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Come one, come all to visit my live streaming of the Extra Life event, LIVE at my place: www.justin.tv/brokendesign 

Come one, come all to visit my live streaming of the Extra Life event, LIVE at my place: www.justin.tv/brokendesign 

On October 17th, I will be taking part in the 2nd Annual Extra Life 24 hour gaming marathon to help raise money for research and treatment of pediatric cancer. Some of you may remember that I had participated last year as well in memory of my friend Megan from high school who was taken before she was able to live the full life she deserved. Texas Children's Hospital is a fantastic place to donate, there is no child refused for care, regardless of financial or insurance status, so it is incredibly important to keep the efforts of this organization going strong.

On October 17th, I will be taking part in the 2nd Annual Extra Life 24 hour gaming marathon to help raise money for research and treatment of pediatric cancer. Some of you may remember that I had participated last year as well in memory of my friend Megan from high school who was taken before she was able to live the full life she deserved. Texas Children's Hospital is a fantastic place to donate, there is no child refused for care, regardless of financial or insurance status, so it is incredibly important to keep the efforts of this organization going strong.

Just got back about an hour ago from Scuba's House of fLAN 2009, a LAN party hosted by a friend of mine out in Kansas. It was good fun, there was a lot of games played, lots of profanity thrown around and a great deal of general debauchery. Maybe not so much of the last one. Primarily we were kicking it with Rock Band, Halo 3 and Gears of War 2, got some Halo Wars in there as well, and even dipped into some FEAR 2 and Killzone 2. We also took some time out to see Watchmen.

Just got back about an hour ago from Scuba's House of fLAN 2009, a LAN party hosted by a friend of mine out in Kansas. It was good fun, there was a lot of games played, lots of profanity thrown around and a great deal of general debauchery. Maybe not so much of the last one. Primarily we were kicking it with Rock Band, Halo 3 and Gears of War 2, got some Halo Wars in there as well, and even dipped into some FEAR 2 and Killzone 2. We also took some time out to see Watchmen.

Just downloaded the free TV.com app for my iPhone to check out. Not a huge fan of CBS (really, TV in general), so I wasn't massively thrilled about that, but I figured I'd see what it was all about. There's other stations as a part of it, like Showtime, CW, CNET, etc, so there's certainly more content than I initially thought there would be, however so far I'm not finding any full shows that I'm interested in. Californication is in there, but I really wasn't surprised to see it's only excerpts from episodes and interviews and they're all censored, so that's a drag too.

Just downloaded the free TV.com app for my iPhone to check out. Not a huge fan of CBS (really, TV in general), so I wasn't massively thrilled about that, but I figured I'd see what it was all about. There's other stations as a part of it, like Showtime, CW, CNET, etc, so there's certainly more content than I initially thought there would be, however so far I'm not finding any full shows that I'm interested in. Californication is in there, but I really wasn't surprised to see it's only excerpts from episodes and interviews and they're all censored, so that's a drag too.

For any creative pro out there, Photoshop is about your only option for photo manipulation and composits, things like that. Pixelmator, from the Pixelmator Team, is pretty quickly becoming a respectable alternative, though in its very early stages. Certainly the Photoshop juggernaut offers a tremendous amount more flexibility and has a laundry list of features that don't appear in Pixelmator, but bullet points don't always equal a superior product.

For any creative pro out there, Photoshop is about your only option for photo manipulation and composits, things like that. Pixelmator, from the Pixelmator Team, is pretty quickly becoming a respectable alternative, though in its very early stages. Certainly the Photoshop juggernaut offers a tremendous amount more flexibility and has a laundry list of features that don't appear in Pixelmator, but bullet points don't always equal a superior product.