Got some work
done today. Once again I forgot my PowerBook power supply. But today I
had work I could do on the NT since it was actually on the Linux
machines which we use via Tarantella, which seems to be a productized
version of X-Windows. In any case it's amazing how slow it can be on my
NT machine compared to my PowerBook. And it seemed to get slower and
slower as time went on. Most annoying.
So Victor, the guy behind me, is leaving Oracle for Marimba. I guess
he's been with our group for a year or so. Good guy. I hope I didn't
have anything to do with it with all my goofing off. Maybe I'm bad for
morale. In any case, that leaves us with 10 people counting Prasad.
We'll probably need to hire someone else.
I watched "Veronica Mars", after saying I wouldn't. It's a show about a
teenage girl detective who helps her father solve cases while dealing
with teenage life as a lower class girl in an upper class high school.
Kristen Bell plays the eponymously named character and Enrico Colantoni
(from "Just Shoot Me") plays her dad.
It's a fairly interesting show. Veronica is a very serious young girl,
who is that way because she's had some rough things happen to her. She
narrates throughout the show. Narration can be annoying but this time
it works. There is also occasional edgy camera work which I hope will
settle down as the show goes on.
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Kristen Bell
plays the role well. Deadpan and serious, but with a lot
going on inside and quite a tough attitude. The character could easily
be a guy but it's more interesting with a girl. It's a good show. One
potential problem is the ongoing murder mystery which Veronica's
missing mom is somehow involved in. You gotta be careful not to make it
the central focus of the show because at that point you can't resolve
that plot or the show ends.
Jaime Pressly was on the Late Late Show (I guess with a guest host now
that Craig Kilborn is quitting the show). She has dark hair now and
looks completely different. Apparently she was only there to promote
something for Captain Morgan.
And then there's a commercial for Regis Philbin's new CD. I guess I
hear it referred to every day on Live, but it still surprises me that
Philbin is that popular. I hadn't event heard of the guy until I
started watching Live and he doesn't seem to have gotten any more
famous.
I received my copy of Airburst Extreme. Played a couple of games. The
graphics are not much better than the original Airburst, a testament to
how good the first game was. Lots more game types. lots more special
power ups. I think lots more music. There's even a story-based game
where you travel around gathering clues (really they're just set cut
scenes) until you solve the big mystery.
Personally, I don't think the game is worth $30 because arcade games
tend to have a short lifespan. It's certainly a well done game and I'll
probably enjoy playing it.
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