The Occasional Blog

• Starting the day with 119 tasks due or overdue. Let's see what I can accomplish. #OmniFocus #
• That was a full day. Deferred more than a handful of tasks. Only one task overdue. Tomorrow's looming, though (97 tasks). #OmniFocus #

• @prepeller Here's my usage. I'm a big Alfred fan. http://t.co/nBXLh4mX #

Life at work continues to provide content for many conversations. Unfortunately, professional ethics prevents me from mentioning it here.

I’ll make a point of posting something of at least moderate interest this coming weekend.

• In our seats to see @donttrythis and @JamieNoTweet!! http://t.co/oYyD370c #behindthemyths #
• What a fun night at #behindthemyths @donttrythis got a little out of control, though. http://t.co/cJDxi6ZL #

• Grrr. Busy doing so many 'things' that I can't get anything done. #GTDFail #

I got the iCade on Monday and loaded up my iPad will all the ROMs I have and set it up at work. Not everyone has wandered by, yet, but those that have seen it have be having a fun time playing some of the old classics.

I’ll probably bring it back home over the three-day weekend since I haven’t had much time to play with it, myself. ;-)

• Back to work. After 10 days, 2590 messages (was 0). Don't worry, almost all are various automated messages. Let's see the final count… #
• Took a bit, but actual inbox damage: 11 messages. Much better. #

I’ve been a gamer from the beginning. Good or bad, I’m old enough to have lived through the golden age of video games during my formative years. It was a great way to spend far too much money (and kept me off the streets). Yes, I work in the video game industry (coincidence?), but I believe that some of the most creative games were created ‘back in the day’ due to the fact there were so few rules and genres to be hampered by.

The golden age is coming back for me due to some fortunate recent events. First, iMAME, a version of MAME (an arcade emulator), was released for the iPad a week ago which only lasted for a day before being pulled by Apple in the App Store (presumably for copyright concerns). I was able to get a copy prior to it disappearing. Second, I just submitted an order for a half-price ION Audio iCade which is supported by many games on the iPad, including iMAME.

I’m looking forward to giving some of my favorite games a spin.

• Vacation continues. Today, Doctor Who, Season 6. #

• Geek experimentation this week. Tonight, more ifttt (Twitter to Google+). Tomorrow, VoIP. #