Every year, I take my birthday off of work... It's the 32nd Annual Festival of Some Old Guy. Upon getting up at the crack of 11, I heard the beeping of my cell phone. I immediately thought that it was work calling - a sometimes necessary, but never welcome, evil on my days off. Nope! My cell was just reminding me to have a wonderful birthday.
Looking through the house this morning, I discovered that my wife had left - she took time out of her day to visit the DMV for me (
is she the coolest or what??), so it was just me, the pets, and my machines. The cavalcade of machines blooping in favor of my "special day" hasn't stopped since I got up!
I'm now pretty curious about how many of my devices "know" that it's my birthday - if you know of anything cool, please post comments... I want to check it out. Here's what I have discovered so far:
- Starting up my Xbox 360, a little advert popped up on screen to remind me that it was "Free Texas Hold Em" day on Marketplace... So, happy birthday to me from Microsoft!
- My cell phone let me know, as posted above.
- I thought my Nintendo DS was broken at first, but as it turns out, it has special startup music for you on your birthday!
- Worth1000, Fedora Forums, and Neo-Geo forums automatically wished me Happy Birthday this morning.
- Stores automatically sent me discount cards...
But the point is - I've got some 600 games... Which ones will know its my birthday? I've heard that Animal Crossing knows, but I haven't tested that out. So, post if you know of any of our other robotic buddies with pre-programmed good intentions.
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