Last weekends trip to Kansas City ended successfully. After convincing miss Heather that yes indeed we needed a new router I picked up a new Airport Extreme (802.11 N) router. Despite wanting this router for many months, my patience was rewarded. Instead of “having” to buy a Time Capsule (which even with the student discount is 270 odd US$), last weeks firmware update for Airport Extremes allowed Time Machine to work with them.
Now only if terabyte hard drives were more affordable…
I heard about this happening, but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating for the common geek. The power supply taken to work burned itself out thusly.
I’m going o Kansas City this weekend, maybe the Apple genius’ can be smooth talked into letting me get a new one, perhaps much cheaper than the 70 odd students pay.
The ebb for Blizzards Starcraft 2 (SC2) mania broke last week, prompting an installation of the original Starcraft and expansion. Thankfully for the compact disc-phobic the latest patch for Starcraft, and Warcraft 3, finally allows CD-less play. Even after having its eleventh birthday, the game remains to entertain. The graphic difference between the original and its sequel is impressive, yet familiarity remains.
It seems like the best sequels capture the spirit of the original while simultaneously adding improvements to playability and visuals. New games (that do not suck) of a popular series do not throw out tried-and-true methods for their own sake. When half the population of South Korea knows the subtle nuances in your game, starting anew is not the greatest idea. Blizzard knows this, as what’s been written and discussed by the crews at 1up.com, resonates with this reasoning.
Like high school and first girlfriends, the memories of SC1 are much cooler than reality. For the few of us who will not reinstall the originals, some advice. Do it. It is important both so your skills are honed, and if staying alive for more than 30 seconds on Battle.net is important to you. It will also show you how archaic SC1 really is. It would a far less flame-filled internet if people actually played the games they laid their undying devotion upon.
Ever wonder if you spend too much time thinking about the obscure? Ponder an existence devoted entirely to solving puzzles? Add overtures of Sherlock Holmes and you get Professor Layton & the curious village.
