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Comic-Con 2009 – Where Pleasantries Prevail

It’s hard to believe it’s been over a week since I ventured south to San Diego for this year’s Comic-Con (I and a few intrepid mates from the Brain Candy team headed down to market Runes of Gallidon – pics/vids/evidence can be found here).

Google Apps + Domains by Proxy = Failure by Irony

Registering domains when setting up Google Apps accounts and opting for privacy protection via Domains by Proxy results in you being unable to access your Domains by Proxy account.

How Amazon Broke Occam’s Razor

The recent PR dust-up regarding Amazon’s delisting and re-tagging of various books (many of them falling in the LGBT lit genres) in their system that then caused those books to be far harder to find – and therefore buy – was a great PR lesson of what not to do (unless your goal is to […]

Asus Eee PC 1000HE #WIN

Just before my last trip, I decided to try out a netbook. I’ve been lugging around a Dell M1710 XPS laptop for a couple of years, and while the 17″ screen size is nice, the battery life, weight, and (lack of) portability when traveling makes it more of a chore than a joy. I could […]

Welcome!

You’ll notice the only post here at the moment is this very lonely message; that’s because I just launched the blog this week, and I’m currently slammed on my Runes of Gallidon project. Regular posts should begin some time next week, after the site’s public marketing efforts are well underway.

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