Category Archives: random

Don’t buyportablegames.com + paypal sucks

March 20, 2008 – 11:41 am

Back when it first launched, I thought that Paypal was pretty great, and that it could revolutionize the way that private parties could send cash to each other. I guess that it sort of did, though I doubt any GI’s send money back to their families in the states using Paypal, and now there are [...]

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Leaving the Mysterious World Behind

March 18, 2008 – 9:10 pm

Farewell to futurist and generally odd fellow Arthur C. Clarke who died today at the age of 90. Also best known for “inventing” the telecommunications satellite and his novel 2001, the movie of which he collaborated with Stanley Kubrick, I knew him best in my youth for his television series named “Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious [...]

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Hmm… thanks Atlanta…

February 27, 2008 – 12:35 pm

Everyone loves dealing with government agencies, right right right. I know, I am not the only one, but the following has gone beyond the pale in terms of how utterly ridiculous and futile such issues can get. More than ever, I can relate to Harry Tuttle, caught up in a storm of paperwork and [...]

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