Taken from Shelel who borrowed it from a friend of hers

If there is one person or more (or several!) on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

The Legend Continues…

On the 3rd of June in Thailand one of my favorite actors throughout my life passed from this mortal coil,

May you find peace in the Summerlands David.

Electronics Entertainment Expo = E3 2009

Ok. I have G4 tv so I have been able to watch all of the Press Conferences as they were happening and I have to note some of my impressions.

Thus far Microsoft is in the lead as far as ‘Wow Factor’ for the event with Nintendo and then Sony in last place. Why is Sony in last place you ask? PSP Go. In a time when their sales are lagging behing and the 360 is picking up pace their response is to devote time, effort and cash to coming out with what essentially is a new ‘gimmick’ with a $250 Price Point. What should have been a major point in their presentation was a new Price Drop on their Playstation 3 to move more units into homes. That is the only significant way for them to compete at this point. Nothing they announced was a ‘Killer App’ this year despite many of the games looking excellent I have yet to see one that screams “Buy a Console AND this game!” in the same way that Halo and Knight of the Old Repulic did for the XBox. Probably Sony’s best presentation was the new Motion Sensing Eye Toy which does put Nintendo on notice that they can’t just fool around with their attempts any longer. Of course it stands to mention, Nintendo showed actual game play with their Wii Motes and Sony had only Tech Demo’s so Frame Rates could well be an issue.

Nintendo did well in its presentation but very little of it was a startling revelation. After last years E3 they learned their lesson and came to the mat with new Metroid, Mario and Zelda for consumers to sink their teeth into. Perhaps the only ‘hole’ in their presentation was the time they spent going on about Wii Fitness related titles and the announcement of the Wii Vitality peripheral which is essentially a finger tip Pulse Monitor. This year Nintendo as put more emphasis on providing content for the more mature Gamers and if they prove to be successful their sales will see a significant increase among the disenfranchised 18 – 35 year old market which is what Nintendo needs to dig in to.

Microsoft simply had a solid performace all around with the announcement of Natal and some truly innovative Motion Capture technologies not to mention their usual line up of outstanding games like Bioshock 2, Dragon Age, Halo: ODST and the surprise (well ok not a surprise to anyone who pays attention to the game industry but still a feather in their caps) of picking up not only the Final Fantasy franchise (once a Hallmark of Playstation) but also of the Metal Gear Solid  and Resident Evil franchises as well. What this showed me was that Sony is started to slip on its fast track and Developers are looking to Microsoft and the XBox to pick up where Sony is dropping off.

All in all, not many of the Consoles have ‘Exclusives’ anymore and I am not sure what that will do to the Companies in the long term. Final Fantasy XIV Online sounds alot better than it actually is given the hardly stellar response of the gaming public to their first attempt with it. I am VERY happy to see the E3 of old return though. It SHOULD be an over the top bigger than life event as it represents everything to come in the next year.

Quick Update

Angels & Demons = It was ok.
Star Trek = It was better than Angels & Demons

Work = getting by
Facebook = Am I nuts?
Twitter = I AM nuts

True Blood = We’ll see….

Quick College Rant

First off, I am not in College. But apparently I should have several Degrees based on my readings of the Journals of people in College/University. In the last three days I have read Journal entries of several people in Comm’s that I follow on LJ and other sites and all I can say is: “Do these people not grasp the basic concept of Education?”

In all seriousness…if you can make it to the College or University level and you claim English as a Primary Language you should be able to at least spell if not have proper grammar. I’m not even trying to be funny here, some of these people can’t spell even basic words and they are in a Facility for ‘Higher’ Education?

People wonder why some Teachers are apathetic toward their students when they get into their twenties and can’t even spell. I would be the same way I think. I know I am not perfect but I have never had anyone tell me they could not read what I was writing clearly.

A truly amazing part of this as well is that they don’t even seem to think it’s important that they can’t spell or construct a proper sentence. It boggles my mind.

Are there Zombies on your lawn?

What else can I say aside from watch this: Plants Vs. Zombies

Ganked from Ms. J

Two names you go by:
1. JJ
2. Jas

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. “I am Gifted” T-shirt
2. ChefWear work pants

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. The pain from my surgery to go away
2. My headache to go away as well

Two people who will most likely repost this:
1. Yoshi! (cuz if you put a spotlight on the man he does things!)
2. Pandora (If she could Blog at the moment.)

Two things you did last night:
1. Watched old Atlantis Eps
2. Discussed books with Chris

Two things you ate yesterday:
1. Indian Style Stir Fry
2. Tim Hortons Chili

Two people you last spoke to:
1. Christina
2. Janaka

Two things you’re doing tomorrow:
1. Going to work
2. Baking some bread

Two states you’d like to visit: (Confusion and Grace?)
1. Michigan
2. Texas

Two favorite beverages:
1. Homemade Smoothies
2. Green Tea

Two random pics:
1.

An awesome woman and my friend!

Character photo

Swiped from Ms. J via Cipherpunk

The first seven (7) people to respond to this post will get something made by me or something that I find to be personal to me that I am willing to part with.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. I will not take requests.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It’ll be done this year (2009).
4. I will post a second post that will be screened for addresses and contact info.

The catch is that you have to put this in your journal as well.

The seven people will be confirmed once they have committed.

Twilight – Spoiler Free

So while I have been ‘convalescing’ I have of course been bored out of my mind as I am unable to sit at the PC for more than a few mintues at a time. Thankfully I expected this and so I bought a series of books by Stephanie Meyer. This is the ‘Twilight‘ Series which inspired the recent feature movie. In the last few days I have read all four of the books currently available.

It’s not a horrible series despite what others I know have had to say about it. This woman took the Vampire mythos and spun an interesting tale with it even if it is a bit derivative here and there. Of course given the insane number of things I have read and absorbed about Vampires I have a very ‘Been there done that’ attitude towards the subject matter. Still, it was an engaging story that kept me turning all 12oo or so cumulative pages of it.

It’s not the next greatest piece of literature to ever come out but for those of you that are occasional readers this story could well keep you absorbed for many days and nights. It has my recommendation.

Also I can see why they have such an enormous Fandom going for this series. There are all manner of subtle hints and paths not taken by the main story that a creative mind caught up in the world could well write for quite some time.

Also consuming some of my time is a Wii Game called ‘Endless Ocean‘ it’s actually quite entertaining, if you own a Wii I recommend it as well.

Tomorrow I think I might watch the currently available episodes of Stargate: Atlantis. Not being able to walk without resembling a penguin and suffering much pain limits my options when it comes to entertainment.

Surgery Tomorrow at 9:30 A.M.

I will be offline for around three days or so I am told. I will know for sure after the surgery. I am being very optimistic at the moment which I usually am not when it comes to health matters. I will be sure and let y’all know how it goes.