A writer's interpretation of the modern world.

Neil Gaiman is nothing short of a master. I picked up this book last week and am giddy with excitement.

Nothing like good old fun research!

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K Lex

I moved into my studio way back in July but never got around to getting anything up on my walls, which is funny because I moved and unpacked within 48 hours. Guess I just hate decorating. To be fair, I’ve got some Astonishing X-Men comics hanging here and there, but the rest of the walls had pretty been much empty canvases ’til now. I went the wall decal route. Theme: classic video games. Enjoy!

-Lex

I bought a fun new toy last week and went and got shutter happy this weekend when I went to Big Sur. It’s the Nikon D3000 DSLR camera, complete with 18mm-55mm and the 55mm-200mm zoom lenses. If a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s a mouthful. I’ll let you fill in the blanks:

-Lex

lim*bo | limbo {noun} – an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition

It is a place many of us learned to fear as children, never truly knowing why. Now we think of limbo as a dark place that is quiet and forever. Everything happens in limbo, but nothing changes. It is the worst state of mind. It is the worst place to ever be. But now, Playdead is sending you there.

I started playing Limbo on xBox with my buddy Matt. It’s an excellent co-operative game experience. When I take a wrong turn and get crushed, Matt takes over. While he’s in control making evolved versions of my own mistakes, I’m free to observe and develop my next strategy. Puzzles, it turns out, are what this game is all about. But they are dark and cryptically evil. And they are not easy.

There are a few traps in the beginning. Not an incredibly high learning curve. The game tricks you into thinking it’s going to be an easy ride. Just don’t fall for it. Pay attention. Keep your eyes open and be precise. You can be as smart as you like (and you’ll need to be) but if you have slow fingers, you’re out.

The game frankly gives me chills. It frustrates me to no end, but I find myself addicted anyway. Would I play alone? – Not a chance. Would I play again – Well, I’m practically playing right now.

-lex

2010 WWDC Conference

I don’t like it. I don’t like it. I don’t like it.

I guess I’ll just have to get used to it. But seriously Google… W T F ?

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=wtf+happened+to+google

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What the hell is water?”
–David Foster Wallace

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Something to think about. Thanks Matt for passing this along.

-Lex

This afternoon I received incredibly disturbing news. I apparently have a doppelganger on the internet.

If you find him, please call me immediately.

-Lex