I've been on leave from work for a week and a half now, and in that span of time I managed to have one of my cats neutered, the other hospitalized for a bad case of trichobezoar, pay for my insurance premium, monthly mortgage, have my hair cut, and do half a dozen or more odd errands.
That probably sounds like a strange way to spend a vacation, but well, I'm not a college student with time to kill anymore.
I am looking forward to my trip to Shanghai this coming saturday though - I plan to take lots of pictures to post, and see as much of the interesting parts of the city as I can like the Shanghai Museum, and Nanshi (Old Town).
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Hit me baby one more time...
Apple just keeps doing it to us doesn't it?
No, that's not the iPhone.
Welcome the newest member of the iPod family, the iPod Touch.
You have to admit, if you found the iPhone damn sexy, its Wifi capable little cousin just provided proof of Apple's ability to take a great idea and produce yet another lust-worthy product to pick our pockets of another chunk of our paycheck.
But then again, there's the new nano, who gets to play the role of the ugly stepsister in this family of beauties. You have to wonder they bothered, even if it was just to make the others look better.
No, that's not the iPhone.
Welcome the newest member of the iPod family, the iPod Touch.
You have to admit, if you found the iPhone damn sexy, its Wifi capable little cousin just provided proof of Apple's ability to take a great idea and produce yet another lust-worthy product to pick our pockets of another chunk of our paycheck.
But then again, there's the new nano, who gets to play the role of the ugly stepsister in this family of beauties. You have to wonder they bothered, even if it was just to make the others look better.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Oh my spore!
I've never seen a germ this adorable. It makes me want to hug it.
From the upcoming game by Will Wright, Spore.
If you were an Otaku...
Just how far would you go to live the lifestyle?
Otaku have a different idea in mind when they say "pimp my ride"
Car Decor
Mousepads
Pillows
Bed sheets
Underwear
Cosplay (of course, Manfaye is on a different plane altogether)
As an aside, I just love this Kitty Bento but it may just be too pretty to eat.
Otaku have a different idea in mind when they say "pimp my ride"
Car Decor
Mousepads
Pillows
Bed sheets
Underwear
Cosplay (of course, Manfaye is on a different plane altogether)
As an aside, I just love this Kitty Bento but it may just be too pretty to eat.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Unreality Bites?
Aaron Stephens as Beowulf's Body (Ray Winstone as Beowulf's Voice)
Angelina Jolie as Grendel's Mother
I've been wondering just how far technology for fully CG-animated movies can be pushed, considering what video games have been able to achieve. Just take a look at the trailers of Metal Gear Solid for the PS3, Gran Turismo, and NBA 2K8.
The entire industry is likely to change once they get to the point where the audience can accept a CG-generated actor in place of a flesh-and-blood one. It's not so bad if you think about it.
Angelina Jolie can keep on lending her 26-year old body to movies like Beowulf all the way to her 50th birthday and all she has to worry about is voice-acting. Studios will have to pay royalties and fees for the use of their faces and voices but it won't require the same amount of time used to shoot a live-action movie. You could almost see such a thing as a kind of immortality.
The question though, is how much of the 'human element' will be lost in the advent of such changes.
You can't really say we're talking about the same thing in the shift from Theatre to Movies, because although you don't get some of the elements of watching a person acting on stage live, it's still an actual person with all their twitches and quirks that you see on celluloid. With a completely animated film like Final Fantasy Advent Children, it's really no longer a person you're seeing, but a complete fiction. Would people really care if it's so?
Bah I'm babbling. But it's something to think about isn't it?
Angelina Jolie as Grendel's Mother
I've been wondering just how far technology for fully CG-animated movies can be pushed, considering what video games have been able to achieve. Just take a look at the trailers of Metal Gear Solid for the PS3, Gran Turismo, and NBA 2K8.
The entire industry is likely to change once they get to the point where the audience can accept a CG-generated actor in place of a flesh-and-blood one. It's not so bad if you think about it.
Angelina Jolie can keep on lending her 26-year old body to movies like Beowulf all the way to her 50th birthday and all she has to worry about is voice-acting. Studios will have to pay royalties and fees for the use of their faces and voices but it won't require the same amount of time used to shoot a live-action movie. You could almost see such a thing as a kind of immortality.
The question though, is how much of the 'human element' will be lost in the advent of such changes.
You can't really say we're talking about the same thing in the shift from Theatre to Movies, because although you don't get some of the elements of watching a person acting on stage live, it's still an actual person with all their twitches and quirks that you see on celluloid. With a completely animated film like Final Fantasy Advent Children, it's really no longer a person you're seeing, but a complete fiction. Would people really care if it's so?
Bah I'm babbling. But it's something to think about isn't it?
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