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Written by Q
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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So, I may not be a huge comic book fan, but I am a huge fan of funny, and this really is funny. Neill Cameron got bored and decided to make the A-Zs of Awesomeness in pictoral format. Fuck Mr. S for Super Socks, I'm loving K is for KISS King Kong:  He's only through Q thus far, but they are all pretty good. Take a peek: http://neillcameron.blogspot.com/search/label/A-Z%20of%20Awesomeness
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Written by Q
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 |
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Project Natal: Microsoft's xbox project to make a truly controller-less video game system. Sounds awesome to me in theory, but this seems like one of those Detroit concept car ideas that look oh-so-cool that we'll just never ever see for another 20 years (from M$ at least). Let's think about this from a technical standpoint: 1) Voice recognition...this doesn't work on the phone, so why would it work on a shitbox? 2) Interpretation of depth using 2 video cameras: The wii has problems with this when you are holding a freaking controller which gives off a unique wavelength. 3) M$ still hasn't been able to make a simple game console that doesn't explode into flames a year after use. Given they can't make industry standard hardware which is dependable, I doubt they'll ever make revolutionary hardware that actually works. Yep...to me it just sounds like another one of those intellecutal masterbatory ideas from an M$ idea guy who wants to blow a billion bucks or so on a bogus theory. If I sound bitter, I am. My xbox died, and M$ refuses to fix it...my solution? No more buying M$ hardware...ever again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Flaughingsquid.com%2Fxbox-360-project-natal-a-new-human-interaction-system-where-the-player-is-the-game-controller%2F&feature=player_embedded
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Written by Q
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Friday, 20 February 2009 |
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...would you have a city official tell everyone to give a "wink and a nod" to nudity in the Bay to Breakers race. I love it...and I hope with his help, we can save the event. See: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2009/02/19/BAI0160H54.DTL&o=1 Also, don't be a douche. Help reach a compromise on Bay to Breakers that doesn't involve turning it into another boring race: http://savebay2breakers.org Lastly, I do want to point out that ING is being pretty hypocritical in its "open" letter to the public (http://www.ingbaytobreakers.com/pdfs/INGB2B%20Open%20Letter%20to%20B2B%20Community%20021309.pdf). How does eliminating floats, and arresting people for alchohol posession will "improve enjoyment for all involved"?! Although all this is said on the above sites, here are my bullet points for making a sucessful race that doesn't torch SF neighborhoods in the process: Invest in portapotties. If people don't have to wait in line for 20 minutes to use the bathroom, they are less likely to pee on someone's lawn.
Enforce registration. If you're pissed that you don't have money to do proper clean up on the 'hood, then make sure people pay to be on the track. Almost half didn't pay anything last year.
For the serious racers whining about having to dodge floats and naked people: run in a different race. You know what this one has been about for at least 20 years, and there are plenty of other boring marathons in and around SF.
Put out trash cans. If people can throw waste somewhere, they won't throw it on the ground (duh).
Make a float deposit. If you dump your float along the way, or don't get it out of the area, you lose $500 or so.
For the people who live in the panhandle that don't like drunkards: move. This race has been going on since 1912...you knew what you were in for when you moved to that area, so don't bitch about it now. Seriously, is this really that hard of a problem?
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