Better Living Through Thinking

Gish (on sale)

Mon, 28 May 2007

I've been playing Gish for about 2 and a half years; it's a fantastic 2-D scrolling game with amazing physics. The game idea is unique, gameplay fun and simple, etc., etc. Anyway, it's on sale for a limited time. Here's the announcement:

Chronic Logic announces Gish will be on sale for 50% off

May 30th, 2007 - Santa Cruz, California - For the 24 hours of May 30th you can get the award winning game Gish for only $9.95. Chronic Logic ...

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A Review of Windows Vista

Wed, 21 Feb 2007

A glowing review of Windows Vista:

<www.securityfocus.com/columnists/436>

The executive summary:

So, there's our first look at Vista. It does benefit from a lot of good ideas, many of them Apple's, of course, but good nevertheless. It simply doesn't work very well, unfortunately. There are serious ...

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CPX: Verio VPS Control Panel

Fri, 21 Jul 2006

Ever tried:

# vinstall cpx -z

Brings back memories of the good times.

[ category: /products | link: verio_cpx ]

Caveat Emptor: Vapor Clean Products

Wed, 05 Oct 2005

I purchased a steam cleaner from Vapor Clean Products in February 2005.

I've been very happy with the machine; it cleans well and keeps its steam long enough for all the household jobs I need to do.

Last month, the steamer quit: the boiler would not engage at all. I ...

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[ category: /products | link: vapor_clean ]

Used Books

Tue, 13 Sep 2005

My favorite place to buy hard-to-find books; they've never let me down.

<http://www.abebooks.com/>

[ category: /products | link: used_books ]

UPS batteries

Tue, 13 Sep 2005

Here is my favorite place to buy UPS batteries. They're fast and no-nonsense (and they have an ugly website, which is a good indicator that they don't have a big marketing budget--a good sign of a lean company).

I've been buying my UPS batteries from here for years.

<http://www.powerqualityinc.com/>

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Good job Canon

Mon, 12 Sep 2005

My Canon ZR-60 DV camera went on the blink some months ago. I did a little research and the symptoms I was having were identical to a broken CCD (the "eye" of the camera), which turns out to be a common problem with this model.

I shipped it out to Canon with this letter:

25 May 2005

...

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