Currently Watching Batman Begins By Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe see related

I'm such a tech freak. I spend many nights perusing through CNET, SonyStyle, dapreview and random other sites for the latest on laptops, MP3 players, cell phones and other miscellaneous electronic crap that you probably would walk past in a Circuit City on your way to the DVD section.

I went to the Tech Convention at the Javits Center this weekend. It turns out that I knew more about the products there than some of the product marketers...how sad. For anyone who missed out, the Tech Convention is separated into four main sections: Video, Music, Photo, and Gaming. I spent most of my time around the first two and the fourth. Zealous gamer and proud of it. lol

Things not to be missed:

• New cell phones like the Sony Ericsson W800i that can play movies, take photos and store music up to 1GB of space
• Thin and light Toshiba Portege R200 that weighs about 3 lbs and is about 2/3 of an inch thick
• The XBox 360, Playstation 3, as well as new products for old Nintendo (including a new twist on the old Nintendo Game Boy Micro (Silver) and its hope for the future Nintendo Revolution).
• New TV Tuners Sling Media Slingbox that can transmit signals from the cable box to your PC wirelessly, turning any pc into a B-Grade Television.

And what tech convention would be complete with all the new Radeon and ATI graphics chips and hot Nintendo super-models. They were quite impressive to say the least... of course I'm referring to the chips.

My personal favorite was the DDR competition. The freestyle, for the most part, was pretty bad but they were very... entertaining to watch. Heh, can you imagine a guy doing "Spin the Disk" on heavy and little, backwards with a blindfold on. Crazy! But it did prove a very important point. DDR people can't dance in real life, or at least not the ones that I saw.

P.S. Was anyone else very confused by the Batman plot?

Currently Listening Perfect Collection By Ryoko Hirosue see related

When you mentally prepare yourself for a future in business, you have in mind topics like logic and reasoning, quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as aspects of memorization of technical (yet oh so useless) materials. But rarely, did I ever find myself pondering over topics of business ethics or team building. I would like to take some time to talk about teamwork since it is relevant with the group work I'm doing for Org. Comm.

First off, Organizational Communication is a class designed mostly around presentations and group work. The mission of the class is to improve one's overall presentation skills whether it be verbal, visual, written, etc.

In my opinion, the goal of the class is to establish one clear message, imprinted boldly upon the minds of all Sternies: "When you get out there you won't be working alone. Be prepared because team work can be a bitch." I, myself, have grown quite accustomed to the solo missions; get work done last minute and take leave at first chance. But teamwork is a completely different process. For instance, everything must be done ahead of time... WAY AHEAD of time; things must also be planned out and organized. I find myself meeting with my group members twice a week for two to five hours a meet.

The dynamics of teamwork is also very different to what I'm used to. In an individual assignment, you have to do the work regardless of circumstance. You cast away whatever tedium you have to the logic that "everyone has to do it as well." This is not the case in a group setting. Work is done half-assed in hopes that someone else in the group will save your rear-end, and whoever does decide to do it finds themselves constantly awaiting apporval for each little change.

But one cannot think of teamwork and not at least focus on some of the positive aspects. You get ideas that you probably wouldn't have thought about alone. You sometimes get ideas off others' ideas. There's also the factor of friendship that I particularly like. When I'm with my team, I feel like I'm, part of a very elite club, like the League of Superheros, the Musketeers, or CMS. There is an underlying satisfaction in it.

The effective team is the one where everyone does all the work equally. Where trust dominates and quality of work is nothing less than expected. But what a utopian idea that would be?

[This log has been edited. Mental Note: Things that made sense at 3:00 in the morning made less sense when reviewed at 3:00 in the afternoon... ]

Does anyone know why a background would not appear on xanga? It works when I test picture but it doesn't appear on public or private view. I've made all the boxes transparent and I've deleted my skin.

It's fixed. Thank you Alina.

The ball goes flying out. It whirls in the air, traveling 109 mph towards its opponent. The ball is blocked by a floating, stationary forcefield of string and wire. It slams back in the direction it came from, the inertia of the forcefield overpowering the inertia of the ball. A lone man kneels beside the forcefield positioning himself on the leather mat. He sees the ball and runs. He drives himself forward, as if every second were his last. He moves at an apalling rate, a speed matched only by the world's fastest runners. He alone runs. Everyone around him watches in their seats. He alone drives forward. He alone carries a mission to get the ball. His hand reached for it. Noticing the shortness of his forearm, he move even faster. Every second counts, every second is his last. He catches the ball in his hand and runs back to his lone white, leather mat. No one chears. Only silence. He rests and kneels, waiting for the ball.

Goodbye 5th Ave and 52nd Street. Hello 8th Ave and 33rd Street. Alternative Ass... a joke between me and the cashier.

Currently Gaming Final Fantasy X By SQUARE ENIX USA INC. see related

Isn't she hot! Oooh... I hope you guys can see this wallpaper.