I love the online comic Ctrl-Alt-Del. The main character is a bit of a slacker who worked in, and now owns, an indie video game store. He recently came up with an idea to boost customer loyalty. Today's strip made me snort little chunks of Fritos. Here's the beginning (or close enough, anyway) of the current story arc:
in-store mmorpg

In a BoardGameGeek review of Runewars was this photo. I assume the point was to show that the game comes in a really big box. The best part of the photo is the string of comments. Enjoy!

Runewars baby photoOh, and speaking of big box games, there seems to be a general belief that games in big boxes are better games, and worth the $100 that some ( Read more... )

Several years ago, I read a couple of novels by a new author named Kage Baker. The novels were "In the Garden of Iden" and "Sky Coyote" the first two of what would become her "Company" series. I enjoyed them enough to recommend them to blueeowyn (which I rarely do). Two days ago, I bought a trio of the later "Company" novels from the "for sale" rack at ( Read more... )

A CBS news item this week indicates that photocopier hard drives can store thousands of documents, pretty much anything they've ever scanned. If the copier is sold (or otherwise disposed of), the new owner can pull the hard drive and access all of those documents ( Read more... )

Computer was freezing up. Hardware all checked fine, ended up reformatting. It now has that "new computer smell" all over again! Finally got Windows to update completely, and got antivirus/firewall installed. So now it's time to play a game! First game on the list is Homeworld, a sci-fi real-time space combat sim from 1999. If this doesn't ( Read more... )

Recent Questionable Content comic features a javasaurus!

Nearly fell out of my seat!

I just had the idea that should make me a million dollars. But I'll share it with you instead, since it'd probably end up getting me sued for TWO million dollars if I actually went through with it ( Read more... )

So the computer that kept freezing, in spite of hardware passing lots of tests, and software apparently not to blame, has been reformatted. Currently has only the operating system (and the usual attached programs -- minesweeper, hearts, etc.). So far, it has not crashed/frozen/chased the cats/etc. and has been running for three days ( Read more... )

List of Airlines, best to worst

Saw "Date Night" this weekend. It was a lot of fun, though you might want to check your logic circuits at the door.

I kept wondering why Steve Carell (who is currently my favorite "everyman" actor) was starring opposite Palin...