So, my parents get in from England tomorrow, yay - we're going to hang out in the Bay Area, and also drive down to San Luis Obispo for a couple of days - we're staying at the Madonna Inn, with its amazing variety of rooms, and also visiting the always-beautiful Hearst Castle. [As an odd aside, my dad is the first image returned if you Google for pictures of me - I'm looking forward to assuming his hair style gradually :P]
In other news, hm... Slashdot Games is still motoring along at about 40 posts per week, giving everyone a decent-ish mix of the mainstream, the indie, and the odd, and still expanding the readership - and, OK, i was a little flattered that Kieron Gillen, the thinking man's Stuart Campbell, pegged us as "always worth reading due to it picking up a more interesting and wider selection of stories than most game tickers." Also good to be mentioned in the same breath as the ever-curmudgeonly UK Resistance, who've run out of Sega consoles to lick.
Media consumption has been minimal, thanks to book creation, but Ninja Tune's Zen TV DVD has been revolving swiftly in the DVD player (the Jaga Jazzist videos are pretty much genius, for one), and on the 'virtual world' gaming front, I'm currently debating whether to sign up for free trials of Second Life, There, both, or, uhh, neither - will update if I do.
Finally, insanely addictive website of the week/month/year - the last 40 LiveJournal-posted images, constantly updated. Pics seem to vary between nudity, teen self-portraits, hobbits, bizarre drawings, and, right now, Easter bunnies. Completely, brainsuckingly addictive, anyhow, and either a haunting indictment of today's Internet youth, or just a whole bunch of fun. I vote for the latter.
Posted by h0l211 at April 9, 2004 09:42 PM