So for you readers out there who might have been reading an article of mine and thought, “Hey, that guys seems cool. I bet we could share a slice of pizza” I have some sad news. I have an allergy. It is called Celiac disease. Basically it means I can’t eat anything with wheat in it. This includes flour. Which is in everything you bake. Or fry. But even I can appreciate this Mario tribute.

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Any progress? yet?

I’m tired. I’m sore. But just like the headline says, “it hurts, but it feels so good.”

I’m six exercising days into the EA Active 30-day challenge. Yes, six.  No, I’m not slacking. See, during the challenge, you exercise for two days, then rest for one. For each exercise day, you are given different number of exercises.  This is really good because you never do the same thing twice in a row.  You’re always guessing what is next.  Also, each day’s exercises are always harder than the last and I’m simultaneously loving and hating it. Especially during the exercises that burn my thighs. ugh.

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With all the hype of more motion sensor technology about to begin, like Sony Playstation’s MOVE or Razor’s SIXENSE TRUEMOTION . We are still waiting from news of Microsoft’s PROJECT NATAL.

Last year at E3, Microsoft introduced us to Milo. The kid who could read our emotions and respond realistically to our actions.Here’s a re-cap in case you’ve forgotten our new little friend to be:

I saw this and thought, “SHITake mushrooms! This is where it starts and then computers will take over the world.” Then there was nothing else said for months. About 4 weeks ago while I was watching Smallville (Season 9, Epi.13-Warrior,) my jaw dropped in awe. I just saw the Warrior (Not in disguise of course) flailing his arms in front of the TV and I thought it was just him playing a Wii game. To my surprise,  sitting next to the TV was an Xbox 360. Then <HAND TO FACE> I realized it was Project Natal in the works:

All I can say is……. “I WANT DAT!!!”

I friend of mine gave me a link to this guy Alex Day, now I have never heard of him before and was very amused by the idea of a videogame musician. Then I found out that he is just a bit more than a guy with a guitar. Now, Alex has his own youtube site which got him a TON of hits over the years. He has been at it for sometime now and it has helped him receive over 12,000,000 hits on his music and ramblings. He has been on MTV, released CDs, and even had the honor of Stephan Fry, in all of his hot buttery goodness complement him. The accolades have most likely gotten much grander over time, and with his new EP about videogames called 117% complete.

It’s a pretty entertaining bit of music, it is very much inspired both musically and lyrically by the games of yesteryear. The majority of the songs deal with him wanting things to be like it was when he was growing up. It garnishes a nice sense of nostalgia to me, as a guy that has played and grown up with these games. You can listen to the EP here. So go on respect and admire your fellow geeks that make music.

Ok, let me first introduce you to what MegaCon is: Mega Convention (read: giant nerd fest). It’s held every year in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. They have something there for just about everyone: comics, manga, anime, movies, artists, collector’s items (action figures, figurines, etc…), video games, swords, dice, clothing, and plenty of miscellaneous stuff. One of the things you’ll also notice before you even get in is that there is a lot of cosplay; there’s even a contest for it! Now that you’re aware of the awesomeness of this convention, I took plenty of pics below for you to see what it’s like.

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Another week in Tech has flown by, but what have we got to show for it?

Look Ma', I'm flying!

Well, have you ever wished you could fly? Not in a plane I mean, fly like Superman? Yeah, I have too. Well I’m afraid that’s impossible, but you can have the next best thing, the Martin jetpack. The jetpack in question is destined to be the first commercially available later this year, and at $86000 it’s not even as much as a fully specced Lambo. This personal flying marvel is powered by a 2L V4 two-stroke engine spinning two carbon-kevlar composite rotors, running on bog standard petrol with a flight time of 30mins. It’s technically not a ‘jetpack’ because there’s no actual jets, but if that doesn’t beat the pants off your mate’s crappy sports car, I don’t know what will.

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Attention 24 fans! (the few that  remain) Now I know this season hasn’t been that great and I know it’s hard to keep your loyalty when the quality has obviously declined, but do you really wanna see Jack Bauer gone? If you’re like me and love the occasional torture, betrayals, blackmailing and “Dammit!” then the answer is no. Fear not, for NBC is in talks with Fox about picking up 24. More after the break.

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Second day at the GDC conference and I managed to hit one other interesting display for us gamers: the Sixense TrueMotion system. Available for demonstration using an in-house demo peripheral, Sixense hopes to ship this new motion-sensing technology for use in a new Razer product.

Where the Wii and the Sony Move rely on infrared detection, this new technology detects motion and position through magnetic fields. Each of the two remotes/paddles being used contains a magnet, and position and direction are defined by their relation to the surrounding magnetic field. Sixense hopes a planned product manufactured by Razor will be more precise than the Wiimote or the Sony Move. They plan to convert older titles for use with the Sixense.

The Sixense was originally planned to support casual games, but demonstrations with the new technology using a converted Left 4 Dead 2 demonstrated its promise. Sixense had a booth available with the demo for play; it not only supported specific arcs of thrown grenades or aiming guns with both remotes, but also supported free-flowing control of the game’s sword, allowing for a variety of strokes and twirls. Precision and control both seemed more fluid than some wii titles, allowing for sweeping movements.

At this time, both the final price of any completed product and its release date are unknown. Sixense hopes for a winter release. They also hope to see the technology utilized in future releases.

Doritos is the last company that would come to mind when making an iPad parody video.  But then again, we should have seen this coming since Doritos is known for their viral commercials.

Can’t blame Doritos for trying to be as technologically advanced as Apple by just creating a bigger version of their original product.

Film Director, Peter Cooper, hardly tweets on his upcoming fan film’s Twitter account, OpChastity. But today, has has tweeted (or twatted?) some great news about the progress of his upcoming Halo fan feature film.

There’s a buzz in the air. Talk of a teaser trailer. Exciting times.

Don’t know what all this Operation Chastity stuff is about? Here, let me school you.  A young chap, named Peter Cooper had the bright idea to create his own Halo fan feature film.  The word feature means a full length movie.  Meaning nothing shorter than an hour. All props, scripts and filming will be coming from him and his team. Not from any big budget movie types like Peter Jackson or Neill Blomkamp.

Yea. This film is going to be big. How big? Peter and his team have already created their own Halo Warthog and debuted it the 2009 London MCM Expo.  After their unveiling, I was able to catch up with Peter and do an exclusive interview with him via Skype. Interviewing people from San Diego, CA all the way to London. Ain’t technology great?

To see more about Operation Chastity and follow it’s progress, head over the official website.

[via OpChastity]