I’ve really slacked off on this thing, please forgive me. Alas here I am to bring the news and funny. Not to much has happened recently other than work. I got a new laptop, sold my macbook pro, watched a lot of movies, started playing hockey again, and maybe more stuff I don’t remember.
So lets start at the new laptop/sold old MBP! As much as I did enjoy the macbookpro the 13in just felt underpowered. I’m not sure what it was really, maybe lack of ram since it only had 2gb, or the processor, maybe even me just expecting much more from it than what it was since it was a “Pro” version. Nevertheless it just wasn’t what I wanted overall. Yea I could do some video on it and such and man o man did I click on some links I might not on my desktop…well lets be honest I’ll click any link it only takes 20 minutes to reformat. But I couldn’t play games, obviously, and I did have a slightly douche feeling just having one. So, back I am now on my Asus laptop. So far I’m really enjoying it, it has a Nvidia GT320m 1gb video card which is better than my 8800GTS on my desktop, 4gb of ram, and a decent processor. It plays TF2/CSS/AION all pretty well. No more lugging my massive desktop down to tims for lans etc unless I’m going to be there for a week again haha. I plan on acquiring some video editing software for both my new laptop and desktop and get back to that soon.
On the movie front I just saw Clash of the Titans, not as bad as the critics had made it out to be IMO. That being said I did see it in 2d not 3d since I knew ahead that they had done all the filming without any 3d tech/cameras and added it in as an afterthought. Which you can tell from what I hear pretty badly. I found this great article about it http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/technology/news/e3ib6c66237fa7a658dc74bc85f7f81d858 It gives a good overview on whats going on and why there is going to be a big fight over them charging extra for a 3d movie thats not even shot in 3d. I’m a fan of some 3d movies. Paying extra for it I’m not but there’s not much to be done about that right now, the big companies making movies and even tv/music really have no grasp on whats going on in the tech world so these things aren’t going to change soon. Still, I like 2d movies, yes Avatar looked amazing but the story sucked. Perhaps if someone brings up a quality story, good acting and 3d that will change things but right now I’m content with the way we have it.
There were a bunch of other movies, none of which really had an impact other than the amazing RiffTrax (Mystery Science Theater 3000 guys) viewing of Twilight we had at the Theater de Tim. Really those guys are hilarious, and they’ve got a ton of other new movies and classics not just b movies they’ve done the MST3K thing to. I plan on watching a bunch more of them in the future, really the best way to watch a movie that you know is going to suck or a classic like Star Wars and just have a bunch of good laughs.
In more personal news I started playing hockey again at South Metro, and am really enjoying it. It’s been years since I played but was bored one day and decided to go buy some gear from Play It Again and got almost a full set for dirt cheap. It does get expensive playing 4-5 days a week especially if i do Stick&Puck plus Drop-in Hockey but it’s still a ton of fun and good exercise. The only drawback so far is that most of the time I’m stuck playing with kids not even 16 which is kinda odd, not because they are young just that I feel like a old man playing with a bunch of high school kids. Really need a few of my old hockey buddies to step up and start playing, but I doubt that will happen. Oh and I’ve been playing Racquetball a ton with Thomas, it’s a lot of fun also and being it’s at the Gym I dont have to pay any extra and they are open super late so we can go at 11pm and play for 2 hours.
The last thing I’ll talk about here is something tech related since I’m a huge nerd. The iPad! All hail Jobs! Right? Ok but really, I’m not a complete apple fanboy since I did sell my Macbook because it didn’t preform, but I do like their products for the most part. That being said, I’ve not touched an iPad but I’ve read reviews and seen people with them, it does look really nice. A game changer? Eh, that’s to be determined. It still can’t multitask yet, so you cant run AIM and surf the web/read a book etc at the same time. That’s really needed IMO to be an amazing device, but still it does look really nice. There are a bunch of other tablets coming here in the next few months some look promising but are mostly just startups that will never even produce a real product. Then theres the HP Slate that may or may not be $550 bucks out the box and doesn’t really out spec the iPad, as the specs I’ve seen. I think it looks to be a hugely disappointing but we’ll see if they pull something out in the end. There are a few other nice looking tablets that are random and look fantastic on paper but again may never actually get made. Either way, they are just a toy right now, at least to me. Yea they would be nice while watching tv on the couch to chat with or surf the web but being completely productive devices is yet to be seen/proven. If they put a FinalCutExpress version out for the iPad that would be something I’m interested in. Time will tell.
I may post again tonight, there are some other things I’m sure I can talk about. I’m thinking about writing a short story maybe, webcast perhaps, random crap. Also if you dont already, watch Diggnation, it’s an awesome show and something I wish I could be a part of, but would really like to make a webcast show in the same general type. Ok ordering lunch, being awesome, trying to avoid any work.
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