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Looks like I'm making up for a slow July by lots of August posts (although this should be a short one). I actually didn't waste my entire weekend for once and made some updates to my audio game before releasing the first build since December to the SourceForge Project Page for download. This version is optimized for Windows XP (instructions for Linux users can be found within the 'Documentation' folder--OS X users, including myself, are out of luck). To install in Windows, simply make sure you get Python 2.4 and then simply copy the 'fmod.dll' file under the Documentation folder into your System32 folder. The Fmod.dll can also be obtained from fmod.org, but make sure you get version 3.75. Then just double-click the 'main.py' file for the version you want to play (there's a networked version--it requires the client to know the IP/hostname and level of the server, a training version, and then the regular game). The controls can be found in post number eight here.

Other than that, I went to Reiman Gardens this weekend which I've been wanting to do for awhile but kept finding excuses as to why not to go that particular weekend. It was pretty nice, plus I enjoyed getting outside and getting some fresh air and some probably much needed exercise. Also, until Danielle sees this post and makes me get rid of this portion of it, I was also looking at it to see if it was a viable location for holding a wedding and reception (as it's only $750 for the location). I thought it was nice (see my photos), but she wasn't a fan. We may look into the Chicago Botanical Gardens or another location with lots of flowers, as with the exception of the bouquet, that would save us money so we wouldn't have to buy all of the flowers for the reception and all that. Of course, first she has to accept the proposal (she has some crazy notion that being engaged means she has to start planning the wedding and doesn't want to do that while trying to get through her senior year... that and it doesn't help that her parents/entire family are the exact opposite of extremely supportive about this situation).

Beyond that, I did a little bit of work for my HCI class, played around with the FMOD API for the C6 demo group that I'm part of, and played a little bit of Animal Crossing for the Nintendo DS (I now have the 3rd upgrade of Nook's shop and my house). I also found out that She Wants Revenge is going to be in Des Moines, IA on November 1st and tickets are only $15... I want to go (and the price is right), but nobody to go with at the moment, so I'll probably end up not going, which kind of stinks, but that's the price you pay for moving to a new area (and maybe I'll meet a She Wants Revenge fan before the concert date and end up going).