Inter-tubes
I guess media is finally getting a little more hip to this Internet thing. We've gone from horrible pseudo-3D file system interfaces in Jurassic Park to Twitter being referenced on CSI! Crazy, since I doubt many mainstream viewers would recognize that.
People who IMed me during the past week probably knew I was crazy busy at work these past couple weeks. During compiling downtime, I kept myself sane by re-watching old episodes of the show with Ze Frank. Not sure if it was the best choice for sanity, but it still makes me smile. (As a side note and as thanks,![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
draxton_drear gave me my first experience of Ze Frank [which must have been in 2001] by showing me the viral instructional page of How to Dance Properly.) If you haven't seen the show before, check out this entry – supabah, which is one of my favorite standalone episodes.
I did have a lot of downtime this weekend, so I ended up playing lots of Super Mario Galaxy. Truly awesome game. I think I ended up playing more of that than I did of World of Warcraft in the past three weeks combined. It's one of the first games I played that really felt like it had the Wii in mind. Even with less buttons than the N64 controller, it felt like there was more control over the character. (Ice skating, anyone?) I haven't beaten it yet, since I'm trying to clear as much as possible before going through the boss fights, but I imagine I still have quite a few hours of fun left in it.
I also saw Beowulf on Friday. Really not too much to say about it, as my main interest was seeing how well the CGI went over. I knew about the scene where Beowulf fights Grendel. That was what surprised me the most, as there was a lot more man-butt than I was expecting. That might be good for others, but certainly seemed out of place in a movie that didn't seem to go for any X-chromosome appeal; not that the scene had much. (Though, who am I to judge?) There were perhaps 20ish other people in the theater, and the only opinion I could form was that it was okay. Before anyone hates on me for not mentioning Angelina Jolie, if you saw any of the previews, you've pretty much seen all of her in the movie... although they really did dance around that PG-13 rating with her.
Now time for me to start off my short work week!
People who IMed me during the past week probably knew I was crazy busy at work these past couple weeks. During compiling downtime, I kept myself sane by re-watching old episodes of the show with Ze Frank. Not sure if it was the best choice for sanity, but it still makes me smile. (As a side note and as thanks,
draxton_drear gave me my first experience of Ze Frank [which must have been in 2001] by showing me the viral instructional page of How to Dance Properly.) If you haven't seen the show before, check out this entry – supabah, which is one of my favorite standalone episodes.I did have a lot of downtime this weekend, so I ended up playing lots of Super Mario Galaxy. Truly awesome game. I think I ended up playing more of that than I did of World of Warcraft in the past three weeks combined. It's one of the first games I played that really felt like it had the Wii in mind. Even with less buttons than the N64 controller, it felt like there was more control over the character. (Ice skating, anyone?) I haven't beaten it yet, since I'm trying to clear as much as possible before going through the boss fights, but I imagine I still have quite a few hours of fun left in it.
I also saw Beowulf on Friday. Really not too much to say about it, as my main interest was seeing how well the CGI went over. I knew about the scene where Beowulf fights Grendel. That was what surprised me the most, as there was a lot more man-butt than I was expecting. That might be good for others, but certainly seemed out of place in a movie that didn't seem to go for any X-chromosome appeal; not that the scene had much. (Though, who am I to judge?) There were perhaps 20ish other people in the theater, and the only opinion I could form was that it was okay. Before anyone hates on me for not mentioning Angelina Jolie, if you saw any of the previews, you've pretty much seen all of her in the movie... although they really did dance around that PG-13 rating with her.
Now time for me to start off my short work week!
