It’s been a few months since I’ve seen Comedy Central playing episodes of Strangers With Candy, but there were a whole bunch on last night. I can’t figure out why they ever cancelled it, because it was friggin’ awesome.
If you’ve grown tired of watching all three seasons on DVD, I have good news! Jerri Blank is back!
It opened in New York this week, and it’ll hit not-a-lot of other theaters in July.
How much would you pay for Kraftwerk’s original vocoder? Did you say $3800? Then you’re in for a real ebay treat! This isn’t just some knockoff…This is the actual prototype that was used on the Ralf & Florian and Autobahn albums from 1973 and 74.
It’s no secret that vocoders are totally awesome. Stevie Wonder even spiced up a Sesame Street appearance with one.
Do the math, people.
Stevie Wonder + vocoder + gold medallion = Awesome.
I’ve been playing a lot of Loco Roco over the past few days. It’s one of the most unique games I’ve ever seen and the music is nuts!
I think I’m pretty close to finishing the game at this point, and it has been a true pleasure! The PSP needs more games like this. Badly! You can play a Flash demo of Loco Roco in your browser right here.
I’m being peer pressurized by a lot of people at work to get a Nintendo DS. I’ve been hesitating because I don’t play my PSP all that much, but I’m starting to realize that that’s because there just aren’t that many fun PSP games. Loco Roco is one of the few!
So what’s with all the Windows Vista delays? Philip Su, a Microsoft programmer opens up a can of worms in a blog post that blames too many layers of management, complicated code, an aversion to setting realistic timelines within the company, and a pinch of meddling micromanagement all in the name of corporate and personal face-saving.
When it’s done Vista will probably be a decent OS. But having 2000 people on the development team seems excessive!
It’s pretty hard to watch this guy named Matt dancin’ round the world and not crack a smile.
I’m pretty particular about my pooping habits at work. When it comes to number two I am in and out of there lickety split. If it takes me more than a minute to do my business, something’s wrong. What can I say – it’s a gift.
However. There is a limit to this power. I can’t let ‘em fall if someone else is in a stall. I can’t do my plops if someone else is in the shop. I can’t drop a deuce if I see a feller’s boots.
Bottom line – I need a completely empty bathroom to let loose. Hearing someone’s turds splashdown is about the grossest thing ever, so I try not to be on either end of that audio transaction.
If I need to drop my kids off at the pool and someone else is in the bathroom I’ll act like I just came in to wash my hands, and then I head down to the first floor of the building to use the bathroom there.
If THAT bathroom is in use, then I enter into what I call Double Jeopardy. At this point I need to weigh my options: Do I venture up to the third and fourth floors to check those bathrooms? Is it really worth the trip? Or should I just go back to the office and hold it for a few minutes before I check again, knowing full well that this gives my officemates the impression that I have a pretty urgent case of diarrhea?
It’s a daily battle.
At our last office we had the whole building to ourselves and didn’t have to share bathrooms with other companies. The view from the top-floor bathroom was spectacular and really got things moving. If you were brave enough to poop with the blinds open you could just sit and watch the world go by. This is that view.
I love listening to stories. When people tell stories I shut up and listen. They don’t even have to have a point most of the time – I think I just like to listen to people talk.
It’s usually better when the stories are true, though. That’s why I love stuff like This American Life and StoryCorps.
“StoryCorps. For StoryWhores.” That’s not their slogan, but it should be.
This American Life just moved to New York and is being turned into a series on Showtime! Fun fact: Although Ira Glass sounds like the gayest man on radio today, he is actually straight as revealed in this profile.
If you know of any story-related podcasts I’d love to hear about them. I know about Love and Radio but most of their stories make me throw up in my mouth.
I like stories!
Episodic content.
Micropayments.
I’ve opined about these things before.
Here’s some more proof that the gaming industry hates gamers:
“In an interview with Game Informer, Mizuguchi said that you will be able to buy the basic form of Lumines Live through the Xbox Live Arcade, but if you want to play multiplayer you’re going to have to cough up a bit more money.” (more)
What? Are you kidding me? The whole point of paying Xbox Live’s annual fee is that you’re able to play with other people online. This cocky developer wants to force gamers to double-dip to play Lumines online. Unbelievable.
“If you purchase the versus mode – every mode will have a price – but they won’t be high priced. First you have to purchase the base package of Lumines Live, and then you add versus mode to it. At least that’s the way we have it planned right now, we’re still trying to determine if we’ll package versus in the base package.” (more)
I WAS excited about Lumines. Now, not so much.
I cancelled my Sirius subscription this week.
When I first signed up for Sirius two years ago my daily commute had me behind the wheel for a butt-numbing three hours a day. Sirius was the only thing that helped me keep my sanity on slow-moving LA freeways.
Once we moved offices I stopped taking the freeway and now I’m only driving 50 minutes a day. I have enough podcasts and music of my own to fill that time, so I just don’t need Sirius anymore.
It was fun to watch them grow and to keep up with all their programming changes and whatnot. Maybe once they figure out how to match the sound quality of HD Radio I’ll sign up again.
For just twenty dollars a day (payable annually as $7500) you can get every single channel on DirecTV – legally!
DirecTV Titanium is for high-rollers. And socialites.
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