Archives for November, 2007

When Gadgets Become Appliances


I like gadgets.  I like tinkering with gadgets.  It doesn’t really bother me when one of my gadgets doesn’t work perfectly when I fire it up the first time, because I am reasonably confident that I can dig into its settings and change the undesired behavior.  If intuition fails me then I am confident I [...]

Surely You Can’t Be Serious?


When I asked this of life merely a few weeks ago it gave me the obvious reply, “I’m serious, and don’t call me Shirley, because now I’m pissed, and I’m going to own you for the next 45 minutes.”  Read on to find out why I asked this benign and powerful question.
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Trixie Interviews Me for Xbox.com Gamer Spotlight


In a shamelessly selfish plug, I’d like to direct you to this week’s Xbox.com gamer spotlight where Trixie interviews me about such gaming related topics as Filipino food, cleaning public highways, and that wuss with the power of “heart” from Captain Planet.