Hell Has Frozen Over

It’s the end of March and it’s SNOWING in Vancouver. Not just little flakes, but quarter size flakes coming down hard.

Bone The Movie

Years ago, I bought a little comic called “Bone”, about an adventurous set of cousins in a “Lord of the Rings” style adventure. Little did I know, this little adventure would be republishing years later through scholastics; taking its place in comic history beside Asterix and Tin Tin. Jeff Smith, who could be one of my favorite comic writers, is in talks with Warner Brothers to produce a movie or series based on the adventures of Phone Bone and his cousins. I’m hoping he has the clout to make sure the story remains true to form. This could be a real breakthrough for animation. I think the industry is realizing that the true animation fans are not just kids, but an entire generation of adults who long for the days when animation was an art form that could be used to express more serious story lines. I myself loved movies like the “Secret of Nimh” and “An American Tail”; when stories were not so patronizing and stupefied for the ignorant masses. Cross your fingers folks that the producers at Warner don’t meddle too much, let the story tell itself.

Graphics Gone Too Far

I'm all for graphics reaching new highs, but I hope they never get so good as to make mario look like this...

Apple! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

Recently I saw a post on a friend’s journal complaining that OSX will be charging 100 dollars a year for its Apple's Back to My Mac program, a remote access service that has been offered to Linux and Windows users for years at NO CHARGE. Apple makes me nervous for several reasons… They monopolize the hardware for their operating system, giving people the impression that their OSX is more stable, when the truth is, if they had to maintain the flexibility and demands of the pc market, their OS would be seen in a very different lime light. Their unwillingness to use standardizations in the computer market should be considered. This forces their users to pay a lot more for computers that are the same speed as a pc, while at the same, time letting Apple get away with less sturdy parts. In my past, working in publishing and design, I have found that apple hardware needs a lot more servicing. Another way that apple seems to make a fortune from its users. “Would you like an extended warranty with that over priced computer?” They’re very negative advertising campaign, where they compare windows to how it was in 1995, makes no sense to me. That’s like saying, "I don’t like watching the Tonight Show, because Johnny Carson bugs me".* Where did the view come from that pc users are only capable of using word and excel, when the majority of the software, games and hardware are not for OSX? I know what you’re going to say, Windows Vista Sucks. Yes I agree, much like OSX, it’s bloated and has its issues. And with a Mac, it is cool having a computer that looks like it was designed by a Japanese school girl. Microsoft has done its share of manipulative, anti competitive, actions to boot, but for the standard user, I would still advise sticking with Windows. You get more games, you can upgrade the hardware with far more options, you can run most of the best software out there, and there is a lot more competition; breeding better products. Personally, I’ve been keeping my eye on Ubuntu. Not only because it's progressing fast into a viable alternative proven by Dell now packaging some of its computers with it, but because it sounds cool. It’s almost impossible to say without developing a fake South African accent. Say it with me kids...UBUNTU. *As a side note, I in fact loved Johnny Carson when I was a kid, so please don’t send me hate mail.

U've been Rick Rolled!

The most powerful weapon in doom, finally unveiled...

Looking back

I've been thinking a lot about the past the last while, my accomplishments, my mistakes, lessons learned and truths realized. There is a good friend out there who I had not talked to because of bad circumstances. If you're out there, and reading this, I miss you. For those of you who remember the "39 years of homer" video from the Simpsons and did not realize it was a parody, I have included the original 6 year project from the famous Noah of youtube.