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currently playing

Grand Theft Auto: 2, III,

Vice City, San Andreas (PC)

		Portal (PC) (also trying out
		some custom maps)
		Republic Commando (PC)
		(already finished it; now going back to explore the places that I missed)
		Battlefront II (PC)

              (fun to do battle on the
              minor planets that were in
              the last movie)

		Knights of the Old Republic
		II (PC) (Meh, more RPG than

FPS; good graphics though)

		Google Earth (much easier
		to use with a 3Dconnexion *SpaceNavigator* controller; works great with a lot of

              RAM, a widescreen LCD &
              self-made spaceship
              "wooshing" sounds

		Dexter, Shrek Kart, Glyder,
		Myst, Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, The Sims, Spider &

              18 Tower Defense games
              (iTunes Apps) (waiting for a
              real GTA, Star Castle, Star-
              flight & Sinistar)

currently reading

And Another Thing by Eoin

              Colfer. The sixth book in the
              (late) Douglas Adams' Hitch-
              hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
              series.

		Anathem by Neal Stephen-
		son. It's 900+ pages so it's taking a while. Good read so far.
		Stuff White People Like by

              Christian Lander. Material
              taken from his hilarious
              WordPress blog of the
              same name.

		Star Wars Lost Tribe of the
		Sith: Precipice; Skyborn; Paragon; Savior by John

              Jackson Miller. Amazon
              Kindle novels.


currently watching

		The Big Bang Theory (my
		new favorite with excellent writing & acting)
		Dexter
		Modern Family
		Community
		Fringe
		House (it's not vasculitis)
		Curb Your Enthusiasm
		The IT Crowd
		The Guild

currently surfing: news

		New York Times
		LA Times
		San Francisco Chronicle
		USA Today (lightweight)
		BBC
		Fark (daily dose of snark)

currently surfing: tech

		Tech News Today @5:30pm
		Buzz Out Loud @1:30pm
		Engadget & Gizmodo (the
		Coke & Pepsi of tech news)
		gdgt
		Mashable
		openAlpha, geekbeat.tv,
		pop17, icali.tv, T he Molly, mostlylisa, women of warcraft & tastyblogsnack
		mobile broadcasting
		(several past & current 'lifecasters' who broadcast: J ustine (LA), web pioneer & domme Lisa (Tokyo), pilot & techie J o hn (Greenville), prolific vloggers Sarah (SF), David (Ft. Lauderdale) and Scott (Greensboro) & several live videogame sites; click on the link at far left to see in a teeny-tiny window; u stream & stickam are also good streaming sites, with apps)
		Tiki Bar TV (I don't drink but
		this Canadian video podcast is hilarious; I highly recom- mend Episode #19 of the two-part "Space Cadet" episodes for the uninitiated)

other interests

		political psychology
		British politics & culture
		intelligence studies
		temporal anomalies
		quantum entanglements
		logic & epistemology
		postmodernism
		mobile computing
		FPS games
		toys & gadgets
		Lego
		superstructures
		novelty architecture
		steampunk conversions
		off-world technologies
		dark chocolate
		tea