Wow, for the past week there has been a lot of video game imagery in my dreams. Elements of StarCraft, Age of Empires III, Half-Life 2, Dark Forces, Freelancer, Dawn of War, Majora’s Mask, and even what looks to be a Flash Internet game version of Battleship have been seen. I’m wondering if there’s any particular reason for this, or if I’m just ( Read more... )

Wow, three nights in a row where I’m able to recall a good portion of my dreams. I hope this trend continues. Last night also marks the third time my dreams are heavily influenced by video games, though this one is more story-based and less like playing a demo in my subconscious. The dream starts off with a view of an entire solar system. There ( Read more... )

Last night’s dream opened up with a game of Battleship that had some interesting house rules and a great sense of urgency attached to it. It seems that instead of calling out coordinates to where you launch your salvos, you and three other players move your ships on a single board where everyone can see them, trying to arrange a larger cruiser and ( Read more... )

Last night’s dream didn’t seem so much like a story from the subconscious as it did a technical trailer of a potential RTS video game. The faction that was featured was a race of robots, though whether they are intelligent robots themselves or the unmanned military of another race is unknown. Like most RTS games, they had some of the standard ( Read more... )

For this week, I will be wearing three hats at work. And despite knowing what awaits me in each of those jobs, I'm actually looking forward to it.

Man, I really wish I could remember the details of this dream because there were parts that were simply awesome, but it disintegrated quite quickly from my mind upon waking up. Let's see if I can remember the highlights ( Read more... )

Well, a new year and a new decade are almost upon us, ushered in by one of the rarest of blue moons. Like many people, I also have some new resolutions, and while I will be reaffirming the usual (exerciseorganizecleanupworkharderbetterfastersmartersupercalifragilisticexpialidociousetc.), I also have a few newer ones:

1. Read and watch more ( Read more... )

Last night's adventure into the dreamscape was unusual, at least for a dream on Christmas morning. The opening scene was on top of a dilapidated building with a massive tree growing out of the center and emerging out of the roof. On top of the roof was a statue of a large rat, about the size of a moderately large dog (roughly German Shepard-size ( Read more... )

Just saw Avatar tonight, and I have to say, it's an awesome movie. I'm quite sure that everybody who has already seen it has blogged about it, but I'll put in my two cents anyway. There'll be some spoilers, which I'll hide under the cut, but for those of you who haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend this movie. See it on the big screen while ( Read more... )

IT LIVES!After finding a suitable donor chip (cheapest one by five bucks) and a dramatic, heart-pounding backseat operation, my laptop once again returns to the land of the living. It should run better now that I've put a full gig of memory into it, and while initial tests don't show any significant improvement in performance, the lappy is at ( Read more... )