Category Archives: Reviews

Author’s Tools: Treepad

Posted on 2 August 2009 by Becca

By the way, I think I may have blogged about this before, but it bears repeating:  For authors using Windows as their PC platform, Treepad is one of the best tools out there for organizing, keeping track of projects, and … Continue reading →

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Why I Will Not Buy a Kindle

Posted on 17 July 2009 by Becca

Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.comThis morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that … Continue reading →

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Trek

Posted on 13 May 2009 by Becca

Stephy and I went to see the new Star Trek movie this afternoon…first time we’ve been to an actual theater since…well, since we went to see Serenity, while vacationing in Wisconsin.  We figured catching a mid-week afternoon matinee would be … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Artwork

Posted on 26 April 2009 by Becca

This is a shameless (but 100% unsolicited) recommendation for Ryan Bliss’ digital computer art site, DigitalBlasphemy.com.  I first stumbled on his work 3-4 years back, sometime after getting a free screensaver package…didn’t like the screenie and eventually uninstalled that. What … Continue reading →

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Spore: A Second Look

Posted on 30 September 2008 by Becca

I’ve had EA Games’ latest blockbuster computer game, SPORE, for about 3 weeks.  Couldn’t play for most of last week though, because we were away in Bangalore for a shopping/break trip, and I don’t have the game installed on my … Continue reading →

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Spore: First Review

Posted on 11 September 2008 by Becca

As mentioned in a previous post, I’d gotten the pre-purchase download for EA’s highly anticipated “massive single-player online game”, Spore. Late last Sunday night, the pre-load unlocked itself and I was able to install it — but being late, I … Continue reading →

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Spore: The way to sell a product

Posted on 29 August 2008 by Becca

Now this is just bloomin’ smart.  Early this month, I put in a pre-order for the eagerly anticipated new Electronic Arts game "Spore".  It’s basically a massive evolution simulator and looks to be lots of fun.  Actually, it reminds me … Continue reading →

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Deep Fry Goodness

Posted on 25 April 2008 by Becca

Ever since we finally found the right kinds of pots to use with our magnetic induction cooker, we’ve been experimenting far more with various recipes and methods. Tonight, I checked to see whether it could get vegetable oil hot enough … Continue reading →

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Second take on Mozilla Thunderbird

Posted on 15 April 2008 by Becca

Okay, I’ve had a little more time for evaluation, plus Stephanie decided to follow my lead and install it on her desktop PC, too.  Some observations: T’bird clearly isn’t quite as slick and polished as Firefox.  I’ve noticed a few … Continue reading →

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What’s the word? ‘Thunderbird’

Posted on 14 April 2008 by Becca

For the record, I actually tried ‘Thunderbird’ — the cheap, fortified wine — back in college.  (Why is it, I wonder, that very nearly all of the most incredibly stupid and/or self-destructive things we ever did were always ‘back in … Continue reading →

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