Stormwatch 2009

Storm clouds as seen from our backyard. There were actually sprinkles and thunder. It was a thundersprinkle.

Failoc-alypse

Well, I didn’t manage to get Blizzcon 2009 tickets for me and my dad on the second try this morning (I will hopefully be able to get a press pass for me, at least), but Blizzard did have a fun way to pass the time: The Flash-based game Failoc-alypse, where Blizzard characters slaughter the “failocs” (guys dressed up in Murloc costumes from Blizzcon 2007, which was shown when people failed to get tickets last time) in front of the Anaheim Convention Center, where Blizzcon is held.

I played as a Draenei death knight, but Starcraft lead character Jim Raynor and a Diablo III witch doctor were also available.

Not as good as tickets, obviously, but a cute way to pass the time, and poke fun at last year’s disastrous ticket-selling procedures, which were greatly improved on this time around … even if I didn’t get tickets.

Twenty-two months

Posted with my iPhone, using the WordPress app, so excuse any funkiness.

This is James at Timberlane Park on Memorial Day, puzzling out the mysteries of the water fountain.

Frank Lloyd Wright Legos

OK, sure, Fallingwater and the Guggenheim are somewhat over-hyped (or outright triumphs of design over actual utility), but that doesn’t mean that these Frank Lloyd Wright Lego sets aren’t super-cool.

I’d love to see a Chrysler Building Lego set some day.

Jonathan Coulton – “Skullcrusher Mountain”