August 11, 2004
I have no more religion
Imagine my surprise when a new voicemail appeared on my phone from Tycho. Yes, the Tycho from Penny-Arcade. Imagine my excitement when I heard him announce that I'd been selected as one of the 20 participants in the Omegathon at PAX. Imagine my extreme disappointment when I had to call Jer...err, Tycho back to inform him that I would be unable to compete. The earliest Saturday flight, which I'm on, doesn't arrive (if it's even on-time) until 09:30, the event center is a good half-hour away from the airport assuming a shuttle leaves right as I hit the curb, and the first Omegathon event starts at 10:00. It'd be close, but I can't risk being "that guy" who won a slot, then didn't make the event. Curse the gods, curse them! 'course, if I do end up arriving at PAX before 10:00, I'll be doubly pissed...
Oh well. Hopefully someone from LNK will represent. May that person not look as foolish as I would have dominating in DDR.
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I called back the number they gave me, and got Krahu...Gabe's voicemail, so I hung up, planning on trying again in a few minutes. Before I got around to dialing, Tycho called me back. Yep, talked to the Tycho.
I still have the voicemail. I should devise a way to extract it from the system.
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at 11 August 2004 20:26 (-06:00)Sweet. If you've got a minijack output on your phone, you can hook it to the microphone input on your sound card and use good old Sound Recorder.
Arg. I believe I need a 2.5mm to 1/8" cable, or at the least an adapter as I have no 2.5mm gear. Looks like yet another Radio Shack excursion.
at 11 August 2004 20:54 (-06:00)
So did you actually talk to him or did you end up just leaving a voice mail?
Do you still have the voicemail saved? :) I feel like a total fanboy, but I was equally excited when he actually e-mailed me back once. I know you're a big fan, since he's even more "verbose" than even you.