It’s been some time since I last wrote in you, for that I am sorry, but I seem to be so busy with various other things. You’ll be happy to know, that one of these things is a new cover for your now half-dingy pages (sorry, but it’s true…).
Anyway, today I managed to finally catch up to an inbox crowded with week old mails. I sure hope I managed to get around everyone who was kind enough to write me, even if I did use short to-the-point sentences.
Yesterday I started playing Fable. It’s looking good so far I think. Though some people have critiqued it for not being what Peter said it would be. My only suggestion is that they try developing games themselves, that would be the end of that.
I expect to finish my copy of If Chins Could Kill tomorrow on the bus. Great book by the way, Bruce Campbell is a really honest guy.
About the bus; I biked to work the entire summer, but I must confess that I enjoy taking the bus, since it allows me to read for about an hour a day. Something which I otherwise never seem to be able to find the time to do. But of course, if I never take the time, how can I have it?
Another book I recently finished, was The Humane Interface, written by the guy who designed the original Mac. I borrowed it from Brian. What an eye opener! This book should really be mandatory for any kind of interface designer. Finally I got my hatred for the caps lock key and the behavior of the alt key in Windows justified. Moded interfaces are a grave injustice to human kind!
Saw Ladykillers and ate flapjacks / pancakes yesterday. The pancakes were better then the movie. Though it wasn’t bad. Nor particularly good… Not the best Coen movie out there, but worth your time I think.
I borrowed Troll and Troll 2 from Thor, with a promise of absolutely horrible waste of time and possible outbreak of cholera.
That’s all for now. Have fun.
I take the train everyday to go to university and it allows me to read for about two hours a day, so I understand what you said.
About Ladykillers: the film is so-so, but Tom Hanks is very good…
My only real complaint about Fable, TOO SHORT! Beautiful game. Too bad I didn’t get to play in the sandbox long.
I consistently avoid public transportation of any sorts. Or, at least I try to. I don’t like being dependent on a bus, paying outrageous prices, or even travelling in that manner.
This, is ironic, as I am a huge proponent of public transportation! Heck, I’d even support the RUF (Rapid Urban Flexible) should it ever come to pass.
I do, however, respect and understand people that do take the bus. But not me, I’ll take the bike thank you.
I enjoy biking as well, but I’m too competitive / easily annoyed by slow cyclists. But I often find that I come into work (or home), all sweaty and nasty.
But yeah, public transportation, especially 5A in Copenhagen, which is often overly filled, can be quite an annoyance…
Funny you should mention the competitiveness, I’ve thought about that a lot! There are so many bad cyclists out there (hmm, maybe I’m one of them) that it’s easily to be annoyed.
It still happens sometimes, but I’ve seriously tried focusing on not letting myself get annoyed with my fellow cyclists. This, especially after I tried timing the time it took if I hasted vs. the time it took if I accepted slow cyclists, finding a difference of only a few minutes.
Mental health — takes only 5 minutes longer :)
If you’re a fan of all things awful in the film world, you’ll certainly enjoy the troll movies. Truely ridiculous. Enjoy. :)
I’m looking to buy a couple books for my plane trip to FLA (I’m in OREGON). A couple of books that have really been talked about (in the blogosphere) as of late have been: Oblivion and Getting Things Done
I will be picking up both – does anyone have any other suggestions?
The Dark Tower series by King are excellent. Not as dark as Kings other stuff and really really long so you will not have to worry about readying much else for a while. :)
Troll…. I’m gonna have to look those up.
Thanks for the link to Bruce Campbell’s book, its gonna be my bday present :D