It’s not a name that conjures up images of fun, laughter or days upon days of staring at 2 computer monitors, sometimes covered with pages of text, sometimes lists of sprites and even artwork. It’s not a name that seems capable of evoking an entire spectrum of emotions, ranging from elation, to amusement and inevitably, frustration. It sounds, well insipid, almost as if it was conceived as an afterthought, without having any real meaning or depth.
It’s also where I’ve been working (well, interning) at, as a junior artist/programmer for the past 7(8?) months. And today was my last day at what has possibly been the best work environment I’ve ever encountered in my life.
According to most press sources out there, at least. I’ll tell you what, though, if it really turns out to be about an issue other than the iPhone 4′s antenna issues, I’ll laugh my goddamn ass off.
Anyway, it sort of relates to what I’m about to talk about now, as I wrap up the most cohesive rant I’ve ever made with a Part 3.
Did you see what I did there?
In any case, it’s pretty brilliant. It’s about the only real UI feature that I liked from OS X and Compiz, and one that was incredibly useful during my stint at Lucasfilm. In case you have no idea what Expose on the Mac looks like, basically think of it as the window manager Windows Flip 3D should have shamelessly copied, copyright issues be damned.
Which brings me to the 2nd part of my short discussion about Apple products.
Which cost a princely sum of ~1400 SGD, and heretofore will (hopefully) serve me well as a desktop replacement overseas, assuming DigiPen doesn’t kick me out on the 2nd day for not completing my summer sketchbook assignment before arriving, which appears to the more likely case at the moment.
To start off what feels, strangely, nothing at all like a new life.
It’s been more than half a year since I last worried about tanks and treads, and as one might expect, there are quite a few updates that have transpired since I last bothered to update this section of the Internet. For starters, the theme has changed.
Of the army, that is. It’s been, what, 3 days? I still don’t see the Lord Himself descending from the heavens to give me my goddamn medal or plaque of survival. Indeed, something of this nature should be accompanied by the cracking open of the Earth’s very core, with rainbows and bunny rabbits pouring forth till it runneth over.
Excuse the horrible language right there, though; I’m currently rather busy with other endeavours at the moment. I’ll try to explain in a few days, but even that’s looking mighty unlikely. I’ll see.