(MOT: Mostly Off-Topic) For better or for worse, I was listening to NPR a few days ago. Actually, I listen to it pretty much every day. I appreciate it so much that I actually donated to my local NPR distributor this morning. A few days ago, I heard someone on NPR comment briefly that with [...]
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[MOT] Don’t forget about Ike
Posted in Random Stuff, tagged american red cross, donate, hurricane on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the Best Indie Game Development Tool?
Posted in Random Stuff on September 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Has anyone tried the UNITY game development tool? For an indie game developer, it looks awesome. Unfortunately, I don’t have a Mac at the moment to run the IDE. I’ve previously played around with the indie-focused GarageGames tools, but was seriously turned off by their mickey-mouse scripting environment (their new products that use C# could [...]
Little Big Planet
Posted in Random Stuff on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Wow. I’ve mostly been a Wii fan, but this game makes me want to buy a PS3.
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Posted in Random Stuff on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A fuel cell car, powered by hydrogen made with electricity, uses three to four times more energy than a car powered by batteries. Everyone should see this movie. The good news is that GM is finally getting their act together. Unfortunately, it looks like inexpensive electric vehicles for the common man are still at least [...]
ATI’s New Cards Offer a Better Value than nVidia
Posted in Random Stuff on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latest cards from ATI stomp all over nVidia…for half the price! Also, in my personal experience, ATI’s Vista drivers seem to be more stable than nVidia’s. Ars also has a first look at the upcoming AMD+ATI Shrike chip that includes an on-die GPU. Time to get a new video card… Random
