For our kind words about Windows 7, the Ohm has passed along this news about Chuck (and some other shows with obsessive followers).
A preview for Heroes advertises Hiro traveling to save Charlie. So, did the book not count in the canon? Can we see a fight between Mr. Schuster and Hiro?
People are asking me about Windows 7. I got to use it running inside of the Ohm’s MacBook Pro (that’s how we roll). Here’s my take, a view shared by Penny Arcade:
I really liked the way that the window re-sized when I dragged a chunk off to the side. I don’t see myself, nor my grandma, using the “shake the window like an Elebit to see all the program’s windows” feature (unless it’s after a Star Wars night (multi-caffeinated beverages consumed). Then the Wario-esque shaking would come naturally as I de-toxed.) I’ll hit F9 for now.
You know Konami…They made Contra and all those Ninja Turtles games that my brother and I played for hours on end. Castlevania? Yep. Konami. Gradius? Also Konami. Metal Freaking Gear? Konami.
They also make the Dance Dance Revolution games.
What would happen if you combined all those games into one simple essence that can be played by just using one button? That is Tomana Sanner, a game out in Japan right now that is crazy popular.
Crazy popular in a country that brought you that Laser Cheese Guy.
Here’s are some screenshots from Tomana Sanner to clear things up:
Click on the thumbnails to see a bigger picture.
Maybe the game’s description will help us decipher what’s going on:
Players take on the role of businessman Hitoshi Susumu, who finds himself very behind schedule and therefore “won’t stop running until he gets to his ultimate dance party.”
If that didn’t sell the game for you, you should know that there will be online leaderboards. You know, like if you ever wanted to compare your triceratops riding scores with the Frankenstein’s monster bowling scores of another player from across the globe.
Why am I intrigued? This is further evidence that I broke my brain writing that rhyming book.
People that know a slice of the extent into which my geekiness delves know that I have, indeed, created a character sheet detailing my real-life attributes. I just can’t believe I hadn’t seen these videos before:
The next episode uses Shadowrun music. Very exciting.
Wow. I hadn’t seen the 41 minute College Saga:
David Bowie has gone Super Saiyan.
This is my network after my second wave of lunchtime denizens (~90+ students) leaves to go to their next class.
This is also an allegory for how I feel now that my routine of orange chicken was disrupted by sloppy joes. At least it’s free, since I work two extra lunch duties and a breakfast duty, but it’s a weird choice when the slice of pepperoni, brown lettuce (that’s not what it normally should look like, right?), and chocolate milk are the healthy alternative.
In case you didn’t see xkcd today, it is, in fact, the last day of GeoCities.
I agree with the Ohm – lots of great broken image links, website awards banners, and even a hit counter stuck at a ridiculously low number. But what are they missing? Animated gif flames.
They did enough frames to make me sick to my stomach, though.
We’re not just limiting nostalgia to bad web design today: I haven’t been home to watch the Nintendo Channel on the Wii yet, but I guess Nintendo is releasing a 3D version of Excitebike with online multiplayer. Also, rumor has it that Activision is working on another GoldenEye game.
That’s good, because right now the biggest game my students are obsessed with right now (besides some game called “Call of Duty”) is some game where you play as a giant shark.
Thank you, Ohm, for bringing to our attention this painfully honest commercial:
Before you get too offended, check out how Rhett and Link (the guys who made the commercial) are helping out other local businesses.
I think with all of the talk of sports, with the World Series, Fantasy Football, and Curling, some may appreciate this template for your sports rant. Let the professionals handle the grammar.
(That’s the onomatopoeia for the sound a heart makes if you speak Japanese.)
Slade and I played some Borderlands last night for the first time. It has a definite tough guy thing going on, with a twangy soundtrack from Cage the Elephant (think Beck) mixed with something that could be straight out of Firefly. Tons of fun, very surreal, and very much a game for two educators who had exhausting weeks to have the freedom of busting bandit gangs on a desert planet.
As I look at the upcoming release of the multiplayer Super Mario on November 15, I find interesting Mario facts along the way. Here’s something that caught my attention:
This is something that I had heard about a while ago, but now found the box art. You know how Super Mario Bros. 2 stands out as being completely different than any in the original series of games? A dream world with a lack of turtles but instead an abundance of radishes?
Yeah, that’s because it’s a game called Doki Doki that then had the Mario ensemble thrown on top of the sprites to make it more palatable for Western audiences. (What’s really funny is Super Mario Bros. 2 then got re-released, with the Mario characters instead of Doki Doki, as Super Mario USA.) Here’s an original screenshot:
Four characters go into a dream world to fight Shy Guys, Birdo, and King Wart. If you look at the box art, you can even see the crazy mask thing that would fly around and try to get you.
Don’t worry about it being some scandalous rip-off (because I know you were about ready to file a copyright infringement complaint, right? Don’t we all?). Shigeru Miyamoto (the guy who invented Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Wii Fit, and [cough]Wii Music[/cough]) came up with Doki Doki. The music was done by Koji Kondo. You may be familiar with his work. (The youngest adventurer in the Sidewalk Driver clan might appreciate this music video.)
I can’t believe what a trade-in freak I’ve become. But…New Super Mario Bros. Wii is now cheaper. With Wii Fit Plus having the same stuff from the first Wii Fit, I traded that sucker in.
