I am the Burgerfan!

Starting off the Sherwood Park leg of the 2010 Olympic torch relay. I actually caught the torch lighting from the master flame!

Crayon Physics Deluxe [ http://www.crayonphysics.com/ ] is a puzzle game rendered in crayon drawing. You draw objects on the screen and use these with physics in order to get your crayon ball from start to finish. My brother in law had the iPhone demo last year, which I remember trying and enjoying.

It is an indie game, and this weekend (until January 15, 2010) they are running a ‘pay what you will’ promotion (for the PC version). So go support creative talent, and draw up some fun today!

Last night I dreamt that my car went missing, only to find that I parked in a different place. Then when I went to work, all the parking spaces were full and I had to park elsewhere.

I don’t think I average 140 characters a day on twitter, but maybe I will try to blog at least 100 words a little more often in the spirit of Brad’s ‘minimum 100 words a day’ Blog a Year a thon for 2010. I have a dislike for blogging about blogging, because I’d rather be spending time blogging about something instead. Blog. And I’m sure anyone who has my e-scrawlings on their screen would much rather read about something instead of reading about blogging.

Maybe it can be healthy. If I made a conscious effort to sit and write about something, it will be something outside the daily sleep[25%]-work[40%]-drive[10%]-eat-game routine. That’s a start.

But maybe I will forget again by weekend, awash in the daily routine. Not that I’m counting, but I’ve passed 100 words, so time’s up. I’m a slow writer.

Blog.

We just finished the newest Mario offering on the Wii in cooperative mode. You can now have up to four mario (and friends) running, jumping, and falling down pits on screen at the same time — a great addition to the game. You can (and inevitably do) run into and jump off of each other a lot, so it takes a lot of coordination to just play at an adequate level and pass some of the puzzles (read: this can be very frustrating at times, but also for some reason very funny too).

Overall: satisfying. We did complete it in under a week, but the only thing I’d have to say is ‘not enough Yoshi’

Up next: Free for all mode, where we will intentionally try to run into, jump off of, and push the other guy into the pit!

I’ve seen people remark that this passing decade was bland, and/or they’d rather get on to the next one. Me, I think it was fairly major. Any ten year window is a lot of time for events to happen in.

While any window of time has its bad events, the celebrations were often enough and grand enough to make this 2000 to ‘twenty-ought-nine’ decade my favourite so far. Not that I’ve had many to choose from. Here is ten years in short summary from my point of view:

• Witnessed the start of a new century, and millennium. Living to tell that sufficient work was done to ensure that computers would not annihilate the planet at this junction.
• Graduated from University, and saw my friends graduate. Started the ‘first day of the rest of my life’ in my profession. Seeing all my friends start at the same starting gate at the same time(ish) and witnessing where we’ve all progressed to has been fun.
• Presented at an industry conference. I don’t remember how I got that courage, but hope to do it again.
• Started a family. Marrying, supporting, and being supported by someone I love for a lifetime of adventures ensures that this and future decades will be bright. Bringing Lola into the world has brought about even more adventures.
• Bought our first house, and then built a new house. No more rent was nice, but we really miss the free heating bill.
• Traveled. Discovered that Los Angeles wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be (in fact its quite enjoyable!), and made several return trips. Backpacked around the world (and in the process, inspired others to travel). Made a return trip to Europe (and would go back a lot more if the wallet wasn’t so empty).
• A new car!
• Witnessing my friends’ celebrations, from new homes and new families to new jobs in new cities and countries. I’m hoping they too will have found this decade fantastic.

Somehow they get you every time… At least the future is freindly, right?

Even dogs have bad Monday mornings…

Fresh from this evening’s lightning storm, I present: Lightning Collage! Although, Brad might say “Lightning, a view from the window”