The life and times of a fallen hacker
Half a day to go.
Confirmation that the game is televised live. Check, on two channels.
Beer. Check, a couple of cans of Budweiser in the fridge.
Chips and salsa. Check.
Outlook calendar has “NOTHING HERE” for monday morning. Check.
Serious thoughts about liveblogging the event. Check, but we’ll see about […]
Lego turned 50 years yesterday.
And what a ride it has been, gizmodo’s illustrated timeline barely covers some of the events that occurred.
Like many others, I was a fan. Pretty much from when I could walk. And were there a list of career choice influences, Lego would probably feature quite […]
Posted in haircut on Jan 1st, 2008
Another annual tradition, listing the things that percolated to the very top last year:
Album
Nothing really rose head and shoulders above anything else. Some of the best albums were Megadeth’s United Abominations, Epica’s Divine Conspiracy and Neil Young’s Chrome Dreams II. Radiohead’s new album is still waiting in the wings.
Song
Dropkick Murphys’ (F)lannigan’s Ball.
Concert
Megadeth in […]
Posted in haircut on Jan 1st, 2008
As usual, the new year’s day is the traditional day for a retrospective over the year that just passed.
Quite a few things, and very much on the positive side:
Started in Hesari as a game critic (and got two reviews published).
Endured variable finnish/german territorial pissings at work.
Gave an hour-long presentation in the annual Red […]