Archive for May, 2009
"Ocarina of Time" in a Day?
One of my favorite videogames of all time is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I was very skeptical about it when it came out because I wasn’t sure if it would work in the 3D world of the Nintendo 64. I reserved a copy anyway and picked up the gold cartridge on [...]
Fail day
Everyone has heard the saying that sometimes, everything comes together for the greater good. The same can be said of the reverse. The very fabric of what holds your technology together can suddenly de-rez and leave you with doorstops. This isn’t a post about how I had a bad day as much as it is [...]
Welcome to my new home
So, over the years I had a few domain names that I called home, but none of them really felt like home. I think I got more excited that I found a domain that wasn’t squatted and tried to shoehorn my home into it, but instead I felt that the name didn’t fit and tried [...]
Twitter just lobotomized itself
One of the strengths of Twitter was the ability to see people that your friends replied to. For example: I follow Seth. Seth follows Brad. However, I don’t follow Brad. I could turn on an option that saw Seth’s replies to Brad. I like what they’re talking about so I follow Brad. There was a [...]
Warp Speed
Star Trek needed this. It’s unfortunate that the path of events in the past led to what could have been Star Trek’s demise, but the planets aligned properly and the franchise found its way into the hands of JJ Abrams and his crew to do what seemed to be impossible. This is the same team [...]
Newbie guide to Star Trek
I’ve watched Star Trek as far back as I can remember. Early memories of it are watching it with my dad when it was still on NBC, and watching it every day at 6pm on WPIX in NY. It was rare that any syndicated show would be on seven days a week, but Star Trek [...]
