Comments for Hate Life, Will Travel

Comment on The year in gaming for a really jaded gamer by DMZ

DMZ — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:18:30 +0000

What’s even crazier about AC2 is that when I was playing it, I kept thinking “why didn’t I like the first one again?” — I really had to try to remember all the stuff that drove me to abandon it, because they made this one so much fun.

Except when you fall off a tower because Enzo decides to jump into nothingness instead of make the obvious move to that ledge right there.

Comment on The year in gaming for a really jaded gamer by Joe

Joe — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:14:57 +0000

If you do happen to pick up a PS3 (which I highly recommend) make Uncharted 2 a high priority.

Best gaming experience of the year for me, by far.

I picked up Dragon Orgins, but I haven’t really been gripped by it the way I hoped. Agree totally with the “Knights of the Fantasy Republic” description.

I definitely want to try Assassin’s Creed. Didn’t like the first one at all.

-Joe

Comment on The state of Mac gaming, frustration restated by Dan

Dan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:57:39 +0000

Timely post for me, since I am just putting back together the home entertainment center after all the pieces were stolen.

I have a mac mini as the hub for it all, and was thinking about just using it for gaming, but that’s not sounding terribly viable at the moment.

So now the question is…

xbox 360 or PS3 and why?

Thanks,
Dan W

Comment on Maddie goes by Charles

Charles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:09:48 +0000

That sucks. I lost my closest cat after 21 years in December of 2006. It wasn’t until last year that I was able to rescue another one from the pound.

It’s amazing how much you can love an animal!

Comment on Gmail sort by sender — you can only search by Charles

Charles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:04 +0000

I have to disagree with the sentiment that GMail sucks and is useless. I used to think GMail was a royal pain until I saw the light and realized all the bad habits ingrained from years of using Eudora, Outlook Express, Outlook, and Thunderbird was the real source of the pain.

I thought folders was a necessity to keep mail organized and easy to locate. But, folders is exactly the opposite of organized and easy to find! Labels in GMail IS the way. Once I latched onto this idea I was able to setup my Outlook to keep everything in my Inbox and use Categories to label my email. Then using Views I can filter my email as if I were viewing a folder.

All this being said though, I do wish I could sort columns in GMail. Is it reason enough to leave GMail? No way!

I now use GMail as a POP client to my other email accounts. GMail checks a few email accounts for me and I check GMail.

I love GMail!

- Charles

Comment on This is why I love Roger Ebert so much by Rorschach

Rorschach — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:20:56 +0000

Isn’t he just excellent? Ebert’s reviews really just make me appreciate humanity.

Comment on Maddie goes by Michael

Michael — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:43:45 +0000

sorry about your cat. There’s something that’s more difficult about losing a pet – I’m sure someone smart out there has written about it. But it’s a miserable experience to see them go.

Go save another one from the pound.

Comment on Gmail sort by sender — you can only search by Tim

Tim — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:38:15 +0000

Gmail is great because it:
1. Is free,
2. Has googly bites of storage,
3. Is not associated with an ISP.

As a chunk of a hard drive it’s fantastic. As a program, it sucks. It’s worthless. It’s usable only with a good email client. If the Gmorons ever see fit to listen to anyone who has ever gotten a piece of email, and provide a sort capability, then it would be usable as a web program. Until then, I can still use Thunderbird.

Comment on Maddie goes by Megan

Megan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:14:02 +0000

So sorry for your loss. I’ve had many cats, I’ve lost many. It’s never easy.

Comment on Maddie goes by Dan

Dan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:45:15 +0000

My Condolences