Happiness is…

… finally hooking up the surround sound speakers. So far, our informal test-disc review shows that Ronin has far more precise but subtle use of the rear stage, while Italian Job sounds more dramatic, especially during the helicopter chase scenes. Akira’s menus sound incredible, but the movie itself doesn’t really lend much to a 5.1 system. The Ah My Goddess movie places a lot of its orchestral ambience in the surround environment.

I’m sure we’ll “test” some more movies over the course of the weekend. I mean, why not?

I’ve added to, subtracted from, sorted, tweaked and futzed with my massive taglines file, that which feeds the random tagline display you see just below the site logo, up there at the top of the page. Like a good ‘netizen, I’m sharing the fruits of my labors with the lot of ya. So, linked below is the straight text file containing every single tagline I have.

Enjoy, won’t you?

All-Tags Text File

A quick correction to yesterday’s posting: That would be, level 30. Thanks to some help from the supergroup I’m in, mind you.

Pics of the new costume to follow… eventually.

Sometimes, the best way to spend a Friday night is pounding the hell out of the minions of evil. Tonight, for instance, with very capable and generous help, my lead City of Heroes character made it to level 28. This earned him a spiffy new attack power which I look forward to exercising over the weekend.

I think of it as a cheaper form of therapy than the traditional kind…

Friday, 6pm, Backspace… Portland Bloggers.

There’s been no substantial discussion on other meeting times or locations, so we’ll stick with what we’ve got for now. See you there, then, I hope!