June 28, 2010
32 and all's well
Turned 32 today. Woke up and found that the Supreme Court had incorporated the 2nd amendment. Thanks, guys! Boy, that's a hard present to top.
(Not that my Texan rear was short on protections for that sort of thing, local law being what it is. But I still approve!)
Spent the weekend playing Just Cause 2. A little repetitive but still good shoot'em'up fun. Essentially a Grand Theft Auto-esque sandbox game, with the added joy of playing on a tropical island. Terrible writing, of course (and I mean it; this thing is offensive to everyone, and just poorly written and acted). If I was there for the plot, I'd be greatly disappointed. On the other hand, it's not so bad doing missions for different factions when they're all completely terrible people that you, in fact, are planning to screw at the earliest available opportunity, and the main villain is essentially a Kim Jong Il clone, so hooking cables up to statues of him and pulling them down is satisfying.
The gameplay's entertaining, mostly because it's quite kinetic. Between your never-ending supply of parachutes and your forearm-mounted grapple claw, you're what the Bionic Commando wanted to grow up to be. At the top of a cliff and need to get to the bottom? Just base-jump down! At the bottom, need to be at the top? Just grapple up, or parachute-climb using the grapple to keep pulling you along. Soldiers get tired of taking assault rifle rounds to the face, and call in a chopper? Rejoice - it's like they're delivering a gun platform to you via FedEx! (I hijack more choppers...)
Even the cars handle a little better (and it's very easy to leap from car to car to car, just by pressing a button, like you were starring in The Matrix...) Though honestly, I don't jack that many cars - their need to stick to roads cramps my style, and they're only a little faster than a parasail run.
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(Not that my Texan rear was short on protections for that sort of thing, local law being what it is. But I still approve!)
Spent the weekend playing Just Cause 2. A little repetitive but still good shoot'em'up fun. Essentially a Grand Theft Auto-esque sandbox game, with the added joy of playing on a tropical island. Terrible writing, of course (and I mean it; this thing is offensive to everyone, and just poorly written and acted). If I was there for the plot, I'd be greatly disappointed. On the other hand, it's not so bad doing missions for different factions when they're all completely terrible people that you, in fact, are planning to screw at the earliest available opportunity, and the main villain is essentially a Kim Jong Il clone, so hooking cables up to statues of him and pulling them down is satisfying.
The gameplay's entertaining, mostly because it's quite kinetic. Between your never-ending supply of parachutes and your forearm-mounted grapple claw, you're what the Bionic Commando wanted to grow up to be. At the top of a cliff and need to get to the bottom? Just base-jump down! At the bottom, need to be at the top? Just grapple up, or parachute-climb using the grapple to keep pulling you along. Soldiers get tired of taking assault rifle rounds to the face, and call in a chopper? Rejoice - it's like they're delivering a gun platform to you via FedEx! (I hijack more choppers...)
Even the cars handle a little better (and it's very easy to leap from car to car to car, just by pressing a button, like you were starring in The Matrix...) Though honestly, I don't jack that many cars - their need to stick to roads cramps my style, and they're only a little faster than a parasail run.
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Happy very very-belated birthday.
A quick question if I may. How active is the ham community there in Houston? I only ask because I'm going to be moving that direction in the next few months (Yes. I know. Houston in the dead of summer. It happens.), and I was wondering whether it would be worthwhile to refresh my memory on... stuff. I've also been curious what band and output combination I would need to tag back to Phoenix from there. I've got my 8900 finally, so I could try 6m and 10m.
A quick question if I may. How active is the ham community there in Houston? I only ask because I'm going to be moving that direction in the next few months (Yes. I know. Houston in the dead of summer. It happens.), and I was wondering whether it would be worthwhile to refresh my memory on... stuff. I've also been curious what band and output combination I would need to tag back to Phoenix from there. I've got my 8900 finally, so I could try 6m and 10m.
Posted by: Will at July 08, 2010 11:54 PM (+tm6w)
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I, ah, don't actually live in Houston these days... moved to Dallas two years back.
There are two or three ham clubs of good size. Dad's a member of NARS, and the Texas DX Society is pretty active too. On the other hand, he hasn't been doing as much lately (he's right on the edge of retiring and work leaves him pretty tuckered out), and apartment living plus tiny commute leaves me no time to operate up here.
There are two or three ham clubs of good size. Dad's a member of NARS, and the Texas DX Society is pretty active too. On the other hand, he hasn't been doing as much lately (he's right on the edge of retiring and work leaves him pretty tuckered out), and apartment living plus tiny commute leaves me no time to operate up here.
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