Entries from May 2007

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Beware Microsoft Word

By the way, don’t take this as some sort of anti-Office rant or reason not to upgrade. I like Office 2007 and strongly recommend that folks upgrade when they’re ready. I believe it’s important to know what’s going on behind the scenes, though.
Perhaps "Beware" is too strong a word in its normal context; Word’s not […]

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Red Sox Prevail in Late-Night Championship

Congratulations to Wills Park (Alpharetta GA) league’s Red Sox, who finished up another great season last night. It was a double-header night, with both games against a very strong White Sox team. The Red Sox’s record was such that a single win would take the championship, while the White Sox could take the trophy […]

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Halo 3 Beta Notes

As we’ve been playing, I’ve been making notes and talking to others in our forums. Here are some random thoughts, mine mixed with other early players’…
The three maps we’ve been given so far are more fun than the proverbial barrel of monkeys. I’m glad they went with asymmetrical playgrounds without any echoes of Warlock […]

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Halo 3 Beta

A few of you with sharp eyes have noticed, while playing on XBox Live, that there are a bunch of us playing Halo 3 already. “Hey, the public beta’s not supposed to start yet,” I can hear you shouting. Well, ok, it’s really just that I can read the emails and XBL messages you’re sending me, […]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Guitar Hero II

I was asked in one of the gamer forums to write about Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 (and PS2, I suppose, since the games are extremely similar), and in particular if it’s appropriate for kids.
At it’s core, Guitar Hero is a rythm or coordination game, much like some of the games in Fusion Frenzy. The […]

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

The End Is in Sight

Good news for LOST fans… it’s going to end.
“We always envisioned `Lost’ as a show with a beginning, middle and end,” [LOST’s Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse] said in a statement. “By officially announcing exactly when that ending will be, the audience will now have the security of knowing that the story will […]

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Darth Vader on line 2

“What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon!?”
Rick passed along this video, very funny.
Of course, if the Emperor had a good interaction system he could have handled the secondary request electronically while still taking carer of Vader’s issue. Perhaps he just needs to hire a good Telephony & Unified Messaging integrator.

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

links for 2007-05-05

PBS Bill Moyer’s Journal - Buying The War
“In the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, the US government’s claims about weapons of mass destruction and terrorist ties to Saddam Hussein went mostly unchallenged by the media. Four years after ’shock and awe,’ how the government sold the war has been mu
(tags: journalism)