Tim’s Blog

  • Wii Hating is the New Black

    Sarcastic Gamer, Many of the IGN staffers, they are all jumping on the bandwagon.  It’s Wii bashing time.  All you hear is that they are ruining the market for hardcore gamers.  And shovel-ware abounds. Shovel-ware always abounds on the hottest selling platform.  Atari, NES, PS2.  All systems that had tons of bad games released.  This […]

  • Lost Flash Fowards in Order

    http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/05/lost_see_every_flashforward_in.html

  • No Free Will on Lost

    Anyone who has taken high school english knows how many literary works have weighed in on Fate vs. Free Will.  Without much fanfair, Lost has as well now. I always looked at events on the island as non-conclusive.  After-all, despite anything the producers say, I think the “reality” of the island is questionable.  Not that […]

  • Pizza, Lebron, and Economics

    Papa John’s in the Northeast Ohio had 23 cent pizzas yesterday.  People waited in line 5 hours to get these pizzas.  Keep in mind, you were limited to one pizza per household. So let’s say that it would have cost you $10.23 for that same pizza, without the special.  You saved $10 by waiting in […]

  • They Get It

    Previously, I had beat Sun down for the decision to close source MySQL.  There seemed to be some confusion as to whether it was a Sun decision, or a MySQL decision. Regardless of that issue, the decision has been reversed.  This is the right decision that will avoid a large erosion of their community.

Got any book recommendations?