Just a quick note to say that this week I am in Las Vegas, city of sin, for of all things Microsoft. I will be at the DevConnections Developer Conference and the launch of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Should be an interesting time with all of the fantastic new features that are being promoted. I’m… Craving to read the remainder of “Las Vegas Bound?” Click on this link!

I read today over on Engadget that InstantAction announced their new technology for streaming games to any web browser and I feel sickened. For me, this is the third time in my life that I have created a technology, showed it to companies and people,and had them be disinterested in it. It really is disheartening… Looking to get the remainder of “Streaming Games To The Web Browser?” Click here!

I purchased a Barnes & Noble Nook on Tuesday evening and so far my user experience of the device and the website has been thoroughly underwhelming to say the least. Where do I start? Okay, let’s begin with the device itself. It feels cheap and plastic and even though the screen is a smidgeon larger… Continue reading the remainder of “Nook : Underwhelmed.”

After having ordered and paid for a simple two-year web hosting plan from MidPhase.com for this website back in October of 2009 I finally have gotten around to actually moving the code and database across. For the past five years this website has been hosted with PHPWebHosting.com who have done an amazing job of keeping… Click to continue reading the rest of “Moved The Web Server.”

I was at my local Fry’s Electronics on Wednesday evening and am still surprised by the street level pricing of some components. I know it is not news to most people, and this is probably the “old fart” side of me showing, but 2TB hard drives for less than $180 and Patriot 128GB SSD for… Needing to get the rest of “Ridiculously Cheap Storage?” Click the link!

I know it sounds trivial to most people, I know I should “get a life.” But… I have lost the lanyard that I wear around my neck to tether me to my SenseCam. I am having difficulty adapting to a day without it hanging from my neck like some sort of technological military dog tag…. Needing to read the rest of “Personal Tragedy?” Click on this link!

Sorry about the weirdness with the site if you were looking at it recently. Seems that the stats plug-in I installed on WordPress choked up and began spitting out a lot of HTML and PHP nonsense at the top of the page. The statistics plug-in is not fixed yet but I disabled it so that… Need to read the rest of “WordPress Worries?” Use this link!

If you’re going to set up a customer facing automated system, at least ensure it is reliable. This website, along with about a dozen other websites I host on this server all went off-line for about 10 hours due to an automated billing system unable to process the credit card that was on file with… Looking to get the remainder of “I Hate Poorly Implemented Automation?” Click here!

Due to project commitments I’ve been extremely busy the past couple of weeks so I neglected to post information concerning my appearance at a video game industry gathering this coming weekend, Saturday the 28th of February at the Diamond Club, Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. Westwood College is sponsoring an event where video game developers… Continue reading the rest of “Gathering Of Video Game Legends.”

At the recent BayCon Science Fiction & Fantasy convention held in San Mateo California I had the pleasure of being moderator on several panels, one of these, which took place on Sunday afternoon, was “The Top Ten Gadgets That Changed The World.” I captured notes on my laptop and recorded audio with my Olympus DS-40… Need to get the rest of “Top Ten Gadgets That Changed The World?” Use this link!