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As a video game geek I pay my tribute my way to one of my childhood idols, one of the only ones who I don’t feel silly embarrassing imitating (I actually felt hella cool). You are being called the King of Pop only because other performers started calling themselves pop, but the truth is that it is you and only you can represent Pop.

I only played this game a few times at a friend’s house when I was a kid, back then I gave up very soon since it’s not too easy a game. Last night I blew the dust off my Sega Megadrive, put in the cartridge and played through all 6 stages, and saw the ending. Rest in peace MJ, but just for a while don’t take too long, we’re still waiting to see you do the moonwalk on the moon when we look up.

I’m 26. (Warranty has long voided)

I used to think that nothing beats heading out on a chilly morning at 3:30am, drive all the day to a somewhat random spot just to snap a (hopefully) nice picture of sunrise. I used to think that way because I could then share these nice pictures with people I love and care. This year on my birthday I was actually able to go do the same but with my loved one sitting next to me, needless to say I can’t think of a better way to start off a day and that was easily the best part of my birthday.

Used to tell people “I was there!” when I showed my pictures, now I tell them “We were there!”.

Thank you

p.s. Hannah gave me a GPS too so next time maybe it doesn’t have to be a random spot when we head out! yay!

Maybe it’s because I’ve been re-reading “Slam Dunk” these days, or maybe working on Sunday has me desperate enough to watch anything, but this year I might actually try to catch several games on TV. Part of me wants Cleveland to finally win one.

Classic

不知不覺在game testing部門斷斷續續工作已經快一年, 原本準備全職投入, 不料人事部的連絡人忽然有好介紹. 她說看到我有一點編程和HTML經驗, 可能適合到遊戲互動網站部門. 兩星期前經過一個跟該部門上司(就是我現任上司)短短的一個phone interview後, 人事部通知我到新dept做一個星期試試, 當probation period. 今天終於正式簽了三個月的約, 在不加薪的情況下升職. 我不介意, 一來終於不用終日play test可以嘗試其他挑戰, 二來這個崗位和公司開發部的core team有緊密連繫, 絕對是networking良機, 三來我有自己的桌不用跟別人共用了!

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Three weeks ago I received a phone call, here’s what happened in a nutshell:

“hey Steve, remember that thing you were working on back in janurary?”
“of course?”
“well, it’s not working like it should be. Lots of bugs. We are currently doing a 24/7 coverage thing for it, would you be able to come in for two weeks?”
“definitely, what’s 24/7 coverage?”
“see here’s the thing, you will be covering the evening portion of the coverage. The shift starts at 11pm.”
“but that would mean I will be working til..”
“..uh yeah.”
“I’m in.”
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As of today I no longer take my one class every week. It might come as a shock to some people but this one class has been taking up a big chunk of my time and energy. Every Wednesday night has been a stressful one and at times Thursdays were “class 8:30am to 10:30am-> work 11am to 5:30pm-> church group meet from 8pm to 10pm”

But it doesn’t matter anymore, right now I’m uploading my last assignment + final exam thingy (it’s a network enabled 3D environment OpenGL runtime program with two controllable players and cameras). Definitely the most time-consuming class I’ve ever taken so far. My blogging activities had also been grind to a halt, I resorted to twittering most of the time. But it doesn’t matter anymore..

If I do wake up from my sleep I’m gonna go have some fun.

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On the other hand, registered for another class starting in April. This is the recommended book for it.

Pardon the language, but apparently this little 14 year old boy did something that’s not very nice to his cat “Dusty”.

In a disgusting case of animal abuse, a cat being abused was filmed by the culprits and posted on YouTube. A teenaged boy slammed a cat against a wall and repeatedly struck it. It was a hot topic on the internet all day Sunday and bloggers think it happened in Lawton. Among the thousands of posts on the internet, commenters pointed to Lawton as the source after it was posted this weekend.

The teenager - who calls himself “Timmy” entered a bathroom that he called his laboratory. Inside the shower was a cat which the boy picked up by its neck and slammed against the wall and floor before beating it with his fists. The attack continued for more than a minute.

YouTube removed the video Sunday afternoon and disabled the user’s account - but not before it was seen about 30,000 times. Local authorities confirm that they are investigating the video, and Lawton Police say the Comanche County Sheriff’s Department is investigating. Sheriff Kenny Stradley has been shown the video.

I did not have the heart to actually watch the video of the abuse, which was taken by Kenny’s brother Weston Glenn with a camera.
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Is my recent favorite game to play with. It all started with me looking a job posting from a company looking for a part time office assistant. One of the requirements is that you have to type more than 60wpm. I have never really measured my wpm so I started searching for some kind of online typing test. Next thing you know I finished almost 60 races at TypeRacer with other great typers around the world. And after two days of practice, I have achieved 101wpm once!! It was glorious, I was even prompted for a quick verification test to show that I wasn’t cheating.

Freakin’ sweet!

Funny how the cat’s hindlegs flatten after each slide.. at first it didn’t succeed, but with a practice and a much bigger loop, it was win!

Took me a while, but what fun!

Full tutorial can be found here (I think I spent more time typing this up than doing the actual mod)