Goodbye Dreamhost. Hello Linode!
When Linode announced yet another round of free upgrades to their hosting service, I just couldn’t put it off any longer. It was time to move this blog from Dreamhost to Linode. A couple of months ago, I switched to a...
Game over. New game?
Two years. Six major content releases. Twelve major event releases. The glorious return of tournaments. The less-than-glorious internationalization and Chinese launch (and then shutdown). Dozens of new mice, hundreds of new...
Fine, eBay. Here’s your $2. I hope you choke on it.
Just a head’s up – don’t use eBay to sell anything. Save yourself the time, effort, and money. That’s the tl;dr. But here’s the rest of the story: So the iPhone 5 was coming out, and I very carefully...
Female game developers
I follow a bunch of female game developers on Twitter. Now, I also follow a bunch of male game developers on Twitter, too. In fact, it’s fairer to say that I just follow a bunch of game developers on Twitter. But...
Slave Leias get no respect!
This is a reaction to this post: “Geek girls” and the problem of self-objectification I guess my biggest problem with this article is the following: Too often, women in geek cultures are only welcomed if they are decoration, sexy...
On Being Lucky
There’s an old joke about being lucky that I just love: Every night for thirty years, Earl got down on his knees before bedtime and prayed to God: “God,” says Earl each night. “Please, please, please!...
Oakville – Arrival
I almost didn’t make it. An early-morning tragedy left us cold, hungry, and alone on the streets of Ottawa. Desperate for food and shelter, we roamed – finding nothing. Our safe haven, our final shared moment was...
Goals, 2011
It’s that time again! Time to review last year’s goals, and set some new ones. Old Goals for 2010 Looks like I’m one for four, same as last year. 1. Lose 30 lbs. This one I’m carrying over, since it’s pretty...