Audiosurf

If any of you are Steam users out there, I setup my Steam ID page today. I picked up Audiosurf, having heard much praise for it on the PC Gamer Magazine podcast, and am very pleased. It's quite simple and a fun way to interact with my MP3 files when playing them.

Yet More Linkage

Safe for the workplace:

• The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time <-- I don't know about that claim, but there are some great ones in there. #10 is one of my all time favorites that nobody ever remembers when I'm talking about it.
• Ten Thousand Cents <-- a minorly interesting art project
• Top 5 Funny Dog Videos... <-- Again, the "top 5" claim is questionable, but #5 & #2 alone make it worthwhile.
• WholesomeWear <-- Finally, Amish women have a place to go for swimsuits.
• Sleeveface <-- album covers completed in photos - some pretty clever ones.
• Letters to Serial Killers <-- Interesting idea, freaky and interesting responses.
• YoungMe - NowMe <-- I like it. Very cool idea. Would make for a great Mother's/Father's Day present, I think.
  

Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!:

• Fanboy Supercuts <-- Ever wanted to hear words snatched out of film & TV that were repeated over and over? Here's your chance.
  

Links or Patties

It has been said by many on multiple occasions, but breakfast sometimes makes for an excellent dinner. That said, here are some entertaining links gathered:

With a tall glass of work safe:

• Painful Microsoft promotional video for Vista (need sound)
• Crazy Motorcycle Monkey
• Compulse - an entertaining online game
• Maxim magazine list of video game to U.S. dollar value
• A fun waste of a few minutes
• A photo lens that makes everything look like a miniature <-- very, very cool
• OK, the Microsoft Vista promo video just got a little less painful
• Interesting, fun & difficult flash game - Nanotube
  

With a short stack of not-so-work-safe:

• A representation of drug use via animated interface
• Not just not work safe, not human eye safe
  

Realizations

A few realizations from the past few months:

• I traveled to Washington DC earlier this week and had to walk 5 blocks to and from a training class. Each leg of the journey resulted in perspiration, muscle burn and heavy breath. I am incredibly out of shape. Not just weight, which really isn't all that terribly bad, but overall fitness. I desperately need to get an exercise regimen going.
• I am unfit for big city life.
• Washington DC is only about a 4 hour drive from my current home - unless there is rain and/or traffic.
• Public bathroom floors often utilize highly reflective tile. This was a bad realization from the inside of a stall. Time to dull it down, builders.
• I am annoyed when given only the following two options by electronic prompts: "Yes" and "No thanks" or "No thank you". "Yes" is fine, but who's to say that I am going to thank you for a rejected offer? It could be a horrific choice, such as "Would you like to have your kneecap mutilated by a rotating electronic fork?". If so, I'm certainly not going to respond with a "No thanks". It's far more likely to be a "Heeeeell no" or a "F*ck that!".
• Following a drought, it will apparently rain every weekend.
• The television in my house means more to me than it should. This won't change and I won't make an effort for it to. Just a realization.
• I have no idea how to clean a mattress. A 3-year old has taught me this.
• I do not support baby showers after the 2nd child. There should be plenty of hand me downs floating around a household by that point.
• The Power Rangers are still some kind of terrible. A 3-year old opposes this viewpoint.
• I gots no lawn care skillz. Sure, I can cut grass and trim weeds, but that about sums up my talents in the area of lawn care.
• Playing a drum set well is difficult. Video games helping to make the world a better place with reality checks.