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Monday, May 31, 2004
Spread your wings.
Well, I now finally have broadband. It's nice to be free from 56K, especially considering the ridiculous stuff we went through with Telstra to get everything going. Actually, it was just a matter of them not sending the confirmation email for something like two and a half weeks. -.-;;
But still, it's all been fixed now. The installation was very easy. I'll be adding a second computer to the wireless network tomorrow as well. On that note, I'm glad I went with wireless. It was more expensive, but the alternative (running a cable through to this room) would have been a huge pain in the butt.
Right now the biggest advantage for me is simply file transferring that relates to web development. It's now very easy to transfer large graphics files and so on.
I've also now begun the process of sorting and uploading tracks for Kill Adam 2's soundtrack. I was thinking of doing something corny, like calling it DSS (Dynamic Soundtrack System) or something. People have used midi in RPGs before (note Shy in particular), but I think that Kill Adam 2 will really push this soundtrack concept a lot further.
Of course, broadband won't be required to actually read the RPG...but it's highly preferable if you wanted to actually utilize the soundtrack feature. The great thing is that usage of the soundtrack is optional. But more importantly, even if you're on 56K...you can still elect to have certain songs used in your posts, even if you can't listen to them.
So I hope that this, as well as a couple of other little innovations, will be warmly adopted by Kill Adam's participants.
Also, I took the opportunity to watch the trailer for Hero now that I have broadband. I have one word for you: wow. This movie looks simply gorgeous - absolutely beautiful art direction and some stunning special effects. It looks a bit like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, with a little Matrix and Kill Bill thrown in for good measure. How can that be a bad thing? You're right, it can't.
I was also pleasantly surprised to see the trailer to I, Robot last night when I saw The Day After Tomorrow.
At first, I noticed that the music they were playing was lifted directly from one of the Matrix soundtracks (though it appears to be somewhat remixed). This made me think, for one moment "Oh man...don't tell me that they're making a Second Renaissance movie!"
...unfortunately it didn't fulfill one of my wildest dreams, but the movie may still be pretty good. Afterall, it's based on a somewhat famous story. And the visuals look pretty remarkable. The robots remind me of a Bjork video clip...where two robot versions of herself are making love on a conveyor belt. Has anyone seen that video? Although the song doesn't particularly interest me, the clip is amazing. In fact, I think it's possibly one of my favourite music videos ever.
The design of the robots in both the movie and the music video seem kinda similar...which can only be a good thing. Although having said that, I think the robots in the Bjork clip look better. They're a bit more clinical and sterile looking though, as opposed to looking more like a consumer product (as in I, Robot).
In any case, I'll definitely be checking that movie out. And I hope that you are looking forward to Kill Adam 2. I'm starting to feel a lot of pressure to get that just right...but it's in good hands generally (especially with Tony providing the HTML behind it).
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