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Discovery

It’s fun (to me) that other people are discovering Colin Hanks — he was always the best actor on Roswell, and it was so obvious he’d be going past that to other things. I was jonsed to find out about Orange County — I finally know why they killed his character off last year :)
Also, the movie looks good.

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The concert

Quick summary of the concert.
Jessica Simpson was overseas for the military christmas thing. A transcript of that planning session:
“We need to raise moral! Quick, send in the blonde lolita with the ta-tas! No, the one we can afford!”
Nikka Costa kicked righteous soul ass. No one else who went agrees with me on this, but I want to see that group play again.
Jewel was good. Not great, but not her fault. The great draw of Jewel is her lyrics (brilliant) and her voice. Well, when you’ve got the damn BACKUP GUITAR ramped up so fucking loud you can’t HEAR HER, it sort of impairs my enjoyment. Upside: I have never wanted to be a Jack Daniels tank top so much in my LIFE. Sweet Jebus.
BNL was great. Short set, IMO, but great. The guys looked a little tired, and I think they’re really looking forward to the post new-years break and working on the new album, but they gave it their all.
Listening to Ed sing the One Ring rhyme to the tune of “If I had a Million Dollars” was priceless. Their improv songs were brilliant last night.
All in all, a good night. Cool venue. My ears still hurt.

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Funny

For those of you who’ve seen the movie, and have seen the Matrix, I share this funny from a local gamer:
“Welcome to Rivendel, Mr. Anderson.”

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Post-it Notes in nth Space

There’s a new technology coming to mobile phones — the GPS. Once $100,000 per unit, it’s now the size of a quarter and costs about 100 bucks a pop… the next generation of mobile phones in the U.S. will incorporate them by law.
What this means — the current GPS system can figure out where you are to within a 3 to 6 meter range, and scientists are working on a way to create text messages attached to the space you are currently occupying — these messages would then pop up for any other similarly equipped phone/PDA that passes through the same space (presumably if you scan for it, or if it passes your ‘approved users’ screen).
Think about this — every point on the planet has it’s own personal pop-up web page. Read reviews of restaurants from previous customers who stood in the same line that you did. It is the internet envisioned in David Brin’s Earth (one of the more realistic-but-optimistic near-future fictions I’ve ever read).

Man, the hide-and-seek game you could play with something like this. Can you imagine?
The high-tech treasure hunts.

Thing’s gonna make Majestic look like Pong.

(via Dave)
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And that’s why they play the game…

I picked up Jay Fiedler last week in my Fantasy League. I’ve been playing Griese, but he’s hurt, and Fiedler’s had comparable numbers so far, so it seemed a decent switch up, especially since I was forced into it.
Fanball.com prognosticated for this week: Fiedler should pass for over 200 yards with at least one touchdown against San Francisco.
Wanna know what he did: 149 passing yards, 0 TD passes, 3 interceptions (costs me points), sacked 6 times (costs me points) 33 rushing yards, and a fumble (costs me points)
Net score for this guy? -12 points. I could have kept Griese on the roster and PLAYED him and even though he’s not playing, I’d have made 12 more points.
Punchline? Doesn’t matter. I’m in 3rd place, the guy I’m playing is in 4th, and he can’t pass me even if he beats me, so I’m in the playoffs regardless.