Monthly Archives: September 2009

Peripatetic

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Saying I spend a lot of time on Hulu would be quite an understatement. And to say that I don’t try to learn something from everything I do would also be an understatement.

I didn’t know that Inside The Actor’s Studio was up on Hulu. And it’s sad that entire episodes are not available, and it’s not even available on DVDs it seems. (Only in small groupings of actors/actresses…)

Apart from the actual content of the clip, David Duchovny talks about how the X-files had to be a peripatetic show.

Peripatetic, n.

A person who travels from place to place.

An Aristotelian philospher (wiki).

And so, another word becomes a part of my vocabulary, and becomes yet another way to describe who I am and want to continue to be.

Oh, why is learning so much fun?

Dreamcast: The Introduction

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I bought a Dreamcast at a garage sale yesterday for $10. I also bought Space Channel 5 and Skies of Arcadia for $1 each.

A couple of factors went into this purchase. First of all, it was freaking cheap. A system and two games for $12 bucks? Secondly, I’ve been wanting to go back and do some “retro” gaming, and what better system to get started with other than the one that, to this day, has quite the following on the Internetz. I also would like to think that since September 9th has passed recently, there were a lot of links on the Internet commemorating the 10th anniversary of the launch date of the Dreamcast (9.9.99), and that probably made me think about all the great content I missed out on.

I guess there’s a fairly vibrant pirating community out there also, seeing as how ridiculously easy it was to perform those shenanigans on the Dreamcast. This wasn’t really one of the reasons that motivated me into purchasing it, but I’m sure I’ll tinker with it at a certain point. I’m actually thinking about buying a couple of more games as a collectible more than anything. Ikaruga comes to my mind…

Here’s a great episode of Icons on the Dreamcast, back when G4TV was actually not all that bad.

The DVD. PS2 could play it, Dreamcast could not. We say that software moves hardware, but I never thought about DVDs actually being a part of the software. The funny thing is that Blu-Ray, even after it won the high definition optical media fight versus HD-DVD, didn’t push PS3 to dizzying heights. I have my thoughts on this, but let’s wait until… I buy a PS3. Ahem.

I went ahead and bought a Dreamcast VGA Cable over at racketboy.com. Funny thing is that… it actually cost me more to get this than the system itself. I do have a random LCD screen lying around, and so I’m going to make a nice corner of my desk for the Dreamcast funs.

When the heck am I going to have time for this? I have no clue. But I’m very happy with owning this piece of gaming history.

Stop It, With Your Silly Communication Medium

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The iPhone vibrates, breaking my concentration.

I smile. Gotta love physical notifications of emails. Definitely need to write a blog post on this… maybe one day, I’ll get a nice little shock through my keyboard… haptic, but more… electric.

Command + Tab over to my Gmail Fluid instance. Hmm, I guess I need a refresh. Command + R.

No change.

Command + R.

What? Nothing? No email? Then…

No. NO.

It’s a text.

Don’t Text Me

Only in the case of emergencies. This is why I haven’t completely shut it off yet.

No, I will not pay the phone companies to perpetuate one of the most ridiculous scam ever. I’ve written on this before, and I’m almost certain I’ll rant on it again.

$.15 isn’t much, but it’s annoying as hell. Stop it.

Hancock: Review

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I started writing this review halfway during my viewing Hancock. It was fairly difficult for me to step away to write anything because the movie felt so great. Then… the movie got real bad, real quick. And that’s when I started to type furiously away at this post.

At the beginning of the film, it felt very different to the usual Will Smith Summer Supermovie that I’ve come to expect. Sure, there was plenty of humor, action, and a new swear word-laden catchphrase that Smith movies tend to have time and time again, but I had a feeling that the movie was going to aspire to be something… more.

It’s probable that my standards were set a bit low. When it came to theaters in 2008, a piece of information that I had to look up, I wasn’t very excited, either.

It’s more likely that I was hoping that this movie would be more than just a summer action flick. I loved the premise, but the plot kept getting messier and messier, until a certain expository scene just ruined it for me.

In the end, you can safely ignore this one. And I guess there’s a sequel coming. I guess as long as they make money, right? It’s a shame, because I love Smith, Bateman, and Theron in so many other roles.

(Yes, Bateman and Theron were both in Arrested Development, and we all know how much I love every single human being associated with that TV show.)

2/4, on a scale of [0,4].

9/9/9

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Here’s a list of things that are happening tomorrow. I’m almost certain there are more things, but I can’t recall them right now.

The Beatles: Rock Band

Never was a true Beatles fan, but I like Rock Band lots… I’ve been practicing the singing and the guitaring, together, this past weekend (not specifically for this, but I’m sure it’ll come in handy).

And no, not this. This is happening next year. 10/10/010. [shudder]

9, The Movie

Looks interesting, but probably will wait until the DVD. Trailer here.

Apple’s “Rock and Roll” Event

Whatever happens, happens.

Nothing From HanMeta

I’ve been working a lot on the startup I’m working for, and so things haven’t been going so well with my projects. It might be like this for a while… but hopefully, I’ll find some time off to tinker.