Musings of a Carebear: Age of Conan Classes

May 29, 2008

Originally I had a long post here covering my first impressions of Age of Conan, the new MMORPG that launched last week, but the I realized that I’d never finish and post it. Instead, I’m just going to comment on one aspect of the game, and if I never get around to posting the rest, [...]

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Kindle Cases From Waterfield

May 5, 2008

I’ve had a look at the latest Waterfield cases for the Kindle and posted my thoughts at The Gadgeteer. Waterfield has three Kindle cases: a basic open-ended sleeve, a sleeve with flap and back pocket, and a travel case with room for the Kindle and a bunch of accessories. Check out my review for pictures [...]

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Redesign With the 960 Grid System

April 22, 2008

As you can see, I have redesigned the theme of my blog. I’m not entirely happy with the color scheme, such as it is. I was kind of hoping for a look that was more subtle than the Web 2.0 pastels everyone uses these days, but I might end up switching from warm to cool [...]

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World of Warcraft Addons: Introduction

February 6, 2008

In an effort to revitalize this blog, I have decided to write about one of my favorite things: World of Warcraft. (Thanks to Dan for suggesting the topic of my first few posts!) To start off, I’d like to talk about WoW interface addons; this post will be the first in what will probably be [...]

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Happy Kindle Day To Me

November 26, 2007

My Amazon Kindle arrived today — thanks Julie! — and I’m eagerly putting it through its paces for an upcoming Gadgeteer review. Earlier this year I reviewed the Sony Reader and I’m looking forward to comparing the two. (The Kindle is definitely in the lead so far.) I don’t want to spoil my review too [...]

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Saitek Profile for Tabula Rasa

November 25, 2007

It’s now a few weeks since the launch of Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, and I’m enjoying it quite a bit — in small doses, at least. It’s sort of a hybrid game, combining the character development and gear collection of an MMORPG with continuous action combat that draws by the FPS genre. As such, it’s [...]

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Tombs of New Orleans, Part 1

November 23, 2007

Last month, I went on a two-day trip to New Orleans with friends. We spent the first day at cemeteries, and then walked around the French Quarter and Garden District the next morning. In case you don’t know why cemeteries in New Orleans are special, it’s because they consist entirely of above-ground tombs — because [...]

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Predictions About the iPhone SDK

October 17, 2007

Now that we know an iPhone SDK is coming, here are my predictions about it based on all of His Holiness’ statements about “security” and “protecting the network”: Prediction One. No retail iPhone will run unsigned apps, ever, at all. There will be no possibility to install them by clicking through warning dialogs, as you [...]

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TyTn II Review Posted

October 15, 2007

My review of the HTC TyTn II is up at The Gadgeteer. In short, I like it. It’s a worthy upgrade from the original, with better performance, a solid feel, internal GPS, and many small improvements and fixes. It’s good enough to tide me over until Apple makes an iPhone I actually want, at least…

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Mid-Life Crisis Update

September 19, 2007

As of today, my age no longer begins with a “3″. So how am I, a now 40 year old geek, doing at the usual activities for a man my age? Well, I’ve shaved my head and taken up guitar. However, I have not yet obtained the usual fast car nor the obligatory 18 year [...]

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