Greetings from Argentina! My wife and I arrived the day before in a city called Ushuaia. It is the world´s southern-most city and, for the benefit of tourists like us, contains countless signs and t-shirts declaring it to be el fin del mundo, the end of the world.

We’ve had internet access in all of our hotels so far, but we’ve had an all-day excursion almost every day. Upon arriving in Ushuaia, we were surprised to discover that there’s a PC in our hotel room with free internet access.

It’s currently 11:39 and not quite dark outside. Today we went riding in a 4×4 down to a remote lake where we had a traditional Argentine asado (basically a cookout). Then we went canoeing on another lake. It was great fun.

We have an early start tomorrow, so I can’t write much (and all the keys on the keyboard are different). We’re thinking about creating a web site to chronicle our trip, so I’ll let you know if we end up doing that.

Seven days now until we fly home. It’s been a great trip so far. I’ll try to post more details later, if I can find time between touring, eating, and sleeping.

Wanted to do three things in my post today:

1. Wish everyone a merry Christmas. Mine has been great so far. Got to spend lots of quality time with my family and my wife’s family, all of whom are wonderfully kind, generous people.
2. Let you all know that my wife an I are leaving tomorrow for an extended vacation in Argentina. I’ll be returning in mid-January, so I may not be posting for a few weeks. If I have the opportunity, I will post a few accounts of my trip as we go along, so if you’re interested, please keep an eye on the blog the next few weeks.
3. Update you on the status of SPUDZOOKA. It’s coming along quite well, but I didn’t get as far as I would have liked before the holiday/travel madness started. I’ll publish a demo level when I return and am able to get a little more polish on it.

Once again, I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. It’s been a good year, and I’ll talk to you in a few weeks!

Saw a really cool YouTube video over at Independent Gaming (strangely, the post seems to have been removed from the blog). The video is of a guy describing (and demonstrating) how to set up a VR display using the Nintendo Wii. Really cool stuff. Wouldn’t surprise me if this makes its way into a few games in the next year or two.