Had an interesting day yesterday.  The game This is the Only Level managed to get popular on Digg so there was a huge influx of walkthrough video traffic reported from the walkthrough creator, Tasselfoot.

For some reason Armor Games is near impossible to get the article Dugg on, I’m not sure why.  It got Dugg on another website.

I went running today at lunch with Dan from the Armor Games office but got super tired from the super hot temperatures outside.  I had to walk home even though it was only a 4-5 mile run.

My computer is down to about 11 MB in hard drive space.  It’s true, and it’s sad for me because I can’t take pictures with it being so low.  I am going to either have to crack down and get a new computer (the fun, more expensive option) or find a way to use an external hard drive for the photo editing (the less fun, much slower option).  I have a Macbook so its not the easiest thing to upgrade, and I use a single Aperture database that is near 50 GB and resides as a single file.  So I might lose the home laptop for a desktop replacement and do photo editing on a proper monitor and faster computer.  I’m thinking an iMac, since Aperture is Mac only and my photo tool of choice.  Otherwise, I’m going to RAID 0 some 1 TB external hard drives and be completely impatient waiting for large files to bounce over USB 2.0 lines.

Still working on the RPG.  Mr Fikree has managed to create some wonderful tracks.  He created the tracks for TBA++ and I look forward to listening to all the music for the game.  so far there are 10+ tracks and each is themed to the various areas of the game.

This weekend… yes more wedding prep and possibly that computer purchase.  Carlie and I need to talk about it more before buying a new one.  On Sunday I’m doing my last long run before the big run!

Oh and speaking of which, you might have noticed on the left side of the page a donation box.  This is for a 100 mile bike ride I am doing in October after wedding.  I’m riding from Irvine to San Diego down the California coast in two days to support MS research.  Its for a good cause and is tax deductible.  Feel free to donate or just feel free to cheer me on, or feel free to stick a pipe in my spokes and let me fly over the handle bars.  Either way I appreciate the sentiment/maltreatment.

Went to a local hiking area this weekend.  Found a giant rock that eats the smaller rocks!  Also took pictures all over the place, take a look at them here.

Worked on Hedgehog Launch 2 today.  Right now as it stands it’s about 70% done.  I’ve had problems coming up with good solutions to new gameplay changes, which have abruptly impeded other problems.  In the new game the camera has some rotation during important moments, such as blasting through the core of the earth.  Also, some issues like CPU are really important to me and I want to make sure everyone is getting good performance.  Cutting back on star particles (there’s lots!) is a good start.

Otherwise, just trying to take it easy this weekend.  I’ve been busy (as always) but I’ve needed some off days.

And I bought Plants vs. Zombies on Saturday.  I’m hooked.

I don’t know what it is but I’ve started hiking a lot to take photography of wildlife and plants.  This weekend I went to Riley Wilderness Park in Aliso Viejo and took some pictures.  I only hiked a couple hours but it was lovely to get out and see something new.

If I was at home I would be probably be in front of a screen and given that my eye has been twitching off and on, it was probably good to pick up the hobby.  Here’s a few of my favourite shots:

I am getting an new lens later this week so I will have wider angle shots.  I’m really excited.  You can see the whole album here.

I’m off to San Francisco for the Flash Gaming Summit, watch me talk live at 10 am PST 11 am PST on SATURDAY SUNDAY! YAYAYAYAY. EDIT: 11 on Sunday, excuse my terrible 25 hour miscalculation.

Unlike the program I use to make Flash games, I got a new Flash for my camera.  It will help light darker areas and help bring out the colour in photos I take.

I’ve really started to enjoy photography as a hobby.  When I got my first dSLR camera back in 2007 I would have never imagined I would be this enthralled in taking pictures.  Since I bought that camera I have logged nearly 5,000 photos and have exceeded the amount of storage of all my other file types combined (including 6+ years of Flash files!).

If you haven’t already check out my latest photos in the Pictures section.

AND if you were involved in the “What’s on top of my fridge game,” the possible answers were vitamins, trail mix, clif bars, tortilla chips, oatmeal, catnip, and bills.  Take two points for each correct answer, maximum four.

Check the twitter for updates.  I’ll try to post sometime soon but if I can’t get a hold of the internet I’ll just post on Monday.  See ya!