So, I’m reading The Makers right now. I’m 18.58% into the book, according to my iPhone. It’s the third book I’ve read by Cory Doctorow – the first two were Content and Little Brother (I tried to read Down and Out in Magic Kingdom, but I didn’t get very far – something about the book just didn’t interest me). Little Brother was good enough that I bought a physical copy of it.
I really enjoy the ideas in Little Brother (even if it’s for young adults) and Makers – the …

It feels like ages since I’ve posted, but I don’t want to dwell on that too much or I risk being this guy. Instead, I’m just going to be unapologetic. So this is me being unapologetic:
Two things have kept me from posting much during October: Playstation 3 and cigarette smoking cessation. I want to talk about them both, because I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about them lately.
1: I bought a PS3 a few weeks ago, so I’ve been spending more time than I should be lately playing …

Last night I was on the prowl to try something new. All my buddies were out of town or playing old games (like Heroes of Might and Magic 5 – wtf?), so I was prowling Steam to find something worth playing. I wanted something fun and cheap just to amuse me for the evening. I didn’t want to pay for a full-featured expensive game.
After surfing the categories on the Steam store for awhile, I happened across the demo for Trine. It looked pretty and I couldn’t argue with the price: …