Today we say goodbye to one of our cats, Byter. She was about 19 and lived a long, full life.My wife had the Byter before we were married. Originally names Sassafras or Sassy for short she grew into the name Byter by way of her actions. She grew to like that name and responded to…
Month: April 2009
Wii Review: Excitebots: Trick Racing
Format: Wii™Launch Date: 04/20/09ESRB: E (Everyone): Mild Fantasy ViolenceGame Type: Action RacingAccessories: Wii Wheel™Players: 1-2 Locally, Up to 6 via Nintendo® Wi-Fi ConnectioDeveloper: Monster GamesWhen the Nintendo Wii launched Monster Games was responsible for one of the launch titles: Excite Truck. This 1 – 2 player trick-racing game was the first one I purchased for…
Windows 7 + AOA Fan = Ear Damage
After upgrading my Acer Aspire One to Windows 7 I noticed that the fan had gone from an annoying little background hum to the sound an old hard drive makes as it drags its broken heads across the platter while it boots up or runs long. I thought briefly about opening up the machine and…
Windows 7 beta + NetFlix = FAIL
For the past few days by Acer Aspire One Netbook has been in the hands of my daughter. She’s been walking around the house goofing off with it and watching YouTube videos. This evening she asked me to install the NetFlix plugin so that she could watch some of the on demand movies in our…
Staples Thinks You Can’t Count
Have you ever gone into a big electronics retailer for a spur of the moment purchase? Ever got home and found out that the same thing could have set you back even less if you purchased it online? I have.Ever walk into one of those big retailers and found two items side-by-side for the same…
Plime – The unfriendly news aggregator
Now that Digg is dead to me I need to find a new home for social news and bookmarking. I do still use Netscape and StumbleUpon for finding things of interest but I need something that is social aside from Netscape.I enjoy commenting on articles and finding people with similar interests, does such a site…