Halloween was pretty fun when I was a kid. Then I grew up, and I realized that candy’s cheap and I can buy any candy I want, any time I feel like it.When I moved into my own house I started to get excited for Halloween again because I’d actually be on the candy-giving side…
Month: October 2006
The 360’s Fall dashboard update is coming tomorrow. The complete list of changes is here. Nothing too earth-shattering this time around. There’s that whole 1080p thing, of course…And support for the wireless headset!
Halloween kind of snuck up on me this year. In fact, it’s tomorrow! I’d better stop at Costco after work today to pick up some candy. If there’s any left, that is. Jeesh!
I think Chris Isaak and I could be really good friends. I mean, I don’t know much about the guy, but he seems pretty mellow. I’m pretty mellow. I like his music too. He could come over to my house for dinner, or maybe just to hang out, or maybe we could play some video…
There is a brain disorder out there called spasmodic dysphonia. The symptoms vary a bit from person to person, but if you’re diagnosed as a dysphonic spaz then the part of your brain that allows you speak properly has basically shut itself off. Permanently. There is no known cure or treatment. Scott Adams, the guy…
MP3 supersite AllOfMP3 was smacked down last week when Visa announced they’d no longer allow payments to be made to the legal-ish online music store using their credit cards. This effectively shut the site down, because once your AllOfMP3 balance runs out you won’t be able to add funds to buy more music. All is…
Street Fighter: The Later Years is part one in a web series that has great potential for hilariousness and fun times.
I played a little bit of the free open beta of Phantasy Star Universe this weekend. I was not impressed. The music was great, but the graphics looked pretty blocky and dated. For a ‘next-gen’ title this was pretty bland. The entire user interface was convoluted and awkward… I think any console game with its…
I’m no fan of flight simulators, but I guess they’re pretty cool if you’re into that sort of thing… I haven’t really been keeping tabs on the flight simulator world, but the last time I played one it looked like this:Nowadays they look like this:Yes, pretty incredible. That first one was from Chuck Yeager’s Advanced…
The most irritating part of owning indoor cats, even well-behaved ones, is having to clean out their litter box. You have to scoop up pee and poop every day or so, dump it into a plastic trash bag, then carry that bag downstairs and throw it in the trash can on the side of the…