http://www.beigeboy.com only the beige survive Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:17:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After spending the past 6 months getting my bearings at a new gig, and _really_ getting into it, I find myself at a place neither here nor there. I think the lack of posts is symptomatic of this general malaise. In any case, here are a few morsels for the ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2008/06/29/in-between-places/ Sorry Mac users, Hammerfall is a Windows only gem. I've been bugging out on the demo release's keen physics and oddly engaging gladiator-esque plot. In a blurb, you are the pilot of a helicopter with a giant sword, or mace, or hammer hanging from it. You can swing your appendage ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2008/02/12/hammerfall/ Recently while visiting the new Kinokuniya book store on 6th Avenue, I found myself lingering mainly in the stationery and pen/pencil section. Perhaps this is where I always hang out since I don't read Japanese so well (ok, at all), but I found a very cool selection of mechanical pencils ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2008/02/03/putting-pencil-to-paper/ As I am wont to do, I have been drawn into a number of brief tinkerings dabblings. Here are some of the more memorable items from the crossover from the past few months: Desktop Tower Defense - A day to learn, a lifetime to master. Hyperbole? Decidedly so. A game ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2008/01/13/new-things/ After what seemed like 4 months of waiting, but really was something like 1 month, Ramen Setagaya is open for business. I couldn't believe it. Aya and I were planning to get a bite to eat at a local curry house tonight, but when we heard the news, we were ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/06/17/ramen/ We tried one of the pinkberry's in manhattan this weekend. After a nice meal at gam mee ook, we decided to wait in line (for about 15 minutes) for the local pinkberry on 32nd street in k-town. If you haven't had one of these creations before you need to check it. ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/06/12/pinkbeezy/ Memorial Day weekend marks the start of summer and it's evident here in NYC by the 90 degree weather. No doubt, summer in the city has begun. Farewell Spring, your allergies and fair weather, we knew ye too briefly. Greetings to Summer, the time of sweat, stink, and storefronts that ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/05/26/crepes-in-the-summer/ I hadn't come across the term "italo-japanese" until I searched for information on a small restaurant that opened down the street: dieci I found this TimeOut NY article that mentioned a growing "mutual curiousity" between Italian and Japanese kitchens. This struck me as curious in itself as Basta Pasta has been ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/05/12/italo-japanese-proximity/ Last night we wanted to try something new for dinner. On our way out the door, we encountered a new menu from Birdie's, Grandma's Chicken for the People. This is a new joint on 1st ave in what used to be Flor's Kitchen. There is chicken all up and ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/05/06/disappointment-tastes-bad/ Work has been busy, as work is wont to be, hence the term "business", but over the past month or so, I've been able to collect a few notes here and there. Since I can't seem to write, much less think, a single coherent sentence, I am reduced to communicating ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/05/04/april-in-paris/ Sometimes I hesitate to post some things as I know that something or someone out there is eventually going to index all of this for posterity. With the understanding that we are all living history for the benefit of the future's time-travelling tourists, I'll share what is likely to be ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/01/31/posting-into-the-ether/ I'm not talking about games like, toying with human emotions or starting world wars, but more along the lines of videogames. With a lot of videogames based on the premise of giving someone god-like powers over a specific realm (or over life as in oft-drooled over Spore), what would the ... http://www.beigeboy.com/2007/01/04/what-games-would-god-play/