I heard about the upcoming revision to the Star Wars Role-Playing Game, Saga Edition a while ago, and my first reaction was to groan in annoyance at the money-grubbing materialism of the publisher. I own both the original and revised editions of d20 Star Wars, and while both have their high points, I really [...]
I’ve now had my iPod for approximately 3 months, and wanted to revisit my original review to provide a more comprehensive picture based on long-term usage. This feeling was primarily instigated by another article on the appearance of patterns within the iPod’s shuffle algorithm.
Personally, I strongly believe that the iPod has a truly random [...]
I’ve only just finished my migration from Yahoo! Mail to GMail, and within mere hours, I find out that Yahoo! finally released their long-held closed Beta to the public. Having been a satisfied Yahoo! user for a long time, I decided to give the Beta a spin, to see if it’s worth giving up [...]
After reading an article on the misuse of patents, I’ve finally decided to write an overview of how I think intellectual property should work. Many of these ideas are probably borrowed or modified from other sources (notably Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture), so I can’t claim true originality.
Patents
Even with the changes to the patent system [...]
I recently caved to my ongoing desire to have a higher capacity MP3 player. I’ve been using a 1GB flash-based player since my Rio Karma died over a year ago, and I simply couldn’t get over the desire to have a larger selection of music readily available. My biggest original issue with the [...]