i have to admit, i was always confused as to what the tabletop game wanted to be but seeing the trailer for the computer game it all makes sense.
mix one part 'lord of the rings' and one part 'grand theft auto' and you end up with something like 'shadowrun'.
here's the trailer. enjoy
Friday, June 22, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
don't be a drone
you know the type - they're always there early and they're working late.
perhaps they have one of those phone/email things and they are always working away on it.
perhaps it's the person in the cubicle next to you that needs to make absolutely positively certain that the staple is in the right spot and God help the person that tries to correct them on something they feel is right, when it's not. it's like experiencing your own personal dilbertized version of the roman legion with wave of wave of emails and phone calls etc. etc.
perhaps it's the person that feels that life really is all about putting in the 100 hour work week fifty weeks a year, so they can pressure their family into doing as much as possible in a two week vacation. after all, they have to put as much work into their vacation as they do into the work right?
perhaps that person is you. i certainly hope not.
but, here is a list on how to find ways to not be a drone - i.e. ways to learn to live and not merely exist paycheque to paycheque. i found it off a link on digg.com and while i'm not as extreme as some of the examples i put up - i have my own issues that this one addresses. mostly related to spending time on the internet.
i have a life now and i want to find deeper ways to make it more worthwhile. i think this is a great start for those of us who are becoming drones. it's an ever constant battle.
39 ways to live not exist
perhaps they have one of those phone/email things and they are always working away on it.
perhaps it's the person in the cubicle next to you that needs to make absolutely positively certain that the staple is in the right spot and God help the person that tries to correct them on something they feel is right, when it's not. it's like experiencing your own personal dilbertized version of the roman legion with wave of wave of emails and phone calls etc. etc.
perhaps it's the person that feels that life really is all about putting in the 100 hour work week fifty weeks a year, so they can pressure their family into doing as much as possible in a two week vacation. after all, they have to put as much work into their vacation as they do into the work right?
perhaps that person is you. i certainly hope not.
but, here is a list on how to find ways to not be a drone - i.e. ways to learn to live and not merely exist paycheque to paycheque. i found it off a link on digg.com and while i'm not as extreme as some of the examples i put up - i have my own issues that this one addresses. mostly related to spending time on the internet.
i have a life now and i want to find deeper ways to make it more worthwhile. i think this is a great start for those of us who are becoming drones. it's an ever constant battle.
39 ways to live not exist
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
songs to check out
more fora.tv news
great article on wall street journal online about the site i blogged on a few months ago called fora.tv
matters of the mind
matters of the mind
gold farming
great article (found via slashdot.org) about what could possibly be one of the strangest jobs i've ever heard.
the 'new sweatshop' seems to be related to online role playing games where workers toil in the back rooms clicking, clicking, clicking on dead corpses and slaying virtual baddies all to hand over their hard earned loot to the boss who pays them roughly 30 cents an hour. their boss in turn takes their loot and sells it for $3 to an online reseller who then is able to sell to players in the first world for $20.
a small shop with three workers can bring in about $80,000 a year.
loot farming
the 'new sweatshop' seems to be related to online role playing games where workers toil in the back rooms clicking, clicking, clicking on dead corpses and slaying virtual baddies all to hand over their hard earned loot to the boss who pays them roughly 30 cents an hour. their boss in turn takes their loot and sells it for $3 to an online reseller who then is able to sell to players in the first world for $20.
a small shop with three workers can bring in about $80,000 a year.
loot farming
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