Tuesday, June 17, 2003  

Two weeks left. I can't believe it either. I guess I'd better start the whole packing thing now, huh?

I've been holding off on any "serious" packing for a while because, of course, the quicker I shove my PS2 into the box the less time I have to actually PLAY with it. And then I'll have nothing to do. Which really is not terribly good.

I might not need my PS2 though, because all I've been playing lately is SimCity 2000. The game is almost 10 years old, and I still play it. It's probably mostly to do with my life-long fascination with cities and urban planning, but it's also a testament to the game's solidity and structure that it still holds up well today.

Interesting link here about the Segway, that super-hyped two-wheeled self-standing scooter that you can actually buy from Amazon.com. It's a sneak preview of a new book about the creation of the Segway and the segment posted to the web details a meeting the Segway people had with Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Apple's Steve Jobs. It's a fascinating read and gives a lot of insight into the way Steve Jobs works and thinks -- he was incredibly rude and forceful, but in doing so he brought up a lot of valid points and completely shredded the Segway presentation and business plans.

The Segway, incidentally, is famed for using an insane amount of technology (two computers, five gyroscopes, a $3,000 price tag) to keep itself standing no matter what. There is, however, evidence of one rather well-known person getting it all wrong and falling off a Segway. I don't usually do what most people do and berate his lack of intelligence, but that's pretty compelling evidence...

Posted at 7:57 AM

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