Mind of UPSLynx: July 31

Bobby Miller 31 Jul, 2009 at 11:33am ET Article published in Tech

This week I fight my most admirable opponent yet, creative block! Once victory is assured, I talk digital music downloads and whether their popularity is damaging the art form of the full length album. Windows 7 was cracked this week, but don’t be a cracker, buy it! Icrontic Summer Shindig is just around the corner, will you be there to experience the taste? Finally, SIGGRAPH 2009 starts in just two days, and I’ll be there abusing my own body so you don’t have to. What are you waiting for? Click play!

Bonus: Ten internets to the first person to not only correctly identify the series that the ‘toy’ comes from, but what the exact model is. You’ll know it when you see it.

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31 Jul 2009 ~ 11:55am _k Tyco's Battletech Mauler, non-camo version, 1994

I had the Axman, Hunchback, and Bushwacker
31 Jul 2009 ~ 11:57am MAGIC Good job man.
31 Jul 2009 ~ 12:09pm UPSLynx K, excellent work! much respect, use your internets wisely.

I had every one of the toys from this line with the exception of toad, but that's because toad was boring and lame. My brother and I used to play for hours with these things. He was pissed because Mauler ALWAYS dominated his heavy hitter, Thor, due to that wonderful ER large lazer.
31 Jul 2009 ~ 1:35pm poofie aw, Lynx, way to push through! i always like watching Mind, even if i have to sneak it in during my lunch break.
31 Jul 2009 ~ 4:09pm Shorty Lynx. I continue to <4 you.
31 Jul 2009 ~ 4:42pm QCH Nice work.... Love the mic!!!
31 Jul 2009 ~ 6:46pm Bandrik SIGGRAPH is going to be an amazing time. I can't wait to get there - it seems to be the one big source of memories to put down in the scrapbook.

What Lynx failed to note because he is feeling like whuttadick is that I'll be accompanying him. Being a fellow E-town dork, it only made perfect sense. There will be some major pwnage served in New Orleans, with a nice side portion of lulz.

And hopefully more girls flying through the air. That always makes the con more enjoyable. =D
31 Jul 2009 ~ 7:33pm UPSLynx For the record, I'm not wutadik

Chris White and I are the only media representatives from Icrontic at SIGGRAPH this year.

In full Icrontic attendance this year shall be myself, Bandrik, Chris White, Wahay, and Cherplunka. It shall be pwnage.
31 Jul 2009 ~ 11:18pm rolleggroll Lol Bandrik what Lynx is saying is that you aren't important enough.

Whenever I get writer's block / creative block I usually play fighting games...which works 100%. But I get so into it that by the time I am done I forgot my great ideas. This is why probably why I haven't wrote anything new. Haha.
1 Aug 2009 ~ 12:53am Nate_LapT heh, writers block, have had that for 6 months now :| My webseries was supposed to start production in june. Just realized the clock just struck august :\
1 Aug 2009 ~ 2:26am Grimnoc Great beginning. Fantastic.

*Next mind of [UPS]Lynx I want to see a Lynx fight.
1 Aug 2009 ~ 6:01pm DocFrazier Good show sir, i say so.
1 Aug 2009 ~ 7:09pm Garg NEEDS MOAR GARGOYLE.

Have fun at SIGGRAPH, guys. I think I'm going to have to go next year. I keep missing out on too much cool stuff.
2 Aug 2009 ~ 3:42am UPSLynx Icrontic needs more representation at SIGGRAPH! We'd love to have you man.

Speaking of which, I leave in 2 hours OHMANSOEXCITEDWARBHLKJFL;
2 Aug 2009 ~ 3:29pm mondi

UPSLynx wrote:

Icrontic needs more representation at SIGGRAPH! We'd love to have you man.

Speaking of which, I leave in 2 hours OHMANSOEXCITEDWARBHLKJFL;

I'll be there in spirit - I have a piece playing in this reel: http://www.siggraph.org/s2009/computer_animation_festival/screenings/music2.php

Also - the Houdini "Go Procedural" DVD also has one of my pieces as the cover art

Have fun!
3 Aug 2009 ~ 4:27pm Cliff_Forster Good stuff as usual. Loved the special effect at the front, had to have been a little extra work for you, but totally worth it.
3 Aug 2009 ~ 4:52pm UPSLynx Mondi, most excellent. Which peice is yours? I'm going to try and catch this some time this week. It airs soon, if I"m open I'm going to watch it.
3 Aug 2009 ~ 5:29pm mondi Ã¥terbesÃ¶k

Let me know what you think. In my opinion, the mandated codec wasn't really able to handle all the movement that well (there's a lot of really fine / subtle stuff in there) but it'll be interesting to know how it works on the big screen.
6 Aug 2009 ~ 3:41am ardichoke I've had creative block for about 24 1/2 years now. My solution: just don't give a damn.

Also, what's with the hate on American Idiot? I guess I'm alone in liking that album.
10 Aug 2009 ~ 10:19pm UPSHitman BUSHWACKER ALL THE WAY!!!! (That is another battletech reference) Nice job bro!
11 Aug 2009 ~ 11:15am UPSLynx Mondi - I went to the CAF to watch Visual Music 2 on wed only to find out they had stopped running it the night prior. I was under the impression that the visual music pieces were being repeatedly aired on loop between CAF performances and other special series. I asked some of the workers if they knew of it airing anywhere else, and they were, of course, clueless.

Sorry I missed the show, I was pretty angry at myself for messing it up.

Do you have the piece uploaded anywhere? I would love to see it.