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Entries from December 2007

Late night tablet adventure

December 26th, 2007 2 Comments

Woke up in the middle of the night with a sudden desire to plug in the new Christmas toy, my 6×10 Genius tablet. Lots of crappy drawings in the near future, I guarantee it.

Took a solid 20 minutes to get familiar with the device, and there’s a lot more learning to go. But a solid […]

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Merry Christmas

December 24th, 2007 No Comments

Have a great holiday. Stay safe out there!

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Team Fortress 2 Double Release

December 18th, 2007 3 Comments

Now available for public server rotations, I’m proud to release beta versions of both ctf_rocktumbler (Capture the Flag) and cp_sidewinder (Control Point). The level geometry remains essentially the same for both, but the alternate scoring and objective systems should yield a nice contrast between play styles. I am very curious to see which version becomes […]

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Hello ?

December 17th, 2007 6 Comments

Currently revamping a lot of the site… switched to a linux hosting setup, wordpress, etc. I still have to decide on the best method to bring all of the old site content into the new format. Stay tuned.

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Epic Commute

December 14th, 2007 1 Comment

3:00 PM — …After scraping the ice from the car, I had no choice but to take 84 east to try and get across the Connecticut River, bound for Ellington. Over two hours after leaving work and about 6 or 7 near misses later, I still wasn’t within sight of the Hartford skyline. Hearing […]

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