Continuing my look this week at how to fill the traditional MMO roles in Star Trek Online, today we’re going to look at the cleric of space, the Healer. Unlike most other games, being a dedicated healer in space does not keep you from other roles. A Tank/Healer combo is not a Read more…
I’ll be taking a look this week at how to fill the traditional MMO roles in Star Trek Online. First up, we’ll be looking at the venerable Tank. The essential role of a tank, is to absorb damage and protect the group. Aggro is a harder thing to manage in Read more…
I spent my limited game time this past weekend, working on Min-Maxing in STO. I’m a bit of an oddity with min-maxing. In some ways, I’m very meticulous about finding the best set up. But in others, I don’t care about a point here or a point there and will Read more…
Really Netflix? You’re splitting DVD’s into it’s own company called Qwikster? I was okay with the prices going up, but splitting the company? A) It’s a stupid name. B) I don’t want to have to maintain two queues. C) I’m okay with paying for the joint subscription even though I Read more…
I recently went to a meeting of local sci-fi/fantasy writers. All more or less amateurs. It was a meet-up of people who like writing, some who want to eventually get published, some who just do it for fun. It was a lot of fun and I met some really nice Read more…
I have a long list of things I should do today. That never gets shorter. We had a doctor’s appointment this morning that took almost four hours. But we found out we’re having a boy so there’s that. So instead of posting something quickly and doing it poorly, have a Read more…
I was thinking recently about how short sighted political decisions are. Specifically, I’m talking here about NASA. The shuttle program, after 30years of flying the first reusable vehicle, ended this year. There were a few screw ups (Challenger, Columbia), but that was 2 out of 135. That’s a 1.5% failure Read more…
I’m not sure how I feel about the news that Amazon is trying to form add a “Netflix like” service for e-books to it’s Amazon Prime. On the consumer side, since I’m already an Amazon Prime member, having free access to a bunch of books might be cool. Any time Read more…
Back in April, we decided to put our house up for sale. We were thinking about having kids and wanted some more space. This proved fortuitous, as we became pregnant in May. Over the course of 6 months, we went to see a number of potential houses and had a Read more…
The internet appears to be awash with people talking about 9/11. Either security warnings about possible anniversary attacks, people reminiscing their experiences, tribute videos, events honoring first responders/military, etc. I usually don’t put much stock in regular anniversaries for things like this, and while I think some people focus to Read more…