No, not you, the other gman. Happy bday man, here’s a little something for ya’! And why not watch this too:

I just find this hilarious!! At one point the guy says “Ay Wey!” hahaha!

Durham University students put Valve’s Source 3D Game Engine, used to drive the oh-so-famous-FPS Half-Life 2, to good educational use by creating a fire drill simulator and use it to examine people’s behavior in a real scenario. Check this link for the vid and the rest of the tldr text.

Why use and artist’s rendition of a hit and run culprit when police have technology right? Nintendo technology that is! So, if you’ve seen this Mii, you live in Japan and if you actually give a crap, be sure to report it to the police.

OK, seriously, WTF!? Why!? A-anyways, I guess this need some explaining, this “game” was developed using the XNA Framework and you can download it to your 360 via Community Games for a measly 200 Microsoft Points…use your imagination.

At least it’s more useful than this.

Sorry for the hiatus, I’ve kept myself busy since I went to A-kon in Dallas, I’ll post photos as soon as Chots gives me back my memory stick, I need to give you the update on what happened at EPAC’08 too.

I’m risking it by the way, I’m getting a spot at the Artist’s Alley in A-kon next year, and I plan to publish a compilation of art and stories, title still pending, but I’ve been so happy lately since I’m getting back to my writing right after quiting all of my jobs lol, I need to update my portfolio too with the new images I did for EPAC. I’m in class right now…supposedly, so I’ll post back soon, bye!

Yeah, if it were Raptor Jesus, that would’ve been cool, or an Orbital Frame…but no, I’m referring to something more evil! More sinister! Vile and Satanic! Not a dinosaur either, other adjectives include: “malefic, wicked, depraved, vicious and so on…”, but the one that describes it the best is…dumb. Yes, DUMB:

[Click it for a bigger size of this stupidity]

It’s RAPTOR! An acronym actually, stands for Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered Reasoning, clever. BUT! What a horrible thing to use! I know it’s supposed to be used by beginner programmers, so why the hell do experienced, heck, I dare say it, (Por echarme crema a mis tacos) professional programmers, use it? Quoting my teacher:

So you can remember the basic principles of programming and using arrays without those advanced tools you’ve grown so used to.

OK, fine, she has a point, but those wonderful SQL Databases and Queries are what make programming EZ. But I digress, the purpose of this rant is, that I could’ve finished a stupid exercise in 3 minutes in C# instead of using this compiler piece of crud without DDL compatibility, that’s right, I had to use Arrays to save data. Raptor Jesus, do you know how long it took me!? 3 damn hours, THREE.

This thing goes beyond the scopes of practical programming for beginners, it screws data types and you have to write ALL the code, so, something as beautiful as this:

for(int i=0;i<=5;i++)
{
//do something.
}

Will look horribly like this:

[Oh, did I mention you can't use 0 to initialize variables, nor point to arrays with it, I mean, seriously, WTF, those poor Mayans invented the damn number for a reason! And yeah, notice the condition for the Loop. You see it? Compare it with the For's condition if you don't see it, then laugh maniacly]

Anyways, this is a horrible way for n00bs to begin programming, what makes me sad is that this is not an old application! That last version got out on May 18th, 2007. The worst part is, this is what they use to teach programming methods at UACJ. Kill me. You want my suggestion, try coding in C# or C++, even if you are n00b, there are a lot of awesome guides and tutorials, visit MSDN if you are into C# (The future in Windows Programming and ASP.NET), you learn the basics while working with the hard stuff.

So yeah, what a dumb program to use, but it was perfect for a dumb rant heh~ Anyways…

Ok, I got Nomi Roll’d, who the hell is this guy anyways, and why is the video so damn creepy!? Well, let’s go then to our wonderful friend Wikipedia:

Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for remarkable vocal performances and an unusual, otherworldly, elfin stage persona. Nomi is remembered for bizarrely theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classic opera to covers of 1960s pop standards like Chubby Checker‘s “The Twist” and Lou Christie‘s “Lightnin’ Strikes“.

What!? He’s dead already!? Well it does explain the horrible 80s feel of the video! You have got to admit though, even though you get bowel movements when you see that guy’s face, he had a very powerful voice…I wonder what he died from…wait…*stares at the video*…lemme guess…

Nomi died on August 6, 1983 in New York City, one of the first celebrities to die of an illness complicated by AIDS.

Do I get a price or something? Wait…there’s more…

His ashes were scattered over New York City.

O_o Why? I just hope they sprayed Lysol on them before they spread them all over the place. But I digress, that’s Nomi for you, you leave from this post a little more wiser, your useless facts lore has earned some EXP.

Now go watch him as a villain in the Venture Brothers in Adult Swim.