Bleh, multiple pages on Bodytag are currently busted (and have been for probably a month now) - the XSLT processor got mucked up at some point, and I can't even remember how to fix it. IE users shouldn't have a problem, however.
Update: And now it's working fine. "zend.ze1_compatibility_mode=Off" in php.ini fixed it.
All found using Blogger Web Comments. Hooray, something I wrote was useful!
Q: So what's it really like working at Google?
A: It's like there's a party in my mouth, and the 'mouth' is really the office and the 'party' is a metaphor for 'crazy awesomeness'. Also, there's no 'like' - it exactly is.
They may not be allowing booth babes to do much of their thing at E3 anymore, but there'll be nothing stopping me when I wield my awesome powers at the Google booth tomorrow morning at The Ajax Experience, so stop by and say hello.
If you're a late riser, you'll get to see Erik strut his "ooh look at me I'm from Sweden and made from ice-cream" stuff at the same booth in the afternoon.
eMagin have dropped US$250 off the price of their apparently-decent 3dvisor, bringing it to US$549.
I'm severely tempted, but I'm not sure I have time to do anything interesting with it, and the gaming side doesn't hold any appeal - after playing LockOn at 1920x1200 with my TrackIR4:Pro (sorry, FreeLook users, I totally gave in), going back to 800x600 would be painful.
After being on pre-order for a ridiculous amount of time, I finally have the new Vernor Vinge book, Rainbow's End, and so far, it is total post-cyberpunk hotness (which is mildly amusing, as Vinge's True Names was pre-cyberpunk hotness, with no 'just-cyberpunk' hotness). As is the case with his previous works, the book seems to follow and tie together multiple storylines, where each is so enjoyable that when a switch between them occurs, it is both disappointing and exhilarating crap and rad.
Most of all, I find it inspiring, and that automatically means it wins.
Sci-fi haters need not apply.
A quick comparison of the reactions of people from around the world when they answer their mobile phone and hear nothing:
Rest of World: "Hello? ... ... oh, must've been a wrong number"
America: "Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... hm, reception here or there probably sucks .. Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... Hello? ... ... Hello? .. Hello? .. Hello?"
For the record, I get useless reception in my apartment, and I'm only 500m from a Sprint store.
