Archive for January, 2007

The Ultimate Collection for Your Inner Nerd

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The year is 2007, over the course of the last twenty years the video game industry has grown from a mild curiosity to a multi-billion dollar market. Three consoles are struggling in the trenches of public opinion to become the gaming machine of choice. The war is fought with graphics glitz, advertising, TV spots and […]

Whew - The Last Two Weeks, a Whirlwind

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Whew. Let me repeat that, whew. One more time, all together now, whew. Ok, that just about sums up the last two weeks. Between school, work and karate, I’ve been pretty much spent. Still, there have been a couple of things I’ve been meaning to post about for some time now, so here they are:
Macworld […]

Touchscreen iPod a Reality

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Rumors of a touch screen iPod have been circulating the web for some time now, and it appears that those rumors have now become a reality. Joystiq has the details:
iPod + DS = DSpod? iDS? ipoDS?
Ok, ok, so it’s not branded by Apple… and it’s not an iPod, technically, but it’s touchscreen baby, pure touchscreen. […]

HP Printers, How I Hate Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

Friday, January 5th, 2007

It seems my HP OfficeJet Gx55xi has given up the ghost. It was never a great printer, I had all sorts of driver and networking problems with it, but at least it got the job done for a few years. Even still, I could never really like it much and now I’m just downright pissed […]

Of Karata and Irony

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

For about two years back when I was in High School (damn that seems like so long ago) I used to be in a martial arts class at the St. Cloud YMCA. I held my instructor (Colin Ylinen) in extremely high regard and the class did a great deal for me: I learned a lot […]

Happy New Year

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Happy New Year one and all, I hope it finds everyone happy and healthy.
2006 was an interesting year for me: Finishing up a position at UMM, getting two cats (Merlin and Morgana), leaving Morris after five years, getting married (I love you Laris), moving to the Cities, starting work at West, deciding I want to […]