Well, I warned you. Although I wanted to continue to blog on a regular basis, the reality is that August was pretty brutal in terms of time available. As a wise man once said, “Let me ‘splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.” August was our last month in the duplex in [...]
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Aug 272010
Aug 262010
This last weekend I had the pleasure to meet some old friends at a lake cabin. This was something I was really, really looking forward to do. We would get to indulge in the kindness of my friends and for the second time this summer, just do some old fashioned relaxing at a lake. There [...]
Aug 172010
I came across this article on Ars Technica about how the recent release of Starcraft II dominated the month in video games sales. Three interesting things about this. First, this is only box sales, not digital download sales which are playing an increasing share on the PC market. This is important because with Starcraft II [...]
Going through my usual list of websites and blogs this morning, I came across this interesting piece on the Christian Science Monitor blog section. In a nutshell, it says that sometimes sharing with others some financial or frugal choices you’ve made might make others react unpleasantly. For example, if you get rid of your TV [...]
Aug 122010
I’ve been going through old journals lately. Melanie and I have been packing up some items in anticipation of moving (nothing yet on a house, we’re just being a bit proactive) and it seems like when I do this or clean out the office, I find my numerous journals, notebooks and scraps of paper that [...]
What Gets My Gaming Dollar
Games, Technology, Thoughts
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Aug 042010
A curious thing appeared in my inbox today. It was an email from Star Trek Online letting me know about their “Welcome Back Weekend” where people who used to play STO and have already cancelled get to play for free for a couple of days. This isn’t unusual, per se, as many MMO games have [...]
