overdue post of the WoW expansion launch

Just a picture taken at around 10pm the day of Wrath of the lich king release day.
Even though I was playing this a year ago, I would never go to the midnight event! Its too cold

OH wells.

In a brief update: I'm BLOGGING ON PENNSYLVANIA WOHOOO!
More news later on.

MAC Death Aftermath

So the mac is back, there were a few replacements "upgrades?" done and it is now working well but yeah... I'm not a good person with backups so all my info is gone, I'm also surprised the claim nothing was recoverable.
Sadly the backup of my pics are a lower resolution images on facebook, my pictures I had saved on yahoo where trashed when yahoo setup flickr >.< I only have the Canada trip saved on picassa.
What about work data you say?
I always keep all my work in Purdue's PCs. Even if I work on the mac I eventually transfer the final files to their PCs.

So in the end my life has changed as follow:
-My memories have been downgraded to lower resolution.
-I'll have to revisit libraries... for the audiobooks I lost.
-I have no longer KeyNote or Pages. (Open office here we go)
-On the next laptop I shall have extended warranty.
-I managed to steal them a new Startup Disk (or so they say it will eventually arrive).
and finally:
-I am debating what my next computer shall be. No matter the computer I should be backing up. If it was windows base I might have more resources to fix it myself, and if I can't I have more choices near by to fix it.
If it is Mac I will probably have to resort to mailing it, depending where I'll be, and instead of saying goodbye to my earnings on repairs I should say goodbye earlier on warranties. The Mac service was prompt and good yet it still bugs me that I couldn't fix it on sight... and the PRICE!! ,and my PCs never died so horribly (But this could be more of a desktop vs laptop issue).
Maybe I just have to learn more about Mac troubleshooting, cause it will eventually happen no matter what Stynky and their adds say.

Or should I go Linux? Problem is, there is even LESS games for that plataform :P

MAC IS DEAD

A normal afternoon, just browsing the web before the one to one meeting with my boss.
All is fine, until the rainbow circle of Mac stop-poking-me-let-me-think appeared.
5 minutes later the Mac stop responding at all, the option apple esc doesn't work to force Firefox to close.
10 minutes later I decide to force a shut down. After restart I see for the first time a Mac blue screen of death. Not the same as windows, it can not start, has a question mark in a folder telling me it can't find the hard drive to boot.

It won't boot from a cd.
It can not be recognized by other macs via firewire.

2 days later I have to call in for a repair box ... and I'll have to say good bye to over 300 something bucks.

UPDATE: 11-11-08 The box has come, and my MAC is on the way.
UPDATE 11-13-08 I've received my mac, smells like new but I have lost all my data. (I think I lost some audiobooks for sure, I never back up that >.<)

World of Goo

Recently I've been playing WORLD OF GOO. This little gem came to my attention after the escalation of the DRM issue in gaming. It lacks any DRM, and if you purchase it from their site you get access to windows and mac versions (Linux coming soon) without having to buy a game individually for each platform.

But I fell in love with it because of actual gameplay and atmosphere. If you see the video from their site you will have a feeling about the music, and how it feels as if you are in some Tim Burton type of world. Some how odd yet familiar and a little bit magical.
Gameplay is fairly simple. Link the Goo balls until you reach the exit pipe trying to get as many of them through it; a little reminiscent of lemmings.

I've been having a lot of fun, the music and level design always have me smiling (The sign painter who gives you hints is hilarious), it is a really amazing game and you should give it a try. It was developed by an independent group, has no official publisher, it is only $20 (granted is a really short game, but re playability is quite high) and you will make the world a much much better place if you get it. Trust me.