Otherwise known in English as Oester/Easter. Today is celebrated 'he is risen. Indeed he is risen'. We went to the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New Orleans this morning. Last night was the Pascha Liturgy, but it was raining hard and the kids and I are sick. So we didn't go. The midnight Liturgy is very Kul.
The link above is not to Pascha, but to a Buddhist blog about Christianity in Tibet. Thomas the Apostle was sent to India by the risen Christ, and the Nestorian church was all throughout central asia and china. The Malankara church of India, founded by Thomas brother of Christ, was not Nestorian, but what is today called Oriental Orthodox, along with the Copts of Egypt and Ethiopia.
27 April 2008
18 April 2008
Grand Turismo 5
Came out last night at 11pm central time. On the Playstation network. For PS3. Like that.
So, I bought it. Took a long time to download, there were tons of people downloading. I played until 2:30 in the morning and there was someone playing online at that time with a Suzuki Cappuccino, tuned. Tuned means that it has been modified to make more power. Changing tires is about the only chassis work that might be needed, it handles wonderfully in the game.
Now, to get to modify a car in GT5 you have to have completed three separate levels of races, meeting a minimum standard in 8 or so races in each level. Within two hours someone had completed all these levels to be able to modify a Suzuki Cappuccino! Yikes. To race against boring Honda Integra's in the small car class.
It took me hours to get third place (minimum passing grade) in the B level toughy. That one starts from 16th place and one is required to pass everyone in one lap. Well, everyone but two, to qualify. The aim is to pass everyone. Cheating is required. Cheating in the sense of taking unorthodox racing lines, bouncing off walls and hip checking cars into turns.
This is the 'Prologue' to the full Grand Turismo 5, which is more than a year away yet. It costs $40 and well worth it. I'll be shopping for a wheel now. Racing with a play controller is rather tricky.
So, I bought it. Took a long time to download, there were tons of people downloading. I played until 2:30 in the morning and there was someone playing online at that time with a Suzuki Cappuccino, tuned. Tuned means that it has been modified to make more power. Changing tires is about the only chassis work that might be needed, it handles wonderfully in the game.
Now, to get to modify a car in GT5 you have to have completed three separate levels of races, meeting a minimum standard in 8 or so races in each level. Within two hours someone had completed all these levels to be able to modify a Suzuki Cappuccino! Yikes. To race against boring Honda Integra's in the small car class.
It took me hours to get third place (minimum passing grade) in the B level toughy. That one starts from 16th place and one is required to pass everyone in one lap. Well, everyone but two, to qualify. The aim is to pass everyone. Cheating is required. Cheating in the sense of taking unorthodox racing lines, bouncing off walls and hip checking cars into turns.
This is the 'Prologue' to the full Grand Turismo 5, which is more than a year away yet. It costs $40 and well worth it. I'll be shopping for a wheel now. Racing with a play controller is rather tricky.
Last Testament
Michael Diebert wrote a good book about the excitement in Haiti this century. Some wacko in the pay of the terrorists wrote a newly dubious book, which Deibert debunks here. There has been amusing repartee back and forth.
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