Trader Joe’s

A new Trader Joe's opened recently here, and we have gone a few times now and are starting to figure out which things we really like.  The price's are great and so far everything we have tried has been very good. Here are a few of our favorites:

• Mandarin Orange Chicken
• Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
• Tandoori Nand
• A Fig walks into a Bar Breakfast Bars
• So Delicious Creamy Orange Ice cream Bars

Lisa - Adding a few of my favs....

• Hawaiian Style Salt & Vinegar chips
• Maple Pecan Granola cereal
• drool creamy orange soy ice cream bars

Limited Edition Blade Runner Details

Wow, look at all the extras included in the Blade Runner: Ultimate Collectors Edition.

Bioshock

I played the demo of Bioshock on the 360 and decided to pre-order it, I should get it today or tomorrow. The demo and the glowing reviews give every indication that this will be the game one of the best games of the year.

I'll post more on it after I complete the full game.

Fun? at the movies.

We saw the new Harry Potter movie this weekend. Wow, great movie. As a purist there were a few things that I don't think they should have changed. However, they did a really good job with the story, lots of magic, and lots of fun.

Why do parents insist on taking children to movies when they know they are too young to keep silent during the movie. Please be considerate and stay home.

The final Harry Potter book comes out this weekend. We are only getting one copy of the book. I have to read it quickly so that Lisa isn't suffering for too long. I have only been this crazy for one other series, The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zalazney.

Picture Gallery

I have been working with the Flex 2 SDK and Flex Builder. I re-wrote our picture gallery in Flex. It requires Flash 9, and should prompt you to install it.

Update

This part of the site does not currently exist. Long dead tech.

Ursula Vernon - Wearer of Weasel Skins - Fixed

I had the wrong weapon in this guy's hand when I took the other pictures. Here he is with the axe.

This model is based on Ursula Vernon's

Ursula Vernon - Wearer of Weasel Skins

I haven't been doing much with my clay work lately, so I thought I would post something I did a few months ago. This work is meant as a tribute to the art work of Ursula Vernon and is not for sale. Wearer of Weasel Skins

Nintendo Wii

After much searching and an absolute refusal to wait in early morning lines, I managed to get a Nintendo Wii. Target had at least 8 of them and the checkout guy seemed puzzeled at my excitement. Heres my early review:

• Nintendo Wii: The graphics are the only disapointment on the Wii. The controls are the best of any console. This is the first time I haven't missed a keyboard and mouse on a console. The Online store could learn a few things from Microsoft's marketplace, but I expect it to improve over time. I have not been able to find a second Wii controller, or component video cables.

• Wii Sports: No one expects the sample disc that comes with a console to be worth much, but I have spent as much time playing Wii Sports as I have any of the other games I have.

• Rayman Raving Rabbids: Think of Wario ware style mini-games that make you laugh. This one is really fun and should be fun to show your friends when they come over to gawk at your Wii.

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Wow! Apparently I haven't really even started the game yet, and I'm already 3 hours in. The story seems to be complex and the controls are spot on. It's supposed to take 60 hours to complete this game.

Oops, Site was broke

Hmm, looks like the site has been broke in Explorer for more than a week. The problem became visible when we added the Amazon links. Apparently there was a missing greater than on a script end tag. Firefox was fine with it, but Explorer freaked all out.

Problem fixed, there's nothing to see here, move along.

XBox 360

Well, we got an XBox 360 and it's pretty damn cool.

Pros:

• Very nice interface.

• Playable demos of almost everything.

• 1080i HD output to our TV.

• Playback of MP3's from our XP server over the local network.

• Viewing of Pictures from our XP server in HD.

• XBox Live Arcade games are almost more fun than the full XBox games.

Cons:

• Can't play movies from the local network server without Windows Media Center OS.

• Games are slightly more expensive than PS2 and PC games.

• Very loud cooling fans.