February 2008

History says there was an explosion here. Who am I to argue with history?

Whew. So, week one of writing in the day and (here’s the tricky part) sleeping at night done with. Well, I say sleeping at night — with three kids, that’s never a given. But it beats burning the midnight oil, keeping on working. Anyway, here’s three short games reviews live at CNET.com.au, co-written between me […]

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There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream.

It’s been six years since I’ve had anything published in the print edition of PC Authority Magazine — a review of Adobe GoLive 6, for those that care. Yeah, I knew you cared. Anyway, this month’s cover story includes two pages by yours truly on the perils of PayPal; not, as it might sound, a

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Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable power! Unlimited rice pudding! Et cetera! Et cetera!

I’m doing an astonishing amount of writing about all things Apple these days; compared to twelve months ago, a virtual flood. Not that I’m complaining, you understand — they’re an interesting company on all sorts of levels, from the innate secrecy to the boilerplate “Apple does not comment on….” responses to the cool industrial design.

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You could augment an earwig to the point where it understood nuclear physics, but it would still be a very stupid thing to do…

A busy and harried day today, with only time for a quick update; a blog of mine on matters Apple at PC Authority: Should updates be easy? “There’s an area beyond using plain speech where Apple’s update strategy leaves Windows Update coughing up blood…”

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The first thing I do when I get into town is buy a .22 and cut the whole thing down… (updated!)

(Updated later in the day, because post #500 has some big news in it. But you’ll have to wait for that, folks. Updated stuff for today is at the bottom of the page) Well, maybe not. Bank Robbery seems like a dangerous profession, and I look bad in tights. Don’t ask me how I know.

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