http://www.pcal.net/blog Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:20:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been doing some re-arranging here to separate my private and professional lives. This blog, such as it is, is now going to be exclusively for personal, non-technical stuff. From now on, typical items appearing in this space will be of the form:   I went to a movie and ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2008/07/the-big-reorg/ I thought Guitar Hero was the lamest thing ever - until I actually played it the other day. I loved Parappa the Rappa and GH is just another take on that idea. Then I discovered Frets on Fire: open source community, people contribute hundereds of songs. So I did one ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2007/06/guitar-zero/ The mac port of DEFCON is finally out. It basically takes the last scene from WarGames and makes a real-time strategy game out of it. I'm still figuring out how the game part of it works (I played the Windows version a while ago), but the unique mood and aesthetics alone justify the purchase ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2007/04/no-lets-play-global-thermonuclear-war/ My friend Michael's startup launched this week: http://www.pitchwire.com It's half a PR service for publicists and half spam control on steroids for journalists. I'm not either one but I think it's a really great idea. Anything that gives people more control over what information gets thrown at them gets a ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2007/04/pitchwire-is-live/ by Lou Ye Find an attractive female lead who is willing to take her clothes off. A lot. Also, make sure she knows how to French inhale. Shoot various cast members having sex. Shoot various cast members brooding. Shoot various cast members smoking. Repeat steps 2-4 until you have no more film. Edit the footage into ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2007/03/how-to-make-a-movie-in-10-easy-steps/ I continue to be extremely impressed with the Parallels VM. However, I just spent an undue amount of time wrestling with Window's and Parallel's network configurations in order to achieve a relatively simple result. In the hope of sparing someone else out there some wrestling, here's the scoop: Goal Set up a Parallels ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2006/12/private-pegged-parallels/ "So, um, there are these robots that come and destroy almost all of the humans on the other side of the galaxy. But a few humans get away on a big spaceship and the show is basically about them running away from the robots and...but yeah, no - it's ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2006/11/jumped-the-battlestar/ I'm basically bummed about the A's skipping town, but this video made the news a little more bearable. http://www.pcal.net/blog/2006/11/ghostride-the-volvo/ Last year, my friend Jesse moved his Midnites for Maniacs film series to the Castro. 10 bucks gets you in to see three films that haven't seen the big screen in two decades. Jesse gives an energetic and fascinating intro for each film - you can't help but start to love and ... http://www.pcal.net/blog/2006/11/ice-ice-baby/ If you have never played World of Warcraft, don't bother reading the rest. I have been true to my word and not played WoW in nearly a year. I am nonetheless quite tempted to buy one of these hats: http://www.pcal.net/blog/2006/11/quest-giver-hats/