The Rugrat Virus

Want to get sick every couple weeks? Boy, do I have a tip for you! Have some kids. They are like balloons full of disease, if balloons liked to lick playground equipment, stick fingers up…

Onto New Adventures

“Former Lead Designer of Dragon Age to Leave BioWare” or more appropriately — “Has Brent taken some crazy pills?” The last year and a half has been a busy one for me — a second…

The Casual Gamer?

For those not directly in the gaming industry, you may not have heard the phrase “the casual gamer”. Effectively this is a label embracing all the potential game players who don’t regularly play video games,…

Still unable to update WordPress Plugins

Every since upgrading to version 2.8 I have been unable to use the automatic plugin update. I have tried every solution I’ve stumbled across, but since its not a real big deal just to update…

Baldur’s Gate 2 still receiving praise

Over ten years since its release, Baldur’s Gate 2, a fantasy role-playing game with as strong an emphasis on story, character, and relationships as with combat, is still reviewing positively. IGN has just rated it…

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon is a brilliant book (yes, I know, it has been around for a long while… I’m very behind in reading through my backlog of books). I admit I have never read anything else that…

Dual Monitors

Dual Monitors What does it do? YourOtherMind, the Writer’s Organizer has always worked with multiple monitors but with this version a few convenience features have been added. The first option maximizes the Writer’s Organizer across…

Random Sentences

Random Sentences What does it do? For brainstorming fun random sentences can be generated in the body of any text note. These can be used to help trigger fresh ideas, or to get a blocked…

Lack of updates… sick

I’ve been ill the last couple weeks, hence the lack of posts, new information. For a bit over two weeks I’ve been living in painkiller land, I won’t get into details on what specifically was…