Posted: 2009-04-05 06:02:42
Have you ever watched the children's show Go Diego, Go! ? It has got to be one of the worst shows I've ever seen. Most kids shows have some sort of moral lesson and encourage problem solving skills and things like that. Diego seems to have a magic drum that he hits to solve every problem he runs into. How is that helping our kids develop analytical thinking?!
Trapped in a cave? Bang the drum. Need to get water for the impalas? Bang the drum. Heaven forbid you dig your way out of the cave, or find an oasis and bring water to the impalas. Just bang your magic drum and your problems are solved. What a piece of shit show.
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Posted: 2009-04-01 07:27:50
I've decided to keep a list of my favorite April Fools stuff that I find today, so keep checking back for more good stuff! (I spend too much time scouring the internet...)
A new Witcher game!!
Why do I like such geeky things?
Google is amazing at April Fools. Make sure to click all around.
Wow, even Whole Foods is getting in on this.
This one isn't bad.
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Posted: 2009-03-26 06:59:26
As some of you know, I recently built my own PC. This was a big thing for me for two reasons: A) I have been a Mac person my entire life. To build a PC was to cross over to the dark side. But you can't really build a Mac (legally) and frankly I was just done with Apple. B) Every good geek needs to build his/her own PC. I now feel like I've gained some geek street cred.
Here's where I ran into trouble. Not having a PC for the past 10 years or so really limited my exposure to PC video games. Macs have a pretty shitty game catalog, and I usually preferred console games more anyway. Now, with this new beast of a machine, I had a back-catalog of dozens of games that I wanted to play and they were virtually all available for under $10 a piece online.
Now, to say I'm an impulse buyer is to make a grand understatement. I get excited easily, and handfuls of easily accessible, cheap games almost put me over the top. For some reason, I now own 5 Ghost Recon games. And I don't even like FPSes! I've fallen into a bad habit of starting games and then not finishing them.
My current list of unfinished games
- Fallout 3 (I want to like it... but I just can't seem to)
- Warcraft III (I beat it once many years ago, but started playing again)
- GTA IV (don't think I'll ever finish this)
- Tales of Vesperia (to finish this game would be self torture)
I'm not sure if I'll ever finish any of those, and I feel kind of bad about that. Don't ask why, but I do.
So last night, I started playing Sacred, and game released back in 2003. It looks pretty good, but dated, but the game play has sucked me in. I realized my problem with all these other games; I just like a good RPG. That's it. I like video games, yes, but in order to really get sucked into a game in a way that makes me want to spend more than a week with it, it just needs to be a solid RPG with good combat, intriguing story, and kick ass fantasy worlds. Sacred delivers on these fronts, and now I'm excited to game again!
So, with that realization, here is the list I have in front of me.
- Sacred
- The Witcher
- Last Remnant
- Infinite Undiscovery
- Sacred 2
I'm sure there are others I'll want to play, but I think that's probably more of a list than I really need right now. But I like lists, so I'm keeping it.
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Posted: 2009-03-20 06:16:45
As of last weekend, I officially took on my first Colorado black diamond and won. Amber even tackled them with much more grace than last time (the mountains in general... no black diamonds for her). I have skied the Midwest black diamond, but that's really nothing impressive. Out in the Rockies, they be beasts.
I'm not sure what it is about skiing that I love so much. The adrenaline? The calm at the top of the mountain? The burning on my legs at the bottom? Of course it's probably all of these things.
The view at the top is so serene every time. The backside of Vail is a bowl, meaning it is mountains on all sides. It's an overwhelming feeling to be surrounded by the things, and I love it.
With any luck, skiing and Colorado will be something I get to do/see much more frequently in the future.
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Posted: 2009-03-19 08:20:54
As far as birthdays go, number 25 took the cake (though there was no cake to take). I know I said I was going to post a blog from the top of the mountain... but I didn't. So live with it.
Colorado is a beautiful state. I like Chicago, and I'm generally a fan of the Midwest. But Colorado (at least Denver and its surrounding areas) are above and beyond.
When I went away to College, I steered clear of the city. It was a conscious decision, as I had never really been a city kid and always enjoyed the back-woods type of place. Winona, MN, definitely embodied that theme. I walked to class over a creek, followed squirrels through the woods when I was drunk, and had to drive over an hour just to find a Best Buy. It was a beautiful place, but unfortunately it was tainted by an overly-religious school and a lack of like-minded people.
Augustana was like a hybrid. The campus itself was a very pretty place with trees and hills and other pretty things, but Rock Island itself was about as 'city' as it gets out there. After Augie, I decided to move to Chicago and have loved living in the city, but there is just something that the city can't offer: nature.
In steps Denver. A full city with a skyline and a downtown, but surrounded by nature. It may not be as big as Chicago, but it is clean and friendly and has all the things a city should. Plus there are mountains and deserts and forests and all sorts of good stuff.
So here it is. I want to move to Denver. Within the next couple years I'd like to get out there. It's cheaper, cleaner, and is regularly rated as one of the most healthy cities in the US. I even applied for two jobs out there this week. So here's hoping!
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Posted: 2009-03-12 08:01:35
I have good news. There is a wordpress iPhone app so now I can update my blog from anywhere!!!
And this weekend, anywhere = Denver! Yea, that's right, my amazing, beautiful, talented and sexy girlfriend is taking me to Denver for a birthday weekend of skiing. I am so excited!
Next post will be from 20,000 leagues above the sea!
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Amber Zumstein said:
proofreading is a good thing.
Bryan said:
Your face is a good thing.
Jeff said:
Can't pay your mortgage or car payment? Bang your magic drum.
Can't pay your credit card bills or afford food for your kids? Bang your magic drum!
Why on earth would real life people have any interest in practical problem solving skills or personal accountability?
Bryan P. said:
Well, being one who does not want to work and just wants to bang on the drum all day, I would like to learn more about this Deigo's ideas.