So my little brother James just moved in last week from Newfoundland. He is really enjoying Ottawa so far. He has been here visiting before so he knows the pace of the big city and he has already begun exploring downtown. He has passed out resumes like crazy and is now waiting for some call backs. Since waiting around can become pretty boring he went out and bought a PS3. Needless to say our cable hasn’t been since last week.

I was never really into video games (besides Super Mario Bros. and Tetris on my old school Nintendo) and I wanted to see what it was all about. So I asked James to teach me how to play. Like I said, I used to play Nintendo – two buttons and a direction pad, so the process of learning a controller that has 14 buttons was challenging to say the least. I started off with a fairly easy game, Little Big Planet, and it was pretty good. It was kind of the same thing over and over but I think it was the perfect game for me to start with.

Then James started playing a game called Uncharted 2. He described it as being National Treasure meets Die Hard. I liked that description! So I watched him play for a bit and it was awesome!! I decided that I wanted to learn how to play and asked him if he thought I was ready for something like that – like he was my Playstation trainer or something. (Well I suppose he is really when you think about it – but that’s besides the point…) So I got up bright and early the next day ready for my next session. James was ready to be frustrated by the fact that I was a “noob” but he took it well. It took me a while to learn how to move my body with one controller and my sight with the other. Also I couldn’t shoot and walk at the same time for a while. But after hours of practice I was getting better. I really don’t have anything to compare it to but I really like the game and suggest it to everyone. James got the PS3 on a Friday…it’s Monday and I have finished the game… Yes I spent my whole weekend playing Playstation. I figure it’s alright because I have never played it before till now. I don’t know maybe it’s the video game lover inside of me justifying  my new addiction : )   Thanks James!

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This is a cd that was brought to my attention from a client project that I am working on. It has some really great tunes by some awesome Canadian artists. It’s so great that these artists are getting their music out there. Some are known and some are less known. Some of the artists include: Harpoon, Amanda Rheaume, Push Incorporated, and The Termights. So support Canadian artists!! You can pick up one of these cd’s at: Chapters on Rideau Street, Dave’s Drum Shop, and Figure 8 and Hockey One. You can also buy it from CD Baby. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Since delving into the world of social media (thanks to Sue Murphy) I have signed up for every site I can find just trying to gain a presence on the web…and it’s completely overwhelming! There are so many user names and passwords to keep up with. I can’t even put a number on the amount of accounts that I am currently accessing. It’s insane!

Every time I turn on my computer I find myself spending a half an hour to an hour just checking up on all of my accounts, when all I wanted to do was check the movie times. Not to mention that I spend 3 or 4 minutes just trying to sign in to certain accounts; I have to sift through all the usernames and passwords that I know I use to try to match the correct username with the correct password. It is so tempting to use the same username and password for every account I have! I really wish we lived in a world where internet security was not an issue. When is someone going to develop some sort of platform where I can access all the pages which hold my accounts? I really hope it is soon because the bookmark tabs in my browser toolbar are starting to get out of control!! Help!!

I really love typography. Typography as a design element is so important so I really put a lot of thought into it when designing. It is really difficult sometimes to integrate good typography elements without it feeling overbearing or forced. Check out this website that I found that is everything typography.

http://www.wordboner.com/

I would like to personally meet the individual who designed this poster. Bravo!

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