A few little things.
Hey remember that site I made?
It's been just over a month since I launched PrettyPreez.com, my little campaign to get funds for a free camera via strangers on the internet. It started out with moderate success, though all of the donations were from friends and co-workers. I kept up my part of the offer, but things kind of got put on the backburner when I took a 10 day holiday. I feel bad about this, but I fully intend to complete the final set of drawings and kick back into spamming people on Twitter. My goal (besides getting enough for a camera) is to at least get one single donation from a stranger.
Space space space space space.
It's no surprise to anyone that knows me that I've dabbled in the evil realm of MMORPGs from time to time (though "dabbled" might be a bit of an understatement, depending on who you ask). A few weeks ago I read an article about a game called EVE Online, and a player who was part of an in-game "corporation" that acted as a bank for other players. This bank corporation would loan in-game money to other players and corporations, collect interest, and essentially act much like a bank acts in real life.
The interesting part I discovered was that there is no in-game mechanic that allows people to form banks, which means that it was completely player created and managed based on the honor system. And as it turned out, there are corrupt people in virtual banks just as there are in real ones. One of the members of this bank ended up stealing 200,000,000,000 ISK (that's interstellar kredits, and two hundred billion of them is a lot) from the bank, effectively causing everyone to withdraw their money and almost cause a collapse of the in-game market.
Okay so I realize that this post is getting really geeky really fast, but guys, you should read the article because it's actually pretty interesting. So interesting in fact that I decided to play the free 21-day trial and I was incredibly impressed. I've been complaining to Billie for a while about how every MMO is essentially the same and I want to play something different, so when I heard about this I had wondered why I hadn't tried it sooner. You can pretty much do anything you want and there are no rules, plus it's in space.
Oh yeah also:
Billie and I got new neighbors (a young couple) and although they're relatively quiet in the evenings, we still find reasons to complain about them to each other. For example the guy always parks his car in the visitor parking stall because it's conveniently close to their back gate. So I am officially taking suggestions for passive aggressive notes that I can place on his windshield.
I've also heard him blasting the end portion of Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine (you know the part, if not, watch this at 4:35) a total of three separate times in the parking lot. It's really classy. Also we're pretty sure wife beaters and track pants are the only clothing he owns. Despite this I once overheard him say "Gucci is alright, but Armani is better" and I am pretty sure he was completely serious.
We don't normally judge people like this, I swear, but it's just so easy in this case. It's hard not to.
