Sorry reader (LOL). It's been a long time. Mostly because (a) I've been so busy at work that I don't have time to post on here and (b) in the evenings I end up doing household chores that can't get done while the girls are up or I'm just too burned out to do more than stare blankly at the computer monitor ( Read more... )

It isn't always true, but it seems as though every Friday when I take up my turn in the on-call rotation at work, all kinds of s*t hits the fan. It happened again today. Three customers with problems on a product that I don't know enough about to deal with on my own. The other thing that seems to happen without fail is that a customer will call ( Read more... )

The Windows and Mac OS X version of "Guitar Hero III" is coming on Dec. 10!

For the curious, the system specs required for either Windows or Mac are here.

So, maybe you're like me. Near Thanksgiving time, you start hearing the stories of "Black Friday" and you think, "Jebus! I can't believe people are stupid enough to go shopping at ridiculous-hour-of-the-morning the day after Thanksgiving." I mean really, what could be worth getting up that early in the morning ( Read more... )

Last night was a total music-themed video gaming evening. I broke out both Jam Session (DS) and Guitar Hero 3 (PS2).

Yes, I am still rockin' on the PS2.

Jam Session
This is an interesting title. It's not really a "game", per se. It definitely requires some minimal amount of music knowledge to enjoy, IMO. Not that you couldn't play along with ( Read more... )

So, an update. I've made it to the last venue on medium difficulty. I'm not sure if it's just me or what, but it seemed like the difficulty level of the songs jumped dramatically. I've been lucky to have managed 4 stars on the first two songs. Someone I know (daybook) is playing through on Hard and I think she's as far as I am. Or maybe even further ( Read more... )

I couldn't hold off any longer. So, last night, I ripped off the cellophane from "Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s", unpacked one of the guitars (I keep them in their boxes when I'm not playing for long stretches), and cranked it up ( Read more... )

So, I came in this morning to find the voice mail light on my office phone lit. My initial thought was, "Crap, it's either a customer problem or internal IT problem." I listen to the message and it's a automated recording. Now, I'm thinking, "Crap! Stupid automated voice mail messages suck, too!" But, as I continued to listen I found out that

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