Monday, February 26, 2007

IRS and eBay

Read an article today that the IRS is working with eBay to make sellers pay the taxes off of there earnings. Apparently this has been an issue since 2003 and they are just now getting around to it. Gotta love the government. Kinda makes you wonder if there is some money-laundering going on via Second Life.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Snow Storm / Wintery Mix

We are in the middle of a nice wintery mix and my tires on my car are not at all meant for snow. Driving to work today was really interesting.

I am trying to finish my portfolio for my design experience and random thoughts. Having not learned Flash before this has provided me with a good learning experience however, the I am less then enthusiastic about ease of use in Flash. I am starting to learn a lot more and it is coming easier, but man the usability of Flash8 for beginners just sucks. You are overwhelmed with buttons, frames, and concepts. Then lets throw layers and actionscript in, I can tell this will be a semester long project to become an advanced user of Flash.

Check out google news or engadget for the Virgin Atlantic downloadable game service announcement. $5 USD says iTunes will have downloadable games in several days, cause they are just as sneaky and steal just as much stuff as M$FT.