Trimmed

I’m not sure how long it will stay, but I’ve got a new theme up. It’s hopefully a bit simpler to look at, and the way it’s built, it forced me to turn off a number of plugins. This should, in theory, allow the site to load quite a bit more...

Coming Changes

Dang it. I’ve learned my lesson. It _is_ possible to have too many toys, especially when some of those ‘toys’ involve badly written code. Sometime in the course of the next week, I think I will be giving Writer’s Blog an overhaul. For starters,...

Circadian Rhythms

I have a problem – I’m a night owl, and I always have been. Trouble is, being a night owl conflicts terribly with my daily routine. Come 9, 10 o’clock at night, my mind really starts to wake up and kick into high gear (provided, of course, I’m...

Bad Behaviors

My friend Paul (aka, Dweezle of “TTL Gunslinger”:http://tiedtheleader.com fame) has “written up some thoughts”:http://paulmhooper.com/2007/04/02/gratia-placenti/ on MLG player behavior – and I agree with him completely. It’s...

Tombstone and Desolation

The fans speak, and “Bungie delivers”:http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinitymaps. Word came down today that on April 17, two new Halo 2 multiplayer maps go live for download. Initially, talk was that Microsoft was...

Portable Applications – Part 1, Essentials

I use a lot of portable applications. At last count, I have 22 of them sitting on my flash drive. I use about half of them nearly every day, and the other half get used often enough to warrant their continued presence on my flash drive. Part 1 of the Portable...