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I realized this week that not only did I have a blog, but the most recent post on said blog was speculating as to what the Wii's price point would be, and wondering if we would ever see the long-rumored iPhone.   Positively paleolithic.

Well, with my preoccupation of the past year headed for page proof, it really is time to resurrect this thingy, catch up on what's happened, and get in the swing.

So, the Wii price point was announced, then Nemo was Chibi-Robo for Halloween.  He and I camped out for a Wii on launch day, and I then did it again to get a prize for the Grand Championships.  Then, Wario Ware, Wii Play, and Cooking Mama were released.

I've given a few workshops and tournaments for academic libraries, at UD Mercy and Macomb Community College, and I spoke at MLC's R U a Noob workshop.

Nemo and I built a Moonbase module for Duane Collicott's Brick Bash, and, I visited Alpena county library, did a Web 2.0 workshop for their coop, and produced a tournament for their patrons using my new screens. 

Most recently, I went to NJLA in Long Branch, New Jersey, and got to go into the city to meet with some NYPL staff.  I'm looking forward to ALA, the Techsource Gaming Symposium, and the Sandbox Symposium at SIGGRAPH.

I'll work on posting about each of those over the next few weeks, so if you've stuck it out this far, stay tuned!

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John went and tagged me with the silly-yet-clever 4 things meme. I learned some things I didn’t know about him from his, we’ll see how well he knows his boss…

Four jobs I’ve had:

1. Retail Store Designer (VideoWatch, now Hollywood Video)
2. Do-naut, John’s Space Age Donut Shop
3. Puppeteer, Kansas City Toy and Miniature Museum
4. Bubble Expert, Kay-Bee Toys

Four movies I can watch over and over:

1. Baron Munchausen
2. Spirited Away
3. The Muppet Movie
4. Hudsucker Proxy

(the only) Three places I’ve lived:

1. Indianapolis, Indiana
2. Leawood, Kansas
3. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Four TV shows I love:

1. Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends
2. Fairly Oddparents
3. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
4. Daily Show

Four places I’ve vacationed:

1. Disney World
2. Alaska
3. Amelia Island, Florida
4. Chicagoland

Four of my favorite dishes:

1. Eggs Benedict (or Deep Fried French Toast) at Angelo’s
2. Vermicelli with Beef and Spring Rolls (#15 at Dalat)
3. New York-style Pepperoni Pizza (NYPD!)
4. A Northside (the Northside Grill’s signature breakfast sandwich)

Four sites I visit daily:

1. metafilter
2. boingboing
3. kotaku
4. axis.aadl.org

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Kosmo (closed for remodeling!)
2. Northside (closes at 3)
3. Angelo’s (closes at 3)
4. Cafe Marie (closes at 2)

Man, I didn’t realize I was so obsessed with Breakfast.

Four bloggers I am tagging:

1. Clam Chowder
2. Hidden Peanuts
3. Notational Slurry
4. matth

One thing remarkable about this very webby 2.0-ish exercise is something that is missing, something you would expect to find in lists of people’s favorite things… most versions of this meme do not include 4 favorite books! As someone pretending to be german used to say, very interesting. However, that will never do, especially as this meme winds its way through the library world, so, let’s put it back in this strain.

Four books (or series) I love:

1. Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
2. The Galactic Milieu Saga, Julian May
3. The Culture Novels, Ian M. Banks
4. Anything by Vernor Vinge

Four Videogames I can (and do) play over and over again:

1. Mario Kart (Doubledash or DS)
2. Pikmin (1 or 2)
3. Dance Dance Revolution (Max2 or higher)
4. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Off you go, silly little meme. Write when you infect a brain!

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