So long and thanks for all the fish.

I rented "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" on DVD and watched it last night. What a funny, charming film! I read the book when I was teenager and even got a chance to see the BBC produced mini-series (I was a "PBS Kid" back before it was cool to be one). While I'm not as big a fan as most, I believe that to enjoy the film you had to have read the book or at least a strong familiarity with the satire in the story. Douglas Adams's literary work permeates much of our pop-culture still, so if you're paying attention you'll get a chuckle out of it here and there.

I give it 3 out of 4 stars. I would give it a 4 but I'm sure if I were bigger fan I probably would probably nix it to 3 anyway. ~pg

I have a bad feeling about this...

http://www.syfyportal.com/article.php?id=2033

According to IGN (now owned by FOX), George Lucas is putting the feelers out for a writing staff to pen the new Star Wars series. The article describes it as a mix of live action and CGI. When I read that I suddenly had a terrible notion. What if the new series is all CGI based on live motion (like most CGI is done)? Even worse, what if it's the tacky CGI as seen in Toy Story and Polar Express?? Please George, don't ruin it and make the show for your grandkids (again)!

Podcasting in radio free Dover, NH

Thanks to my MP3 player I have become hooked on podcasting! Of course, my 2 hour daily commute was a motivating factor as well. If you're curious to see what I'm listening to these days, slap this file into your favorite RSS aggregator, download a sampling, and go to town!

...and "Zen" you came along....

I finally picked up a micro-drive MP3 player. I toiled for the longest time over this as I was very much drawn towards the 20gb iPod photo. However, my experience with the iPod shuffle and iTunes set me straight. I researched extensively and finally decided on the Creative Zen Touch. For the same price as the iPod I get twice the storage (40gb). Plus, DRM is completely optional so I do not need to use Creative's Media Organizer (although I've grown quite fond of it). I can attach it to any Windows XP machine and move files on or off at will without having to load drivers, software, etc. As of this blog entry I have 2000+ songs (and podcasts) on it with more than 28gb free on the player!

England Trip: August 2005

Cheerio mates! I was asked by my company to journey to England and evaluate a software vendor. It was my first time out of the US and boy am I knackered. I stayed for a half a fortnight on the first floor (UK speak for second floor) in a non-listed hotel. It was a little cooler in Alsager and I had to wear a jumper most evenings. Surprisingly though I did not need my mac or brolly as we only saw rain very briefly on one evening out.

We had a great time at Blakey's on one evening. In fact, after a couple of bitters I took the stage accompanied by the local talent. Here are some photos. Ta!

Griego Going Away Party 2005

July 16, 2005. The Griegos are moving away, how sad. We had an awesome party and my band blew the doors off of the place. Check out some pix!

New Hard Drive

I picked up a new hard drive as the 60gigger was on it's way out. A Maxtor ATA/133 200gb drive. Of course it's running on my ATA/33 controller so I will be picking up a new controller for that. Screamin!

UPDATE: I bought an Adaptec Ultra ATA controller for the new drive. It kicks a$$! It's like I have a new computer. ~pg