All Blog Posts (Page 93)

Aug 04, 2004
Video Games

Too Many Games

Halo 2, KOTOR 2, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Fable… These are all of the games I’m getting between now and the end of the year. I have absolutely no clue how I will have a chance to play, let alone beat, every title listed. Too many cool gam...

Aug 02, 2004
Miscellaneous

Oh dear lord, it' Yanni

I just found out that Yanni and I have something in common… We both went to the University of Minnesota. I feel unclean, and must go purify myself under scalding water now.

Aug 01, 2004
Technology

Geek Lust: Media PC

I’ve been lusting after the Media Center PCs that are out there for a while now. I’ve been planning on just building one for a while, but devices like this new Sony Media Center Edition machine just make me weak in the knees. This is also further...

Jul 26, 2004
Technology

Dead Dead Dead

I’m at a loss as to what I’m supposed to do with myself right now. So far this morning Slashdot is dead or dying with an HTTP503 error, and Google’s still off the map. Ugh.

Jul 25, 2004
Zoon Politikon

This Land Was Made for You and Me

There’s a great short film over on Atom Films starring “John Kerry” and “George W. Bush”. I highly recommend watching it regardless of your political persuasion. Did you notice the Dr. Strangelove reference?

Jul 17, 2004
Miscellaneous

An Evening at Safeway

I was at Safeway last night buying a container of shaving cream. It had been four days or so since I last shaved and I was in dire need of it. The couple in front of me in line was really quite interesting. The woman had a huge hickey on the side...

Jul 10, 2004
Video Games

Sony Consoles

In the interest of clearing up any confusion you may have over the game consoles Sony has released, or plans to release, just refer to this handy listing. Playstation - A small gray CD-based video game console. PSX - It depends on who you’re ask...

Jul 04, 2004
Developer Tools

Java 5.0

In honor of Sun’s decision to rename Java 1.5 to Java 5.0 I am officially renaming iRooster 1.2 to be iRooster version 20.0. Also, in honor of Apple, this release must be referred to as iRooster XX. I intend to release iRooster XXX within a few mo...

Jul 01, 2004
Personal Life

Just a good week

This has been a pretty damned good week for me: Four day weekend. My birthday is on Sunday (22, in case you were curious). New car tomorrow. Massage tomorrow at four. Finally done with performance reviews. Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 f...

Jun 29, 2004
Developer Tools

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 RTM!!!!

WWDC might be catching most of the news right now, but Microsoft has its own developer event going on now too. TechEd Europe in Amsterdam just got started with a terrific keynote and some very cool product announcements. You can now download free ...