The following review provides an overview of my recent vacation in the western American states of Idaho, Wyoming and Utah with my trusty Apple iBook. December 19, 2001 While running around the house in a frenzy of last minute packing,[…]
Read moreAuthor: Ken Newquist
Risk 2210 reimagines a classic board game
Every once in a while, our regular Friday night RPG session falls apart. It might be because of sick kids, weddings, extended business trips or just bad luck, but only a handful of our players can make it. If it’s[…]
Read moreSulfnbk.exe is not a virus
An e-mail urging folks to search for an alleged virus-infected filed called “sulfnbk.exe” on their Windows computer is a hoax. This harmless file exists on most Windows 95, Me, and 98 machines, and is not evidence of a virus infection.[…]
Read moreHarry Potter Weaves a Perfect Spell
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is a creative, heroic and inspiring movie that faithfully reproduces the book of the same name on the big screen.
Read moreFirestar Envisions A Glorious Return to Space
Industrialist Marissa Van Hutten has a dream and a nightmare. She longs to see humanity return to the stars, exploring the solar system and given men and women a reason to look up with pride again. But she fears as[…]
Read moreOrganizing Your Campaign Online, Part II: Alternatives
Organizing your campaign online is easy, especially using Yahoo! Groups, a free online discussion board offered as part of the Yahoo! search engine. But for those who don’t want to use Groups — perhaps because of Yahoo’s notorious terms-of-use contracts[…]
Read moreWake Up and Smell the Future, Redux
For some reason last month several readers responded to an editorial I wrote this time last year called “Wake Up And Smell The Future!” One asked if my demands for a high-tech future was a little too materialistic — focused[…]
Read moreSnail Mail Submissions to Nuketown: Don’t Do It!
An update about Nuketown’s “no snail mail” policy for fiction and non-fiction submissions.
Read moreCracker Barrel E-mail Promises Free Cash for Forwards
A e-mail from alleged Cracker Barrel founder “Junior Johnson” is circulating inboxes, promising folks a $50 gift certificate if they forward an e-mail to nine of their friends. It’s a hoax. Here’s the original e-mail: Capture date: 12/12/2001 My name[…]
Read moreMac OS X Revisited
I’ve been using Mac OS X for about three months straight now, long enough to have experienced the extremes of Apple’s next generation operating system. I’m running the 10.1 release on my dual USB iBook (the second generation, white-colored low-end[…]
Read more