I finally got my car out a few hours ago. My friend Brian rules. He first tried to dig me out, but then he just pulled out a tow line, hooked it up to his SUV and pulled me out. When we looked I was on a pretty serious patch of ice.

I think boogied over to Jill’s place for Laid Off Lunch with her and Bree and some other friends. They made this really really good chicken and lots of other great stuff. Next time I want to come up with something to cook.

I have someone coming by to help dig me out. Thanks for the many kind offers for help!

My car is stuck in a patch of snow. Anyone wanna come and help dig me out?

I’ve been watching the TechTV bboard for their Anime Unleashed show. And while there is a bit more noise than signal there, it’s been interesting watching people’s reactions to Crest of the Stars. Everyone started out after two days going “God this show is so boring.” Then, within the last few days the posts have been changing to more “wow, this show is actually pretty cool.” It’s neat watching more people ‘get it’.

I just got done watching the first episode of Wolf’s Rain. Damn. The last bit of this episode just gave me goosebumps, and I’m not quite sure why. I have the feeling this show will be really good.

As with so many shows there isn’t much to go on at first. The animation is beautiful. I’d say on par with GitS:SAC. Bones is quickly becomming one of my favorite studios, I’ve loved everything they’ve done so far. Once again we have Yoko Kanno doing the soundtrack. The opening song is soso. Maybe it will grow on me, but it didn’t do much for me first time round. The ending is nicer IMHO, a really pretty song.

Story, there isn’t much so far, and I don’t want to spoil things too much for people right away. The fansubs were just released tonight and I think I want to wait for an episode or two before I comment. This feels like a more serious show though, which is nice because it can take the place of Witch Hunter Robin. I’ll end with a picture and the text of what AnimeNfo.com says about the show:

(Oh, and here’s another review of it too.)

I just looked online and noticed that Wolf’s Rain and Stratos 4 have just started to be subbed. And I’ve already got Wolf’s Rain. Now I gotta start looking into whatever the new shows are this season.

Due to the holidays we’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, but we’re back now in full strength plus one even. Tonight we welcome a new resident Peter Ellis. If you were out a few weeks ago he was spinning for us then. We liked him so much we decided to drag him into the group. And tonight we’ve also got MJ. We’d tried a few other times to get him to spin, but this time it will finally work out (*knock on word*). So come out tonight and join Pete, Peter, MJ, and I and have a drink made by our amazing bartender. Let’s show Vertigo that we can pack the upstairs.

Changmian and Dubcoast present

*~The Analog Lounge~*

The relaxed side of things. Join us every Wednesday for a mix of

music styles in the lounge at Vertigo. This week we have are proud to

announce both a new resident AND a guest we’ve been trying to get in

for a while now (3rd try’s the charm).

resident dj’s

* Gregory Blake (Changmian) Boston

* Special Pete (dubcoast music) CA

And introducing our newest resident:

Peter Ellis – Boston

This week’s special guest:

_M.J._ (AudioDreamControl, Galanta.net, Satellite – Boston)

Wednesdays

@ Vertigo (upstairs)

126 State St. Boston, MA

617-723-7277

10pm – 2am

21+ with ID

$5 cover (gets you into both the Lounge and Anitya)

No dress code

www.changmian.com

www.dubcoast.com

www.vertigoboston.com

www.mapquest.com (directions)

And don’t forget Anitya, downstairs at Vertigo every week.

Last night I after I posted I was made aware of a very cool feature in OS X called Summarize. It is an OS X service, so it is available in everything. It seems to take a block of text and offer a summary of it. The cool thing is that it is adjustable as to how much of the original content it snips out. To use it, hilite a block of text, then go to the services menu and choose Summarize. A window comes up with a little slider to adjust the level of summation. You can then copy/paste it or save it into a file. Pretty slick.

The above block of text summarized down into: “To use it, hilite a block of text, then go to the services menu and choose Summarize”. Not bad. Oh, and I just found a knowledge base article on it.

The other week I posted about some horrifying experiences with airport security. Well, this time someone else had a run in with them, Penn (of Penn & Teller) had quite an interesting time when he went to take a flight. I’m not gonna bother to quote any of it, because it’s hard to choose any one part.