Archive for September, 2008

Cool Tiling Website Background Textures, Free!

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

So … in a previous life, I used to run a site called The Texture Studio (yep, it’s still there … thank you, GameSpy). The goal of the site was to release a ton of textures for free to the public, in the hopes of getting noticed by game companies. It worked, actually … I [...]

The First Chapter of Voices!

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Well … I’ve worried about re-posting Voices – a novella I wrote in 2004 – for a variety of reasons. First, it’s far from polished; I wrote the story on a day-by-day basis, posting pages as I went. There was little time for editing, little time for going back and fixing things … and I [...]

Upcoming Site Projects

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Well, I was planning on doing an update last night but instead I ended up staying awake until 2am working on Crispy Gamer. So I’ll be working on an update tonight. In fact, here’s what I’m planning on doing this week: write cDebris Tutorial #3: CSS-based rollover buttons add Voices, Chapter 1 to the site [...]

Blargh!

Monday, September 15th, 2008

My computer was bluescreening like crazy, then with the cable modem dying for 24 hours, and then with the assembling and setting up the new PC (still not quite done) … not a good set of days for blog entries! Relatively regular updates (at least 3-4 times a week, as has largely been the case [...]

Ordering a New PC

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

The one thing I hate about being pretty computer-knowledgeable is that whenever the time comes to upgrade, I inevitably end up talking myself into building my own machine, even though I am really past the time in my life when I enjoy doing so. I often wish I could just order something, pull it out [...]

On The Yankees

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Ah, schadenfreude … “A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of others.” Yep, that’s the stuff. The sweet, sweet taste of the New York Yankees sucking. See, I live in New York, but I spent my formative years in Massachusetts, and those are the years in which sports allegiances are formed (with the exception of [...]

On Portal and Being a Stubborn Jackass

Friday, September 5th, 2008

I have a shocking confession to make, or at least … shocking to people who play video games, which I suspect is the vast majority of this site’s small audience: I have yet to play Portal. I know, I know … many people consider it to be 2007′s Game of the Year and it’s received [...]

Brooklyn Brothels and the Real Estate Market

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

I’d like to preface this update by saying it’s not a “woe is me” post but more of a random musing. New York City and its economic dynamics fascinate me because they don’t seem to behave in a way that has any relation to the rest of the country. I made the choice to live [...]

Movies – Munich (2005)

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

I watch a great deal more movies at home than I do in the theater. This has been true basically since I bought a DVD player back in the 90s, and has become even more true as theater prices have crept up (2 adult tix in Manhattan for a non-matinee = $22 + $2 in [...]