Tenori-On is on my Christmas list.

I don't know if many of you remember a certain game that came out a few years ago for the Nintendo DS called Electroplankton. It was so damn awesome. The main idea of the game was to take control of different "plankton" who had a different musical sound, and technique. Through using them in different sequences and loops you could make a piece of music that could be changed and would evolve as you played with the different plankton. Honestly, hours of fun. Turns out the creator of the game, Toshio Iwai, also works for the Music and Human Interface Group. Toshio has developed a musical interface instrument that has allot of the same ideas and engines as Electroplankton had. Its called the Tenori-On and launched in London a few months ago. If your reading this, Santa Claus, please bring me one.

When Eagles Become Vultures

awesome band, awesome song, awesome song.

Castro Steps Down... And?

"It would be a betrayal to my conscience to accept a responsibility requiring more mobility and dedication than I am physically able to offer,". So Fidel Castro stepped down from power today, and not a whole lots of people care. No riots, no parades... I think everyone knows this has nothing to do with a regime change, just a new Castro to continue the old and ailing Castro's plans. I presume the powers that be in Cuba are going to stage an election, but don't go holding your breath. I doubt any of us will ever live to see democracy take a vacation in Cuba. Say hello to my little friend... and Fidels little brother, the next go to guy for Cuba.

Mr. Romero's Diary Off Limits

Soooooo, its been spanning over a year and a bit that I have been patiently waiting to see George A. Romero's latest and apperantly greatest zombie opus, Diary of the Dead. It preimered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, to what was a more then welcoming crowd. The film got rave reviews and I have been chomping at the bit ever since. I tried to aquire tickets to see the screening, but I didn't have 300 plus dollars to do so. A year has gone by, and Feburary 15 (the release date) has come and passed and I STILL haven't seen the movie. The Weinstein I guess had forgotten that the movie was a limited release... so there is only one movie theater playing it within a 500 million mile radius of where I can go see it, and I'm quite sad about it. I hope this movie gets a huge amount of screen time and its distribution company realizes that its potential and is made more available to the public. Viva Zombie!

Read a goddamn book.

So this video has been floating around the net, and its been creating a whole lot of controversy. Apparently there are some really bad racial stereo types in it, but... the message is somewhat good?  Ha, I just don't know what to say about this, either then its mildly offensive and highly funny. Check it out.

Another day off

So our Premier has gone and given us another day off. This coming Monday will be Ontario's first family day, our newest statutory holiday... the ninth I believe. Family day has been recognized I believe by Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta already for a year and it looks like it might be catching on. 

Family Day, wonderful, spending time with the family, kicking back, relaxing, and an extra pinch on our wallets, tax wise.  I guess it all boils down to what is more important? If we expect to have an additional holiday added to our calendar were going to have to foot the bill.  Also, a lot of public workers don't qualify for this new holiday; contracts and job descriptions are being reworked.

I read an article where Dalton McGuinty sated he needs to "iron out a few wrinkles" in this new holiday. I guess it wasn't as easy as they thought it would be to slap a new holiday on the calendar? =)

Personally I think Family Day is a great idea and is totally worth the extra tax money, at least for those who plan on taking advantage of this new holiday and doing something that the name implies. I really think the whole family unit is going down the tubes lately, call me old fashioned by your family is your greatest allies. However, I think it would be hilarious if Family Day became the next big Hallmark holiday, and in a few years we were buying Family Day cards, Family Day candy, and watching Family Day television specials. 

Well, the first family day we are going to be having this year for me will be Homework Day, and then probably Drink Beer Day.

So whatever you decide to do with your shinny new holiday, do it to it, and get'er done.

HAPPY FAMILY DAY!           haha.

A quick side note, the name of my blog is The Y - Files, and thats in sequence with my friend Jesse's blog The Z - Files.

I thought it appropriate seeing during our senior year at CW Jeffery's we were always the last two on the attendance list (Yon and Zimmerman). 

When our teachers would call our names it would be the same time "Johnandjesse". If one was present and the other was absent we would probably both be marked present. 

Just a funny side note.