I went to GDC this year and it was a good experience. I’ll try and do a write up soon.

Last week I got the opportunity to go to an advance screening of Dreamwork’s “How to Train Your Dragon” and it was really great as a 2D film; everyone at DW did beautiful work and I’m looking forward to checking out the 3D version to see how it compares.

I’m now fully digitally outfitted with a brand new Android phone, Twitter account, and Deviant Art page. Between all of those things and Facebook and Flickr and Vimeo and this site, I’m still trying to sort out what content I post where and why. I sure feel like a real San Franciscan though.

For weeks I didn’t get a response so I figured the apartment was rented and forgot about it.

Today I get a short, not well written email from a scammer (lisamajutyynj@aol.com) claiming that the apartment owner is in London and I need to send them the money to get the keys. I especially liked the fact that they never mentioned how much money they wanted; clearly they are not very good at being con men. Sigh. I’ve reported this to craigslist and told the scammer to get lost.

A search for the email address lead to a blog post:
http://www.rantlust.com/skat/2007/09/19/internet-fraud/

So clearly this is a whole lucrative branch of craiglist fraud that is going on. The saddest part is that they seem to be stealing the identities of the suckers they have scammed and selling that info which new scammers then use to scam new people. Ah, the circle of life.

Be safe out there and hold onto your money.

One of my favorite authors is Terry Pratchett. I find his books to be wonderfully funny and entertaining; light reading to be sure but always with a chewy intellectual center.  If you haven’t read Wee Free Men well…really you are just missing out.  Go out right now and get the new illustrated version, especially if you have a youngster around the house. I am so happy that he was just recently knighted.  Why Elton John got to go first I’ll never understand, but still many congratulations to Sir Terry.

Sir Pratchett suffers from a version of early-onset Alzheimer’s and in addition to continuing to write books he has spoken out strongly about the need for more research.  As someone who has watched a family member suffer through dementia, I am so glad he is speaking out so loudly.

Here’s an article about his condition that he wrote for a British newspaper:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1070673/Terry-Pratchett-Im-slipping-away-bit-time–I-watch-happen.html