First night at work...

   The blog didn't autopost yesterday/last night, so I've transferred the contents to today's blog post. 

    Started the 3 night rotation. I'm considering taking Friday off to take care of some family obligations that day. Not sure  whether I'll get approval on such short notice.

    In the meantime, two small catastrophes: My XIM360, which is no longer manufactured, apparently is dead. I'm going to work on it this Saturday to find out for sure, but confidence is not high. If I get stymied there, I'll see about getting it repaired. I seem to recall some talk about a 'lifetime warranty' but I sure couldn't find any reference to that on the web page when I was looking for help on it. 

    This means two things: My already curtailed Xbox time is reduced to zero. (And, the worst of all, I had just started replaying Medal of Honor on 'Hard' and was anticipating Call of Duty: Black Ops for next Tuesday. And my Xbox Live sub just auto-renewed, too...) It also means I'll have to satisfy my gaming fix with some PC Half-life 2 and maybe Unreal Tournament 24K, or even Call of Duty 4. We'll see...

    Once I got to Albany, I had another small misfortune, My electric shaver kamikazied and had its head knocked off. So, I'm left with no way to shave today before work. So, tonight, I'm stuck wearing the dreaded 'beard cover' that I loathe oh so very much. I'm leaving the apartment early to get a new shaver, but I'll have to charge it and there's no time to do it before work. (I might have done that this AM, but after driving a 100 miles and alreadt getting into my jammies, I just couldn't work up the mojo...)

   Moving on...

• Pachter: Call of Duty: Black Ops won't outperform Modern Warfare 2. O RLY? GameStop: Call of Duty: Black Ops pre-orders surpass Modern Warfare 2.

• Medal of Honor reviews: The Boston Phoenix.
• Medal of Honor did not impact Bad Company 2, Modern Warfare 2. Apparently, those inclined to play Halo weren't impressed either.
• Valve releases Mac version of Left 4 Dead on time.
• Are videogames getting easier? Yes, but not for old farts like me. And goes double for Halo.
• Mother who shook infant to death for interrupting her Farmville game pleads 2nd Degree Murder.

 

For the Hardcore Facebook Gamer (LOL!)

 

 

    Non-Gaming Links:

 

• New 'nanospheres' are the stiffest man-made material ever, sturdier than kevlar.
• Scientists find 'Liberal gene'.
• Making bone in the laboratory. Oh, the filthy joke potential I'm letting go here...!
• Dream recording device possible, researcher says.
• DARPA: Fuse nerves with robot limbs, make prosthetics feel real, find Sarah Connor.
• The plot holes and paradoxes of the Back to the Future trilogy. I've had a thang for Lea Thompson ever since All the Right Moves.
• Original Back to the Future screen tests.
• YouTube: Tron: Legacy Daft Punk music video.