Tech
1. Everybody remember to turn off your lights on March 29 at 8pm. Even my office building is doing it, and it is one of the semi-skyscrapers in downtown Chicago.
2. Social Bookmarking service Ma.gnolia is now requiring new users to sign up using an OpenID. It appears to be a move to stop people from spamming the service... but will it really? It seems to me like it will just shift the sign-up spam to OpenID providers. I just signed up a new account on Wordpress.com without having to click on a link in a confirmation email or even enter a captcha. So, can't the spammers rewrite their scripts to get an OpenID account (or a hundred) from Wordpress, and then use that to sign in to all the wonderful services that require an OpenID login? Maybe I'm just being pessimistic.
3. I have yet to try them, but PhotoShop Express and SlideRocket were released yesterday. The first link there is a post from ReadWriteWeb that talks about the other web apps that Adobe has. I didn't realize there was an Adobe Share that will give you 1 GB of document storage, and the ability to embed documents on websites (still in beta testing). That could be useful for a writer who wants people to review, oh, I don't know, drafts of manuscripts?
4. Firefox 3 is up to Beta 4, but still doesn't work with self-signed certs. That means I won't be able to use it for work development. Which means I won't use it ever (until they fix that), because I'm not about to fire up a separate version of Firefox just to test for work. I'd rather just use one version that does everything I want it to do.
Trivia
5. I blockquote from SF Signal:
Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica producer David Eick tells Sci Fi Wire that he is adapting P.D. James' novel, Children of Men as a TV series. The series won't be about the story from the book, but will instead focus on the culture and society James has created. Eick is currently writing the script for the show.
I haven't read the book, but I saw the movie, and honestly, I thought the best part was the culture and society of the setting as opposed to anything in the plot. So, yeah, that sounds pretty awesome.
6. I found The Oneiromantic Mosaic from an email sent to Jeff VanDermeer (yes, my new favorite blogging writer) announcing (sort of) that is was now compiled online (even though there appear to be some missing pieces - but perhaps they were removed on purpose... or never existed in the first place). Anyway, I've been enthralled with it ever since I found it last week and usually have about 3 tabs open in my browser to follow the various tangents. Still haven't made it through the first Dream Journal entry, but I'm pretty sure that's the point.
7. I know it's better to be safe than sorry, but my brother-in-law had to go through Austin yesterday to get to Chicago, extending his (and his wife's) trip by 12 hours. My wife and I will try to make it worth the trip for them. Not sure that the weather will cooperate, though. But at least we have Command & Conquer 3 from GameFly for them to play (I don't think they've played it). Coincidentally enough, the GameFly subscription was a free trial given to me by the BIL.
8. Speaking of C&C3, I know it's late, but I saw that it got an 8.7 on GameSpot, and just for the record, I'd agree with that. I've only played the first few missions, but it's been fun so far. A lot more fun than Eternal Sonata, which totally grated on both my wife and I for 45 minutes before I put it back in the sleeve, and promptly sealed it up for return to GameFly. I'm hoping to get Culdcept Saga by Saturday, so I can play that with "the fam" over the weekend. Cause it's not like it'll be warm enough to go outside.
9. While I'm on the video game tip, it looks like Ninja Gaiden II will have a demo on XBL in May. Let's see if I can finish Mass Effect, Bioshock, The Orange Box, and Condemned (the first one) before NGII's June 3rd release. Then add Lost Odyssey and the aforementioned C&C3 to the list as well since I'll probably pick those up used when I've finished the other 5 games.
10. This is the point where we usually take a breather. Just relax for a second. It's almost over.
Tough Luck
11. Since I'm reviewing stuff, sort of, let's go with the Counting Crows album I bought this week. I've listened to it enough now that I'm okay with giving it a 6/10. There's a couple really good songs, but the whole Saturday Night / Sunday Morning concept/theme thing seems a little contrived. If you're going to do that, it has to be something as awesome as Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, preferably with two discs. With the Counting Crows, it kind of just sounds like every other album they've made with half the songs being upbeat and half being really sad. So really, this album just makes me want to pull a couple tracks and make a Counting Crows megamix. Or just let iTunes do it for me.
12. Now that C-Webb is retired, a whole new generation will have to grow up and actually learn for themselves that you shouldn't call a timeout when you don't have any left.
13. Speaking of basketball, I played on Tuesday for the first time in at least a couple months. Who would have thought your arm could get out of shape, but mine sure did, because my triceps and forearm were sore as heck yesterday. And I know I didn't take as many shots as I usually do. Short bus!
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Truer LOLz were never written.
15. I told Val I have a deadline of January 1st, 2009, to which she replied, "Or if you don't make it, you can just do a find and replace with 2110."
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