Rejoice earthlings!

As you may know, Quisp cereal made a return at the end of the last century (the round trip to Planet Q is obviously a hell of a long drive). There was a limited release to stores (I was so excited to find it at my local QFC) followed by it's availability online. But at $4.72/box with a minimum 3 box order plus shipping, it's a bit of a pricey indulgence.

But dear readers, I have a secret to share with you. The exact same product is available at your local grocery store...and it's even cheap! Just find a store that carries the Quaker bagged cereals and pick yourself up a bag of Quaker Sweet Crunch. Your supply of Quazy energy will be topped out in no time!

Flatulence

I was looking at the "A Mighty Wind" DVD listing on Amazon today. While scanning down the page I swore I caught the word Flatuence. It took a minute to find it, but there is was in the Plot Summary section...under Plot Keywords...and it was a link!

Works Related to the Plot Keyword: Flatulence

The funniest thing to me was that Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace was the first item on the list. Was it for the farting eopie just before the pod race or just a commentary on how much the movie stunk?

Make note that there are 18 pages of results. That's a lot of Flatulence. Somebody better light a match.

Taking my tastebuds on a trip down amnesia lane

As a young lad, one of my favorite breakfast time sugar bombs was Waffelos "a sweetened cereal with artifical maple flavor". I remember that once I so determined to get my fix that I poured Tang on them when we were out of milk.

Recently Kellogg's released Eggo Cereal "Maple syrup - naturally and artificially flavored". Of course I HAD to pick up a box. They're actually pretty good...though probably a little too sweet for most people. And no, I will not eat a bowl with Tang. Some experiences are not meant to be repeated.

I've been busy making Bill Gates look good.

At last I have the time to blog again...and can finally tell you exactly what's kept me away.

At the end of March, it was decided the project I work on would be unveiled in 6 weeks at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo). That meant we had a LOT of work to do. Then it ratched up a notch when we found out that Bill Gates was going to be the special guest presenter. A rather big deal, because Bill had never appeared at E3 before.

So in the last 6 weeks, I've put in about 2 months worth of work putting together various demos. Some to sell the concept to various people higher up the chain, and then of course the actual stuff we'd have at the show.

Yesterday at E3, Microsoft announced the Live Anywhere vision. Basically it's a shared gaming and entertainment space across Xbox, Windows, and Mobile phones. The cool thing is that you'll have one gamertag, one friends list, one message center, and one set of game achievements regardless of which platform you're on. It was really cool that the part that I worked on got a big round of applause from the press-only audience.

I worked on the mobile phone portion of that vision...and had the time of my life doing it. It included a lot of art directing and managing people that I'd never done before. I was suprised to find that I rather enjoyed that part...who'd have thunk it?

Here are a couple shots of my work from the video: Mobile Gamecenter home page

Gamercard

Friends list

If you'd like to check out the video, go to this page and fast forward about an hour into the presentation. You'll know you're at the right place when you see Bill. E3 2006 Microsoft Press Conference