Something Simple

All sorts of hell is breaking loose on Digg today. Digg is a community-based news resource. Websites are submitted by users then promoted to the front page based on popularity.

The Digg community is disgruntled over the censoring of stories that have been submitted recently. A key code, made up of 32 characters that can be used to decrypt HD-DVD content, was leaked to the public. This key allows those types of DVDs to be copied when they previously could not. Digg is afraid that it will be sued or blacklisted for the number appearing on their website, claiming it represents intellectual property. I have a hard time believing displaying these numbers on a website can get you sued or fined and it hasn’t stopped the Digg community. They have plastered the number across the website. They’ve been submitting websites and stories all day long in an act of civil disobedience.

I could have put the key code up on my website, but Alexis asked that I not and I’d rather not take the chance..

Yesterday, I managed to survive “Bark at the Moon” and beat Guitar Hero on Hard. I even have proof (see image below).

I struggled through the intense sections that require strumming up and down in order to keep pace with the song. When playing the game on Hard, the songs incorporate the fifth orange fret button. I didn’t have too much trouble adapting to the added complexity. It was the fast paced songs that were challenging.

Included in Guitar Hero are bonus songs that you can unlock as you play. I haven’t heard them played on the radio before, but some of them quickly became favorites. It’s interesting where you can pick up new songs. I usually listen to songs from one source, the radio. When I listen to the radio I stick to one particular radio station that plays a mix of the 80′s and 90′s. There used to be an Internet radio station called “EggRadio” or “The Egg” that used to play user submitted music. I would pick up a lot of new music there until it was abandoned by the creator at some point last year. It will be missed.

Anyway, here are a list of the songs from Guitar Hero I like to rock out to:

• Infected by Bad Religion
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Stellar by Incubus
• Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth
• Cochise by Audioslave
• Take It Off by The Donnas
• Even Rats by The Slip
• Get Ready 2 Rokk by Freezepop

I’ve added a third column throughout my website and I’ve worked to make sure that everything looks good on lower resolution monitors. Everything from 800×600 and larger should be good. If you see something wrong, like an image that pops outside a column or if columns overlap each other, drop me an e-mail. There may be images that do this in the archives. I haven’t looked through them yet.

I removed the “3D Art” section. It was really old and I wasn’t adding anything to it. The “Volume Rendering” or “Screen Saver” section might be the next to go.

This month has been a busy month on this website. I’ve never posted six times in one month. I’m planning on making even more changes next month. So don’t think I’m finished.