Aaron Hoffmann Principal UX Product Designerdon’t think for a minute you could beat this old school game; its developers have infused characters and environments from so many sources, that you’ll never know what’s up next, and even if your jedi mind powers can predict some things, knowing what exactly each character will do is almost beyond random. a truly hilarious and well-made mashup of nostalgic gaming goodness. enjoy!
an interesting little article i found today which has some strikingly similar tone to my outpour from last night..
thought of the day: beethoven suffered deafness, yet penned some of the most incredible melodies those of us lucky enough to hear will ever have the pleasure of experiencing. now in my head (a scary zone you’ll all likely agree) i almost constantly have little songs of my own design floating about, and assuming most people also tend to have music on the brain from time to time; with millions of deaf people since ludwig van, how many brilliant melodies have been lost in those minds that the rest of us will never hear?
happy new year to those who bother putting up with my inconsistent posting. the truth is over the past couple months since my last posting i’ve been doing two things related to this site: migrating to a dedicated, externally-hosted server and concepting some new designs. so my site is no longer kept on one of my computers here at the house, but a faster, more reliable machine somewhere else. and while i still find merit in my yellow/orange design, i’m surprised i’ve let it go this long without a refresh, considering how quickly i tend to bore with most everything else; the existing layout is a good 4-5 years old, a near-eternity in web years.
combine the above with a hectic work and holiday schedule, and it begins to make sense that venting my oft-abnormal thoughts and observations on some web log starts to take exceedingly lower priority; or maybe it’s just me.
it appears a newly designed robotic gastronomist has taken the first steps toward the human/machine armageddon. used to help taste/test foods in a non-destructive manner, one reporter thought it clever to try stumping the little ‘bot by inserting his hand into the “mouth”, and was identified as bacon. at least we don’t all taste like chicken!
thought of the day: so you can ‘break’ their backs, but can horses break their noses? most of their head is long, hard bone, especially the long plane leading down to the soft, rubbery nose. but what’s under all that jiggly snout, and can it be broken like human noses?
next, i wanted to rant a bit about clothing. you see, i used to love shopping for clothes, and would spend plenty of money in some of the trendier stores for clothing that really spoke my personality visually through textile design. however, most of my favourite spots in the past couple/few years have been drowned by what i consider a slump of really crap fashion.
a&f used to be the top dog, but then all they seemed to carry were pink polo shirts with disfigured collars and jeans clearly rescued from storage lockers where small rodentia likely fed upon the clothes, leaving the “destroyed” remnants to be sold at a premium, as if a&f themselves had put extra labour into intentionally damaging the clothing for design reasons. rubbish. i’ll gladly pay 70 bucks for a pair of jeans, but not 2-3 times that for a pair unsuitable to wear anywhere except the local skating park or under-bridge homeless development.
then there is the amazingly schizophrenic express for men stores which just confuses me on a quarterly basis.
thought of the day: is painting a dead person considered a portrait or a still life?
listening to:
Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini