Category Archives: random

So I drive a Mazda3.  We’ve had it for a little over 2 years now and it’s been a great little car. But, “Mazda3” is only the American name for the car; it’s sold in Japan under the name “Axela”.  … Continue reading →

OK, for the record: It’s my personal opinion that the three biggest mistakes in comic book history were: The Dark Knight Returns, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Watchmen. They were the first steps, in my ever so humble opinion, on … Continue reading →

OK, there’s no way to start this 100% tastefully, but I trust you’ll forgive. I was in the men’s room at school, and the bottom roll of paper had run out, so I was trying to figure out how to … Continue reading →

Here’s a picture for you: This is a Western Digital Raptor 150GB, 10K RPM drive, about 2 years old.  It was not a cheap piece of kit when it was bought, but it was also nice and fast and one … Continue reading →

After scoring a free copy of Braid last December, I didn’t expect to be winning anything again any time soon, much less from a contest I didn’t know I’d entered. See, I have a JCB card.  JCB being, basically, Japan’s … Continue reading →

I don’t much care for digital distribution.  I may have mentioned this a time or twenty before. I like having physical copies of things I own, and I like the feeling of having control.  Most digital distribution seems designed to … Continue reading →

Yesterday was another good day for cooking without setting off smoke alarms.  I made up and froze a pound and a half of “Char Siu” BBQ pork for future use in fried rice, which will save me a ton of … Continue reading →

About fifteen years ago, I worked for the Peter Norton Computing Group down in Santa Monica, CA – specifically, on Norton Antivirus. At the time, Norton was The Name when it came to PC utilities, and the team I worked … Continue reading →