Archive for August, 2006

While waiting in line to get in…

A bunch of people were using the DS’s built-in Pictochat program. It’s a whiteboard/text chat that runs wirelessly (but not on the 802.11b chip).
There were many crudely drawn wangs and crudely drawn breasts. Until I combined the two.
“Is that a woman,” someone asked.
“Sorta.”
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DS vs PSP

I’m eyeballing it, but I’d say there’s about 9 Nintendo DS’s here for every Sony PSP.
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Video release?

Photo taken on the way in to the men’s restroom:

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PAX 2006

I am attending this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. I was hoping to play some games (which I got to do once so far, photographed by tons of people) and chat with gamers, but I am feeling a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people here, the lines, and the events (which have so far [...]

Fun with backups

DUMP: 0.02% done, finished in 1039:27 at Fri Oct 6 19:03:13 2006
(granted, it’s dumping from a really, really large and busy server. heh.)

The ultimate iPod accessory

The “please steal my iPod” backpack, with built in speakers! Be the hip man or woman on campus or on the bus!

Snakes on a Plane, II

The best part of seeing Snakes on a Plane tonight was, by far, the audience. There was a lot of laughter, sometimes preceeded by collective groans, and a lot of clapping. The movie itself was actually much better than I expected it to be. I got a lot of joy out of watching them load [...]

Xbox 360 part 2, the finale, I hope

I emailed Microsoft about the problem, and they had some suggestions — make sure the disc is clean, basically, and try other discs. Did all that already of course, but I can’t blame them for having that sort of front-line defense. Anyway, after a couple of emails with no improvement in the situation, they tell [...]