Final reviews today were really interesting for a lot of reasons. There were quality works, poignant critiques, post-presentation chatter, accidentally sexual innuendos ("Well I could please Kai or I could please you..."), hilariously phrased questions ("... Why is it so ugly?"), odd figures of speech ("It's the antithesis of optimized - you're ( Read more... )

Today my journal is a sketchbook! A sketchbook... of words. The concept development and analysis skills I got to honing in Spike studio are really coming together, I'm so excited about design. It's the little comments I get, too, that give me the energy and confidence a thorough project requires, and today's from Damiani (my new current studio ( Read more... )

LiveJournal really is a great medium for the transfer and process of thoughts... It's a shame I stopped using it. Obviously my lack of understanding of myself at this point is not due to a lack of verbalization and thus refined conceptualization... but clearly the ways I've been aiming to do that aren't helping enough. It's lame to write about ( Read more... )

My birthday's on Friday and I still have no idea how to celebrate. Last year I was forced to be in studio 'till some god-awful hour, but this time around I have the freedom to arrange whatever I want. But guess what! I have no idea what I want! The last party I threw involved lots of Gamecube and Triad, but they're not here anymore. Not throwing a ( Read more... )

So I just did one of the sketchiest - yet ninja-est - things ever. When I moved into the dorm, my roommate said he never snores. But just ten minutes ago he definitely was. I clambered stealthily across the windowsill to reach up and over to his bunk bed... Zen Vision: M in hand, microphone feature turned on, holding the thing right over his face. ( Read more... )

I just woke up from a dream that irked me enough that I'm posting it here. My alarm's not even set to go off for another fifteen minutes - and this was so odd in its potential meaning, but I can't figure that out ( Read more... )

Well ladies and gentlemen, it's my last day at Cisco, just as employee orientation is in full steam. Ironic that I got my picture taken for a badge I'll never see. I'll miss the QA guys a bit, and it's good to know that even if I grow up to be like them, things won't be all that scary. The absolute best part about unsettling my space, though, was ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, I found a legitimate criticism of our beloved Snakes on a Plane. And the more I consider it, the more I feel ripped off ( Read more... )

Hey guys, my dad recently bought a new scanner and printer for our home computer setup and now the old stuff is a waste of space. He's asked me if any of my friends need a scanner, so... It's an HP ScanJet 4100C, used but still in Varshavsky brand Near Mint (TM) condition. (That means the only people who used it are him, me, and maybe my mom a ( Read more... )

If you guys have never been on Woot before, today's the day - they're having a Woot-Off. All the details are on the site, but the bottom line is if you're interested in fantastic deals on electronics and similar items (they seem to have a thing with wine too), keep a tab open and refresh it regularly. At the very least, the item descriptions are ( Read more... )