Woohoo, My head hurts

The establishment says I am a visionary philospher with an IQ of 131. But... at... what... cost!
posted by Jeff Gatlin at 3/27/2003 05:52:00 PM

Why we will win

Optimus Prime is on our side!
posted by Jeff Gatlin at 3/20/2003 11:26:00 AM

Made it back... um... a week ago or so

The GDC (which should be renamed Game Developer's Conference and Fitness Week) due to all the walking about that occurred, was fascinating. There's an amazing amount of information to be had there. Mostly, you can learn a lot about your own philosophy by listening to others spout theirs. Thanks to Elonka, David and Neil for helping to get me out there! The event that made the trip for me was a tutorial called All Stories Big and Small, which discussed the importance of stories in games. Drop by the speaker Lee Sheldon's site for the gists of it. www.anti-linearlogic.com

Ok, war. It sucks. My personal rant that applies to all people of all nations is simply "CAN WE PLEASE TRY NOT TO KILL ANYBODY!" Stuff like that just irks me. And yet I realize that sometimes you have to fight. Duality of man, go figure.

In the meantime, while most of the media cranks up their sensationalism on things that might actually be sensational, I must point out a couple of interesting media people. Normally, I read the headlines and wonder what the real story is (If you haven't found Google News, find it now). I find most media willing to say anything to get people to 'tune in' and it puts me off. However, there are a few out there that are willing to do anything to get people to listen and this is worthy of a raised eyebrow.

Kevin Sites is a solo journalist for CNN who runs a blog with his reports from the front lines in Iraq.

Phillip Robertson is a journalist for Salon and in this article details his attempts to sneak into Iraq.

Wow. Ok, nuts, but wow. It's kinda like the 'Real' TV fads without all the hollywood goo all over it. Take some time and read their reports. Kinda takes the edge of the office worries.

Back to a lighter note, check out http://www.homestarrunner.com. It's funny.

-- Jeff

posted by Jeff Gatlin at 3/19/2003 04:48:00 PM

Werewolves and San Jose

Every first Monday morning of the month, the city tests its emergency sirens. Everytime, I am asleep. I always hear them but do not always wake up fully. Today, I heard them and so did the neighbor dogs. They started howling. Long multi-pitched howls. Now, I was still asleep. I woke up about 10 to 15 minutes previous to all of this due to bizarre dreams involving halloween, dark magic from the orient and me driving a bus that needed its software upgraded and would not stop very well. But I didn't stay awake, I rolled over and slept more. Then the sirens and the howling.

I was certain that werewolves were outside and about to break in the house. Curiously, I was only a little afraid and more bothered that I was going to have to deal with werewolves. I mean, I'm not even sure what common items in my house are silver, to provide me an improvised weapon.

Onward, to the waking world. I am off to San Jose for the Game Developers Conference. My first trip there, looking forward to it. Fortunately, the panel I am sitting on is in the afternoon instead of early morning so there should be no werewolves. We will see.

Also, I made the plunge and picked up a cell phone this weekend. Totally free plus a 50 dollar rebate. Yes, they are paying people to get cell phones now. Deals are to be had, shop around. Seems the best deals are at the end of the month (according to the memo I read on the salesmen's desk while I waited for stuff to get set up). If ya need to get ahold of me, get my number or phone aim name from those in the know. -- Jeff
posted by Jeff Gatlin at 3/03/2003 09:53:00 AM