Cleaning Up
Rather than using individual posts for every upload, I’ve moved all of my sketchbook stuff to my Sketchbook page.
Picked up a little pocket sketchbook, so I’ve been trying to draw at least a few times a week during lunch, usually while looking at other people’s stuff over on dA. I’ve been trying to actually FINISH sketches rather than just have a big book of doodles.
It’s good heavy paper, so at some point after scanning the pencils I think I’ll go back and try my hand at inking things.
So this morning, on my way to work on a rainy day, I sat at the light on the corner, waiting to make a right hand turn. It’s a strange four-way intersection where each direction gets their own turn, and there’s a NO TURN ON RED sign, so I sat there patiently. I must have not triggered the sensor or something, because I sat through a cycle. After a minute, I see some movement in my rearview, and see the woman in the vehicle behind me get out of the car.
“Oh great,” I wonder to myself, as she approaches my window. She knocks on the glass and bends down to speak to me as I roll it down.
“There’s something wrong with this light, you’ve got to move!” she says.
I instantly recognize her.
“Frisch?!” I ask.
“Yes,” she says, as the light turns green anyway.
“Hi, I’m Ron Brown.”
“I know, honey.”
“Well, good to see you,” I say as I drive off.
Being told what to do by your high school English teacher after more than 13 years since graduation is a surreal experience, let me tell you.
Especially when you’re obeying the law and she’s apparently ridiculously impatient.
Killionaire!
Here’s a video of my Killionaire achievement in Halo: Reach.
Reach Rampage
Halo:Reach is awesome, but going on a 20-kill streak is more awesome!
Rampage!
Hello from Android!
I’m posting this via the official WordPress app for Android. I have to say, this is pretty badass, though I seriously doubt this will get me back into blogging.
I suppose most casual blog posts are getting boiled down into 160-character blurbs and pushed out instantly via Twitter and Facebook these days. Do people even use their blogs anymore?
Nothing
I knew I wouldn’t keep this place up to date.
What Now?
So I put all that time and effort into switching over to WordPress and updating my theme and whatnot, and now I have absolutely NO idea what I should do with this place. It seems like it has quite a bit to do with my theory about how most web-savvy people spend their time on the Internets.
In my experience, it seems like most folks tend to have a single main site that they “hang out” at; whether it’s their blog, an online forum, or MySpace or Facebook or something along those lines. When one finds an interesting link or needs to rant about politics, they tend to do it in that one spot.
My problem is that for, wow, at least 6 or 7 years now, I’ve run a forum for my knucklehead friends (no offense, guys), so I tend to spend most of my online time posting and reading there. That’s where I know what I write will at least be read, and will usually be discussed or at least joked about.
So until I figure out exactly what it is that I want to do with this place, expect either randomness with no focus, or nothing.
Blog Conversion Completed
I’ve moved the WordPress stuff over to the main page here at thebrownshow.com, and archived all the old ODIN software.
Well that’s done. Now we just have to see if this actually means I’ll update more often.
Doubtful.
Pandora
Ever since the original Napster, I’ve been a huge fan of digital music.
And since the original Napster, I’ve hated finding and maintaining a library of digital music.
So over the last few years, I’ve played around with various streaming radio stations, and between the selections of music and audio quality, I’ve never been very happy. That is until I stumbled upon Pandora the other day. I couldn’t be happier.
Pandora takes all the guesswork out of things. You tell it a favorite band, and it selects music with similar traits. For example, the song I’m currently listening to was selected “because it features hard rock roots, major key tonality, mild rhythmic syncopation, electric guitar riffs and a dynamic male vocalist.” I’m not sure what all of that means, but I like it! Pandora found music I forgot about that I loved, and a few bands that I’ve never heard of and really enjoyed. It’s quite impressive.
A side effect of this is that my productivity has skyrocketed. Maybe it’s just the music selection, but I feel like I’m back in college in the basement working on my programming assignments. I’ve been cranking out code and it’s been awesome. Somehow, having background music keeps me from getting distracted by all the OTHER distractions around the office and lets me concentrate on what I’m doing.
Apparently Sam has known about it for quite a while. He even uses it on his iPhone. I’ll have to kick him square in the nuts for not telling me about it sooner.
That bastard.
Wiis Go To Eleven
Just wanted to post a friendly little tip for anyone who might be having problems getting their Wii to talk to their wireless network.