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I did another video of Mandislug. This one shows a few things:

1. Mandislug found a big stick! I thought, “Hmmm. I wonder if I can use it to beat things with?” So I picked it up and slung it at another creature and hurt it!
2. Then he kicked its hiney to oblivion.
3. Then he ate it.

Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLZHCV2p-WE

I’m going to have to see if I can get better video quality out of SPORE than this.

V2

Oh yeah. SPORE (http://www.spore.com) got released today! I picked up a copy and spent like 2 hours going back and forth through the manual. Yeah I know. I should have just loaded it and played it but I wanted to understand it.

I had played the Creature Creator demo and just loved it. Now I’m playing the full thing and I have to say it is a lot of fun. Not Populous but … cool.

My first creature is pretty tough already.

Mandislug Animated Avatar

I had a lot of fun for a few hours … from little guy to big guy. Pretty fun. I uploaded some videos of my creation at different stages to my YouTube account (http://www.youtube.com/VArterJr).

V2

I had been looking for an RSS aggregator (and more) and something that works kind of like Yahoo Widgets (but doesn’t suck). I found KlipFolio awhile back and it is really a neat little app if you want to keep in touch with several sources of information. It’s very easy to use and the new Beta for Version 5 has some neat new features.

I love the Facebook Friends update … I don’t have to log in to see my friends statuses. I even created some shortcuts to Twitter and Facebook to updates so I can update more frequently.

The programming interface is basically JavaScript and XML … I wrote a small Klip (like a web part in SharePoint) in just a few minutes (was building a clock and the object model didn’t work as expected). Anyway … it’s a pretty neat little application if you like that kind of thing. In combination with TrueLaunchBar and Actual Window Manager (the two utilities I just can’t live without) you get a lot of power, freedom and control over your Windows environment.

Vince

I was watching TV the other day and noticed an ad for the site http://www.simpsonizeme.com. So I gave it a try. Not bad. You can tell that it fakes some of it by “analyzing” your picture and picking a starting picture close to you. Here is what came out of that with my tweaking for my daughter. Pretty close!

Anyway … have a good one … try Simpsonize Me and see how close it comes to you! Interesting … if not time consuming … diversion.

Vince