Mon, 29 Aug 2005

Scented DVDs?!

My daughter just loves Strawberry Shortcake DVD's. I can put that thing on all day, and she'll watch it nonstop.

Today, after becoming a little tired of "Best Pet Yet", and learning all the songs by heart, I decided to buy her a new Stawberry Shortcake DVD.

I opened the case for the first time, and POOF...a light strawberry scent fills the room. That has to be the most creative marketing i've seen inside a DVD package.

Whats next? Burning rubber smell in the next Fast and Furious DVD? That would definately be hip!

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3D Camera

I got really daring last weekend and took pictures with my "new" 3D film camera. It looks a little goofy, but i hope it will be well worth it.

There was a lot of depth in the shots i took....mainly in a wine vineyard that I stayed at last weekend. Got some cool shots down the rows, as well as some eye popping shots of nearby Red Mountain.

Me, an automatic digital camera guy, operating a 100% manual everything camera (even the shutter had to be spring loaded, taking a picture is a 3 step process), do not make a great mix. I really hope they turn out!

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Fri, 26 Aug 2005

New Game Preview

Whats small, chalk full of sound effects and music, offers turn-based fighting, full motion mpeg video cut-scenes, and can be played by a very large number of players at once?

Yes, its Casey's new cell phone MMORPG: "Maokhian Prophecies"

I started work on this game a couple weeks ago, and its really coming along so far. It takes advantage of some cutting edge features with newer sprint phones, but it should be completely functional on lesser handsets.

One of the most challenging pieces of this project is the map generation. I have to create all the map data by hand.

You may also notice that the tile graphics are a little crude. The game is completely skinable, so once I obtain a better tile set (very likely from freeciv), i will be performing a little cleanup work on the graphics.

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Wed, 03 Aug 2005

Air France Flight 358

After a flawless escape, one particular passenger was not too impressed with the entire operation. Here is an excerpt from this MSNBC article:

Passenger criticizes flight attendants
Hours after the crash and rescues, at least one passenger was less than complimentary about the work of some of the flight attendants during the accident.

Gwen Dunlop, a Toronto resident who was on the flight returning from vacation in France, said when the plane first touched down the passengers believed they had landed safely and clapped with relief.

“Only seconds later, it started really moving and obviously it wasn’t OK,” said Dunlop. “At some point the wing was off. The oxygen masks never came down; the plane was filling up with smoke.”

“One of the hostesses said, ‘You can calm down, it’s OK,’ and yet the plane was on fire and smoke was pouring in,” Dunlop told The AP. “I don’t like to criticize, but the staff did not seem helpful or prepared.”

Lets imagine...the plane has landed on the ground, rolling down a hill, and filling up with smoke. Typically, smoke indicates that there is some combustable reaction abound.

I know! Lets totally violate FAA regulations, dump lots of pure oxygen into the cabin! Yeah, I know that its only intended for depressurization, BUT WHO CARES?!

I'm so glad customers aren't allowed to fly the airplane.

Congrats to the crew, a two minute evacuation is quite a feat!

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