Category: General
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Mentoring and Role Models
I just got back from seeing The Karate Kid at the theatre, and while I enjoyed the movie, it brought up an interesting thought in my head about why the movie is so successful: the main character is taught how to overcome the major issue in his life by a…
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Where is My Mind by the Pixies
Sometimes you come across a song that really resonates with how you are feeling and one that is really haunting me lately is Where is My Mind by the Pixies, a song from the Fight Club soundtrack.
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Force Unleashed 2
While I only somewhat enjoyed the first Force Unleashed game, the idea of being a force wielding bad-ass is just too much fun to pass up, even just as a distraction here and there. I definitely look forward to giving this game a once over once it is released. Not…
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Why I Don’t Talk to My Mom
Recently, my aunt contacted me via Skype and wanted to know when I would start talking to my Mom again. Over the last year, I haven’t said anything to her due to a variety of different factors. The first reason has to do with my brother. I don’t want to…
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Gaming on Macs
I love that Steam is working to become the center point when it comes to the future of gaming on Apple computers. Often, on my Macbook Pro, I’d wish that I could play games with my friends, but unfortunately, the only one that worked on my machine was EvE Online.…
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The Future of Gaming
If you had asked me two years ago if I thought the monetization of gaming would go beyond subscription fees, or purchasing upgrades for advantages, I would have told you that you were crazy. Now we have higher level speeches about gaming and how it effects both people and businesses.…
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Movies I Want to Watch For the Rest of 2010
In no particular order, here are the movies that stood out to me as ones I want to see over the course of the second half of 2010. Many of them I hope to see in theatres, but to see them all on the big screen would cost far too…
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Finally Joining WordPress.com
Yup, this blog is hosted on WordPress.com, despite the fact that I know how to self-host my blogs, and I know how to code themes, plugins, etc… Why would I do that? Especially right after they suffer an outage? (Read TechCrunch for a not so nice post about the outage)…
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Camera I Would Like to Own: Canon Digital Rebel T2i
I’ve always been a fan of taking pictures. If it was up to me, it would be one of my daily jobs. Right now, I am coveting the Canon Digital Rebel T2i, an 18MP digital SLR with some great features. It costs around $1000, and I hear the kit lens…