Knytt Stories
by Joseph on Aug.30, 2007, under Games
If you’ve got a computer then you can use it to play games! Sometimes these games are free and awesome, like Knytt Stories. Exploration is the name of the game, with simply designed but nevertheless beautiful and atmospheric areas to navigate. You may want to give the equally wonderful Knytt a try as well.
Jumping on the Beadwagon
by Joseph on Aug.26, 2007, under Games
Perler beads and video games sprites: the perfect combination. A quick search of Ye Olde Flickr will confirm this. Well, I’m going to throw my hat into the ring with some of my Perler creations. I’ve taken some license with the colors, but not the design. Still, they won’t look exactly like their NES counterparts.
I Got Hit By a Mink Car
by Joseph on Sep.17, 2006, under Main
As I was ripping CDs to my iPod, I came across a signed copy of Mink Car by They Might Be Giants.
Hey, pretty neat. One problem: where did I get a signed copy of this CD? I can’t remember! And who is John Sid? The signature obscured by the sticker is definitely John Flansburgh’s, consisting of a bespectacled smiley face in place of the “o.” I can only assume that the top signature is one of John Linnel’s pseudonyms; he has been know to sign things “J.Lo Linnel” among others. This does not solve the problem of where this CD came from, however. Anybody have any ideas?
From Russia With Love
by Joseph on Aug.23, 2006, under Games
I have a review of Tetris DS in my stack of unpublished blog posts, but this is far better. The country that brought us Sputnik and vodka can now claim one more world altering breakthrough: Tetris magnets!
They come in sets of seven (of course) and are available for preorder for the low, low price of 198 rubles! That’s, like, seven bucks! Great for sticking on your refrigerator, car, metallic knee, or ferrous satellite hull!
The Amazing Indestructible Flash Drive
by Joseph on Jun.29, 2006, under Main
I won’t go into specifics, but suffice it to say that I managed to run over my USB flash drive no less than twice. With my car. From the picture the drive sure seems to be intact, but perhaps its data storage abilities have been compromised! Lo, upon plugging it into my computer, all of my files were as non-destroyed as they were before crushing them with a 2,365 pound vehicle. Consider this a shining recommendation for USB flash drives from Dell, where the 512MB model is inexplicably five dollars cheaper than the 256MB one, and both are available for “as low as $1/month.”