I still think Slade’s students should play this one (Uematsu, not Kondo):
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So, I’ve always been intrigued with Mr. Rogers. I’ve found it cool that Michael Keaton got his start as a stage hand on the show. I agree with him on his footwear, understanding needing to move around a lot at work and not make noise (when he first started as a puppeteer was when he donned the sneakers). I’m impressed that he never once did a commercial endorsement, only promoting non-profit organizations. I’m even blown away that his advice, recording a TV show to watch later with your family, was the swaying argument to make VCRs legal (and so you weren’t taxed for each recording you made).
And did you watch Mr. Rogers challenge the Senate about trust in 1969? For the record, I almost punched the computer screen (but then wondered what my sweatered mentor would think) when a Senator asked Mr. Rogers if he’d feel better if he read his statement. When Mr. Rogers is talking, you don’t interrupt, fool.
But here comes the biggest decision you will make this week:
What was the best Picture Picture mini-segment (click here for a review)?
Facebook stalkers can find the quiz here.
No, literally.
I, for one, support our ant overlords:
“Did you hear that?!?! OBLIGATORY!”
Even thought I’m not a big Halloween fan (this year I contemplate just a warning sign: “CAUTION! SARCASTIC LIBRARIAN MAY HURT FEELINGS”, but I think I’m going Luigi instead), we do try and be out in the front yard to hang out with our neighbors. I’m contemplating this with an LCD projector:
It’s no Plan 9 with Dr. Zombie, but it’ll do.
My oldest watched a Mr. Rogers episode where they learned how guitars are made. The picture above is my daughter’s first guitar composition.
I think this was the same episode I watched years ago. My daughter made a guitar out of rubber bands and Tupperware, much like I did decades ago with rubber bands and a block of wood (applause to Grandpa H for always having craft-type stuff on hand).
What adds to the coolness? My daughter found the video online. Even when not in traditional syndication, Mr. Rogers is the man. (It’s Mr. Rogers and Post Office Guy narrating in that link. Gotta love that elevator music piano.)
Many moons ago, when the Reliant was having the first of its troubles, I considered a new(er) car. It’s tough, since the Reliant was one of the only cars that I could fit in (that’s the major reason why the Scion rocks).
I must confess to you now that I fell into propaganda. I was emphatic about buying a truck because I saw an ad that it was Truck Month. If it’s only for one month, those deals will run out!
Then my high Wisdom modifier wife made a lasting comment: “It’s always Truck Month.” Over recent years I have noticed this same thing: every month is Truck Month.
So, like in good bloggh tradition, I’ve decided to keep track of the Truck Months. It’s like a paper chain counting towards Christmas, but instead of Christmas, it’s over-hyped vehicles. And instead of paper, it’s words on a screen. But other than that, it’s the exact same.
For the first one, the October one, Ford warns that it is the Final Days. [insert multi-horned goat/2012 joke here]
On the topic of Abominations of Desolation, have you seen the new Range Rover Sports? They definitely know that the era of the gas-guzzling SUV is waning, and I might be wrong, but I think they’re taking style tips from a mix between the Scion xB and a RAV4.
I wonder what the difference is between the $17,000 xB and the $60,000 Range Rover Sport. $43,000 floor mats?
Unrelated news: the word count is at 7,000+ as of last night/this morning. Also, Mike, you could be a mayor who patrols like Batman/the mayor of Newark. When Hulu puts up Conan’s interview with him, I’ll try and link to it. (The reason I heard about the Flagstaff mayor was because she broke up a drug deal right outside of one of her meeting rooms. She was on the news saying something to the effect of, “Not on my watch!”)
Have you seen Auto-tune the News?
I was going to tell you about how I know the current mayor of Flagstaff.
I might have mentioned the dancing sign guy who just wasn’t feeling it today, hiding behind the sign while he was on his phone texting.
I considered describing the old guy on a Harley who was swerving while texting on the road today (and to reprimand you that if you’re texting your grandpa while he rides, stop).
Instead I shall freak out at you that I had an agent respond to the query asking for the manuscript. She’s a little nervous about the fact that it’s all psycho action in rhyming verse, but wants to give it a try.
I now wait. (Agencies take up to two months to review a manuscript before rejecting it or submitting it to a publisher.) I shall continue reading Westerfeld’s Leviathan to relax. Also, for my new writing project, I am 4,000+ words into it (out of 40,000). Boom, baby. (Still incredibly nervous about the agent.)
On the phone right now with my wife. She was mocked at the phone store about how old her SIM card was.
Did you catch the Monty Python crew on Late Night last night? If not, Hulu will have it for the next couple of days.
I was going to embed just a section, but the whole thing is awesome, from Jimmy’s “Fantasy Congress” monologue, him sharing his memories of Dr. Demento and the Python records, all the way to a musical number with Eric Idle. Make sure you watch John Cleese help out with the Wheel of Carpet Samples.
Enjoy!
If not, we should message Bill Pullman or Will Smith. Our luck, though, we’d get Judd Hirsch and Randy Quaid instead.
This is the moon saying, “Hey! Keep your lacrosse-loving probes to yourself.”
Twice I have now snapped a bolt on the tire of our van. I am not that strong.
Dear Fiat,
Now that you’ve bought Dodge, can you make them not stink?
Molto amore,
Booyor
