Archive for September, 2008

Facebook | Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures

  • September 20th, 2008
  • Posted in chatter

Is it just me, or is the dice rolling mechanism amazing? My last adventure, my dice rolls were as follows: 2 1 1 5 3 15 Two natural ONES! Aaargh. That’s even worse than my normal real life dice rolling luck. [ READ MORE ]

Podcatcher: The Search for the King part 2 – In the name of Juice!

Juice 2.2, an open source rss media aggregator, seems to work fairly well. However, it is open source… which in my experience, typically means that the user interface is a bit quirky. Wonky. Strange. Obtuse.  It is kind of like the difference between an actress and your sister. Both are pretty, but one isn’t quite [ READ MORE ]

Podcatcher: The Search for the King

I have this funny niggling feeling that I did this more than once already.  That I tried out a whole passel of rss aggregator with varying media enclosure capabilities, and that I found nothing worked sufficiently well to replace iTunes or Zune. First off, my criteria.  I want to be able to plug a feed in [ READ MORE ]

Disassembling a 30g Zune

  • September 15th, 2008
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First things first, the Zune is actually screwed together, unlike the iPod (or at least the older generation iPods I’ve ripped apart.)  Do not attempt to simply pry the case apart unless you really don’t intend to put it back together again. The little piece of black plastic surrounding the docking port pops out to reveal [ READ MORE ]

this WEEKEND in PODCASTS for September 13-14, 2008

Sons of Kryos 62 Slice of SciFi 174: Voicemail Show Stabbing Contest 18 (Misspent Youth with Rob Bohl) Stabbign Contest 17 (It’s Judd again) Slice of SciFi 175: Voicemail Show Slice of SciFi 175: interview with Director Stephen Zimmer Wild Chronicles Digital Shorts: Pew Whale 1UP Yours 09/12/2008 Space Casey: U-N-I 2.0! Space Casey: You win! Teaser 4 Space Casey: Promo Space Casey: Teaser Space Casey: Teaser [ READ MORE ]

Thoughts on 9/11

  • September 13th, 2008
  • Posted in chatter

I typically try to avoid things that hurt me. So when 9/11 rolls around every year, I don’t pay any attention to it. This worked out pretty good for me. In fact, I had forgotten that Thursday was a special day in any way until my Twitter feed started referencing it. I don’t [ READ MORE ]

Spore gets a wet review

  • September 12th, 2008
  • Posted in chatter

“What’s New Now” the video blog covering tech news highlights replays a video segment on the DL.TV set where Jeff Green of 1UP talks about the new game Spore. Mr. Green is pretty upbeat on the game, though honest about its shortcomings. However, the gods seem to disagree with him and express their [ READ MORE ]

Today in Podcasts for Friday September 12, 2008

The Signal: Season 4, Show 1, January 22nd 2008 Shadowdance 5: Magick on the Edge of Science Der Geek 16.75: Almost a real show Skepticallity 85: Why Magic is Important Geek Radio Daily September 11th 2008 Buzz Out Loud 807: Hey! Price cuts work! Shadowdance 5 is a doozy, weighing in at a 1UP Yours type length of over two hours [ READ MORE ]

Today in Podcasts for Thursday September 11, 2008

Random Signal 77: Oh, so many books! The Seanachai: The Vampire in the Attic The ScapeCast 61 Geek Radio Daily September 10th 2008 Role Playing Public Radio 20: Random Character Advice Generator Security Bites 113: The security of Chrome Buzz Out Loud 806: Battlestar Monk Denver Post’s Lyrics Undercover 115: Grace Kelly [ READ MORE ]

Today in Podcasts for Wednesday September 10, 2008

PodCastle Metacast 1 Radio Isopod 1: Things from Another Dimension Pieces 1: “Sorry” MAKE Magazine: Weekend Project: Mint Tin Amp Pulp Gamer Out of Character 57: Friends and Fans True Blood Trailer Pulp Gamer Out of Character 56: Gen Con 08 Pulp Gamer Out of Character 55: Table Tips True Blood: Alan Ball POV True Blood: In Focus: Shedding The Light on Vampires MAKE Magazine: [ READ MORE ]

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