Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii

• 26Aug 08

  Where I Live

  There is a well known local song called "Where I Live" that plays during a bank commercial on tv, and it gets stuck in my head sometimes. Then I realized in my post-did-not-get-the-job funk, that I had not done enough in my part time job for the Hawaii Tourism Board, of which I am the Charter Member. I don't know what that means, but I do know it means I'm big time.

  

  I live in Puako and this is Puako Bay, it opens into the larger Wailea Bay

  

  It's a one street kinda town, ocean's on the left, desert all around us.

  

  There's alot of public access pathways - that's my ride, my sweetpea Sector 9

  

  This is the public access across the street from my house, Maui is off on the very far left - that big shadow out there in the water.

  

  And this is what I see as come out of the path and look left - lots of coral! All along Puako is Hawaii's largest reef.

  So yeah, trying to break out of funk, get back to a happy place, write some crazy stuff and tell tall tales of me that are entirely true and not made up. Since many of you are in these tales, I have witnesses to all events.

  In the meantime, a heavy dose of Eternal Sonata and Devil May Cry 4 has helped along with some beautifully done demolition derby in Flatout Ultimate Carnage. Finally started feeling solid enough after the crabby Snotmonster cold to pick up Guitar Hero again. I couldn't focus on the screen with all the falling colors for a month, too much for my foggy brain to intake. But now I'm back to playing - I'm getting close to 70 million on my way to that 100 million career achievement in GH 3. I've got my eye out for a used copy of GH: Aerosmith...

  ...enjoy the photos, I'll post some more in the future in my quest to enhance tourism in my great state. I need to do my part, and since I get alot of under the table money, I'm forced to keep the greased wheels of corruption moving.

  Aloha friends

  • Posted Aug 26, 2008 9:33 pm PT
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• 23Aug 08

  We Know You Know We Blow

  Okay, this is really bugging me... I assume most of you have seen this little ad here on Gamespot for Windows Vista (since they're playing it over and over in front of the new movies being posted from Leipzig).

  

  Isn't this commercial really saying "We know you think we suck, we know everyone is saying we suck, but if you give us a chance you'll find out we don't suck as bad as everyone is saying we suck." If that is what your advertising has to resort to in order to counteract all the negative press and customer feedback you've gotten, then I'd have to say it's probably a good indication that your product sucks.

  Oh yeah, and I guess it's okay to lie to people (as they do in the beginning of the commercial telling them it's a new version of Windows called Mojave) as long as it's considered market research. You just lied to people in the commercial - why should I believe anything you say after that?

  All you have to do is say "try my product". It's simple but it must be working because we've seen this tool saying it for years.

  

  For those of you outside the U.S. this annoying dude pitches crappy software to teach grandma how to use Windows 95. His latest pitch is a program to teach you how to use eBay. But his real claim to fame is ending his commercials with the lamest sales pitch in history - "try my product".

  I don't know how much Microsoft paid for this new Mojave ad campaign (looks like big bucks because those ads are popping up everywhere) but this was not money well spent. It's an effort in damage control, when the real effort should be releasing an operating system that doesn't chug like a mule running underwater.

  What I would really like to see is some truth in advertising for once...

  

  Now that's more like it...

  • Posted Aug 23, 2008 10:46 am PT
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• 20Aug 08

  Some Things Don't Change

  

  Notice those pricepoints on the Apple and IBM computers? Some things don't change. It's funny how you could sub in today's manufacturers and still essentially have the same ad. The Commodore could be replaced by a Dell laptop for the same price today.

  When I was a kid my family had the Commodore 64 in this advertisement, and I would carry my 5 1/4 floppies around to see what games I could copy off of friends, praying that they would load and be fun games to play.

  I still have the Commodore stored away in my grandmother's attic... along with my prized copy of Bruce Lee on a floppy I hope will still work. One day, when I finally get to buy my first house, I want to setup my game room with all my consoles hooked up and working. I'll need to track down old tv for those ancient connectors...

  

  Ah, the simple days before HDMI and component cables... when I had to make sure the antenna connection wasn't loose so that there wasn't static on the tv (tin foil on the bunny ears didn't work as well as the old movies led you to believe).

  One day my game room will be a reality, alongside my underground computer bunker.

  

  8 megs of computer power all at my fingertrips!! I will rule the world!

  Post edited to reflect my middle of the road sentiments on Apple, this was not an anti-Apple post, relax.

  • Posted Aug 20, 2008 1:35 pm PT
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