I like to think of The Internet as a city, of sorts. There are certain areas that everyone frequents, central hubs where all the folks online enjoy hanging out. There are centers of commerce, entertainment, interaction, and information. There’s libraries, and cafes, and arcades, and shopping centers. Just like a city, though…there are certain places...

Now, don’t get me wrong- I love Steam, and I’ve the play time to prove it. Occasionally, however, one might want to shirk Steam’s strict rules about how one’s titles are managed. And believe it or not…Steam doesn’t actually have everything. While there are literally thousands of games in the platforms not-inconsiderable...

Microsoft Excel’s actually a lot more versatile than some folks give it credit for being. There’s a lot you can do with a spreadsheet, if you know what you’re doing, and you can actually put together some pretty advanced stuff. We’re not going to get too much into macros and visual basic today- that’s a whole different can of worms....

You’ve probably heard someone trumpeting the latest indie game. You’ve probably caught wind of the Humble Indie Bundle. You’ve probably seen someone advertising an indie title on Kickstarter. If you use Steam, you might have even seen EA’s Indie Bundle (they’re doing it wrong, by the way). So what is an independent game? Just what...

It’s not exactly easy to keep oneself fit nowadays, is it? When we wired our whole world to the Internet, when we ensured everybody and his uncle was connected to a computer, we seem to have neglected a very pressing concern with the whole setup- a sedentary lifestyle such that many of us have nowadays is sodding terrible for both our bodies and minds....

Have you ever wondered what black, twisted mind dreamed up the abomination that is Captcha? Have you ever questioned what stygian depths spawned this horrible anti-spam measure- and why, for the love of all that is right and good, it has to be so illegible? That question occurred to me the other day, actually- so I decided to do a bit of research. We’ll...

Here’s the deal- you turn on your 360, with the intention of connecting it to the Internet. Maybe you want to watch something on Netflix, maybe you want to frag a few guys online…really, the reason you’re doing it is irrelevant, given the fact that you can’t actually get online. As with Windows when something goes wrong, the 360′s...

As long as there have been video game consoles, there’s been a debate between gamers over which platform was superior. Everybody likes to think- even if they don’t admit it- that their way is the right way, after all. Most of you who’ve played video games a great deal know at least a little bit about it. But what are the merits of each...

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a question for you. Who among you has actually bothered to read a privacy policy in your life? If you have, pat yourself on the back – you’re one of the only people who ever has. Those of you who simply don’t bother shouldn’t feel all that bad. Most people don’t, and with the amount of time one would...

Hey there, folks. Today, it’s time for some slightly different fare. First, a brief sociology lesson. Marshall Mcluhan coined the term “Global Village” back in 1964, well before the development of the Internet. He saw what was coming – a completely unified communications network, connected on an entirely unprecedented scale. People from...

I’m not ashamed to say I carry a particularly strong distaste for Internet advertising. It’s irritating and out of touch, and the core premise of most online advertising models is fundamentally broken. For every advertisement I saw that caught my eye; every well-designed, unique, creative marketing campaign, I was treated to about twenty which made...

If you’re looking to pass the time and you have a cell phone, and a few dollars to spare, have I got some news for you. Assuming you’ve already grown tired of Angry Birds and Infinity Blade, there’s an entire library of literally hundreds of titles out there on which you can pass the time. Of course, navigating this network of games can be...

Whatever the reason, you want to take a look at your phone through your computer screen. Maybe you busted up the LCD a touch, and not everything’s as readable as you’d like it to be. Could be you’re looking to take some screen shots, or stream some footage for a blog post or social site. Maybe you simply think it’d be a cool idea....

While it’s obvious that one should keep the files on their work computer neat, tidy, and organized, not many people apply the same principles to their home workstations. Truth be told, it’s a little odd.  Keeping all your files where they can be easily found should be second nature to most people. Using the Windows search tool is a terribly...

As I’ve said time and time again, the best part about running a Bukkit server is all the plugins you’ve got at your fingertips- it goes without saying, though, that some are more useful than others. Here’s a few more addons you might want to look into if you’re looking to see your server climb the ranks- or even if you’re just...