Back to the Future Marathon
With all the snow the local Blockbust had almost everything rented, so I fired up Comcast OnDemand and combed around to see the entire Back to the Future Trilogy in HD. I have seen these movies countless times over the years, but not all three in a single night. They are fairly silly, but I have to give the writers credit for paying attention to detail. Christopher Lloyd is insane in this role, and I really can’t imagine Marty being Eric Stoltz at all.
Snowpocalypse 2008
The snow has hit the northwest like crazy. Here are some photos from outside of my place. The fire deptartment made two trips due to a water pipe breaking which turned on the fire alarm.
Windows 7 on the Eee PC
I installed Windows 7 today on the Eee PC 1000h. So far so good. The performance really isn’t that bad at all. Majority of the drivers worked, but I did have to use the XP drivers for the wifi and network, and after that everything worked. I was surprised that Aero worked fine, but some things were a little slow such as some of the screensavers. I installed the new version of Windows Live with Messenger. One annoying this was I couldn’t find a way to turn off tapping, which I hate. I’ll write more if something happens.
Resident Evil 5 Demo
Capcom released a demo for Resident Evil 5 in Japan a couple days ago. With the help of the guys and girls at NeoGAF were able to figure a way out to burn the demo to DVD and play it over here in the US, and that is what I did.
The demo itself is fairly short. You have two areas to play in. The game feels very much like Resident Evil 4, but with pretty graphics. It was a little odd getting used to the controls on the 36o controller as I played Resident Evil 4 on the PS2. The game is very action heavy in the demo, with lots of reloading and trying to fend off countless enemies. I haven’t tried it co-op yet, but it seems to be pretty cool with the branching areas and teamwork moves similar to Army of Two.
Upgraded to WordPress 2.7-RC1
WordPress 2.7 RC1 has been released. The Dashboard is REALLY different. I need time to adjust.
Planet Earth Bluray = WOAH!
I picked up the BBC mini series Planet Earth on Bluray and it is amazing. If you have a HDTV and a Bluray player, you must do yourself a favor and buy it now. It is truely amazing to watch. The detail is jaw dropping, and seeing nature in such scale that is almost looks fake.
Black Friday Loot
It is Black Friday and I decided to go out and take advantage of some of the deals going on today. I went for things that had a savings of $40 or more. I ended up getting some pretty good deals.
- Two 26″ Westinghouse LCD TV. One for my Grandma for Christmas and my brother in law wanted one as well.
- Microsoft V Wireless Keyboard & Mouse Combo. I am typing on this right now. Have to get used to the mouse, but not bad or $29.99.
- Planet Earth Blu-Ray. I have this on my Christmas list, but I had to bite since Fry’s had it for $37. I priced matched it at Best Buy since Fry’s was a zoo.
- Got some random t-shirts at Old Navy for $4 or less.
Overall I thought I did pretty well. Just the TV alone were an almost $300 savings. I might go to Circuit City tomorrow to check on a Sony reciever, since mine died a while ago.
Max Payneful
So I got the chance to watch Max Payne recently and I couldn’t even finish it. The movie was just painful to watch. As a fan of the games, I was surprised how poor the transition to film was. The story went no place for me, I finally turned it off. Also Mila Kunis was just painful in this role. I’d avoid this movie.
Ben Kweller returns to Seattle
Ben Kweller returned to Seattle tonight at Chop Suey promoting his new EP How Ya Lookin’ Southbound? Comein… and prepping for a full length LP to be released in the next couple months. Like always Ben and company played the house down, with some classics and new tracks. The addition of the steel guitar added a nice bluesy country twang to the new songs. As always it was great seeing Ben, Liz, Dorian, and company. They are so friendly. I wish them all the best on the rest of the tour and look forward to them coming back to town in the coming months. Here are some photos from the show.