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Mass Effect - a review
First of all, let me simply say “Wow.”
Secondly, I’ll say this: Mass Effect may well be the single greatest PC game I've ever played. This is coming from someone who adores the Half-Life series, Crysis, System Shock 2, Oblivion, and many other story-driven action games. Why do I feel so strongly? Well, the short answer is this - Mass Effect, ( Read more... ) -
Milestones
Yaarr! Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day ( Read more... ) -
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Richard Wright, the brilliant keyboardist for the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, has died at age 69 after a short battle with cancer, almost exactly two years after the death of Floyd founder Syd Barrett.
Rest in peace; we'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
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Political discussions in the workplace - Part Two
The next thing that went around after the Ireland thing below was the letter about how Obama supposedly "snubbed the troops" for a photo-op while in Afghanistan. It was written by a reserve officer stationed over there who, contrary to his claims, was NOT present at Obama's arrival and so was in no position to give his claimed first-hand account ( Read more... ) -
Political discussions in the workplace
I like the people I work with. All of them. But we do have a couple of people who do that "I'm forwarding this to all of you because it's IMPORTANT!" kind of emailing from time to time, and it's often some kind of conservative propaganda. As in, already debunked falsehoods, misleading insinuations, and cowardly smears. I sometimes respond, but ( Read more... ) -
From the Earth to the Moon... and then to Saturn.
Which could just as easily be titled "Holy Frak! Rick posted something on his blog ( Read more... ) -
For The Win!
Two of my favorite things - Doctor Who and the marvelous political comic This Modern World. Enjoy!
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Free Antivirus!
A quick but important update - I know a number of people who use the free version of AVG Antivirus. Version 7.5 expired a few days ago, offering no further updates but pointing users to a download for the new version 8.0. The download offered is a trial of the retail version, and has left a few people wondering if they were out of luck for a free ( Read more... ) -
Difficulty
One year ago today, I posted to celebrate the birthday of my wife, the woman I love, the incomparable TempleViper ( Read more... )
