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Snow Leopard Installed, was it worth it?
Well I got Snow Leopard installed. Had to do a Clean install though, my lack of knowledge on Macs caused that. A couple weeks ago I upgraded my hard drive in my MacBook Pro from a 80gig to a 120gig Hard drive, and I didn’t know it needed to be a GUID partition. Anyways I [...]
Microsoft Has Free Advertisement at the Oklahoma / BYU Game
It’s one thing to have your computer crash. It’s another to have it crash in front of thousands of sports fans. This latest humiliation took place Saturday at the pre-game festivities for the Oklahoma/Brigham Young game at the at the brand new $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. TUAW Reader Jeff tells them that [...]
No More Robo-Calls Starting Sept 1st.
Nearly a year after announcing the plan, new Federal Trade Commission rules prohibiting most robocalls are set to take effect Tuesday, Sept. 1. With the rules, prerecorded commercial telemarketing robocalls will be prohibited, unless the telemarketer has obtained permission in writing from consumers who want to receive such calls. Hopefully the rules will go a [...]
How-To: Fix your Dell Mini 10(1010) to have the Correct Display with Ubuntu 9.04
So I recent found a steal of a deal at a local Wal-Mart on a Del Mini 10 (1010) supposed to be priced at 399, it was mis-marked for 296 so here I am with a Dell Mini 10 (1010). I throw the (1010) in there because Dell made another Model called the 10v and [...]
10 Authors Who Brought Sex to Science Fiction
Sex and science fiction have not always been the most obvious partners; combining the two has occasionally defeated even the genre’s greatest luminaries. But here are ten authors who successfully brought sex into the future. Now ive never read any of these books. Just did some basic research on Sci-fi Sex Novels and how writers [...]
13 Alien Languages You Can Actually Read
Inventing an alien language? Easy. Creating an entire writing system to go along with it? Now that’s impressive. Here are thirteen alien alphabets (complete with downloadable fonts!) you should totally use to write your novel. But first, a couple quick notes. There are obviously way more examples of alien writing systems out there, but these [...]
Do You Like Domino’s Pizza? This may change your mind.
This is a great lesson on why you never post something like this on the Internet. These Dominos workers posted this on youtube earlier on April 13, 2009 It was removed later this day but re-uploaded because these people deserve to be fired. I know non of this has anything to do with games but [...]
ECA Membership now Offers Amazon.com Discount
What’s in it for you if you join the Entertainment Consumer Association? Well, now the $20 membership gives you 10 percent off games on Amazon. But it’s out there now, and if you buy 2 games a year on Amazon, the membership’s basically paid for itself. They also offer several other discounts from different online [...]
RAF Perfers Gamers to Pilots with Experiance.
There’s an economic crisis going on, and times are tough all over. Even at Britain’s Royal Air Force, which is looking to save a penny or two by replacing some combat pilots with…gamers. Thankfully, we’re not talking about real fighters here, so rest easy, people of Britain. You won’t have some snotty-nosed kid crashing a [...]
Mega64: EGM Metaphors
Mega64 made a major appearence in EGM back in its early days. They are now mourning the loss of the once prominent gaming magazine. The video makes many references to the controversy surrounding the closure of Electronic Gaming Magazine. Also, be sure to check out more Mega64 videos at http://mega64.com Hit the jump for the [...]
Is Need For Speed Totalled?
Rumor has it that EA is looking to make cuts in games that just aren’t producing enough sales. Need for Speed Undercover sold sharply under its expectations.
YouTube Gets Sleazy
YouTube intends to restrict access to content that might be deemed pornographic or profane in a play to broaden its appeal and attract more of the highbrow audience that enjoys watching panda bears sneeze. In a blog post today, the YouTube team explained the impending changes. In the near future, videos will be algorithmically demoted [...]
- Tahlequah - Grand Opening Nerd Town Emporium - September 25 2010! ~Free Tourny
- Magic the Gathering League @ Wizards Asylum
- Jenks ---- Magic FNM Friday Sept 3rd Plus Saturday Sept 4th "Holiday event!"
- OKC - First EVER Halo Reach LAN - 9/18/2010 - HxC LAN
- JENKS! - Pokemon Battle Roads - Saturday October 9th
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