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Given that I'm an Apple fan AND a gadget fan people all around have been asking if I'm going to buy an iPhone.
The answer is: not yet.
- Apple's record on brand new products - They've definitely had issues with some of their revision 1 hardware. I'll let the people with lots of money and time to line up do the testing for me.
- Cingular / AT&T - they have a record of bad customer service.
- No developer SDK - Basically, it probably means you won't have a large number of good programs coming out for the phone.
Just finished up with the One4All Comedy show at the Thick House. God damn that was a stressful experience. In addition to being on stage almost the entire time, I was directing Kamikaze Theory. Yeah ... lesson I learned: don't direct and act at the same time ... especially when you're doing improv on the side as well. Thanks to everyone who showed up.
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I'm sure some of you are wondering what my game plan is. Well here it is:
- Decompress
- vary media input
- increase output
Sounds pretty vague, but I'm keeping it vague so that I don't feel restricted by my new decrees. Jason Hu mentioned to me some book about being an artist that advocates dedicating a block of time to artistic output in any form. I took this to heart since I realized that I spend way too much time absorbing media (RSS feeds, tv shows, DVDs etc) and not enough time outputting (coding, sketching out ideas for comics, and writing comedy). I'll be needing feedback from you guys as well.
Oh and btw, since I do waste a lot of time reading RSS feeds ... I've decided to allow people a peek at some of the crap I read ... and like.
So here it is:
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/10615646490900652863
As soon as I heard that the shooter was South Korean ... I began to prepare for the aftermath that would surely come forth. It would be inevitable that someone out there would use this event as an excuse for pointing fingers at someone.
Here are the usual suspects
- Gun control - Not only have gun control activists come to use this event ... so has the NRA! They're claiming that if guns were more prevalent a student or faculty member would have been able to defend themselves.
- Racists - I'm waiting for Adam Corolla or some other racist knucklehead to make a "ching chong bang bang" joke
- Jack Thompson - linking video games to violence
Strangely enough, the responses I've heard came from some surprising sources
Kenneth Eng has posted a youtube video about the incident. (It has been removed already). I did get a chance to see it. Frankly, it was disgusting ... he basically laughed at all the victims saying they deserved what they got. He may have been "joking" but it's hard to tell when a sociopath is kidding. Regardless, I'd really like to see this guy disappear. (link)
Barak Obama apparently also linked the incident to Don Imus? WTH? link
I'm getting a bit tired of the same old "go to the mission and drink" routine that happens on so many weekends.
A few weeks ago I headed to the De Young to catch up with old friends and see their new exhibit.
WE MADE HATS!
Yeah ... the photo's not relevant, but I have a show coming up ...
One4All Theater and Lorrin Simmons Consulting Presents
Kamikaze Lounge: Sketch Comedy and Lounge Party
1st Sundays, Opens January 7th
DESCRIPTION:
One4All Theater and Lorrin Simmons Consulting presents sketch comedy
and lounge party benefiting artists in Asian American theater. Features
Kamikaze Theory and Guests. Dance floor after the show.
DATE & TIME :
Feb.4th & every 1st Sundays of Month. Doors 7:30pm. Show 8:30pm.
VENUE:
Jet Night Club, 2348 Market at Castro St., San Francisco, CA 94103
MUNI: Castro Station
(510)428-9707
ADMISSION: $5.00, 21+
INFO:
Reservations Not Required (510) 428-9707, www.One4AllTheater.Org, LorrinSimmons.com
My hard drive died ... thus my flickr feed had not been updated. But here it is ... the last 100 photos I've taken:
http://flickr.com/photos/alexchoi/archives/date-taken/2007/02/calendar/
Yes ... my mac died. Impossible? Not really ... it was the hard drive ... Apples don't have special hard drives or anything. It's amazing to hear the snide remarks from people ... "what I thought Apples never died!" or just sarcastic snickers.
In addition, I'd like to point out this great new feature of Flickr I found on Lifehacker. It's a calendar based view of your photos. It's a great way to go on a nostalgia soaked journey through your past few year with a digital camera.
update: Here's this original Lifehacker link
