Doku RPG file fixes post-update, for those of you that use it:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/606524-minecraft/57809348

These are unofficial, but seem to work (besides paintings).

Also, you still get the finished game for free when it comes out if you buy it during Beta, but you likely wouldn't get any expansions and whatnot for free.

Definitely worth it, IMHO. Just got it the other day and I'm addicted to survival mode.

Nothing says classy like getting laid off three days before Christmas.

So I'm overdue on my 90-day review by about a month and I've been asking my direct boss about it for probably three weeks or so. I figured it would happen this past week, as it was the annual staff summit and board meeting, so the Prez was in town and he's the dude that does all the hiring and firing and whatnot since we are a tiny organization. I gave my direct boss ample time to bring this up with the Prez, but he apparently failed to do so at all. It got to the point where at the end of the week, I emailed him twice about it and got no response, and at 4:30pm on Friday asked him whether I was going to get my review while the Prez was still in town or not, and if not, when? He said he hadn't talked to him about it and that it probably wouldn't happen, since "these things tend to take place over the phone". The Prez was sitting in his office literally ten feet away on the other side of the wall from my office and for some reason he thought it was a horrible idea to bother him with such trivial botherings.

I told my boss I'd ask the Prez about it and ended up waiting around 1 1/2 hours until he was finally free, but got ten minutes of his time and brought it up with him. He was very nice about it and said he would have to talk to my boss (who had left by this point) about my performance to see where things stood, as he works remotely and I don't have a ton of direct interaction with the Prez on a daily basis, but said he didn't know of any "red flags" and was overall pleased with the work he had seen, and that they'd discuss it next week. He asked when my review was due and I replied that it was a month overdue, to which he said "well, it's your career, so you need to take more initiative about things like this". 

Well yeah, but do power plants and cellphone towers shut down the minute humans stop babysitting them? It's not like the zombies would disable them, so I wonder how long it'd take for them to go offline without maintenance. How long is TWD supposed to be after the zombie apocalypse? And how is it the military lost the fight with tanks and whatnot, but a few jackasses with shotguns are just fine? What about radios? Surely someone would be broadcasting something as far as what's going on.

And as far as elitist DVR smarmy-ness goes, I suppose I'm more elitist in the fact that I rarely watch TV, and TWD is one of those few shows I'll bother watching regularly for.

Went to the Sprint store today and played with an Evo for 30 minutes. I was overall very impressed with the phone and although I thought I might find it too bulky in the hand, it wasn't too bad. I could stand for it to be lighter, but it doesn't have the dense brick feeling that a Droid does, IMHO. Played around with apps and such and liked most of what I saw, although I couldn't seem to get the Google Maps navigation to show turn-by-turn instead of just satellite view.

Also, I remembered that I'm a big fan of Google Voice and one of the things I was excited about was getting an Android phone for the extra support the platform provides, which pretty much counts out getting a new iPhone unless it is just phenomenal.

So is there a Netflix app yet for Android? I know FroYo will support Java and thus probably embedded video, so that'll be a fix, but I thought I heard of it coming to either Android and/or iPhone soon. Also looking forward to Hulu, but I'm guessing it'll be a while before Sprint updates to 2.2 after it's release.

4G network was accessible and everything loaded with less than a second or two wait time, including downloading apps. On-screen keyboard was hit or miss, but I have no experience with smartphone virtual keyboards and I'm assuming I'll get better with practice.

So I'm really still pretty bothered about what I've been reading about the battery lives, but I've also heard it's somewhat acceptable with apps and smart energy consumption management. Still, if there was an Android alternative that had the features I'm looking for and had a decent battery life, I'd be all over that thing. Which leads me to my current stance- waiting a month and seeing how things pan out. The iPhone will start to have user reviews by then, the Evo should have been tested enough to get an accurate reading on the pros and cons, and Verizon seems to be coming out with possibly two! Droid models in July, with at least one running Android and including dual cameras and a slider keyboard. Downside to going with a Verizon phone would still be the lack of 4G. =(

Anyone looking to get rid of Warhammer Fantasy stuff?

Got offered a paid internship this week at an economic policy research think tank as a Junior Analyst. Neato.

HAPPY ENDING

It's a pretty stupid policy if it's only a purchase of one unit. Either the woman is stupid or they hyped up the inconvenience factor, though, as she could have easily found someone who was willing to charge it and help her out in exchange for the cash, I'd imagine.