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March 10, 2003
3 for the Road
You’re going to have to excuse the quality of writing for the rest of the week---I am pulling investment banker hours for the next four days and, as such, my writing might be even more haphazard that usual. However, you might get a peek into how my mind works on little sleep and much caffeine. This couldn’t be either interesting, revolutionary, or completely lacking sentence structure. No, even more than usual. Stop rolling your eyes. And put the gecko down!!!!
---In my constant quest to look even more foolish in Jenny’s eyes, I showed off my new Playstation game last night to her. I unfortunately chose ‘Triple Threat Hardcore’ match, which is the game’s equivalent of ‘Gods and Generals’ in length. About 30 minutes into it, Jenny’s once bemused laughter had turned into utter weeping and I was getting carpal tunnel trying to win the frickin’ thing. You absolutely cannot win or lose in this option. Believe, by the end I was trying to lose just so it would end. (Cue Tom Servo at the end of "The Wild Wild World of Batwoman": END! EEEENNNDDD!!!!!!") My special move throughout the match was the ‘Have Triple H run the wrong direction and fall nowhere near the other two guys, prompting many a 'You really suck at this, don’t you' comments from my special lady friend." Grrrr.
---Speaking of Playstation, I’ve heard that you can currently buy ‘Gulf War 2003’ for Playstation 2, and, for an extra $19.95, get to guide your very own live tank in the desert in real time. That’s right, you can show your patriotism from the comforts of your very own living room! ‘This is simply an extension of our current military strategy,’ said Donald Rumsfield, live from the headquarters of Konami Gaming. ‘Realizing most remaining US men were not what one could call ‘field-ready’, we decided to exploit their natural gaming talents in the name of God, democracy, and multi-player action. The $19.95 is both a bargain for hard-core enthusiasts and an easy way to boost this war’s profit margin.’ Rumsfield put over the game’s different missions, such as ‘Smoke out the Caves’ or ‘Minimal Civilian Casualties’. You of course need broadband connections, because if you only have 56K, then the terrorists have already won.
---I just sat through a 6 hour seminar on ‘Visualizing Information’. The thrust of the course (which itself meandered from brilliant to coma-inducing) was, to paraphrase, ‘It’s the content, stupid.’ Which is sort of relates in a way to my essay ‘On Blogging’ (better known as "Christ, McGee, this is LONG!") a few days ago. There are many a day in which I wish I had a snazzy header, sweet-ass, Flash-induced homepage, kooky headers, and the like. Then again, I’ve been too many sites which have all of these elements yet are duller than a Joshua Jackson film festival. People can rearrange their links anyway they want, and change the HTML or CSS coding to establish a new look every time you visit, but if the content isn’t there---well, it’s an exercise in style. Nothing wrong with exercises in style in general, but it doesn’t always make for the most compelling blog---compelling website, sure, but a blog? Probably not.
And now, having meta-blogged twice in a week, I’ll cease and desist for a while, I promise. But first, maybe there’s a slogan to be gleaned from all of this’
Ryan McGee: He gives great content.
There, that’s a slogan you can hang yer hat on. I’d pay someone to design a link button for that sucker.
Wait, missing…the…point…the…content’s…the thing…wherein…I’ll…catch…the conscience…of the…king…
Posted by Ryan McGee at March 10, 2003 05:44 PM
Comments
This has absolutely nothing to do with this post, but it was the fastest way to jot you a note... So a random friend of mine found your blog and sent me a link to your yale Game page. More than half-way down you make comment on the Harvard Band. One, I'm in that picture (2 pixels anyway) and Two, I am a member of the Band. I was wondering if you remember that nickname from HRST 2001 that came out of that party... (the walking _blank_) -- I laughed really really hard. :-)
Posted by: David Forrest at March 11, 2003 03:43 AM