Archives for 2004

Annie and I had a great Christmas, though it was VERY busy. On Friday morning, we went to Annie's Grandma's house (on her dad's side) ...

proof that world of warcraft is 'neat'. scott's minotaur character is on a quest to save christmas for the children of ogre-mar by baking ...

The first monthly LAN party went quite well, despite some scheduling difficulties. We had my xbox hooked up to the TV, and Sean's xbox hooked ...

Friday: KT and Sean rolled into town, and we watched the extended edition of Return of the King. It now clocks in at just over ...

While looking up Dead Celebrities,* it occurred to me to seek out celebrities who shared our birthdays. Here's what we found out:

Heh - I just got this email from the guy who ran the game LAN at Gen Con. Among all the staff members who spent ...

I overslept a bit today, so I'm having trouble falling asleep. Usually, I just read until I'm tired, but I read all the way to ...

Ah, there's nothing like adjusting to a different computer. After a full year on the laptop, my body has adjusted to using different keys and ...

I am having an excellent weekend. Last night we drove to Portland for Jackie's wedding, and I played my new partial mix CD. It consists ...

Annie and I are about to jump in the car to go to Portland for the weekend for my cousin Jackie's wedding. Frankly, the thought ...

My mac laptop appears to have just fried itself. I installed the latest security patch last night, and then today, after about two minutes of ...

Not much to say about days 5 and 6 (also known as "Friday" and "Saturday"). These are the biggest days at the convention, and everything ...

Since Scott has taken his game playing to a computer far far away, I have had to feed myself for once... so after braving the ...

Around 6pm last night, credit card authorizations stopped working. This is a huge deal, because it means that about half the people coming up can't ...

For those who actually read my once-a-month post, I've moved my blog. It's now at: mrbread.blogspot.com . . . just seemed more appropriate.

Today started out smooth and deadly. Everything was going great. I tested printing everywhere, and everything worked. There were some network difficulties due to the ...

Day two went very well indeed. We're pretty much a full day ahead of schedule now. All the registration workstations are set up and configured, ...

Not much to report today. I got up at 5am to catch a 7:15am plane to Anaheim. It is cold here, but sunny (the news ...

The previous post was my lame attempt to explain why I've been gone lately. My goal for the coming weeks (and especially during gencon) is ...

These last couple weeks at work have been oddly stressful. My regular duties have been completely replaced with tech support, which I am skilled at, ...

How to Kill a Mockingbird

If you're a gamer, then you probably know that this month is when two of the most eagerly awaited games ever finally came out: Half-Life ...

So I know that Valve was all stoked about their new Steam thing, but did they *have* to force us to go through it to ...

What do you think? Should I re-do my resume? The best resume ever.

I've just realized that I had one of those geek days. You know, where you start working on a project and completely lose track of ...