Wired interviews John Carmack and John Gaeta, both technical geniuses whom I look up to and have great admiration for.

And Poodle Hat is released! The opening track, Couch Potato, (audio stream available here) which parodies Eminem's "Lose Yourself" is already cracking me up good at this hour! Shame that Em's denied Al from directing an accompanying parody music video.

Update (12:02pm): The lyrics to the parodied songs have finally been posted. There's Trash Day parodying Nelly's Hot In Herre, A Complicated Song spoofing Avril Lavigne's Complicated, eBay from Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way. Finally there's the obligatory Angry White Boy Polka medley. I want this album!