My World Now

Monday, February 28, 2011

For those aches and pains

This is from Men’s Health and I’d thought I’d share.

Headache – Advil (ibuprofen)

*too much can lead to kidney failure

Back Pain – Aleve (naproxen)

Fever – Tylenol (acetaminophen)

*too much can damage your liver

The Oscars are like Opera. It’s high brow entertainment. Good, but disconnected and out of touch with public opinion. You don’t see movies like ‘The Hangover’ nominated for Best Picture. Not because they’re awful, but because they aren’t “Oscar” movies. Most Best Picture winners are about triumph over obstacles and characters that are tested and rise above. Most movies that do well in this country don’t have much dialogue and have more action than story.

On the other hand, the Oscars have never been about “the best performance as who is more the “Hollywood player”. Who has campaigned and oiled the machine to get noticed by Academy voters and press. For the industry it seems like the Academy voters view their vote as a vote into a club than a vote for “the best”. I will say that pertains to the acting categories and best picture nominees.

Academy, America doesn’t get it. You put ten films up for Best Picture when clearly there are only five front runners (you might as well extend it to 20 next year to include Breaking Dawn). Your ratings are slipping. I see the same thing happening to you as the Grammys, a low brow popularity contest with anyone with high sales winning. I guess Hangover 2 will be nominated next year.

Leave the hosts to one and have someone that can handle a room! Standouts are:

Whoopi Goldberg
Steve Martin
Alec Baldwin
Billy Crystal

I would even suggest Oprah Winfrey to host and put her own spin on the telecast.

Please prove me wrong Academy of Motion Picture Sciences. Remember you’re the Oscars. Rise Above.

BTW, my best dressed is Miss Halle!!

Live Action Killzone: Extraction (Independent Short from pwnisher)

Nice to know other people love this game as much as I do.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Need or Want?

There’s a tablet revolution out there. From HP, Motorola to Dell, everyone has a tablet coming out. What need are they filling? This market didn’t even exist a year ago. Everyday people barely use the full potential of their smartphones and computers outside of maxing out their hard drives.

Computers and smartphones fill a need. Take me for example, I’m not home much during the day and if I want to have a place for my email, web surfing and productivity applications I can’t do better than a smartphone, because it fits in my bag or pocket and I can take it anywhere. I rarely take my notebook with me anymore. It is just too heavy.

Email, texting, RSS reader, camera, phone, task manager, etc. A device that can send me reminders on the go and can be my “hub of information” is what I need. I have an HTC (Android) device and I like the operating system and HTC’s hardware. I’m very pleased.

In comes the tablet device with a large screen that can be a Personal Information Manager (PIM). Why would I need that? How does that fit with my other electronics? I have a Nook, so I can read and my phone can take care of everything else. Would it be fun to have a tablet for my video, etc. Yes, but not enough to spend the $500 and above price. Even HP (Palm) whom I love, is going to have to work to get my money. I want it, but I surely don’t need it. Not when I spend most of my time on my music player listening to podcasts and then reading on my Nook.

I’m just trying to resist the desire to have the “new toy”. I need a more compelling reason to get it besides, “It looks and feels cool”.

Do I need another device?

No, but I want one.

"Real" Men of Atlanta

What do you think?

Killzone 3 - The DLC

I think I was drooling when I saw the jet packs!!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Death to the ISA!!!

Killzone 3, the new installment of the series, was released today 2.22.11 and I can’t wait to play it.

From graphics, multiplayer and immersion, no other game has this beat and I haven’t even played it.

My excitement is being tempered because of my schedule for the next few days. I work long days which doesn’t leave much time for sleep. For example, tonight I will pick up my collector’s edition copy and sharp shooter around 10:15pm and...

Home – 11pm

Gaming – 11:30 to 1am (that’s if I turn the game off)

Bed at 1:30am

Then I repeat Wednesday, Thursday. Whew

Come Friday I should be ready to pounce on the multiplayer for my first 24 hours of play. That’s important because all the weapons and abilities will be unlocked for that amount of time. Then I get reset back to normal settings (it’s a feature of the Collector’s Edition)

I want to level up and find a clan of adults to play with...fun fun fun!!

Monday, February 7, 2011

What a Lunch!!

Oh boy!

I went to lunch today and had two drinks (frozen margaritas) and because I go there often the bartender gave me and my lunch partner two shots. Yummy. Problem is:

I had two drinks already.
I’m at work.
I’m a lightweight when it comes to drinking
My head is spinning (a little)
I wish I was in a bar in the east village.

With my head spinning, clearly it was too much for lunch. I need to pull back. This afternoon will be hard to get through without busting out laughing.

I brushed my teeth and have an altoid in my mouth. Hopefully, no one will smell my breath.

I need this while I’m here at this job. If you only knew what goes on and who sleeps with who!