Archive for June, 2009

Books – Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight”

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
My review
rating: 2 of 5 stars
I’m going to go ahead and guess that my review of Twilight is going to sway neither the book’s legion of fans, nor its serious detractors. In all honesty, I’m kind of torn about reviewing the book at all. Its first-person protagonist is a seventeen year-old [...]

Books – Naomi Novik’s “Throne of Jade”

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
My review
rating: 3 of 5 stars
While not quite as brimming with homoerotic undertones as the first in the series, Throne of Jade nonetheless presents the reader with plenty of repressed man-dragon love to go along with a few aerial battles, a murder plot, and an interesting encounter with a [...]

A Home in Indy

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Charlotte and I spent the weekend in Indianapolis, hanging out with our friends Gabe (my fellow Crispy Gamer developer) and Brett (his wife). We drove all over the place, exploring neighborhoods, making jokes, nearly running over small children … the usual, you know?
We visited many apartments and houses … mostly houses, actually. I think Charlotte [...]

Books – Ankur Shah’s “Sometimes We Walk Alone”

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Sometimes We Walk Alone by Ankur Shah
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ankur Shah is not like me.
I don’t mean the fact that he’s of Indian descent and I’m of Anglo-Saxon descent, though that’s true. I also don’t mean that he’s studied the teachings of Gandhi and I haven’t, though that is also true. I’m [...]

New Crispy Gamer!

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Well, I’ve spent the past six weeks toiling away on a massive redesign of Crispy Gamer, and it’s finally launched. I’m really proud of what we managed to accomplish with it, especially given that our entire development staff was me (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Design) and my good friend Gabe (C#, SQL, ASP.Net, etc). We did [...]