So Geeky
Saw this on Waxy – LOLCODE, a coding language based on LOLCats. My favorite example is this HelloWorld routine:
HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE “HAI WORLD!”
KTHXBYE
Why in the world is this so funny to me?
Next Time: Private Jet
Just to wrap up this Canada story: I was unable to get to Toronto at all this weekend. So the clever folks at NXNE had the idea to do the interview anyway via webcam. I sat in my Brooklyn studio in front of my iSight camera and did the Saturday afternoon interview with Clive who was sitting in front of a camera and an audience in Toronto. Played a couple of songs, took a couple of questions, drank a beer. It was yet another nice demonstration of the fact that to do this job, I really don’t need to leave the house.
Code Monkeys
I’ve gotten a few emails about this as the promos have begun their heavy rotation: the G4 television network has a new show called “Code Monkeys” about some programmers at a game company that’s animated in the style of an 8-bit computer game, and they’re using my song as the theme (I mean, how could they not really?). To answer your questions, yes I do know about it, and yes they got permission, and yes a certain amount of money changed hands, so it’s all official: I have sold out.
Please begin the backlash…
Canada Narrowly Avoids Being Rocked
Apparently the “computing machines” in Oklahoma that are responsible for making flight plans and distributing them to, erm, I guess flights, had a little trouble today. As a result, my 12:30 flight to Toronto was stuck for a couple hours on the runway and then cancelled altogether. They sent out all the luggage except for my guitar, which they kept hanging around somewhere secret for another couple hours while several luggage helper people attempted to locate it and I wept quietly into my inflatable travel pillow. When it was found, I hopped a cab to La Guardia for a 5:30 flight, which I have just learned is delayed as well (and may eventually be cancelled for all I know).
Long story short, there will be no 9 PM JoCo show at The Reverb tonight in Toronto. I am hopeful that I’ll get there in time for tomorrow afternoon’s interview with me as DIY/Artist 2.0 Poster Boy. I’m sorry if you’ve bought tickets or changed plans or anything to make tonight’s show. And to think I was worried that I had waited too long to publicize my appearance – if I had waited just a little longer, that would have been a smart decision instead of just bad planning.
In a related story, the Ms. Pacman machine (why are NY airports filled with Ms. Pacman machines?) I played had a hinky joystick that only went up SOME of the time, so I didn’t even make it through the apple screen.
I’m going to have a drink now.
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