For the uninformed, the first Ghost in the Shell movie by Mamoru Oshii is one of my favorite movies of all time. Yes, of all time. It single handedly drove my interest of anime (and eventually, Japanese pop culture) into over drive and until this day, still holds up very well. So, when I stumbled [...]
I finally got around to downloading Portishead’s new album Third this weekend and it’s fastly becoming one of my favorite albums in my library. I must admit, it took a few listens to get into, as Third marks a departure from their previous two albums (what?, no record hiss?), but the new style has really [...]
I got back my 360 back from Microsoft yesterday. In total, the whole repair process took 18 days from my work order submission to return delivery… which is about the same amount of time it took last time it bricked. The funny thing was I received an email from Microsoft the day it arrived in [...]
One of the great perks of working freelance is that you get to set your own schedule. So if you fell like taking a day off (or a week, month, or gasp… a year), you can. Now you do this to the detriment of your bank account and your well being, but the option is [...]
It is happening again…
For the second time in its short life span, my 360 has red ringed. It started acting funny a few weeks ago, red ringing for short periods of time at random intervals, but as of this past Friday it red ringed to the point of no return, unable to even boot the [...]