MMO Mishmash

There’s been a lot of topics going around the blogosphere, and I’ve been holding off on them because, well, I don’t really have anything groundbreaking to say about them. But, what the heck. eBook Readers First up is a non-MMO one, but something I’ve covered extensively in this blog — eBook readers. “Ask Slashdot” fielded … Read more

EQ2: The long march to level 80.

It took me half an hour to find the portal from Gorowyn to Kylong Plains. Those helpful geniuses at EQ2 Interface must have thought that big glowing purple portal was too obvious to mention, or I just haven’t updated my maps recently… Anyway, Rock Band interfered for awhile (drumming on Hard is HARD), but eventually … Read more

EQ2: It’s a jungle in here.

While traveling, I could only play for a little bit here and there, so I focused mainly on Frostfell crafting when I did play. I did get a group finally to finish my Bone-Clasped Girdle, and thanks to the new non-aggroness of the Sanctum of the Scaleborn, advanced a step in my Wurmslayer quest. Yes, … Read more

Back from California: How did the Reader do?

I just last night got back from a trip back to San Diego to celebrate my grandson’s first birthday and a little early Christmas with my daughter and her husband (that JUST MIGHT have involved some Super Mario Galaxy!) It was also a shakedown for the Sony Reader. I didn’t bring any books, and I … Read more

I love my Sony Reader, and so does my cat.

I owned a house up in Monterey, California. I loved that old house; I raised my kids and my cats there, and it had oodles of space, and I had books pretty much everywhere. Two book cases in the garage, two in the family room with the computer, two in my bedroom, a huge one … Read more