On the way home today, I saw a sign spinner at the corner of MacArthur and Fairview in Costa Mesa. Here is the sign: “Vote for McCain. Obama is a socialist and a friend of terrorists ! (William Ayers)†The “socialist†label is just ridiculous – I also like the grammatically bizarre parenthetical note on …
Monthly Archives: October 2008
The EEE PC
I recently picked up an ASUS Eee PC 900HA, after having seen and used one of the earlier EEEs when I visited my sister in September. I was pretty taken with the idea of having an inexpensive, lightweight PC. I’m actually writing this entry on it — touch typing on its smaller keyboard requires a …
The Backlog: Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
I did some air travel a few weeks ago, and had a chance to play and finish Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime. It’s a fairly easy action RPG with some interesting features, and a very good localization, which makes the charming humor in the game seem, well, charming, as opposed to bizarre. Gameplay is split …
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