March 2010

Bummed to hear that this upcoming NBA Jam game is a Wii exclusive. The original (1993) was probably the last sports game I really enjoyed.

Two other tattered umbrellas were waiting in the trash to welcome mine. This weather is some Old Testament shit.

Harmonix is looking for a senior web developer. Is that you? tbe.taleo.net/NA3/ats/careers/req…

Even the fringes of my generation epitomize American consumerism. We came of age in tandem with the modern concept of marketing.

I share this only to semi-publicly air my shame.

Of the officially 1 million people that now possess this game on this platform, I am currently ranked 148. This achievement is due to considerable skill, yes, and that skill was accrued over the more than 17 full days (dude, 420 hours, dude) I spent playing over the course of about 7 months. That works out to roughly 11% of my waking hours during that time… See more →

Listening to old promo compilation cassettes of major label hard rock and metal from the mid '90s. What an awkward era for that music.

Ingenious and beautiful.

Just learned that Edgar Wright directed the forthcoming Scott Pilgrim movie, and suddenly I'm interested.

Heading out to PAX. I'll be at the Harmonix booth/stage/thing from 5-6 if anyone wants to say hi.

"Hello. I pay to use the service that pays you to serve its customers."

"I can't help you."

AT&T, I can't wait to dance on your ashes.

Really? People are posting NDA work on @dribbble? Are they stupid or just stupid?

First post office visit in awhile. Don't yet want to kill others; only myself. So far so good.

Either Porter Square's T station escalators get too much maintenance or every other escalator in the world doesn't get enough.

Someday I'll shave off this beard to find jowls hiding underneath it.

Had a lovely dinner with the visiting @goodwitch, hoping I was able to nullify at least a little bit of the weather's poor hospitality.

There is still too much blue on the web.

When I was a kid, my dad got on my case about doing my homework. Now he gets on my case about preparing for air guitar competitions.

Jealousy incurred from SXSW music chatter has hit critical mass. Maybe next year I'll suck it up and actually stay for the whole thing.

On this beautiful day, my indoor meal is brought to you by outdoor acoustic guitar guy.

Keep the dream alive, Comcast. Maybe one day it really will be my router's fault.

You know, EA, I paid you $60 for this Battlefield: Bad Company 2 game. I thought part of the deal was that you'd let me play it.

For today's #SwanSongFriday, I'm honoring Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound.

11:55:36: Learn that Faith No More tickets (Brooklyn, July) go on sale at noon. Ticketmaster.com. Refresh. Refresh. 12:00:01: Sold out. >:(

The official Windhammer belt buckle arrived yesterday: flic.kr/p/7LKSMJ

Spent 5 minutes playing Dish Drainer Jenga trying to extract a glass to use before it occurred to me that I could just put the dishes away.

Well, the logo is sure as shit final now.

One of a kind, designed by yours truly and fabricated from pewter by the good people at Ace Buckles.

Called the cops on my neighbors, who were loudly harassing female passersby from their window. Sadly, no service revolvers were discharged.

Twenty-five years later, it occurs to me that the names of Cobra's twin Crimson Guard leaders Tomax and Xamot mirror each other.

Just found some unused drink tickets in my pocket, clouded in the stench of missed opportunity.

This is light on actual information, but for any UI folks interested in how shit happens here, these slides give you a glimpse into the process.

Scheming at AUS. Best SXSW I've had in years. Old friends, new friends, valuable perspective, not a moment wasted. Thankful.

Killing time in the Hampton lounge until I head to the airport at 2:00. Company is welcome. #SXSW

The unfortunate side effect of this utterly magnificent night is being at a total loss for how to properly describe it.

Looking for lunch companions in the vicinity of the Hampton. Hit me up. #SXSW

What Michel Gondry lacks in punctuality he more than makes up for in charm, imagination, self-awareness, and humility.

Dan Roam is my new hero. Full stop.

Realized today that I was a more prolific (if lower quality) writer (creator?) when I didn't really have an audience.

In addition to Remind Me Later, the Adobe Updater needs a Go Fuck Yourself button.

"Super Mario World was no longer about jumping. It was about... eating shit" — @shauninman

At BOS. Time elapsed between my door and the gate: 68 minutes. It is not good for me to know this is possible.

Conan O'Brien tickets were an expensive impulse buy, but it's time to make amends for never attending a Late Night taping.

Awake from dreams of Melissa Etheridge's porno cooking show. Never sleeping again.

In the hip hop version of Scrabble, Z is not worth ten points.

To typeset a book about traffic without regard for your chosen typeface's ffi ligature is to make a grievous error.

As far as I can tell, "bleeding heart liberal" means you care about more than just yourself. Doesn't sound so bad.

Awesome. I’m thinking about making a screen saver for myself inspired by this.

It's 2010. If you made a feature film, make a trailer. If you run a film festival, put trailers on your site. Sheesh. #sxsw

I’m getting pretty tired of this stuff. This comment says it all.

Random thing I miss from Philly: The way the fancy lettering on the Bellevue food court's Full of Soup sign makes it look like Fall of Soap.

Netflix's removal of my friends' ratings from its movie pages may be the single most disappointing redesign decision I've ever encountered.

In the many years since I last saw Heavy Metal, my appetite for poorly animated sex and violence has diminished greatly.

If you have ever uttered the words "social capital" without irony, we're probably not going to be good friends.

I have to admit that I’m more intrigued by these concept videos than I am by the iPad. Gruber makes a good point about MS vaporware, though, so I’ll believe it when I see it. I hope I do see it, though. I would probably get one of these.

Looking through my library for #SwanSongFriday candidates, it seems metal bands overstay their welcome more than any other genre.

According to me, today is Swan Song Friday, and I begin it with The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused. What swan songs will you celebrate?

No more sarcasm. I'm gonna give it to you straight. My upstairs neighbors? I hate their fucking guts.

Kaboom!

The Rock Band Network Music Store is live! rockband.com/news/rbn-music-store…

Thanks all for your sticker vendor recommendations yesterday. It looks like contagiousgraphics.com will be my best bet.

I can’t wait to try this. I love the Expressionist look of it, and the gameplay looks cool too. Peep the trailer here.

Can anyone recommend a good sticker vendor with fast turnaround and a variety of options?