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RPO Replay: Akalabeth

February 11, 2021 Ken Newquist Focus, Game Reviews, Games, Projects, Ready Player One Replay

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote I downloaded every game mentioned or referenced in the Almanac, from Akalabeth to Zaxxon. — Ready Player One p. 64 Game Play Akalabeth: World[…]

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The 5-year Itch: Upgrading to a new MacBook Pro

July 20, 2013 Ken Newquist Blog, Technology

It’s time for a new Mac. My old MacBook Pro, purchased in 2008 was a great machine, and worked great for four years. I put off upgrading for a year by adding more RAM and a bigger hard drive, but eventually I reached the point where the hardware wasn’t meeting my needs any more.

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Installing Ubuntu Linux on a G3 iMac

May 23, 2007 Ken Newquist Blog, Tech Tips, Technology

I love it when a geeky plan comes together. A few weeks ago I heard a story on the Geek Acres podcast about a grade school teacher who installed Ubuntu Linux on a bunch of iMacs that had been donated[…]

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The Very Nifty Mac Mini

March 2, 2005 Ken Newquist Blog, Technology

Last weekend my wife and I were out computer shopping. Her for a new Dell laptop, me to dream of the laptop I might be able to buy around about 2007. We traveled to the King of Prussia Mall in[…]

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Thoughts on the New iMac

September 1, 2004 Ken Newquist Blog, Technology

It’s no great secret around here that I’m a Mac fan, but I’ve got to say that Apple’s design for the new iMac has left me cold. As with the previous iMacs, it’s an all in one design. This time[…]

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Evaluating Apple’s Classic iPod

May 7, 2003 Ken Newquist Blog, Music & Audio, Technology

A review of Apple’s original iPod digital music player.

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The Mighty Mac Mouse Myth

November 1, 2002 Ken Newquist Blog, Tech Tips

As a Mac user, I get a fair amount of flack from PC folks. Some of it was about the toilet-seat design of the original colorful iBooks (hey, I agree – those things looked awful). Some of it was aimed[…]

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A Comfortable Computer Store?

September 1, 2002 Ken Newquist Blog, Technology

I finally got to visit one of Apple’s new stores, specifically the Apple Store in the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey. It was like walking into a little slice of heaven. Dual-processor G4s with beautiful (and ungodly expensive) 22-inch[…]

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The iBook Road Trip

January 13, 2002 Ken Newquist Blog, Technology

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,[…]

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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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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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