Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7

In case you missed it linked elsewhere, head on over to the Onion for a funny, yet accurate comparison between the planned features of Snow Leopard and Windows 7.

That, My Friend, Is The Sound Of Inevitability

After almost 3 years going strong, my 360 bit the big one this morning about a quarter of the way through a rally race in Dirt. Ugh.

I'm actually surprised it lasted this long, seeing as all of my friends have already lost a box to the cursed Red Ring of Death. That, and there's the fact that my original Xbox was one of the first to go, leading to the annoying reboots during Halo 2 matches that left my name hanging in the lobby and the subsequent chants of "Rogue, Rogue, Rogue, f@#* you!".

The worst part is that I was really looking forward to blowing some of my vacation next Friday and having a Gears of War 2 marathon. I guess that party is on hold for a while, while I wait for my coffin to arrive so I can ship back my little while waffle maker for repairs.

Maybe, just maybe, I'll get lucky and get a box back with an HDMI port on it. I can dream, right?

UFOs Over Texas

While watching a video article on CNN.com about UFOs that were spotted over Texas this week, I came across this bit and had to snap a screenshot. Good grief, is that an original Bondi blue iMac? From 10 years ago? I thought people only used those for fish tanks these days!

Maybe the UFOs were air shipments of new iMacs from Apple...

Here We Go Again

What a difference a year makes. Last summer, it was shear agony being a Sabres fan, as we watched you-know-who depart. This year, there is a little bit more hope, knowing that the team now has a bunch of core players locked up for the long term. I kind of like knowing the trio shown here will be around for the next five years. Oh, and we have a pretty decent goalie too.

Friday is the big day, and while they didn't exactly play well in the preseason, I still think they've got a good chance to go deep in the playoffs again. Last year, even with all of the chaos, at times they still showed flashes of brilliance and the ability to score at will. There were just way too many ups and downs throughout the year. They need better team-D this year and better consistency. I can't wait to see what happens!

Oh, and I can't wait to snag one of those new/old third jerseys. The end of the Buffaslug is near!

Seattle and Vancouver Pictures Now Available

I posted a whole mess of new pictures from our trip out west to my SmugMug gallery. Most of the miscellaneous Seattle and Vancouver pictures (including those from our whale watching trip) can be found in the General archive.

There are also two straggler albums from Olympic National Park. The first album contains a mix of color and black and white while the second was taken using an infrared filter.

Enjoy!

Off To The Pacific Northwest

Missy and I are going to meet up with Brent and Ericka for a week in Seattle and Vancouver. I'll be posting along the way, but most of the updates will probably be pictures I post to my SmugMug gallery. So keep checking there for new pics if you don't see anything posted here.

See everyone in a week!

Update:
For some reason I can't post to the Seattle album I created. So my mobile pics are going to the SmugShots album in the Other category instead.

SmugMug Updates

What good is a new blog theme without a matching update to your photo gallery?

Head on over to the new gallery.channelaaron.com. It's been overhauled to match the new look of my blog. In addition to the new look (and matching static search bar), it's got a new slideshow, highlights of some of my favorite imagery, and a Google Maps interface to show off my new addiction to geotagging.

Enjoy!

Blog Updates

I finally got bored with my old blog theme so I went ahead and made some changes here. I really liked the Cosmic theme for RapidWeaver that Elixir Graphics created, so I crammed it into Blogger and voila! I plan on updating my few remaining RapidWeaver pages (mainly just QTVR movies, etc.) at a later date so I'm glad this theme worked okay for me.

Other than the new theme, there are a few subtle changes. For one, the search bar is static at the top of the page, even when you scroll. It's more for my benefit than anything, but now all of the main site pages are always accessible. Second, while I haven't published them yet, I plan on adding a few more links to the sidebar to highlight my pictures, especially my iPhone pics. Lastly, there's a snazzy new WebClip icon for the site, in case you want to save it your iPhone/iPod Touch home screen. Again, mostly for my benefit, but cool nonetheless.

Enjoy the new look!

Boldly Gone...

Well, I guess I won't be getting any more Warp Core Breaches. Or James Tea Kirks. Or any more Phaser Shots. Or any more Romulan Ale. Son of a...

This Monday, The Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas will be closing for good. You can read all the details about it here. Personally, I think it's a shame.

Yes, it's an absolutely geeky thing to do. But where else can you immerse yourself into the world of this American icon? The restaurant and casino were a blast (Missy, Mel, and I all won big money there -- Jim lost big) and the tour is amazing. I still think the simulation of being beamed to the bridge of the Enterprise was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced. Seriously, how did they make that feel so real?

If I were still living in SoCal, I'd totally drive there this weekend for one last round of drinks. Oh well. Vegas just won't be the same. If you are interested, here's a few pics I took during our two visits there:

Gallery #1 | Gallery #2

Play MiSTie For Me

There's still a good chance that this was a hoax of some sorts and that it didn't really happen, but apparently the old crew from Mystery Science Theatre 3000 made a cameo appearance during the Olympics yesterday.

If true, it might have only aired on one of the Mountain Time networks. It's funny nonetheless, even if they did put the guys on the wrong side of the screen.

The best part of all of this? With all of the comments related to the topic, I learned you can watch full episodes of MST3K on YouTube. Sweet!

[via Engadget]