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Author: Ken Newquist

Wake Up and Smell the Future, Redux

January 1, 2002 Ken Newquist Blog, Commentary

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[…]

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Snail Mail Submissions to Nuketown: Don’t Do It!

January 1, 2002 Ken Newquist Blog, Site News

An update about Nuketown’s “no snail mail” policy for fiction and non-fiction submissions.

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Cracker Barrel E-mail Promises Free Cash for Forwards

December 13, 2001 Ken Newquist Hoax Debunkings, Hoaxes

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[…]

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Mac OS X Revisited

December 12, 2001 Ken Newquist Blog, Web Development

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[…]

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Aren’t you a little old for that?

December 7, 2001 Ken Newquist Blog

My 30th birthday is coming up on the 17th, and that means that I’ll probably be hearing the inevitable question. “Aren’t you a little old for that?” I’ve got a closet full of Dungeons & Dragons books and other role-playing[…]

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Expand your mind with the Psionics Handbook

December 1, 2001 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games

Psionic abilities in previous editions of Dungeons and Dragons were awkward add-ons that only the most zealous individuals were willing to use. D&D3rd Edition’s Psionics Handbook changes all that, folding psionics almost seamlessly into the core D&D rules. The Psionics[…]

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Organizing Your Campaign Online, Part I

December 1, 2001 Ken Newquist Game Theory, Games

Life is hell on gaming. My Dungeons and Dragons campaign’s been running for about five years. I’ve got about 10 active players ranging in age from early 20s to early 30s. Most have girlfriends. About half are married. A few[…]

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Winning converts with Apple’s iBook

November 12, 2001 Ken Newquist Blog, Technology

A review of Apple’s new iBook laptop computer, as well as a few observations on its OS X operating system.

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Nuketown’s Hiatus Ends

November 12, 2001 Ken Newquist Blog, Site News

Nuketown’s long hiatus is over. Originally, the hiatus was supposed to end in September, and did in a way. After the attacks of September 11, I focused on writing about the attacks, and pretty much ignored the nuts and bolts of[…]

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OS X.1, Wired’s X-Box feature, Yahoo’s Lord of the Rings and Speedier Macs

November 11, 2001 Ken Newquist Blog

OS 10.1 I got this crucial upgrade to Apple’s Macintosh Operating System 10 in mid-October. This is the upgrade that made OS X ready for prime-time, including all sorts of performance enhancing tweaks like faster window-re-sizing, better driver support, a[…]

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Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

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