Veteran software developer / sysadmin and holds a PhD in Computer Science. Avid computer enthusiast (geek) who has been dabbling with technology ever since his Dad brought home an 8086 computer.
Legal / Scam
I know that spam is a fact of Internet life, but sometimes, it’s ridiculous. In the last few days, I’ve received at least 3 of these per day. > Hello ! My name is Irina Ginsburg. Soon i will be 27 years old. I am single girl and never be
Gadget & Toys
2009 is gearing up to be an insane year for cartoon classic being re-released as live action movies. The Superbowl was nice enough to provide us with two very nice trailers. First is G.I.Joe. Quite similar to the original cartoon show, but now all the heroes are wearing
Videogames
In North America, December 26th is considered Boxing Day. The day after Christmas, it features an insane amount of sales, many store clearing their Christmas stock at below cost. It’s a particularly crazy day to visit shipping mall, and the only day were you will see checkout queues online.
Videogames
> Deep within the US Army exists elite force deployed for precise tactical operations. These are the men who are totally not the guys I was talking about. Bad Company’s marketing campaign was a huge success for me. Their light-hearted humorous shorts peeked my interest, as well as gaining high
Jobs
Browsing today, I came across the following job posting. Startup looking for highly qualified students that are interested in an internship with the potential of full time hire at the end of the school year. > We are a consumer focused Internet start up looking for a PHP programmer with previous
Videogames
A couple of month ago, I caved in and bought an Xbox 360. There are several games I wanted to play on that platform and although most of them eventually become available for the PC (Halo, Mass Effect, Gears, etc), I wanted to play them on their original platform. Now,
Videogames
Or should I say RockBand 1.2? I recently purchased RockBand 2 [http://www.rockband.com/games/rb2], a necessary upgrade for my RockBand parties. I immediately noticed that RockBand 2 had a very similar fell to its predecessor. This should not be a surprise, since this game is a
Videogames
It’s a simple statement: Gears of War 2 is 10 hours of awesome, period! Purchased on November 7th, completed on November 8th, 700 kills and 370 achievement points :-)
Videogames
A couple of weeks ago, I learned that I was going to be part of the Good Old Games (GOG) [http://www.gog.com] beta. Good Old Games is a company dedicated to offering classic PC games at a cheap price, DRM free. Think of it as Steam, but without
Blog
The RPG Encyclopedia was my first large project, a labor of love for three years. The site had a good following in its latter years, presenting an idea that would latter be improved by giants … 1996 – 1997 : Dragonfire years On November 11th 1996, I opened my first website, the Unofficial
Gadget & Toys
With the purchase of my new Optimus from the Animated series, I now have 30 Optimus in my collection. In honor of this purchase, I updated the collection picture.
Videogames
I’ve just finished Valkyrie Profile a couple of days ago, so I might still be biased. I’m also very angry with the game. Or rather, I’m angry at the ending of the game. The game involves you playing Valkyrie, training the newly departed to be warriors for
Videogames
If you are unfamiliar with the world of musical videogames, let me first offer this description. Rock Band is a video game available on several consoles (PS3. PS2 and Xbox 360 for now) that allow a group of player (up to 4) to play the role of a rock band.
Market
Lets start off this article by the disclaimer that I, in no way, support the idea of Casinos. They are designed to suck the money out of the pockets of addicted individuals with deluded dreams. That being said, they are also designed to entertain, which is why I don’t
Programming
I’m a Computer Scientist by training. My specialty is solving problems. Most of the time, solving that problem involves programming. Thus the importance of having the propers tools to solve problems. I’ll admit that I’m a fan of Java. Although I understand the power and flexibility of
Gadget & Toys
Cover Photo by Amr Taha [https://unsplash.com/@amr_taha?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/red-toy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Kotaku is having a contest, Use Red and Win Heavenly Sword [http://kotaku.com/