My photo

My photo disappeared from my profile...or maybe I removed it sometime? In any case, Blogger wants it to be a URL now... so, I need to post my new profile picture here.

Pictures of walls

Here's an interesting site I stumbled upon. It's just pictures of random statements, or maybe not so random, that people have made all over the world.

Some of them are quite funny. How many people thought the same thing, but just never took the time to put their comment up?

As much as people don't like graffiti of any sort, I do. I'd rather see some sort of political or social commentary or maybe even art rather than just tagging.

Getting Up: Half-Assed Review

By Alain Saffel

I am always on the hunt for old software. Rarely do I pick up a title brand new, unless I absolutely have to have it. You can also find some real gems that were never very popular. I made one of those discoveries recently.

I picked up a title called Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. It’s a PC game about graffiti. It looks great, and I even loaded it up on my laptop, but my laptop isn’t up to the task of running this software. I haven’t loaded it on my desktop computer but I know the video card isn’t compatible. I need a 64 meg card that can do shading. Hmm. Have to invest in that.

No matter, that just gives me an excuse to upgrade. Right? Oh, I could just go the video card route, but the desktop is a few years old, and just might need to be seriously upgraded (read: new.)

I still look at all the trains passing by here, but really haven’t taken the time to get out take pictures, but I figured this would be one way to get my graffiti fix.

The game looks interesting because it’s not a first-person shooter; it’s a first-person painter. I’ll have to change my mindset to running away instead of standing up to foes. I know you do have access to a variety of weapons, but the focus of the game doesn’t seem to be on that.

Once I’ve upgraded my computer or video card, I’ll go a little more in depth about the game. I’m hoping it will be one of those games that will be so good I have to tear myself away from it, or risk divorce. Diablo was one of those games. I haven’t been gaming much, so it’s about time I get into something again. :)

I think it’s time to head out to the local computer store and see what they have for decent video cards…

Update: A few years later. I ended up getting a new computer and eventually put this in. It didn't work well at all. Avoid it!

High tech graffiti

I still have my eye out for trains with good graffiti on them. The traffic has been a little lean at the local railyard though. I actually haven't even been out this winter taking pictures. Maybe it's just the cabin fever.

I did spot something really cool with Stumbleupon tonight though. Laser graffiti. It's performance graffiti art. Check out the video.



I haven't had a chance to really look through the site, but eyebeam.org is the source of this cool video.

As for graffiti, I still have a load of photos I have to sort through to put up on the site. I know I'll get to it. :)