Archive for September, 2008

Failmuffins

Fill to the top? More like FAIL to the top, am I right?

First day back in class

The break between Summer and Fall quarters is the longest of them all. This year, Summer ended August 14th, and Fall began September 22nd. That coupled with the fact that both courses I took for the Summer were online led me to forget a whole lot about scheduling time for classes, or what you should [...]

Don’t leave it lying around the house

Boldtext Pew Bible: King James Version
This book should never be left where it could fall into the hands of children. Recurrent themes of bloody violence, murder, racism, incest and rape are dealt with extremely irresponsibly. Horrific events are presented as justified by circumstances and as solutions to petty wrongs.
I thought the anti-DRM reviews about Spore [...]

Spore

I’ve been playing Spore most nights since it arrived. I’ve played from the Cellular stage all the way through the Space stage. I think it is fair to say that I’ve seen everything that the game offers, and I find it very limited. I’m in full agreement with Yahtzee’s review of Spore and I will [...]

We got your reference from the Internet

Every so often I get a spam from a company that handles some sort of CMMI High-end KPO services. Naturally, I do not respond to the spam. Emphasis mine:
I hope you are doing great. My name is Sandra and I am with Company, Inc. We got your reference from the Internet. I wanted to [...]

Spore: Initial Impressions

Gameplay: I have only just reached the Civilization Stage, so I can only comment about the Cellular through Tribal. The Cellular stage is pretty straightforward with some surprises. I expected that my creature would use asexual reproduction while in the primordial soup. Instead, you have to find a mate and modify the offspring prior to [...]

In Front of our Office

There are 4 or 5 people in front of our office surrounding a plastic bag full of clothing, yelling about what specific items they need while they grab them and put them on, in addition to yelling about what items they already have. It’s entirely normal for there to be people yelling in front of [...]

Online Reviews, Amazon

Over the weekend I read a NYTimes article linked to from digg about the quality and quantity of online reviews. (If that link doesn’t work, here’s the link on digg, although be warned that the comments section is full of oh-so-funny kitchen/women jokes..)
Personally, I enjoy reading some reviews before buying a product. I usually look [...]