February 21st, 2011
The game within the game
One of the first games on got on my PC was SimCity. I got a copy from a friend and it was one of the few games my 486/25 could actually play - off the floppy. SimCity is a game that needs no introduction and we all know that it’s come a long way since [...]
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May 25th, 2010
The end of shows, finales gone wrong
I usually let King Tom handle all the “24″ episode recaps, but I need to speak out about this week’s final finale. And while I’m not a regular “Lost” watcher, I did see the finale and have some thoughts…and a few questions.
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December 19th, 2009
Tron lightcycle wallpaper
After seeing the new Tron Legacy movie poster I’m back in full Tron mode. It’s one of my favorite films of all time and many years ago I made some lightcycle wallpaper and thought I’d share.
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January 21st, 2009
I, Macho Man
Working at a radio station poses some very interesting opportunities. I’ve already made my “debut” on-air as myself in an impromptu discussion about World of Warcraft, but this time I got jump into one of the best characters ever. Macho Man Randy Savage.
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December 26th, 2008
Christmas number 29
This was Christmas #29 for me and I find it somewhat funny to think about Christmas presents over the years. Every year we get presents for Christmas, but how many presents to we actually remember getting and loving? Most of those are from our childhood, supposedly when presents were a big deal. But sometimes…just sometimes…you [...]
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December 21st, 2008
Gaming to get stuff done
Chores suck. Nobody wants to do them but we all know they need to get done. From dishes to trash to scrubbing floors, it’s hard to get motivated to do things around the house. And if you’re like me, you’re not really motivated until it gets to a point of bad, and only then do [...]
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December 17th, 2008
Toast to go
Do you have one of those new fancy “smart” phones? Something like an iPhone or Black Berry? If so, then you’re in luck because you can now get the Morning Toast to go - Bonus!
Technically, you’ve always been able to get the site on a mobile browser but it just got all squished up. I [...]
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December 16th, 2008
Organizing with wallpaper
I do my best to organize my work, my at-work work and my home work. One of the things I really enjoy is figuring out how to help people get organized with their work. Finding that sweet spot that lets them have ready access to whatever they need while keeping them confident about their work. [...]
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December 16th, 2008
Messin’ with Wordpress
It’s not usually a good sign when you blog about blogging, but in this case it’s not really about getting down on my writing or complaining about how I don’t blog anymore. This time it’s about the technical side of blogging, which then leads to the writing side.
I had to do a fresh install of [...]
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December 7th, 2008
Our first radio show, successful?
Our first radio show back on the air wasn’t too bad. A lot of friends showed up to listen and chat and even though we were late to the dance thanks to some technical fooling, all went pretty well.
The new Ustream service we picked up worked pretty well. The built-in chat was a little to [...]
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December 7th, 2008
Learning from the intern
My intern’s last day of work was this past week. While it seemed to have been very short, he was here for nearly three months. The experience overall was a good one. However, I don’t think I’m ready to be a supervisor. Sure, it’s “fun” to be able to tell people what to do, but [...]
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November 29th, 2008
Back on the web radio
Some years ago we used to do a weekly on-line radio show. It was just me and Jen rambling into the night about various topics and experiences. We quit about four years ago or so as we got married, got a house, acquired four pets and new jobs. But the radio itch is back.
Only this [...]
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November 22nd, 2008
Ikaruga, the holy grail of shmups
I’m a big fan of arcade-style shooters. Games like Galaga, Space Invaders, Aero Fighters, 1942, R-Type, Star Force, Gradius…all those type games. I’ve spent much effort trying to collect these games through emulators and lucky buys, but one hot shmup has eluded me until now.
That game is Ikaruga, cited by many as the best shmup [...]
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November 22nd, 2008
Twitter Zombies, another pet project, more zombies
I admit, I’m on quite a zombie kick lately. I’m sure it will blow over or get burned out like any other kick, but for now I’m riding it for all its worth. And this time I targeted my zombie love at Twitter.
My original idea was to use Twitter as a gaming method. Some sort [...]
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November 18th, 2008
When band logos go bad
I like logos. I’m a logo nerd. Logos are some of my favorite things to look at and design, albeit not always successful. Good logos are hard to design. I think logos are special to design because while they are meant to communicate, they don’t have to be straight forward.
Some logos are simply the name [...]
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November 15th, 2008
Left 4 Dead, finally a shooter I can enjoy
When it comes to games I’m not a big first-person shooter (FPS) gamer. Part of the reason is that many of them focus on on-line play, which I just can’t keep up with anymore. Back in the days when I was Doom-ing and Duke Nukem-ing all night it was a different story. So these days [...]
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November 11th, 2008
Gaming can help libraries help themselves
As a self-proclaimed non-reader, I may not be a likely candidate to enjoy the public library - but I love the library. I admit, I don’t go often but then again, I think that is a problem many libraries are facing these days. Whether it be the internet, Netflix, or just laziness, the libraries need [...]
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November 8th, 2008
One more plastic guitar…and then some
With the new Xbox 360 was bound to come at least one thing - another fake, plastic intstrument…or two. With a handful of gift cards from my birthday, I went to Target late Thursday and got myself Rock Band 2, the other music/band game in the same category as Guitar Hero. I debated a while [...]
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November 5th, 2008
The Twitter election
My first presidential election was in 2004. I could have voted in 2000, but at that point in time I wasn’t very interested. And as things turned out, the guy I would have voted for wouldn’t have won anyway. But this year was an election like no other…in more ways than one.
First off, I [...]
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November 4th, 2008
Bringing the arcade games back
As I continue to explore the Xbox 360, I see that the Xbox is smart. That is, Microsoft is smart (sometimes). They know computers so they created a game system that acts like a computer. Well, consoles are just fancy computers anyway, but the Xbox takes gaming to where computers were 15 years ago…and that’s [...]
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November 1st, 2008
One more birthday present…from Google!
As if the Xbox 360, my childhood cape, and a Snoopy Sno-Cone maker wasn’t a good enough haul for a birthday, I found out this morning I (finally) made a $100 with Google!
Google AdSense supplies the text/banner ads you see around the site and on the other sites in my “network.” It’s free to use [...]
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October 31st, 2008
Best birthday present ever?
The Wife gave me my birthday present this morning and it made me think about past birthday presents. Sure, I remember the presents I had, especially after seeing them in photos, but I can’t recall any birthday present that I really, really wanted and got.
I remember Christmas presents more so. I remember the “big deal” [...]
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October 31st, 2008
Life at 29, past parties
Not surprisingly, life at 29 really isn’t much different than life at 28. Having re-read what I wrote exactly a year ago, I can say I still agree with and do my best to follow the same principles. But as I sit one year before the next big chapter in life, I took a look [...]
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October 28th, 2008
Carl on college football
I’ve expressed my hatred of college football in person many times - just about every Saturday - but why go to all the trouble to write about my thoughts when our friend Carl has done so already…and in perfect fashion.
Thanks Carl, as always, you hit the nail on the head.
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October 25th, 2008
The Twitter setup, making it useful
As I dive deeper into the whole Twitter thing, I’m starting to figure out ways to make it work. Between Twitter’s whole-world-but-delayed-chat functionality, I’m finding you can combine Twitter with some things to make it a very useful tool as well as a not-so-instant messenger.
I’ve cobbled together a small set of tools that makes Twitter [...]