Heather and I went to a Jonathan Coulton concert last night and had a blast. Paul and Storm opened for JoCo and they also accompanied him on some of his songs. Those guys are a hoot and really put on a good show. I did a bit of recording, and I thought I would share my videos with you guys here.

Shop Vac:

Skullcrusher Mountain:

Baby Got Back (Cover):

Tom Cruise Crazy:

Code Monkey:

Fancy Pants (Along with a Rick Roll):

I also took lots of photos that I have not gone through yet. I will post some of those when I get a chance.

When you just HAVE to play Guitar Hero, you now have the option of playing it online with nothing but a web browser and your keyboard. That's right, Activision has whored the GH license to yet another format (apparently PC, Mac, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, and DS aren't enough...). I don't know whose bright idea it was to stream content for a rhythm game over an unpredictable internet connection, but it hasn't been implemented too well. Also, if you're used to playing GH with a... Guitar!, you're going to want to hold your keyboard in a pretty funky position. Perhaps they should have mapped the fret keys to the function keys at the top of the keyboard instead of 1-5. If you can't wait to play GH until you get home, I recommend holding out for Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS coming to the US on June 22, 2008. Although the web version does have one advantage: it's free.

This is for all you folks that I have gotten addicted to George R.R. Martin's a Song of Ice and Fire series. The fifth book has been given a release date: September 30th, 2008. Of course this is much later than many have hoped, and is still awhile out; however, I am very happy to have something tangible to look forwards to.

If you are unfamiliar with the series, I whole-heartedly suggest that you give it more than a cursory glance. I can unequivocally say that this is the best fantasy series that I have read in a long time if not ever. It is very difficult to say why I like this series so much without spoilers, but let me just say that Mr Martin in unafraid of breaking the mold. Much like I was pleasantly surprised with how Firefly was not your typical scifi show, I have been both shocked and pleased by George R.R. Martin's unique writing style and story telling.