Resignation

Today is my last day of work. Hurray? Too bad, it was a good job. Oh well.

Besides that...there's not much to say. Actually, there is a lot of Linux news I can relay here, but I should probably get to work on this animation...X-)

Reviews

Well, I haven't posted for a week. So here is a recap...
Monday-Friday: Work

Saturday: Party at Paula's, for Jose/Jared? No one knows. jose is leaving to Colombia and then Israel for some weeks, and it was Jared's birthday too. We had an intense game of "Spoons" and then Pictionary. I like Pictionary.

Sunday: Grandma...

And here we are. Today. Anyway, also in the past week I have been playing some new DS games I downloaded and stuff. I have actually downloaded MANY DS games, some which I like, some I don't, so let me do some quick reviews here:

Racing - Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Burnout Legens, Asphalt, Mario Kart DS - All these games suck EXCEPT Mario Kart. I really don't know what it is, maybe racing games are mainly about the hot looking graphics (which you can't have on a DS :P) but the controls suck as well. Mario Kart however plays excellent, just like on the N64. I don't play it too much though, it is Mario Kart and I got bored on the 64 fairly fast...

FPS - Metroid Prime Hunters - This game is pretty neat, like Nintendo's Halo or something. It's quite difficult to do the run and shoot stuff with the left trigger and stylus. I think if I had smaller hands it would be more comfortable...

Puzzle - Meteos - Meteos is a very cool, and fast-paced puzzle game. Kinda like Tetris Attack, but less Bejeweldy and more Wario Wood'sy. It's all about the vertical sliding. I should probably buy a real copy of it since I've played it so much.

Sports - Mario Hoops 3-on-3 - OMG...this game rocks. I don't know what it is, but the game looks awesome and the B-ball gameplay (although not true basketball) is still enjoyable. Next time I go to a store, I'll have to pick-up a copy of this since I've played it so much.

That's what I can remember for now, I'll post any other reviews later.

Gadgets

Teehee! It arrived...


New packaging is nice...


4 inside jokes, 3 of which only 21CW people will understand. Maybe not the best idea? X-)


It's pretty much the "iPod Mini 2". Atleast I don't have to waste money on a protective covering now...


My 3 favorite gadgets (assuming you can call a laptop a gadget, and can't call your desktop one)...




Am I a geek? Nah...
(those last 2 pics show about $1900 worth of electronics :D)

Seconds

I sold my old nano and am buying a new one. Apple recently released the 2nd generation nanos, which are pretty much the "iPod mini 2". I got mine in silver, because it was suggested to me the most...and I guess it's better than the blinding blue and green. Nothing was wrong with my old one, incase you were wondering. It just turns out that 2GB wasn't enough for me, so I'm doubling it up to 4. Hopefully most (not including all the podcasts I have, just the main stuff) of my music (and future musics ;D) will fit.

Also, that M3 I bought (post below) rocks so hard. I can almost fit my entire video collection, favorite music (this is not to replace my nano, nano has most of my music, this is just for my very favorites) and a bunch of games on that one 2GB chip! AND if I ever run out, just drop $40 and I got a whole 'nother 2GB to play with! Super sweet...

Also, check my comic (link is to the right, Just Deserts). I made a flash animation today, which is one of the first (as far as I can remember) to actually make myself laugh. :D

Homebrew

See those 2 chips there? The orange one is about 1.25 in. wide, and 1.375 (11/8) in. tall. The other one, same height and an inch wider. These 2 small devices can now unlock all the power within my DS Lite. I can now play music, movies, homebrew games (games that regular people, not companies, programmed themselves), and run Linux off of this!

Also, I can technically use this to run games that you can buy, but are downloadable off the internet (i.e. I never have to buy a game again). BUT I WON'T, as I plan on supporting companies for making a good game (for instance, I still gotta go out and buy Big Brain Academy, and whenever Yoshi's Island 2 comes out, it's mine!) Unfortunately, I can't use them until I get my little memory card on Monday. In total, everything has cost me around $150, which is a little more than buying a whole 'nother DS Lite! X-D Oh well.

Retirement

I plan on letting my boss know that I want to resign at the end of the month. As awesome as my work is (in terms of...payment :P) I would really like to spend the last month hanging out with my closer friends before we have to leave, and I can't do that with work consuming my afternoons. Oh well. So that's about $600 that I can add to my savings before I have no more income.

In other news, I recently (last week or so) broke 300 strips on my comic. No one will actually get it unless they're in my tournament. But you can still enjoy the flashy animation and funny voice-overed music.

Let's see...what else. I plan on buying this game for my DS Lite called "Big Brain Academy". I downloaded a demo while I was at Best Buy yesterday and the game is addictevly fun. It does a bunch of little puzzles, in which you must complete certain categories of, in a certain amount of time. Then depending on how you did on all the categories, it will "measure your brain" and tell you how good you did. Of course this is no standardized national IQ test, but it's still fun to see the scores. Plus, it's a game that my whole family can actually play (both my mom and dad enjoyed it).