bees and weekends
It's been a while since my last post, during which many things have happened.
On Wednesday, I got my digital camera, a Canon A75 which I bought for the awesome price of $180! (Check buy.com and newegg.com and look at the shipping or tax options.) So, I took some pictures. Now I have an awesome and well-priced digital camera, and I only had to wait 4 months for it!
The day before, on Tuesday, I hit 2 "axons" in the ilovebees.com Halo2 Alternate Reality Game. Here is the 1st phone booth I hit, and here is the second. I hit the second one again on Sunday. Basically, there are times and GPS coordinates given, and at the right time, you go to the payphone, pick it up, and answer a question that relates to the story so far. The way the story is laid out, an AI from 2552 has somehow crash landed on Earth in the present day and has hooked into the server that hosts ilovebees.com. From this base, the AI has tried to establish links with loyal supporters to establish a new crew to help get back to 2552. In order to prove to the AI (known as Melissa or The Operator) that you can be trusted, you have to answer the question correctly. If enough people pick up the phone and answer correctly, then the sound file that is played after a correct response on the phone is available to everyone on the website. The whole thing is really cool, and for some reason felt strangely familiar... There were also a number of puzzles hidden in the graphics and text of the website. Totally cool and very well executed. One of the totally awesome things about this is the support sites that popped up around it, such as mapping and transcripts. Cool stuff. I'm confirmed to go to NYC on Thursday the 4th for whatever they are doing... It seems like it is in a movie theatre... More info here. If you are lucky, and ask, they might let you go, too.
The weekend was full of spending time with the virginhuntress, and I'm sure she'll love to tell you about it. :-) Good food, friends, and fun. No McDonalds involved.
Now, it is Monday, tomorrow is election day, and I'm going to bed. Good night, all!
On Wednesday, I got my digital camera, a Canon A75 which I bought for the awesome price of $180! (Check buy.com and newegg.com and look at the shipping or tax options.) So, I took some pictures. Now I have an awesome and well-priced digital camera, and I only had to wait 4 months for it!
The day before, on Tuesday, I hit 2 "axons" in the ilovebees.com Halo2 Alternate Reality Game. Here is the 1st phone booth I hit, and here is the second. I hit the second one again on Sunday. Basically, there are times and GPS coordinates given, and at the right time, you go to the payphone, pick it up, and answer a question that relates to the story so far. The way the story is laid out, an AI from 2552 has somehow crash landed on Earth in the present day and has hooked into the server that hosts ilovebees.com. From this base, the AI has tried to establish links with loyal supporters to establish a new crew to help get back to 2552. In order to prove to the AI (known as Melissa or The Operator) that you can be trusted, you have to answer the question correctly. If enough people pick up the phone and answer correctly, then the sound file that is played after a correct response on the phone is available to everyone on the website. The whole thing is really cool, and for some reason felt strangely familiar... There were also a number of puzzles hidden in the graphics and text of the website. Totally cool and very well executed. One of the totally awesome things about this is the support sites that popped up around it, such as mapping and transcripts. Cool stuff. I'm confirmed to go to NYC on Thursday the 4th for whatever they are doing... It seems like it is in a movie theatre... More info here. If you are lucky, and ask, they might let you go, too.
The weekend was full of spending time with the virginhuntress, and I'm sure she'll love to tell you about it. :-) Good food, friends, and fun. No McDonalds involved.
Now, it is Monday, tomorrow is election day, and I'm going to bed. Good night, all!