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Just literally had this happen to me with our HR/Accounting Department, with a subtitle of "We want to understand what you do around here." Visons of Office Space are dancing in my head.

Fellow bass player here too, though I'm still learning!

Just out of curiosity, did you ever listen to the Vapor Trails remaster that came out last year or so? What were your thoughts on that?

It's Bandai Namco that has the actual patent, but what's really interesting is the fact that it is is set to expire in November of this year.

Since installs have become so prevalent in console games, I would love to see these sort of mini-games be used to ease the wait.

I've had pretty good experience with AIMP. Very similar to WinAmp in most regards. (http://www.aimp.ru/)

Agreed fully! Now, if only this simulation did more with the "Wall of Death" and circle pits you see at most thrash metal shows.

Seeing this sort of negative behavior, both in groups online and off and coding and not, affected me greatly, even when I wasn't the target. On one hand, it gave me pause to consider and critique my own work, enhancing the final product. On the other hand, it made me go into over-perfectionist overdrive and too scared to release stuff lest "everyone" hates it. This fear, however irrational, has gripped me for many years. Stories, scripts and projects being left in folders partially because I wasn't sure where to go with them, but I believe in part that I was too scared to see it through and be rejected (The McFly effect, if you will.) I'm only now just coming to terms with it and learning how to, excusing the french, not give a fuck what others think. If I'm happy with it, that's a great start.

It's like with improv comedy: Denying the other person doesn't go anywhere and typically ruins the whole scene. Working with the other person in a positive light,though, goes miles and miles.

It's pretty easy to do! I've had one for a while, but I just now got to sit down and play with it for a bit. The RetroPie script makes things very simple, though you'll probably want to play with overclock settings for best performance. The biggest surprise for me was getting PSX games working decently.

I have a second one and I just recently picked up the Adafruit LCD kit for the Pi, so I'm hoping to have some more fun with that soon.

I keep meaning to go to some of the local user group meetings. Things keep getting in the way and I keep making excuses. Perhaps I'll do so this this month!

What steverb is pretty accurate here. I myself currently work in a .NET position. Most places around here, particularly healthcare companies, look for people familiar with .NET Framework. If you're doing web development, it's much the same, with a smattering of PHP (I've heard of a couple of Ruby positions available in the area, but there are very few.) It's a good opportunity to have consistent pay while you build an online presence/work on side projects if you're willing to go that route at the very least. Your mileage may vary, though.

I live in Knoxville and while I love living here, finding tech positions at decent pay is difficult. The cost of living is lower and many firms here take advantage of that to an insulting degree. I can imagine it being similar nearby in Chattanooga.

If I was planning to move to Chattanooga, the payout would nice small bonus, but that's about it.

What I don't like about the article is how he goes into how "great" or "stunning" and "amazing" it all is without, like you said, any details. I can understand if there are limited things that can be said at this time, but I read enough fluff words on the internet as is without any backing to show for it.

Noted! I'll have to check that out. I didn't do a whole lot of testing outside of the flash player/in firefox, so it may be a bug inside Flashpunk for all I know. If so, gives me a chance to do a little bug fixing for the community. :D Thanks!

I ran out of time to do my game this weekend (Other insanities were going on, unfortunately. I managed to only spend about 5-6 hours on it all in all), but I might as well show what I did make for those curious. It's more of a concept than anything else, but I did make a couple of things that I can carry on to my other FlashPunk project, so it's all good in the end! It was a lot of fun and I wish I could have done something more, or at least relinquish myself to a simpler idea.

http://crowbar.ripsystem.com/projects/ld21/ - Arrows Move, A shoots.

What I find weird is that the DRM mentioned for Capcom's games applies only to the PS3 versions, as far as I am aware (At least it is with Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Final Fight Arcade.) The 360 version has none of that, as does the PC Version of Rearmed at least. Kind of makes me wonder why they chose to selectively place it on the PS3 only.

They did, actually. Just not very well. Only a few games had that cross-play (Lost Planet and Shadowrun are the only one that come to mind) and there doesn't seem to be very much incentive to implement it further. I would hope a positive response from this would make Microsoft reconsider their halfhearted attempt.

Me, I'm excited for this increases the chances of me getting one of my friends to actually play a multiplayer game in the same room. Hurrah!

Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle". Always worth reading through again.

An interesting idea, though I have the problem of being in a rural area in Western NC. Thus, my experience with the site is going to be limited. However, the next county over is Asheville, which would have a greater chance of meeting up with people who have similar interest. I know you can search by metro area in the search, but it'd be nice to be able to add additional counties or nearby areas for the username, either automatically (If the user wants it) or manually.

This was also be of help to people who travel from one area or another a lot (I go to Knoxville several times a month, for instance.)

But so far, I like the idea and I'm interested in seeing how it grows.

If I recall, the only time I've ever been frustrated in that came is when someone kills and/or revives Hitler for the fortieth time.

Still, I need to get that out again. Been a long time since I last played it.

I don't know. I saw Coraline in the theaters in 3D and am pretty sure I would of liked it just as much in the 2D-Glasses. As for the dorky black glasses, I just like pretending I'm Buddy Holly while walking around the theater.

But I do agree it's not going to save Hollywood. If they thing William Castle-esque stunts are the only thing getting people to the theater, it'll only lead to more problems in the future.

Darn. And I had all my money on Windows EX Hyper Fighting Alpha: The New Challengers Turbo.

Having lived in the south (Tennessee and North Carolina) most of my life, I haven't heard that one. I can believe is coming from a heavy southern accent sounding like "dope" instead, though. People are strange, nonetheless.

Before I was born, the majority of my family made a move from Iowa to Illinois to Tennessee (A weird transition on its own.) My brother almost got in trouble with a fast food chain when he ordered some "pop". The cashier misheard and thought he was asking for some pot and freaked out. (It didn't help he was a teenager at the time.) Nowadays, I think he's given up and conformed to just saying "coke".

Congratulations! You have no idea how much I envy you right now. Even with the hardships that will come, you will be free. Free! I'm currently in the middle of saving up my own money and though I still have a ways to go, it feels even further away by the minute.

Make an appropriate mixtape for the occasion. It's time to rock.

See, I just use my twitter account for random nano-fiction. Same for more facebook profile. Far more interesting than what I normally do, which usually boils down to "Still haven't conquered world. Damn."

Also, it gives people a conversation starter with me, usually with the word "What the hell?" beginning it.

Oh, man. I did just that very idea, only I substituted "War Games" because I couldn't find a copy of Hackers around. Worked just as well. :D

I don't think your effort's in vain. If you like it, keep at it. When you feel confident in your knowledge on the language, you can then choose to move on and experiment with other things. Same for any language, really.

Myself, I'm just now getting started into Ruby on Rails. I finally figured out a project to get me interested in learning the Rails part of it. I just need to get cracking.