I’m Aaron Brethorst, a Program Manager, software developer, HCI junkie, and a wicked Astropop player. Currently, I work for Microsoft as the User Experience Program Manager for the Developer Division, creators of Visual Studio, the .NET Framework,...
All we get in Seattle are 60 year old, five foot tall punk lesbians, midgets hitching a ride on the back of wheelchairs, and Link… No, Seriously – Let’s Hit It <p>Old Chinese lady: Ex-see-cus-see me. Old Chinese lady: Ex-see-cus-see me! Gangsta:...
I received some feedback on a document I wrote recently. The commentor stated: You can’t have a sentence with two colons in it. It just isn’t done. Make it two sentences. Or three. Maybe four. Sigh.
I just downloaded Flock, a “web 2.0 web browser,” which features integrated blog posting, delicious integration, and a number of other interesting features. Just giving it a whirl and seeing if it actually works… <p style="font-size:10px;text-al...
Also, I discovered all of my original blog posts still stored in an old database of mine here on brethorsting. They were an unfortunate casulty of my migration to Movable Type 3 a while back. Anyway, you’ll find them in the archive list; just st...
As a followup to Rrriiiiidge Racer! from last week, I have a five minute video presenting the absolute low-lights of Sony’s E3 Press Conference. Is it somewhat unfair? Yes, certainly. Does it take advantage of all the dumb shit Kaz Hirai had to sa...
Dear 405, Fuck you. Love, Aaron
And on a lighter note, how can you do anything but simply love a movie entitled Snakes on a Plane? I mean, really, it’s pure fucking genius. It hits theaters on August 18, 2006.
For all of you who missed Sony’s lame-ass E3 press conference last week, someone has compressed all of the salient points into a one minute clip on YouTube. For those of you unwilling to invest that minute, here are the highlights: Riiiiiidge ...
You know your Presidency is screwed when Bill Clinton polls better on honesty than you. Yeah, I know that the actual results fall within the polls margin of error, but it’s a pretty bad sign that they’re ranked equally in this category. Everyone a...