all try and outdo one another. I have a Wii, but I want a high def system as well. Seems to me that if you want great online options and a large array of titles, you go with the 360. If you want a blu ray player built in and the absolute best in graphical capabilities, you go with the Playstation 3. A system’s game library is really what matters, and there are a lot of crossover titles, which muddles the decision further. Where is the next Shadow of the Colossus or Okami likely to surface? Do I want Gears of War or God of War? Which system will have more games involving lightsabers?
... so many links...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ouch.
Blizzard finally announced the winners of their creative writing contest. I offer hearty congratulations to those who won and those who got honorable mentions.
I received neither. My selfish ego keeps conjuring up this notion that my work overstepped some boundary that disqualified it for reasons beyond pure content quality. This is mostly a defense mechanism. When you play the Mega Millions on a big pot, you can't help but fantasize about how your life will change if you win. This contest became something akin to that. It was my big chance to get out of a line of work I don't love and into one I would. But rather than a meager $5 investment, I poured a bit more into it, and random chance wasn't to blame for my loss, all of which adds to my frustration and feeling of inadequacy.
Blizzard has released few details aside from winning titles and authors. My wish, unrealistic as it is, is to hear from someone at Blizzard who can say “hey, this is why you didn’t place”. But with 1500 entries, what we’re more likely to get, if anything, is a canned response that will end up insulting more entrants than it soothes. I do hope that the winning content is revealed soon, so that I can know that I was either displaced by a superior work and sharpen my pen for the next one, or take heart that my work was equally strong, but cast aside for arbitrary reasons. At which point, legal matters be damned (Blizzard apparently owns all submissions), I will release my work to anyone who wants to read it.
I received neither. My selfish ego keeps conjuring up this notion that my work overstepped some boundary that disqualified it for reasons beyond pure content quality. This is mostly a defense mechanism. When you play the Mega Millions on a big pot, you can't help but fantasize about how your life will change if you win. This contest became something akin to that. It was my big chance to get out of a line of work I don't love and into one I would. But rather than a meager $5 investment, I poured a bit more into it, and random chance wasn't to blame for my loss, all of which adds to my frustration and feeling of inadequacy.
Blizzard has released few details aside from winning titles and authors. My wish, unrealistic as it is, is to hear from someone at Blizzard who can say “hey, this is why you didn’t place”. But with 1500 entries, what we’re more likely to get, if anything, is a canned response that will end up insulting more entrants than it soothes. I do hope that the winning content is revealed soon, so that I can know that I was either displaced by a superior work and sharpen my pen for the next one, or take heart that my work was equally strong, but cast aside for arbitrary reasons. At which point, legal matters be damned (Blizzard apparently owns all submissions), I will release my work to anyone who wants to read it.
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