Saturday, January 31, 2009
First Impressions:
First impression is that nothing has changed from the last iteration, with the exception of a few new buttons and two new categories under Events and Photos.
Flickr export apparently only works with Pro accounts. Way to add value to a Pro account, but not so cool for the folks that have iPhoto, but not [...]
As I sit here, waiting for iPhoto to recognize all the faces in my photo library, I am pondering the popularity of tower defense style games.
I have more than a couple, and the strange part is, you can play flash versions of tower defense games for free. Desktop Tower Defense is pretty popular and has [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
I can recall it, not clearly, but I can recall it. It comes, through the haze of a decade, through the rose tinted lens of nostalgia.
The memory comes not easily, but in tiny parcels, piecemeal, like the slow striptease of a lover.
I recall the November chill in the air, the warmth of the coat on [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
I’m thinking about changing my calling cards.
I know, it’s a strange thing to think about, especially in this interconnected 24/7 social community immersion thing we have going on with twitter, blogs, social networking sites, talking on cell phones, texting on cell phones, newsgroups, instant messages, and chat clients disguised as video games.
But sometimes I feel [...]
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I really like the idea behind the Amazon Kindle, I really do.
I’m ready for something I can take with me and just read what I want, when I want. It seems to have a great screen, and its main selling point, books on demand, is something that I never really thought I would want until [...]
I have to say, I’m very impressed with the Resident Evil 5 Demo.
Impressed that it took CAPCOM five whole iterations of this franchise to realize that their control scheme was broken, and finally fixed it.
Downloaded the demo on the 360, and to be honest, was not expecting too much. However, once I got into [...]
It’s not quite as cold as it could be, but it’s still cold.
I’m walking the wrong way down 9th street, but at least I got off at the correct exit. I’m heading to Eat First, which is a smaller restaurant in Chinatown. I realize I don’t go downtown nearly as often as I should. Finally [...]