Today I am wearing glasses for the first time in four years. In the past week I have been getting awful headaches when using the computer for more then 10 minutes so today I got in to see an optometrist. According to him I need glasses to avoid straining my eyes. I picked some non prescription reading glasses today and tomorrow at work will be ( Read more... )

My keyboard's U key stopped working this morning so I am back to using the Fingerworks keyboard full time. I also decided to go back and learn dvorak while I am at it. I used to use it in college, but I've lost what little ability I had. I can tell this is going to be long and painful. (I am typing in dvorak now) This short message took me far ( Read more... )

I went over to Mike's place yesterday and he introduced me to a game called Alchemy and now I can't stop playing the damn thing. I left early so I could put some final touches on my presentation today and get to sleep early. (more on that in a sec) Instead I was up until about 2:30 playing that blasted game. At least I've managed to avoid it at ( Read more... )

I just saw the trailer for Matrix Revolutions. It looks pretty cool. If the last movie was a sign of things to come there will be a 45 minute fight scene. Grab it here. (Bittorrent required) Recent movies have been a big disappoint so I can't wait to see it. Almost 3 months until it's out. Seems like it should be sooner.

Oh yeah! Halo is coming out for the Mac!

After weeks of off and on experimentation I found the magic formula for converting AVI to MPEG2 (DVDs). The trick is not to enlarge the picture with Quicktime, but with the utilities that come with the conversion software. I believe Quicktime optimizes the picture while it's playing, but not while frameservering. My previous test disks looked ( Read more... )

Leaving Movie Trading Company a guy in the passenger seat of a car eating a fast food hamburger and fries with a giant half eaten tub of 'I can't believe it's not butter!' in his lap.

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I have a massive headache. I just spent the day working with MS Project trying to level our schedule and balance resources. What a screwed up piece of software. Being a project manager is going on my list of stuff I never want to do.

I had planned to watch anime with merxyn tonight but he decided to skip. Not that it would stop me anyway. I finished up Cosmo Warrior Zero which takes place in the Harlock world. Not a bad series. The more I watch the more I become interested in Leji Matsumoto's universe. Last week I finished another series I'll recommend, Vampire Princess Miyu TV ( Read more... )

This game almost makes me wish I had a PC just to try it out. Anyone willing to put up a short review? merxyn, grandmoff, mikegalgano? While you are at it take a look at Dismount too.