Ken Newquist

Role-Playing Possibilities with The Complete Two Towers, Disc One

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – The Complete Recordings by Howard Shore and released by Reprise Records is a huge collection containing 3+ hours of music from the movie spread over three CDs and augmented by a video DVD documenting the soundtrack’s production. It’s so huge that a single review won’t do … Read more

The Red Ring of Death

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You’ve got to give it to Microsoft — no one creates iconic crash messages like they do. The Blue Screen of Death tormented and terrified millions of Windows users and while it’s appearances have been greatly diminished since the release of XP, it’s legend lives on. Now with the 360, Microsoft has created a new … Read more

210 lbs: Upticking

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I didn’t hit the gym nearly as much as I needed to in December and early January, but the good news is that despite eating quite a lot of good food during the holidays, I only gained about two pounds. I’m holding steady at 210 right now, but I’m hoping to start making downward progress … Read more

Time Burn

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Ah yes, my coffee shop starts blogging, and I all but stop. It’s been that kind of week. Heck, it’s been that kind of Interim. Working in IT at a college, January turns into a mad, frantic rush to get everything done between when the students leave campus in December, and when they return at … Read more

Get a blog to go with that coffee

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The Cosmic Cup now has a blog (the Cup being the Easton, Pa. coffee shop I frequent most). Not much there yet except for announcements about music and new coffee (but hey, I’m not complaining, seeing as how I like new music and love new coffee…).

Off the Bookshelf: Learning the World, Difference Engine, Wizard’s First Rule

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For my birthday this year I headed out to Barnes & Noble with my son Neutronlad for an afternoon of browsing books and drinking coffee. NeutronLad, being about 5 months old at the time, was enthusiastic about the outing, as only a baby can be, smiling, gurgling and generally looking forward to flirting with every woman … Read more

A Geeky Christmas to All!

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A very merry (and hopefully, very geeky as well) Christmas to everyone! Right now the Newquist clan is basking in the occasionally turbulent afterglow of the holidays, gifts strewn across the living room and library like some sort of Toyland apocalypse. StarGirl and I are escaping it for a few hours to hang out with fellow … Read more

The Geek Tree 2006 Photo Set

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For years, people have been asking me for pictures of the Geek Tree, and for years, I’ve been promising to find a way to take them. This year, I finally did. Check out the Geek Tree in all its glowing glory in this Flickr photo set. I experimented with a couple of different approaches, but … Read more