Several years back, after getting out of the service, I tried to reunite with my old gaming buddies via PBEM. It started out OK and quickly fell apart. What follows are the three narratives that evolved from that experiment. Each one is written from the point of view of that character.Dren is a Pure Strain…
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This is just wrong
I was out shopping with my daughter today and I ran into this in the toy store. The Han Solo Torture set?What the heck is Hasbro thinking these days? Putting the poor guy in carbonite (that was a whole play set) was bad enough but now this?Look at his face, it looks like he is…
Why I’m not going to see Cloverfield
For months now I have been looking forward to the monster movie Cloverfield. I’ve seen the trailers, read the press reports and been generally upbeat about seeing it. No more.The sad thing is that Cloverfield is a movie that I want to see. It is right up my alley. I love monster movies that follow…
Just picked up another domain name
I am currently working on two web projects. One of them is a website for a co-worker’s upcoming high school reunion and the other involves my local Girl Scout troop. The reunion site will be up in a few days, just in time for their first meeting. I’ll be writing articles based on its creation…
T-Mobile and Samsung Introduce New Hotspot @Home Phone
DALLAS & BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) and T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile), today announced the availability of the new Samsung Katalyst(a). The Katalyst adds a stylish, slider design to the growing line-up of phones that support T-Mobile HotSpot @HomeSM service.With built-in support for T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, the Samsung Katalyst provides customers with great wireless…
SUP Acquires LiveJournal From Six Apart
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SUP, an international media company based in Moscow, today announced that it has acquired LiveJournal from Six Apart, Ltd. LiveJournal is one of the world’s leading global online communities, with a monthly audience of more than 18m1 unique visitors in nearly every country in the world. Additionally, SUP today launched a new U.S….
One Laptop per Child Extends Give One Get One Program Through December 31
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing every child in the world access to new channels of learning, sharing and self-expression, is extending its recently launched Give One Get One program beyond the initial two-week limited time offer through December 31, 2007, in the USA and Canada. The extended…
DirecTV to offer HD package in space
To congratulate NASA on its recent success with the International Space Station and the opening of the new living space area DirceTV has offered to equip the station with a 42″ flat panel HDTV, it’s top of the line HD-DVR and a velcro-wrapped remote.If the offer is accepted (not sure if it will be because…
DS Review: Dementium:The Ward – A DS Game That Isn’t Annoyingly Cartoonish
The cover of Dementium: The Ward quotes Hardcore Gamer Magazine as saying that the game is Doom 3 meets Silent Hill. Be afraid. My first thought after reading that quote was, So I should be afraid because it’s filled with cheap thrills and crappy controls? I mean really, Resident Evil taught me that personal horror…
AMD Appoints Dirk Meyer to Board of Directors
SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of AMD President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer to the board of directors. Meyer, who was promoted to his current role as President and COO in January 2006, continues to share leadership and management duties of AMD with Chairman of the Board and CEO Hector…
Highlights from the EA Second Quarter Report
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced preliminary financial results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2007. Net revenue for the quarter was $640 million, down 18 percent as compared with $784 million for the prior year. Beginning in fiscal 2008, EA no longer charges for its service related to certain online-enabled packaged…
Melissa Data Announces New Service at DMA ’07 to Help Marketers Stay in Touch with Customers
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Melissa Data, a developer of high-performance mailing technology solutions, is unveiling a new service for direct marketing professionals at the DMA show, October 14th-16th in Chicago. The new NCOALink SmartMover Web service provides businesses and mail houses with the ability to keep their customer lists current by matching them to the weekly updated USPS…