Push and Pull
In the world of advertising and marketing you can identify communications as either push or pull. Push is where you push content out to viewers and Pull is where viewers come to you to get content....
View ArticleUsing the legal system for cheap press
Some of you may have last year about Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam after his conversion to Islam) throwing out to the press the idea that he might consider suing Coldplay over a suggested...
View ArticleThe two biggest questions I get e-mails on
Over the years I seem to consistently get two e-mail questions… The first is where to get a copy of Picture Publisher from. This makes sense I suppose since I maintain the only known repository for all...
View ArticleWarning…
I may start posting some poetry here in the future. Maybe not. I haven’t decided yet. I don’t want anyone reading anything into it and beyond that I haven’t figured out how to get the music that goes...
View ArticleNoticed a problem with my blog design today
So I noticed something weird going on with the right hand sidebar floating over the body text. Not sure what’s going on yet but I’ll try to fix it ASAP.
View ArticleGalaxy S3 experience…
So I recently upgraded my phone from a Epic 4G to a Galaxy S3 and because of one of the Apps I was required to install for work I went ahead and rooted my phone and installed a permissions manager (the...
View ArticleSingle point of failure (or how important is your data?)
So, this is a story I don’t tell too often but in light of some recent conversations about performing backups following the news about the Iron Mountain fire, I felt it would be insightful to share....
View Article“It’s just a phone”
Today’s news: Police are upset that people are tracking their stolen phones down and confronting thieves. No. No it’s not just a phone. Ten years ago, for most people, it might have still been just a...
View ArticleMy thoughts on P.T. (Silent Hills, Playable Teaser)
Well I succumbed to the hype and pulled down P.T. for the PS4. It’s a free download, so why not? I’ll admit up front that I have not played any of the Silent Hill games (not sure why though), but I...
View ArticleSmallpox as an example of a multi-species virus?
Years ago, researchers decoded the complete genetic sequence of Smallpox. Since then labs have decoded other variants but for this thought exercise let’s talk about “Variola virus strain Bangladesh...
View ArticleMaps from the past
I was trying to clean up my Inbox and found an e-mail from a month ago that I had somehow missed previously. I’m really glad I didn’t delete it as it contained a surprise that put a smile on my face....
View ArticleSaving old VHS gaming videos from tape-rot
I’ve been digging through all the old archive materials I have in storage from Game Zero and realized I have quite a few VHS tapes from publishers with all kinds of content on them from the mid 1990’s....
View ArticleVideo game review scoring vs. movies, music, etc…
Today I ran across the question about why when searching through Metacritic there are more high scoring reviews on video games as opposed to other entertainment mediums. It’s a good question on face...
View ArticleReviews: Project Diva F2 (Vita), Persona 4DAN (Vita)
Over the last many months I’ve bounced between StreetPass mini games on my 3DS and playing Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F2, followed by Persona 4: Dancing All Night on my Vita. As far as rhythm gaming...
View ArticleReviews: Volume (PS4), SOMA (PS4)
If you’re looking for some weekend gaming where you can knock out 100% solves over a couple of days and collect a set of trophies for your trouble, Volume and SOMA should be on your list. Volume is a...
View ArticleReviews: Criminal Girls (Vita)
So all I wanted was some old school RPG action. Honest. What I got was Criminal Girls: Invite Only on the Vita which was a fantastic, 100% solid, old-school, 90’s RPG experience if you don’t count the...
View ArticleReviews: Steins;Gate (Vita)
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward gave me a strong introduction to the world of Japanese visual novel adventure games. While I had long been aware of visual...
View ArticleEnded up playing Freedom Wars (Vita)
I’ll get back to Corpse Party, but I ended up firing up Freedom Wars instead and I’m really happy I did as it’s totally getting me my Phantasy Star Portable fix I’ve been looking for. I’m struggling...
View ArticleReviews: Freedom Wars (Vita)
Freedom Wars was a game I had specifically ignored for a long time when it was launched because everything I saw about it in promotional materials led me to believe it was primary an online,...
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