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Tuesday night, the Home Theater Forum hosted their annual live chat with Warners Home Video representatives, giving fans a chance to ask anything related to upcoming Warners video releases. I only happened to stumble upon this announcement last night after the chat was already underway, but since my interests lie with some of WB’s animation releases (Looney Tunes Golden Collections), I decided to attend the last hour and a half. I accessed the chat through a web page but the technology underneath it was an IRC channel and it really brought me back to the days before Instant Messaging hit the big time on the internet. Before Instant Messaging, there was….IRC. Click To Read More...

Starting in 2003, Warner Brothers Home Video began releasing the Looney Tunes cartoons on DVD in wonderful 4-disc box sets packed with cartoons (of course) and extra features. The sets are called “Looney Tunes Golden Collection” and Volume One and Volume Two have been released in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Fans of the Golden Age of Hollywood animation (myself included) are eagerly awaiting each new volume of Looney Tunes. Click To Read More...

I thought I’d jot down some notes on what I do when designing new classes in C++ to be copyable. I’d be curious to get some feedback as I’m not sure what the C++ community at large does… Click To Read More...

Someone in my family caught a bad cold bug so Joshua and I have been sick since Sunday morning. That kind of achy, stuffy, slimy, sniffling type of cold where it feels like your head is going to explode and you would tear out your sore throat and stomp on it for a few hours if your muscles and joints didn’t ache so much. It’s been awhile since I’ve been sick, so I’ve forgotten how much it really and truly sucks. Click To Read More...

I had to force myself to finish writing this entry as it’s been sitting in “Draft” state for way too long. Read Step 1 and Step 2 first. Click To Read More...

Just wanted to mention that yesterday was Joshua and Jacob’s one year birthday. We celebrated with a little cake, some balloons, some singing, and some picture-taking. We had already let them open their gifts before I had left for San Francisco as we are too impatient. We also stopped over to the neighbors houses (one of them had brought over a cake) to let them know they’re welcome to stop by, hopefully we’ll have one of them over on the weekend. They have a 8-month old son named Johnny.

It’s amazing to think one full year has passed. Last year at this time I was still trying wrap my mind around what had happened the day before and what it meant for the rest of my life. I also remember walking my wife to the hospital bathroom and her being in a lot of pain (the boys were delivered through a scheduled C-section). I also distinctly remember changing Joshua’s diaper for the first time…think “Play-Doh Fun Factory”:

Anyway, boys, if either one of you are reading this, I just want to take this opportunity to say how happy and grateful your mother and I are that you came into our lives. We may be tired right now, but we consider ourselves very blessed.

I thought I’d post some of my thoughts on the GDC 2005 experience that Rob Russell and I had after having a few days to acclimatize myself to the still-shitty Chicago weather and the still-shitty job. Click To Read More...