Remember me? I'm the guy that used to write occasional blog entries. Each time I plan on it, I get sidetracked and put it off. And then put it off again. "I'll do it tomorrow." So today, let me get back to an entry I intended to write in Ap…
Remember me? I'm the guy that used to write occasional blog entries. Each time I plan on it, I get sidetracked and put it off. And then put it off again. "I'll do it tomorrow." So today, let me get back to an entry I intended to write in Ap…
As a kid, I always loved to play board games, even though my parents never really wanted to play them. One of the favorites was, of course, Monopoly. What kid wouldn't like this game, sculpted around (in some ways) the "American Dream"? Man…
I apologize for my absence. Since my last post, I moved into a new house, helped family with an overseas move, and was otherwise procrastinating. I started writing this post back when I was doing a playthrough for TAG, and almost from the s…
(Don't everyone run up here at once to dispute that...) But as I write this post, it's becoming the nerdiest one I've written so far. And that's saying something. Back around 1990, perhaps a little late in the game compared to some, I got m…
I've read tales of the great "computer faires" of the 1970s, where the long-haired, hippy computer folk would get together to show off the latest and greatest, interface, and procure new toys. Famously, it was at one of these that Bill Gate…
I've read tales of the great "computer faires" of the 1970s, where the long-haired, hippy computer folk would get together to show off the latest and greatest, interface, and procure new toys. Famously, it was at one of these that Bill Gate…
I promise, a return to posts very soon. (I'm working on one right now, as we speak.) But first, here's some posts I've done for another blog. It's a reach-back to the first post on this blog. The game Castle Adventure, the first game I reme…
Growing up, I always had a soft spot for police procedurals and detective shows. Early on, shows like Inspector Gadget would intrigue my elementary school mind, and later I would be exposed to it's spiritual predecessor, Get Smart. Two thin…
Growing up, I always had a soft spot for police procedurals and detective shows. Early on, shows like Inspector Gadget would intrigue my elementary school mind, and later I would be exposed to it's spiritual predecessor, Get Smart. Two thin…
On November 27, 1987, the number one song in the US was, appropriately, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", the dance finale from Jerry Orbach's best acting work until Law & Order. The day before, Scott Miller released the first in a series t…
On November 27, 1987, the number one song in the US was, appropriately, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", the dance finale from Jerry Orbach's best acting work until Law & Order. The day before, Scott Miller released the first in a series t…