The great Wii fast came to an end today. I had exiled all Wii gaming, excluding Wii Fit, from my life since the turn of the year but it all collapsed in a few hours of weakness. I had ordered a new game, Battlion Wars 2, a few weeks back and it had been sitting at home for a while. My plan was to wait until post-exams until I played it but teh temptation just sort of took over.
The X10 Protocol returns with a vengeance in the form of a reference in an episode of “The Big Bang Theory”. Some of you guys may know that we did a group project using the X10 Protocol to create an intelligent home of sorts to remotely control lighting and other electrical appliances through the electricity network. Anyway, the episode clearly used/referenced a more high-tech wireless version with more advanced features like access over the internet.
Anyway, the episode marked the return of the series after a short hiatus due to the writers’ strike. I don’t know whether everyone would enjoy the comedy in the episodes but I do find the mix of “intellectual talk” and the innate geek appeal to be somewhat enjoyable to watch. It is also reassuring to watch as it reminds me that there are far more geekier people in this world than I am.
Also, the episode makes reference to YouTube and about posting a video to it…. the video actually exists:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMA_mMG1Scg
It’s definitely a great way of interacting with the viewers on a deeper level and drawing them in further.
** may contain spoilers **
So, I just watched the pre-mature season finale to “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”. It definitely ended on a massive cliffhanger and I was definitely not expecting it. I really do hope that it’s not the first casualty of the Writers’ strike and returns for a full second season. The show definitely had a strong religious undercurrent with Agent Ellison quoting passages from the Bible throughout the series. It gave the series an extra dimension along side the gripping action sequences of Terminators and humans busting some moves.
Some memorable moments of the short 9 hour chronicling of Sarah and John Connor’s lives include references to the Terminator trilogy, such as Cameron wearing the Police biker uniform + shades a la T1000. Direct conversational references to past characters, such as Kyle Reese and John’s foster parents and so forth. Further, the time-travelling nakedness remains true to the films with the super strength and bizarre trains of thought by Cameron being equally intriguing.
The show started off a bit slow after the premiere but had definitely picked up to a good pace with the plot unfolding very nicely over the past few episodes. I’d be lying if I said I understood everything that has gone on… but I’m not lying when I say I’ll be damned peeved if it does end up being terminated!
On a similar note, today was my last ever day of lectures. With the spring term of my fourth and final year at university drawing to a close, all I have stretching before me are exams, project work and then graduation. I was somewhat overwhelmed with excitement prior to my final hour of lectures; it was a Distributed Algorithms lecture, which is not the most exciting of topics. I believe the expectation of the occasion outstripped reality and it ended up being somewhat of an anti-climax. Boredom, playing games on my phone, and lack of paying attention ensued.
Anyway, it’s over. Apparently university has taught me all that it needs/wants to. I don’t really know how I feel to be honest. I can’t say that I’m exactly looking forward to graduation but neither do I wish to go through it all again from the first year, or even do another year of studying. I think it’s been just about the right length of time.
Tomorrow is iNite day. Rehearsals from early in the morning and the actual performance in the evening. I’m not entirely sure whether I’ll get a chance to do any work tomorrow…
but yeah, a lot of things haven’t really sunken in of late….
I’m 23. What can I say? I feel like I haven’t had much to say recently. Ever since I got back from Tokyo and especially more recently it just feels like there’s less to talk about on here. I’m also a bit disappointed that I haven’t managed to dig this blog from its emotional roots into something more substantial. Oh well…
