i'm an idiot. i figured out what was wrong with my program, and what a shock, i think it was me. so, having survived nanowrimo, i sat down to install xcode for panther, and as i said last time, my behemoth document code (well, it's the most complex thing i've ever written, even if that don't say much) suddenly failed to compile, catastrophically. it seemed like every variable was suddenly complaining it wasn't declared. turns out that wasn't quite true. the only ones that were puking were the ones that i tossed in the declarations for midstream. i kinda assumed when i was writing it that that was bad technique, and i'd intended to clean it up, but stuff happened. but it would seem that now it's intolerable to the compiler. anyway, maybe i'll now be able to update the stupid thing again. so, it worked before, though. is what i did really that bad? is this something i'd know if i'd taken more than 3 credits of programming in college?
in other news, i finally broke down and bought a gamecube, and my initial opinion of the game that was the reason i bought it was one of disappointment. that is, of course, until i managed to unlock the special cup. the courses in the first three are by and large unremarkable (dk mountain is wicked cool, though, as are the city levels), but the ones in the fourth grand prix cup are awesome. i particularly like the wario colosseum. good stuff. the gamecube overall is pretty nice. it's quite agreeably small, and i like the controller a lot (especially the wireless one). i also got a copy of tony hawk 3, because it was $10, and i liked the demo of 2. it's also good stuff, which is kinda funny because i've never set foot on a skateboard (this is why i'm still alive).
espn has an interesting article on whether or not the sox-yanks rivalry is good for baseball. a lot of revisionist crap, and by and large derogatory toward the olde towne team. the general thrust of the article is that with so much coverage of it, does the rest of the country even give a fuck about the rivalry. an interesting theory, but it just plain doesn't bear out, given that in roughly 3/4 of the stadiums they visit, you can frequently hear more red sox fans than those of the home team. and apparently, the yankees and the cubs draw even more fans on the road. so i think it's safe to say the rest of the country does in fact care. is it good for baseball? well, that's a harder question. but surely all this talk of baseball in the height of football season suggests something...
oh, and before i forget, all three of you, tune into tracey's radio show tomorrow at 8am on wtbu, because i'll be making a guest appearance. i don't know if there will be anything like the 'mr. sparkle incident', but we will nevertheless aim to entertain...