Do Something This Weekend of March 21, 2008
“Do you know what the definition of a hero is? Someone who gets other people killed. You can look it up later.”1
Geek Out
Be a hero. Despite being a lifelong Mac user, I’ve never disagreed with the knock that Mac OS is a mediocre gaming platform. The selection of titles has been reliably sparse in part because Apple turned its nose up at game developers. That attitude has changed of late (especially after the switch to Intel), as evidenced by a Guitar Hero III tournament at the flagship Apple Store on 5th Avenue this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Top-notch guitar heroics will only earn you a $5 iTunes gift card, so you’re practically playing for pride, but it’s still an opportunity to show the milquetoast Apple Store crowd what a real (pretend) rocker is made of.
Get behind the wheel. Running until March 30 at the Javits Center, it’s the New York Auto Show, where you can see cars from the World of Tomorrow! Like the incredible Ford Transit Connect Taxi, which is like present-day taxis, but, um, improved. Slightly.
There are some novel attractions, such as the Automotive X Prize exhibit, but in my experience, the NYAS is all about people waiting in line to sit in stationary cars. The thing is, what are you supposed to do when you finally get to sit in the car? I’ve never figured it out, so I typically spend about 20 seconds acting like the dashboard styling is a source of great fascination. Then I sidle out so that the impatient family from New Jersey can take their long-awaited road trip to nowhere. Good times.
Geek In
Tint embryos. That is, if you’re of the Christian persuasion—or even if not, I suppose, since dipping eggs in food coloring doesn’t have much to do with the resurrection of Christ. An Instructables video recaps the basic coloring techniques, while other tutorials demonstrate the use of onion skins and how to make “dragon eggs” that will impress your local RPGer. I don’t really like the taste of hard-boiled eggs, so I’d rather ditch the food and decorate eggs in Mathematica.
Make a tool-assisted speedrun. I wrote a whole tutorial to get you started. What are you waiting for?
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