Archive for March, 2010
A Spot of Fun
Holy crap, has it been that long, really? Actually, I probably shouldn’t draw attention to it, should I? I vaguely recall reading that people are irritated by this kind of thing. Hell, I dunno.
There haven’t been many updates from me because I haven’t had much time for generating content, nor do I have that many interesting things to talk about, anyway. Work has been… well, busy, obviously, but also unusually tedious. This is new to me, but it certainly gives me an idea of where the phrase “working stiffs” came from. Nonetheless, we press forward, since nobody wants to hear about any of that (nor do I believe anyone appreciates the excuses).
I actually want to bring to your attention some stuff I’m interested in and one thing I’m proud of. Let’s get pride out of the way first, yes? I don’t know and can’t be bothered to check how many people have seen this blog’s About page, but if you go look at it now and you remember what it used to look like, you’ll notice something new… a photo! I’ve actually been meaning to add one for almost a year now, and today I finally decided (on a whim) to get my webcam working again (not for any particular purpose, mind you), and while playing around with it I managed to snap a particularly good photo.
Come to think of it, I suppose the reason I wanted my webcam running is because I wanted to see myself in a mirror without actually getting up to find one (and without leaving my headphones behind). The reason for that was to see how I look with the new glasses. They’re non-corrective “computer” glasses, which are supposed to prevent eye fatigue from prolonged staring into computer monitors. I was skeptical that they would provide any real effect, but having worn them for a few hours now while sitting here, they do seem to help quite a bit. Normally, by this point I’d be having trouble focusing and be forced to squint to keep going — which hasn’t happened yet. I’m not entirely convinced it’s not just a placebo effect yet, though, but every little bit helps. And they look great on me, too, which is a definite bonus.
Now, for some stuff I’m interested in that I’ve picked up recently. Firstly, some webcomics:
That last one is such an awesome concept that it’s worth expanding on a little bit. According to the site, “MSPA stories exist in the format of “mock games”, specifically text-based adventure games.” This was a definite draw for me, in spite of having pretty much never played an actual text adventure — the name “adventure” itself was enough for me. Maybe that says something about my psychological profile, I dunno. One thing of note about the so-far sole completed story (Problem Sleuth) is that it eventually seemed to reach a level of complexity that made it nearly impossible to fully follow — which gives us another draw: pushing one’s limits! I’m having much better luck following the story in the current adventure, Homestuck. It’s not easy to quantify why MSPA is so amazingly fun — you just have to see it for yourself.
Beyond all of that, I’m finding myself enjoying a bunch of not-new-even-to-me things:
I’ve actually been meaning to rave about jQuery for a while now, but the truth is it’s all been said already by more awesome people than I (to whom I can’t link because I don’t really keep watch on their blogs and have no idea who they are anymore. Seriously, if I started following every blog that I ever read anything interesting on, I’d end up just reading updates for 10 hours a day).
So, that’s it for now. Hopefully it won’t be another 6 months until the next update, yes?
