Month: April 2008
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Old Game Tuesday – Stars!
As I roll through these old games, you are going to notice that 4X games are well-represented. One of my personal favorites is Stars!, released wa-a-ay back in 1995. Jeff Johnson and Jeff McBride created the game for their own enjoyment, and decided to release it as Shareware. People still did that back then, you…
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Robot Snow Shovel For Places That Don't Need It
With the incredibly inventive name I-Shovel, to boot. I’ve been expecting something like this, to be honest, but I can’t imagine it will be tough enough to work during a real snowstorm. Spotted at Gizmodo.
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Just in Time for the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere
Gizmodo brings me this little bit of terror…apparently someone wants to make HUGE Forest Fire fighting robots. With MASSIVE SAW BLADES at the ends of the arms. But of COURSE it will NEVER be used for any sort of military purpose, right? And it will stay perfectly within our control, at all times. Okay! I’m…
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Blog Oh! Blog
I’ve received some positive comments on the design of my blog (the latest one, that is), and I just wanted to give you folks an idea of where it all comes from. The theme is called Limit, and was designed by Jai Nischal Verma of Blog Oh! Blog. I’m always drawn to the Free Themes…
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Ubuntu Cheat Sheet
FOSSwire has created a new Ubuntu cheat sheet for non-Linux folks who want to try it out.
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Old Game Tuesday – M.U.L.E.
M.U.L.E. holds the distinction of being the game I’ve probably played the longest. I was first exposed to it on my old Commodore 64, and though there are many classics from that era (which may be covered here in the future), this is the one that has kept my interest continually since then. M.U.L.E. is…
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Steampunk Toy Modder Interviewed at Gizmodo
In case you haven’t seen his work before, check out Sillof’s Workshop, where the model maker creates and modifies action figures in fun ways. Want to see Han Solo and Chewie as WWII bomber pilots? Or the Justice League as Victorian-era heroes? You can now. Gizmodo interviewed Sillof to find out what prompted him to…
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Famous Robots
The Chop Shop has a geeky t-shirt that also acts as a test of your geekitude, the weRobot shirt. They are all there… 51 different robots from film, television, books, toys and one even from a famous classic rock album. Can you figure out all 51? I just saw this at Gizmodo, very cool (if…
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Basic Instructions – Middle Names
I’ve had the webcomic Basic Instructions on my blogroll for a while, but I have to point out this comic, which is just perfectly awesome.
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She's Here!
You can now welcome Mattie Elizabeth to the world! She was born at 8:05am this morning, and is 20 inches long, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Mom and baby are doing very well (they just got Jen sitting up when I left to crash). I will have the full story tomorrow, but for tonight, pictures!!! They…
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April 7, 2008
By the time you guys are reading this, my baby will be born! Wish us luck!
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Dr. Seuss: Stop Making Movies About My Books!
The Onion is spot on once again. It’s icky, it’s tacky, it’s awkward, it’s wrong. The Whos look like ferrets, it’s an hour too long. What a rotten idea to spend millions destroying This masterful tale kids spent decades enjoying! He should’ve risen up after The Cat in the Hat.