It's like someone recorded my geek dream.

What happens when you combine my number one action anime with my number one game of all time?

The world probably would explode, or at least my head would.

While not being a cataclysmic threat, this video does get pretty close to my cephaclasm.

Cloud Computing, Before Your Eyes

This video is proof of concept balls-to-the-wall amazing. So to give a brief premise this video is going to show you the power of cloud computing applied to normal applications we use everyday (i.e. video games)

I know, I know, you have a lot of questions. I am going to try my best to demystify some of the magic going on. You are probably asking, "John, what the heck is cloud computing?" My answer, "Well, it's basically parallel or distributed computing across multiple systems." And before you ask the next question about computing let me just give you an analogy.

Think about sometime ago when you were doing your homework. You had your math, science, and social studies homework to do, but you could only really work on each subject one at a time. So let's say you are a computer, and instead of math homework, you are doing computation. Doing math homework with one hand and social studies with you other hand, is sort of where we are today in computing in the world of multi-core processors and concurrent programming. What is an even easier way of getting homework done? A study group of course! A good study group, the one that just lets you copy down the answers and has the group do all of the work. That is cloud computing. You, the user, are having what is called "The Cloud," do all your work for you. Instead of the aforementioned study group, it is actually the Internet, which is nothing but a bunch of computers connected together doing the work.

I hoped that helped. With that in mind, a man by the name of Dave Perry decided to put words into action. He uses the power of cloud computing, a basic install of Firefox with Flash, and what has to be some sort of devil programming to hopefully open the world of video games, which tends to have and entrance fee and equipment prerequisite, to everybody by playing games like, "Spore" and "World of Warcraft" all within a Firefox window. Seeing is more believe so just watch the video.

Gaikai Technology Demo (JULY 1, 2009) from David Perry on Vimeo.

Week Links: The Requiem

That's right. This will be my final Week Links. If you haven't been keeping up, I've been doing a Week Links about every two months. So I have decided to change my link dump model. This does not mean I will stop sharing the interesting and fun things on the internet. No, no, no. I do not go so quietly into the night. I think the new model will make this blog look more active.

A new PC is cheaper than a new Mac and, if you're doing it right, comes with all these bells and whistles that Maximum PC finds essential.

Since I don't have the expendable income to buy a fancy camera, I guess I will have to settle for a crap camera and these professional Photoshop effects.

If you have visited my blog before, most likely you are wasting time. Waste your time better off of my blog with a timewaster this musical toy. Just start clicking and dragging.

Here's a funny picture I StumbledUpon of great philosophers.


From personal experience, I can say that this pie chart works to some degree. From thedoghousediaries.com
I don't know where this originally came from but, according to this chart, I am somewhere between "Friend" and "Dating Zone," you do the math. LOL Null Set.Not to worry, XKCD always has some reaffirmation. I just like that last quote at the end.

I'm just glad I'm not like this guy from an article on TheOnion.com.

And now for the YouTube segment. Don't worry there's only 4 amazing clips.

This song has started my day for the past 2 weeks. It's upbeat, catchy, comes with it's own dance, and has a cute Japanese girl singing straight into the camera the whole time. What's not to like?


Here is the secret to Manny Pacquiao's success in the ring. Don't be afraid to laugh.


Don't like Asians? Neither does this guy.


My friend John showed me this video. It's the literal version of the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" video by Bonnie Tyler. Hilarity ensues.


I hope you have engorged yourself on Internet crud from my last Week Links. I tried to cram as much in here as possible. Be sure to check out my blog more often, or follow me on Twitter, where things will hopefully start to pick up. Enjoy.