First Post with Asus 1000h
So I broke down and bought an Asus EEEPC 1000h. It is the 10.1 inch version with 160 GB hard drive. So far it feels really nice, good construction, light weight, keyboard feels nice but will take a bit to get used too. Overall I am happy. It will be great for travel and the photo blog. First trip is in a couple weeks down to Los Angeles to see Hymns.
Dr. Dog at the Tractor
I got to see Dr. Dog play the Tractor Tavern in Ballard tonight. They were amazing! One of the best shows I have seen this year. They played a good number of songs from their latest album Fate, which was awesome. Check out some photos.
Filter rocks me silly
So many many many years ago when I turned 21, I was all excited to see 21 and over shows. The timing was perfect as one of my favorite bands growing up was playing The Showbox shortly after. That band happened to be Filter. The show was great. Totally packed. The band rocked my ears, and it was also the first time I got to see Chevelle live. Anyway, fast forward to 2008 and Filter is on tour to support their new album Anthems for the Damned. So I had to check them out. Just for the simple fact of seeing them again after so many years and the fact it was at El Corazon, which is tiny. Well like so many years ago Filter was just as good as they were back then. Richard Patrick can really scream. Holy shit. Well check out the photos.
Weezer Hootenanny Tracks
So Weezer is going around the country right now and inviting fans to play songs with them. They recently stopped in Seattle. My co-worker was one of the lucky ones to play along with them. Check out a couple of the tracks they recorded, especially a great cover of Creep.
I bought a PS3 for MGS4
So what will probably be the biggest game for the Playstation 3 game out a couple weeks ago in Metal Gear Solid 4. I have been holding off on buying a Playstation 3 for sometime now, but due to Walmart giving $100 gift cards with the purchase of a 40 GB PS3, I decided to pull the trigger and get a PS3 right before MGS4 came out.
I did the midnight sale for MGS4 at the Bellevue Best Buy and was shocked of how many people were in line. I figured PS3 exclusive there would be 60 or 70 people show up. 100 would have shocked me, but there probably was 200 people that showed up that night. I stuck around talked games with some people, got my copy and went home. Only to then have to install the game, which sucks. At least I didn’t have to do a firmware update.
So the game is straight up Metal Gear. The humor, the weapons, the story. It is all there. The cinematics are amazing. They are in such a different leauge it isn’t even funny. Truely amazing work done by the team at Kojima Productions when it comes to the cinematics in the game. The gameplay is alright. I just played the game Rambo style not concerning myself with saving ammo or sneaking around. It made it pretty fun just to blow stuff up. I won’t spoil anything in the game, because I do think that people should play through it. I ended up beating it in 18 hours or so. So most people could probably finish it in a long weekend.
the Von Bondies at High Dive
So I am always a sucker for a good rock band AND good rock bands with girls that rock out!! I have heard nothing but great things about the Von Bondies live shows, so I had to jump on the chance to see them live. After an awful first opening band, some old guys doing lots of leg kicks, and the Die! Die! Die! played, the Von Bondies took the stage and started to rip it up. Everything I heard from friends or online was totally spot on, the Von Bondies put on a great live show. They played some of my favorites including No Regrets, C’mon C’mon, Not That Social with members of Die! Die! Die!, and Fever. Jason really blew me away with his range, and Christy can really shred, she was so cute dancing around with her SG. It was a great show, and if you get the chance to check out the Von Bondies live go for it. Check out photos from the show. I might even make the trip up to Vancouver to see them at Richards on Richards on Saturday.
Die! Die! Die! at High Dive
Die! Die! Die! is a punk noise band from New Zealand. They opened for The Von Bondies at the High Dive and put on a pretty fun show. Lots of running into the crowd which was cool. Check out the pics.
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Added Lightbox2 for Galleries
So with the upgrade to WordPress 2.5 I thought I’d look into the plugins I was using and see if there was anything better. And what do you know someone made a Picasa XML Gallery plugin that uses Lightbox2. It is great.
Holy Crap! WordPress 2.5
So I downloaded and installed to WordPress 2.5 and I am REALLY impressed. This is freaking awesome. Talk about improvements. Great job WordPress Team!!