feck arse games change...

Yikes, this really is turning into a seldom thing, this updating, isn't it? But better late than never, I s'pose. Me and Holly were dachshund-sitting all week at her parents' house, so that explains some of the downtime - it actually gave me a chance to check out all the mp3 submissions to Monotonik since, uhm, May, though. And leech off not one, but _two_ unprotected WiFi networks within range of the dachshund lair, which is in a normal San Jose suburban street - it has to be said that wireless routers defaulting to no password protection is probably bad for the non computer-savvy, yikes.

I did want to make an abstract point, after reading weblogs of those who articulate it better - in the wild, woolly world of the Web, there are people who create the means to spread content, and those who actually select, collate and stimulate the content. And I think, right now, the creators of the method are getting over-emphasized compared to the people who curate content. For example - Napster, sure, great technology, or certainly, great logo, but look at what it got put to use doing - Eagles and 50 Cent recordings up the wazoo. In other words, it's not enough to dump the method out there and say 'Look, a wonderful organic community will grow up around it!' It won't, or at least, if it doesn't get the right nurturing, it won't. So please, people, explain and cherish and disseminate those legal, free, wonderful creative endeavors - I'm trying to make it work, and so should you.

Also got a chance to watch through Series 3 of Father Ted, a birthday present from back in July I hadn't screened in its entirity. Turns out there were quite a few episodes I hadn't seen, and I was reminded of what an excellent, surreal comedy it really is, as well as its (self-proclaimed) indebtedness to Fawlty Towers. There's several nods to John Cleese's genius at episode conclusions - the 3rd series has Ted trying to explain away a ridiculous situation and concluding 'I can't', in a very Fawlty-esque style, and then an obviously stuffed rodent makes an appearance, in a kinda 'Siberian hamster' style. Marvellous.

Finally, been flashing through some videogames to get up to date - Futurama has a _great_ script, but the gameplay just isn't as addictive as Slurm. Freaky Flyers is actually pretty decent in a Diddy Kong Flying way, though the new Midway CEO said it was "outside Midway's core competency", or words to that effect, which I found highly amusing, but probably true - stick to NBA Jam Gauntlet Kombat already, Midway! Oh, and Buffy: Chaos Bleeds is accomplished, but just not that.. something - the Xbox-exclusive Buffy just seems more stylish, somehow.