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Mass Effect: Sci-Fi Brilliance with Annoying Aftertaste

November 28, 2007September 29, 2011 Chief Oddball

I’m completely enthralled by Mass Effect, the new sci-fi adventure game for the Xbox 360. It’s simply one of the most engaging single-player experiences to hit the Xbox this year, along with BioShock. But while the game is all kinds of excellent, it tends to leave a somewhat nasty aftertaste when it hits you with its idiotic auto-save system (or lack thereof) and a couple of other minor, but recurring, irritations.

Road Trip of a Lifetime

November 18, 2007November 18, 2007 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

<turns on the lights> Oh, hey. You all startled me. I didn’t think there was still anybody here, but I see you’re all still sitting there, waiting for me to post some fresh tidbit of content, some tasty morsel of one sort or another.

Xbox 360 = Teh Dead.

August 13, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball 8 Comments

Crap. My 360 died. As I posted not long ago, a playable demo for BioShock was released just yesterday, but was downloading with maddening slowness. I left the console on all night in “low power” mode, where essentially all it does is maintain background downloads.

New Toy: Canon Powershot S3 IS

August 9, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball

I’ve recently been jonesing for a more elaborate digital camera, after using point-and-shoots since I switched from 35mm film in 2000. Back when I graduated from high school, I got a Canon EOS Elan IIe 35mm SLR, and it was a fantastic camera.

Yay! Internet Explorer 3!

July 27, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball

You experts probably beat me to the punch on this — after all, the original technique for this was first conjured up three whole years ago — but it wasn’t until today that I found out about Multiple-IE. This handy package lets you install any previous version of Internet Explorer — all the way back to 3.0 — on your Windows XP system, simultaneously.

Ultimately, Vista Fails To Deliver

July 25, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

By the end of the week, I will once again be running Windows XP. Although it wasn’t long ago that I wrote about upgrading to Windows Vista, and how it was going pretty well so far, I’ve now had a few weeks to work with Microsoft’s new OS.

Saying And Doing Are Two Different Things

July 18, 2007July 18, 2007 Chief Oddball

Some 40 percent of Americans would curb their driving habits if retail gasoline prices shot up to $3.50 a gallon, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. Reuters Did Reuters go back in time to 1997 so they could write this story?

Windows Vista Infiltrates Oddball Headquarters

July 7, 2007September 23, 2011 Chief Oddball

It’s been a long time since I posted — nearly two weeks, I think. Since that just won’t do, here’s a piece about my recent experience with Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows Vista. Historically, I always move up to the latest edition of Windows within two weeks of its arrival.

My Head Is Like a Random Jukebox

June 19, 2007October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

While we were in Miami Beach last week, some random tune jumped into my head, and I started whistling it without realizing what I was doing. It just so happened that it was the opening bars of “Through a Truck/Airport Chase” from Stu Phillips’ Knight Rider score.

My Fellow American

June 14, 2007June 14, 2007 Chief Oddball 6 Comments

On June 14th, Flag Day, my wife Apple became an officially naturalized American citizen at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida! The ceremony was nicely done — including a keynote speech by the director of the USCIS; a music video for “God Bless the U.S.A.,”

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