Spore!

Electronic Arts will soon be releasing Spore by game designer Will Wright (creator of such titles as Sim City and Sims). Today, as a way to get people addicted, they released the Spore Creature Creator and it's very cool. I've wasted (XX) hours playing with it today!

Meet Yarfla, one of my Spore Creatures

You can create creatures using all sorts of parts, body colors, and by stretching the pieces around to liking. Then you can move him around a test area and take snapshots! The full game will be much more complex, involving the survival and evolution of your species. If the Creature Creator is any indication, I can't wait to see it!

I made a couple of different creatures and took some candid shots of them in action. Check them out! And then go download the Creature Creator, the demo is free!

Corkboard Mac

Man, this give me some ideas...

This old disassembled laptop still works! I have a couple old non working laptops that I've thought about doing something interesting with. This is kind of a cool idea. Knowing me though, I'd have to dress it up a little. Let's see, what do I have going on this weekend...

Another shot:

Twittering

I've been neglecting my blog lately and I had been doing so well! I got sort of addicted to Twitter and it seems all my writing juices have been filtered into it. I promise I'll try to do better, but I've also begun studying to become Leopard certified. Not a monumental task, but the tests are very detailed - like stuff I'd never need to know in the real world.

As for the Twitter thing, I'm not going to explain why. If you think it's a dumb idea, don't do it. If you're mildly interested, give it a try and either find yourself totally addicted or drop it like the dumb idea you initially thought it was.

I like it because it's like a constantly updated IM blog. There are a ton of interesting people, some even saying interesting things!

Mac blog

After a conversation with my wife this morning, I decided to resurrect the blog I set up on my consulting website - if you are here looking for Mac related content - I'm going to start posting all of that here. If, on the other hand, you are here for the infrequently updated, fascinating details of my life, you're in the right place!