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The Benefits of AFK

Some time between now and the New Year, I’m going to upgrade the blog software here and install a new theme. I doubt I’ll do any programming between now and then, so I don’t expect the post frequency to pick up too much until then either. I’m so pumped on exercise and staying out of […]

MIA

I’ve been out of action for the past week on all fronts. A couple of sudden changes conspired to pull me in a new direction. First, one of my dogs passed away on Oct 30. That sapped me of the motivation to do anything productive for a couple of days. My wife took it quite […]

Richard Garriott, Space Tourist

I picked up a copy of the Korea Times today at a subway station, something I rarely do anymore, and was intrigued by a  front page headline hovering over a photo of Richard Garriott: NCSoft to Send American Employee to Space:
NCsoft, South Korea’s largest game company by revenue, said its American game director Richard Garriott […]

Addiction, thy Name is Hero

Last weekend I decided to reopen my primary DAOC account and try to get back into the game again. As fate would have it, the billing server was down. After several attempts over an hour, I gave up. I wanted to spend some time Sunday either playing something new or something I’d not played in […]

DM of the Rings

I was first introduced to Shamus Young’s blog through a post on Jay Barnson’s blog last year. I’ve been a loyal reader of DM of the Rings ever since.
Once upon a time, I was a rabid D&Der. I’ve been kicking myself, hard, for a few years now because I gave all of my original […]