Posted in Gaming, Xbox 360 on 3 October 2007 | No Comments »
“Why should the righteous suffer at the hands of the ignorant?” Because society usually ends up freaky-deeky, that’s why. Thus speaks the lessons of Bioshock.
Bioshock is a first-person shooter game with a great story. No, make that fantastic story. But ultimately with all stories, it ends, and you end up with little replay [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 14 September 2007 | 4 Comments »
Do you know a student (can be graduate) and want Microsoft Office Ultimate? For all students, Microsoft is offering a really sweat deal: Microsoft Ultimate Office for just $59.95. It normally retails for $679.00. Runs on both XP and Vista, FYI.
Also, Ultimate includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and a whole bunch of stuff [...]
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Posted in Tech, Uncategorized on 12 September 2007 | No Comments »
If you have (or want) an iPhone, you used to be locked into AT&T’s 2 year contract. However, hackers have released a free unlock which allows you to use T-Mobile as a carrier. Actually, you can use any carrier that is using CDMA, but in America, that is only T-Mobile and AT&T.
Verizon is [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 4 September 2007 | No Comments »
Did you ever go to a reunion and see old friends that you haven’t talked to in years? People who you just generally lost touch with and who you immediately start to catch-up with? You start remembering all the good times you both had? And then it’s time to go?
That sadness is [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 16 August 2007 | No Comments »
This clip shows a very motivated and talented Marine eloquently explaining the drive to serve, in the wake of 9/11.
As moving as this is, it should not replace the Marines’ Hymn, if only for the selfish reason that the verse beginning “Here’s health to you and to our Corps” was difficult enough to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 17 July 2007 | No Comments »
Reaper to deploy to Iraq. The MQ-9 Reaper will arrive some time in the fall of 2007. Here are some of the characteristics of the Reaper:
Speed: 300 mph
Ceiling: 50,000 feet
Endurance: 14 hours of flight time when fully loaded
Armament: 14 Hellfire missiles - or 4 Hellfire missiles and (2) 500-pound JDAMS
yojoe
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Thanks to you, we now have had 10,000 “reads.” Woot woot!
Thank all of you for visiting and reading our daily prattle, humor, thoughts, and occasional deeper thoughts.
We’re just glad to be here.
Cheers,
H Lime, yojoe, and Fredegar.
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Posted in Uncategorized on 11 June 2007 | No Comments »
A.O. has just added the “Digg” feature. For you youngsters, this is second nature, but I’m an old fart. If you like our stories, Digg’em. For the uninitiated, here’s how you get your account. It’s a quick and easy registration process, then you simply click “Digg,” and voila!, your pleasure with our [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on 22 May 2007 | No Comments »
Just a quick note: I’ve been out finishing teaching my law school class, hearing the students’ presentations, and family vacationing. The 360 Elite review is in preparation and y’all can expect it post-haste.
Lime
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Posted in Uncategorized on 22 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our staff has doubled! It’s my pleasure to introduce Fredegar (as anonymous as H Lime), who in real life is a professor of archaeology and historian, and one of the keenest minds that I’m privileged to be able to call a friend. Fredegar is on board as Senior Editor. Over on “About [...]
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