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Firaxis, Civ IV, and the inventor of the Internet

Take a look at this screenshot from Civilization IV. In the game, you get Wonders, which are major technological and/or cultural advancements and monuments. It’s good to see that Firaxis has a sense of humor[ READ MORE ]

iPod nano

Apple sure has a way of creating products for which one does not have a need, but you want regardless. Now that I have actually messed around with a few iPod nanos, I am even more impressed with the design. While I do use my Shuffle as a USB key as well as a music [ READ MORE ]

Touchdown, WVU!

First victory in Byrd stadium since 1997. After 8 years of following this series, it was nice to have a victory. Sorry, Jeff. Surprised by how well those shots turned out with the Canon SD500 from so far up in the stands. Compact little camera did pretty well[ READ MORE ]

Where is Microsoft?

Longhorn – or, rather, Vista – is delayed. Whoop-de-doooo. I want to know when Microsoft is going to release the Sync Services-enabled Entourage as they promised back in January? Microsoft is also working closely with Apple Computer Corp. to ensure that Microsoft® Office for Mac can take advantage of new features in Mac OS X [ READ MORE ]

iTunes Phone on 7 Sep.

The launch of the iTunes phone is pretty much a given, with Apple announcing that they will launch the biggest thing since the iPod on the 7th. Follow that with and it’s looking like a certainty. Will I get the phone? Well, if it supports EDGE/GSM, is small, and has a decent UI, and is [ READ MORE ]

Pizza

Does the idea of a pizza with “thin crust, spinach, bacon, onion, portobello mushroom, gorgonzola and mozzarella cheese-a little olive oil, a little tomato sauce” make your mouth water and your stomach grumble? No? How about “gourmet-style sirloin steak, potato, red onion, fresh garlic & tomato, w/ gorgonzola & mozzarella cheese, finished with a bit [ READ MORE ]

Google, Google, Google

Google has dominated the minds of hearts of industry “pundits” for several years now, and the latest release of Google Talk has done nothing to diminish the hype. CNET has an article about Google’s latest assault on the Internet – Goole Talk. The item I found of interest: …Google is also inviting the makers of [ READ MORE ]

Photos from Georgetown

I put up some of the photos I took in Georgetown with the new Nikon D70S. I was going to put up the full size original RAW format of the latest one I put up for Tzvi, but it’s too large a file. Sorry, Tzvi[ READ MORE ]

Axis & Allies, version… 4?

Jester IMed me the new Axis&Allies portal at the Wizards of the Coast site. According to the site, A&A has been heavily revised. According to the online demo of A&A, among the changes: Starting incomes have changed Victory cities – for example, you control LA and Washington at the beginning of the game, and that [ READ MORE ]

Google Talk launch on Wednesday?

From CNET, Google is set to launch their Talk IM and VOIP service on Wednesday. I’ve heard rumors about this for a while – many more than rumors. I know some folks at Microsoft, and they are not too happy to hear about this push. It’s going to be open season soon, with Yahoo!, Microsoft, [ READ MORE ]

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