“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 value as the developers failed to include a multi-player component. So if you like good shooters with good stories, please read on… Read the rest of this entry »
Deep student discount for Microsoft Office Ultimate
14 September 2007
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 you don’t need as shown here.
Details of this great deal are found here. Promotion lasts until April 30th, 2008.
iPhone free unlock finally achieved
12 September 2007
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 a no go, because it uses a different technology. But the rest of the world (that use CDMA) is now a very happy place. So if you like T-Mobile and want to buy a nice gadget, go nuts. Oh, and make sure it’s free. Other hackers were trying to charge for it, but the free project released before they were able to effectively mass-market it.
Details (from Gizmodo) are here.
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 pretty much how I felt after watching this movie in HD. If you were even remotely a Babylon 5 fan, download this movie in HD. Read the rest of this entry »
New Marines’ Hymn
16 August 2007
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 remember.
yojoe (in motivated mode) out
MQ-9 Reaper to Deploy to Iraq
17 July 2007
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
10,000
27 June 2007
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.
New A.O. Feature: Digg-ing
11 June 2007
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 research and hard work over here at A.O. is passed on to the rest of the world. It’s essentially your recommendation to others to give us a look.
Thanks to the loyal (albeit few, in the whole scheme of things) readers out there.
Lime
Brief blogging hiatus: 360 Elite Review forecast
22 May 2007
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
New Senior Editor on staff
22 March 2007
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 A.O.” you’ll find his brief bio, and we look forward to his commentary.
Lime out.
