Tomorrow my parents head down to NOLA to party it up for a week at Mardi Gras. I’m a bit envious, but travel like that and NOLA in general probably aren’t great for my health at the moment. It also means I’m stuck home alone once again, this time for a week.
So fair reader, what should I do? Throw a party? Take a road trip? Run around the house screaming? Play WoW for a week straight? Throw a dinner party of some kind also. What? What? What?
Well, there have been no more votes on my Johari Window (though feel free to go add your views) for a day or so, so I thought I’d post the results. I thought they were fairly interesting in that I’ve never thought of myself as particularly brave.
Arena(known to self and others)
adaptable, happy, observant, relaxed, self-conscious |
Blind Spot(known only to others)
accepting, brave, calm, caring, cheerful, clever, friendly, giving, helpful, independent, intelligent, kind, knowledgable, loving, modest, quiet, reflective, sensible, silly, trustworthy, warm, witty |
Façade(known only to self)
shy |
Unknown(known to nobody)
able, bold, complex, confident, dependable, dignified, energetic, extroverted, idealistic, ingenious, introverted, logical, mature, nervous, organised, patient, powerful, proud, religious, responsive, searching, self-assertive, sentimental, spontaneous, sympathetic, tense, wise |
63% of people think that snooze is brave
63% of people think that snooze is friendly
able (0%) accepting (18%) adaptable (27%) bold (0%) brave (63%) calm (9%) caring (18%) cheerful (45%) clever (18%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (0%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (63%) giving (27%) happy (9%) helpful (9%) idealistic (0%) independent (9%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (36%) introverted (0%) kind (27%) knowledgable (9%) logical (0%) loving (9%) mature (0%) modest (9%) nervous (0%) observant (18%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (18%) reflective (9%) relaxed (18%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (9%) sensible (9%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (18%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (18%) warm (9%) wise (0%) witty (9%)
I also have one of those nohari things, feel free to rip me to shreds.
I feel like I’m in a snow globe.
Jane Pinckard asks the question Is World of Warcraft the new Golf? in an article over on 1UP.com.
Overheard, at brunch: two tech entrepreneur types discussing World of Warcraft. What server are you on? What guild? Oh yeah, me too, I heard it’s a good way to schmooze.
Is that true? Has logging in to the world’s most popular massively multiplayer online game replaced a few rounds on the links as the way to make the right business connections in a tech-driven culture?
The particular Guild discussed by the brunchers above was started by Joi Ito, who became a WoW fan after embarking on the game to do some research on social networks. Joi, the money-and-idea guy behind internet companies PSINet, Digital Garage, Infoseek Japan, and social software like Moveable Type, Technorati, and Socialtext, has quite a few hangers-on who hit him up for advice, money, or access to his Rolodex. [1UP.com]
The fun thing about this is that the guild I’m a part of, We Know, is the guild Joi started. It’s become a fun group of people with more than a few people from various other startups and internet companies. It’s kind of fun knowing that the person you’re questing with could be the CEO of some company you’ve heard of for ages.
Is it the new golf? I’m not sure about that. Maybe it’s like the new paintball instead.
Edit: It’s even hit Slashdot.
Yesterday, the New York Times had an article about some of the anime that is currently showing in the US. It’s pretty good, though a little bit simplistic. The one thing I liked about it was that it was explaining a little of how these shows are different than the stereotype of what many people think anime is (Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh). The point where I feel the article falls a little flat is in its examples. While I enjoy Naruto, I think Fullmetal Alchemst might have been a better one to go into detail with. My guess is they were went with a show that was on at a watchable time.
It is nice to see some mainstream media coverage of anime that helps to show a bit of why I enjoy the method of storytelling so much.
It finally happened. Dr. Who will be hitting the airwaves in the US starting in March. Taking up a slot on the SCI FI Channel’s Friday lineup. While the SCI FI Channel has done its share of annoying things, this is a great move for them. Even if they were way too slow with it. This is definitely a show to check out. It starts out a little slow, but quickly gathers speed. Almost everyone I’ve shown it has enjoyed it.
The only downside is that now the season one DVD release has been pushed back till July.
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Posted by Accordion Guy, a funky Flash animation called Drum Machine.
Here’s a quiz for today.
BUTTERFLY – Your daemon may be a butterfly. It is
ironic that the butterfly traditionally
represents the psyche, yet it is one of the
least emotive physical forms that your daemon
can take. It is very hard to tell what a
butterfly is feeling, and perhaps that is why
you feel so comfortable with this form. You
have many, many friends and a beautiful soul,
but you don’t like to reveal what your
innermost feelings are. You aren’t afraid to be
yourself – you are vibrant and colourful. But
at the same time, you don’t like to wear your
heart on your sleeve.
What Is Your Daemon?
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Not being able to sleep at 5am this morning, I decided to check out the Dr. Who Christmas Special. Overall I give it a thumbs up. The story felt like a kind of typical regeneration story, with David Tennant making his first real appearance as the Doctor. I think he’s going to make a pretty good Doctor overall. I won’t discuss any of the content so as not to spoiler people, but I do recommend downloading it if you can (along with the children in need special, which you should watch first if you could).
