2007 Dec 23, 2:02
purchase gift doll 2007 Nov 27, 4:19Cool life size weighted companion cube plush toys.
humor portal weighted-companion-cube hl2 valve toy purchase via:boingboing 2007 Oct 22, 4:47
I purchased the
Orange Box off of Steam a bit ago and like
others before me who have
discussed elsewhere, I already owned two of the five games that come from the Orange Box. However, the combined price of
HL2E2 and Portal, the two games I actually wanted was supposedly equivalent to the price of the Orange Box bundle. Incidentally, if anyone would like HL2 or HL2E1 I can
gift them to you.
HL2E2 was excellent of course but the big surprise for me was Portal. (Mild spoilers follow) It has a sort of zen simplicity: there are a few simple game-play mechanics, a handful of textures and
objects, and a deceptively simple story all used well and tied together to produce an entertaining and polished game. It seems a bit short but its probably better to end with the gamer demanding
more. The humor and the sort of
play within a play aspect of the game is what really sold me though. It has the funniest
ending theme I've heard (also
blogged by the creator). The voices of the automated turrets are so adorable I would feel compelled to hug them if they weren't
always trying to kill me. Additionally the
weighted companion cube seems like an experiment in understanding gamers'
attachment to NPCs. In this case the NPC is a box and yet I still felt awful incinerating it. The whole time I was vaguely reminded of
Solitary the reality show
that sticks contestants alone in small rooms forcing them to endure various tests all the while being watched by a humorous computer with a female voice. Someone should sue...
RPS has articles on Portal including
a Portal review, a page
suggesting Portal is a tale of
lesbianism, and
others.
hl2e2 game hl2 solitary valve portal nontechnical 2007 Oct 17, 10:49Chumby is a hackable little wifi computer. Its like an expensive alarm clock that also shows you stuff off the Internet. I kind of want one.
purchase shopping wifi wireless opensource flash design hardware chumby 2007 Sep 11, 11:17A headset that allows you to switch between a bluetooth phone and music.
product headphone music headset phone plantronics bluetooth purchase 2007 Sep 4, 1:30Tiny showcase features very limited run art.
art shopping purchase blog archive design via:swannman 2007 Aug 18, 10:46Notes on problem shooting the TV including a scanned version of the manual.
tv zenith purchase product reference 2007 Aug 7, 1:33A review from ArsTechnica of a backup storage device named Drobo.
article review purchase backup storage hardware 2007 Jul 31, 3:09RE-PC takes computer and computer hardware related (cables, printers, etc etc) donations and either recycles them via refurbishing and reselling or recycling the components of the dontations through
enviro. friendly means.
hardware seattle pc recycle shopping purchase donate 2007 Jul 15, 9:03Humorous t-shirts
clothing purchase shopping shirt humor 2007 Jul 14, 3:17Purchase used Seattle street signs from the Seattle DOT.
government street signs purchase shopping seattle 2007 Jun 20, 12:37A tshirt with fill in the blanks that you can fill in, wash off, and fill in again! "IM In UR blank, blank-ing UR blank"
shirt thinkgeek purchase product shopping cat lolcat 2007 May 15, 11:19Video of clocky the robot alarm clock. When it alarms it runs and hides forcing you to get up and go after it.
alarm purchase shopping nerd robot video 2007 May 11, 7:48
After
Carissa and Elijah's wedding Sarah and I went to San Francisco. We drove in, well Sarah drove anyway, still in
the PT Cruiser Sunday morning and checked into our hotel,
Hotel Diva. I was originally concerned that I wouldn't fit in as I don't really consider myself a
diva, however the hotel was cool. They have Internet rooms setup in various themes, the front desk is always staffed, our room had a very modern look, and when we entered the flat-screen over the
front desk was playing an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
We walked around a bit before going to the
SF Museum of Modern Art. There was a Picasso exhibit at the time
which we could see for only $3 more. It felt kind of wrong like my ticket was super-sized. I think the most memorable piece I saw was
three white
panels which consisted of three blank panels. Art. Sure. After that Sarah wanted to see the giant Hello Kitty store she had heard of from her sister. We ended up going to the Westfield Shopping
center which has a disappointingly average sized Hello Kitty store. Apparently the giant one is gone. That night we went to
First Crush for dinner. I had a
flight of wine which consists of three one-third sized glasses of various but complimentary wines. It was a great restaurant in terms of food, drink, atmosphere and service.
The next morning we were even more the tourists when we went down to Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. We visited the famous wax museum and purchased multiple
pounds of taffy. On the way back to the Oakland airport we got to experience a little traffic as part of
the
580 freeway had collapsed the morning we arrived and was still under repair on our way out. We survived of course and I think the trip went rather well.
sanfrancisco personal california sfmoma nontechnical 2007 May 11, 1:11Review of a USB Bluetooth adapter. Several reviews claim that it works with Wii remote.
bluetooth hardware purchase shopping usb review research:wii-remote 2007 Apr 18, 1:04I just purchased this camera.
camera photo review shopping photography canon sd800
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