Wilhelm has a post up today about his love of battleships and a coming game called World of Battleships. I started making a comment but it grew to long so I decided to make a post instead. It’s not really a direct reply, but more ‘inspired by’. Battleships are a Read more…
Jon Stewart has done it again. He has taken the anti-tax, anti-poor, Ayn Randesq statements that many conservative politicians and media pundits and distilled it down to the utter absurdity that it is. The fact that there are so many people that think that a poor family owning a refrigerator makes Read more…
I’m sitting at the car dealership for the second time this week. Monday I took my car in for 75,000 mile maintenance and for the annual Texas mandated inspection. I change my own oil most of the time but since the inspection was due I went ahead and brought it Read more…
It seems the Rebels have surrounded Tripoli. And they appear to have brought a flag. I believe Eddie Izzard can summarize it best. Underling: “Oh, I’m – oh, oh…” Gaddafi: “What is it, Lieutenant Sebastian?” Underling: “It’s just the Rebels, sir. They’re here.” Gaddafi: “My God, man! Do they want tea?” Read more…
It has been a week since my last genuine comment. I made a comment today on one of John Scalzi’s blog posts. In the time it took me to write the comment, the total comments went from 4 to 28. It now stands at 221. I could never follow that Read more…
In talking about an Op-Ed by Warren Buffet that called for taxes to be raised on the super-wealthy, John Scalzi made a point that got me thinking. Bolding mine. The worries for the tender sensibilities of the rich has been a hallmark of conservative American politics since time immemorial, but Read more…
Saw a post from Keen and Graev recently that alerted me to the new Gamefly digital client. It sounds a lot like Netflix streaming but for video games. Kind of like Gamefly itself is just a copy of Netflix DVD delivery. On one hand, paying $30 every month in order Read more…
I started playing Starfleet Commander by Blue Frog Games more than 2 years ago. I found it on Facebook and started it as something to do while at work. At first I played it very casually, I was at work after all and only wanted something to do for a Read more…
There was a new Ask Cryptic posted yesterday. One of the things I really like about the STO team is their communication. Daniel Stahl, the leader producer, has made every effort to be up front and transparent with STO’s development. This means they share current development plans and you can Read more…