Hi everyone, quick update for you:
Back in June (but I’m just heard the news) one of the major movie houses secured the rights to make a movie based off of "The Sims." Yes, that’s right, the open ended game where you as the player baby-sit grown adults (and their children) and live their lives. No real plot, just open-ended goodness from Maxis (the first, and I think only game to outsell Myst)…train wreck in the making!
I saw Transformers for a second time the other day with my brother, and the strange thing was that there was only one preview before it. Granted, it was for the new J. J. Abrams movie coming out in January, but it was strange that there was only one (but a nice reprise either way). And of course, the movie was excellent as well, even the second time!
A team of researchers recently used World of Warcraft to study the outbreak of diseases and potential global pandemics. By utilizing the world’s 6.5 million (yeah, that’s a lot of players) participants, researchers and the folks at Blizzard inserted a virus that spread through players (some with immunity to it, acting as carriers) and even the familiars/pets used in the game (I’ve never played WoW so I’m a bit unfamiliar with the exact specifics of it). The details will be published in next month’s Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal, I’m really interested to see what comes of this and how the research turns out.
Coming up on September 10 is Free Hug Day! If you need a hug, that would be the day to get one, or feel free to give out free hugs as requested! The first free hugs day was in London, and actually ended up being banned by the police by the end of the day (yes, it became wrong to hug in public), but has spread, so check it out, and see the video promo for it
That’s it for now, more book reviews are coming soon, as well as some picture updates. It doesn’t look like Joomla 1.5 will be out until October, so for now, the big website update is at a halt. As always, more information as it becomes available. Have a great one!
