Minecraft!
So James Fries talked me into playing Minecraft and I have to say that I now want to hurt him. I am addicted. If it wasn't for work I would probably have spent all day playing this today. Here is what I made in about 20 Minutes yesterday.
Play Time
Some years back I made the choice to quit playing video games. They were a distraction to life and I really wasn't enjoying the time I spent playing them. Over the lasst couple years however, I have started to get back into gaming, but as anyone who plays with tell you, very casually. During the time I quit, I let my home computers fade away and die to the point that all I have at home is a work issued Mac laptop. My iPhone takes up 90% of my computing at home, so I really don't need anything else.
Lone Pine Mall
I usually try to keep the latest and greatest apps I find off of here because that would just turn this thing into an Apple App Store Awesome App Guide. I really download a lot of apps and I know no one really wants to know what the free app of the day is. I am sure there are sites that do much better job of that than I could. iFlux is an exception though. It is rare for a useless toy app to really catch my attention, but even harder for it to make me fall in love with it. This is an app that now has a permanent spot on my home screen. The last app to do that was Pandora.
So what is iFlux? Well it is a flux capacitor for your iOS devices. Not only that, if you have a GPS equipped device, the flux capacitor will activate at 88mph and generate the 1.21 gigawatts of power needed to travers the 4th dimension. Ok, so 88mph is a bit over the limit, so it has the ability to set activation at any speed. And if you turn your device into landscape, you get the time control circuits as well. Overall this app really does nothing at all, but brings back one of the greatest movie franchises in an incredibly well designed app.
This is a Universal app and can be found here (app store link) for $0.99. Now I just need an iPad and a dash mount.
Ethnicity in Atlanta
Making the rounds this week in the online news is a really awesome series of maps made from the 2000 census data. These maps show the top 40 US cities and their ethnic makeup. Check out Atlanta. It is pretty crazy how the line at Ponce is almost a perfect divide. It also amazed me how evenly distributed Clayton County was. I know it has changed a lot in ten years though. Check out all of the cities on his flickr page.
Polamalu is the Man
One of the most explosive and impressive football players to ever play the game. If there were an I in team, it would be him. If there were two I's in team, it would be him and Ward. Go Dawgs!
Change is in the Air
Wednesday will mark what I see as the start of the new HUB. We will have a meeting in the morning in which our new director will outline her vision and goals for the HUB. This is absolutely freaking me out. On the one hand I have a very nostalgic view of the HUB and how it used to be, granted it hasn't really been like that since 2002 however. On the other hand I always want us to grow and get better. To evolve and refuse stagnation. I think the biggest fear I have though is being told that my job will not be changing.
One of the greatest joys I have had at the HIUB is the continual change and growth that it has offered. Over the last year however, that has not really happened. I have been on one project since May of 2009 and while I saw it as a great project to start and get going, it was never long term in my mind. At this point I am feeling the burnout however fear that without change, this will become just a job. Here's hoping for some great news Wednesday.
Bedroom Intruder
It blows me away how far some people take internet videos. This however is awesome.
Light Painting with an iPad
Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.
Absolutely amazing. Human creativity blows me away every day.
