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  • Late Night Eavesdropping

    November 7, 2004

    So I went to the local Barnes & Noble in Nashua to browse around. As I was skirting the Starbucks cafe, I heard some awkward-sounding intonation from a couple near me. I realize that they’re on a first date! How cute! I just heard a bit:

    Girl: Do you do any other artistic kind of things? You know, like mumble mumble? Guy: Mumble Mumble Girl: Oh (Slightly-disappointed) Mumble Mumble. Guy: Mumble Mumble Photography Mumble Mumble… Girl: (Perking up) Mumble mumble! Mumble! Guy: Mumble (Misses Cue) Mumble Mumble, probably Mumble the Red Sox. (Awkward Pause)
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    DSri Seah
  • World of Warcraft

    November 6, 2004

    Visit SiteAh, the Blizzard Cinematics Team! With each of their game releases, they push the envelope of computer game cinematic animation; they’re right up there with Square. The latest cinematic to be released is from their upcoming game World of Warcraft.

    A year after closed alpha-testing began, the actual game is finally hitting the shelves as a very polished, complete, and remarkably rich online world. The final stress test is currently ongoing, and the free open beta will be starting up when that’s done. So join in and get a peek! The final game will be available on November 23rd! Unfortunately it’s a monthly fee, but for those of you who enjoy this type of game (and it does take a certain kind of person)… holy crap, there’s a lot to see and do, with relatively little of the spirit-crushing grinding that other games have. It reminds me of the old LucasArts adventure games, where they went out of their way to ensure that your experience was less about failure and more about fun. Way to go, Blizzard!

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    DSri Seah
  • The Incredibles

    November 5, 2004

    Saw it tonight. Wow. This is movie making.

    Was reading up on it, and a few cool things: * Brad Bird, the director, was the creator/director of The Iron Giant. Which was fabulous. I’m glad he’s teamed up with Pixar! Thank the powers that be! The Iron Giant was totally screwed by the distributors. * Sarah Vowell, who is heard sometimes on Ira Glass’ This American Life on NPR, is the voice of Ivy!

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    DSri Seah
  • Annoyed

    November 5, 2004

    A couple days ago I started receiving SPAM via the email addresses registered with Macromedia. I use a separate service and email address for every commercial contact, so I can track how my personal information is being sold.

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    DSri Seah
  • Transparency in Web Development

    November 4, 2004

    Cornell University’s Web Communications Team kept a blog about their site development, which is an interesting exposition of “why decisions are made a certain way”. It’s an interesting read, for those of you who are interested in seeing how the production process goes from the PM’s perspective.

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    DSri Seah