Oddball Update – Page 28 – Chief Oddball writes about tech, games, cars and family life

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.

Music Post! (In Color)

June 23, 2007August 13, 2013 Pooch 8 Comments

2007 has been a banner year for CD purchasing for me so far. I swear, I haven’t bought this many CDs in such a short period of time since I worked at a music store — and back then I had the excuse of a 30% employee discount to blame for my constant music purchases (in addition to the free promo CD giveaways that often resulted in me getting such awesome CDs as Cracking Coals and The Family Circus Teaches You German).

Oddball Review: Tenchu Z

June 23, 2007September 30, 2011 Pooch

I haven’t really been big into gaming lately; aside from the upcoming BioShock, I’m pretty clueless as to what’s really out there now for the Xbox 360 (my next gen console of choice, or rather the one that I happen to have).

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.,”

Forza Motorsport 2

June 6, 2007September 29, 2011 Chief Oddball 3 Comments

First of all, sorry for posting a big thing about “My Vacation: Day 1 OMGBBQ!!!!1” and then promptly falling off the face of the earth. It wasn’t because our vacation sucked; it’s just that the Internet service at the hotel proved to be too flaky to continue paying for, so we didn’t.

Set-Top DVD Recording: Not Your Father’s Fair Use Doctrine

May 15, 2007October 26, 2011 Chief Oddball 19 Comments

Yay! It’s pouring rain here in Florida for the first time in six months! Now perhaps we can finally stop smoldering, inhaling noxious smoke and — dare I say it — go back to washing our cars in our driveways without getting two-hundred dollar tickets.

The One Where Apple Becomes an American Citizen

April 13, 2007April 13, 2007 Chief Oddball 4 Comments

Well, long time no post. I see I’ve been neglectful in my site maintenance again. Which is really idiotic, because a lot of things happened this past week. Perhaps the most monumental occurrence of all took place on Monday, when Apple and I once again made one of our ceremonial pilgrimages to a strange and foreign land, otherwise known as Miami.