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Long Overdue Update

So
much going on, so few ways to order it all. We’ll do in order of
importance in paragraph form, that seems to go over big.

Spring Break – my spring break is going to be mostly non-existant
this year. This, however, is not a bad thing – the Monday of break, I
have a job interview with iWon/Excite in Westchester County. It’s a
second interview for a production position. Then, Thursday-Saturday are
being taken up by the legendary flyout process to head to Redmond, WA for
– you guessed it – Microsoft. This is also a second interview, this time
for a Software Test Engineer position. Thankfully, Kate’s spring break
does *not* mesh with mine week-wise, so she’ll be coming up the week
after. Any way you slice it, Spring Break will be mighty interesting, and
I’ll detail as much as I can outside my NDAs on this very website.

Bemani – I’ve shifted slightly away from DDR (although I do still
put in an hours worth every couple of days) and into Beatmania. I’d
explain Beatmania, but it’s futile – however, my official controller comes
in some time this week, and I’m bouncing in my seat waiting for it to come
in.

School – we’ve now passed the halfway point and are into the home
stretch. 7 weeks remain of my Cornell career. Classes are going
decently, although the wild arm-flailing that comes from working on
getting a job and working on the wedding mean my studies are taking a
small hit. I’ll survive, though. I’m already starting to get nostalgic –
I went to the last home Men’s hockey game last night, where we crushed
Yale 4-2. On to Lake Placid!

Ithaca – the weather has been extremely bizarre. Thursday, 50,
Friday, 60, Saturday, 60s, Sunday, 30s and snow. How in the hell? Also
worth noting for Ithaca types – the new pizza place where Wendy’s used to
be has great pizza. Get over your Mama’s addiction and give them a try,
even if they do endlessly push beverages on you.

Self-Promotion: Check out my Gaming Den interview on MacGamer where I ramble
continuously about games. It’s a very me interview.

That’s all for now.

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LockJaw

(shill
mode on)

A BioTech company who
have apparently made great breakthroughs in gene therapy.

A small
software company
who makes a web browser with an AI helper.

A grrl fanzine.

The shut down
website
of an urban exploration group in DC.

And one extremely cryptic page.

What do these all have to do with each other?

What happens when the lines of reality and game blur beyond all belief?

Read up.

Learn how to play.

Catch up.

Join the
cause.


Follow the
trail.

(shill mode off)

[To clarify: LockJaw is an “alternate reality game” that is played on the
web, consisting mostly of obscure puzzles and piecing together of plot
points. It’s like nothing else you’ve probably ever played (unless you
were a Cloudmaker or have played Majestic). It’s interactive fiction on a
whole new level.]

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3 Weeks Down

No
Doubt

April 14th

Barton Hall

More details as soon as I have them.

The work continues to pile up (next week is a big crunch). The catas
continue to crumble (S4R’d Matsuri Japan with a B rating). The sleep
cycle continues to skew (haven’t gotten to bed before 2 all week). OS X
continues to get more enjoyable to use with apps like Adium (very nice 3rd
party AIM client). The job search continues (but not for lack of trying).
MC Chris continues
to rock the world with the best white boy rap ever. Trent Reznor
continues to churn out material that I insist you buy. I continue to target
links to _blank out of habit from utterer.com. Katie continues to work on
her brand spanking new website.

And I’m still left wondering if anyone even reads this
page.