http://www.cerebraldebris.com Web Design, Fiction, Games, Photography and More ... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:47:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twilight by Stephenie Meyer My review rating: 2 of 5 stars I'm going to go ahead and guess that my review of Twilight is going to sway neither the book's legion of fans, nor its serious detractors. In all honesty, I'm kind of torn about reviewing the book at all. Its first-person ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/06/17/books-stephenie-meyers-twilight/ Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik My review rating: 3 of 5 stars While not quite as brimming with homoerotic undertones as the first in the series, Throne of Jade nonetheless presents the reader with plenty of repressed man-dragon love to go along with a few aerial battles, a murder plot, and ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/06/16/books-naomi-noviks-throne-of-jade/ Charlotte and I spent the weekend in Indianapolis, hanging out with our friends Gabe (my fellow Crispy Gamer developer) and Brett (his wife). We drove all over the place, exploring neighborhoods, making jokes, nearly running over small children ... the usual, you know? We visited many apartments and houses ... mostly ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/06/10/a-home-in-indy/ Sometimes We Walk Alone by Ankur Shah My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Ankur Shah is not like me. I don't mean the fact that he's of Indian descent and I'm of Anglo-Saxon descent, though that's true. I also don't mean that he's studied the teachings of Gandhi and I haven't, though ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/06/09/books-ankur-shahs-sometimes-we-walk-alone/ Well, I've spent the past six weeks toiling away on a massive redesign of Crispy Gamer, and it's finally launched. I'm really proud of what we managed to accomplish with it, especially given that our entire development staff was me (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Design) and my good friend Gabe (C#, ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/06/01/new-crispy-gamer/ Well, the time has just about come for Charlotte and I to say goodbye to New York for a while. We've decided that at the end of June, we will move to Indianapolis, IN, a smaller city in the midwest, for at least a year. Reactions from our friends have been ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/05/28/moving-to-indianapolis/ [caption id="attachment_1309" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Outrageous Sideburns - Week 2"][/caption] I've taken it upon myself to enact two projects involving my personal appearance. The first, and most important, is the LOSE 25 POUNDS PROJECT. I weigh 213, which is the most I've weighed since I met my wife. We successfully dieted in ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/05/27/two-personal-projects/ Let the Right One In: A Novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Like many Americans, I saw the movie version of Let the Right One In before reading the book, and enjoyed it quite a bit. This led me to pursue the book and, as is ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/05/26/books-john-lindqvists-let-the-right-one-in/ This past Wednesday was Crispy Gamer's CEO's birthday. Coincidentally, on Wednesdays we often have "Crispy Cocktail Night" where someone - typically me - makes drinks for the office and we hang out playing Rock Band 2. I was asked to come up with a new drink for the occasion, and ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/05/25/new-cocktail-the-bossman-whiskey-cherry-heering-vermouth-lemon-bitters/ Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Hubert Selbey Jr.'s Requiem for a Dream is a hard book to read ... not due so much to its sensitive subject matter, which is frankly riveting, as to Selby's unconventional, stream-of-consciousness prose. The guy barely believes ... http://www.cerebraldebris.com/2009/05/24/books-hubert-selby-jrs-requiem-for-a-dream/