… unless you don’t celebrate Christmas, or you happen to be on the side of the globe that I am currently visiting, in which case: Happy Boxing Day.
I am off to the beach at Hua Hin for a couple of days. Ya, I know… hardly feels like the Christmas season for a Bostonian, [...]

… Windows is still a major pain in the ass. I spent nearly all day long yesterday troubleshooting my in-laws’ computer, finally resorting to completely re-installing Windows. I guess, no matter where you are in the world, be it the good ‘ol U.S.of.A or in Thailand, Windows is teh suxxorz.

“For God so loved the world that he gave unto them his only begotten son…”
Jesus has deserted Boston.
Damon, you f**ker.
$52 million is a lot of money, though. Not much I wouldn’t do for that kind of cake. Even cut my hair, shave the beard… and change every other identifying trait about myself. [...]

Elizabeth Anne Carreiro was born at 8:12PM EST, on December 18th, 2005. She’s a healthy 7lbs, 6 oz.
Our best and warmest wishes to the proud parents, Jason and Kelly, and to Kelly’s speedy recovery.
And a toast and a cheer to the addition to the ranks of geekery!

As mentioned in the Podcast, I will be heading overseas for the holidays, and will be away from the blog for almost two weeks. Thus, I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday now, before I leave.
Also, in this past podcast episode, I mentioned a contest and incorrectly referenced our contest email. [...]

Ho Ho Ho! Episode 11 will be our last podcast of 2005, but its a good one!
Episiode 11 (26.1 MB , 56:07)
In our Tech Top Three, we revisit the Wikipedia discussions from last episode, we discuss MTV’s iTMS competitor, and talk about Steve Case’s 20/20 hindsight vision. On the Gaming Table, I talk [...]

They still have to figure out how to sync speech and lip movment. They still have to write better scripts. But if, in five years or so they can actually implement images like this into the gameplay, I’m sure we’ll all be foaming at the mouth for whatever console offers it.
Unbelievable CGI Image
Especially [...]

Okay, the XBOX 360 launched in Japan to a tepid reception. Only about 40% of the initial shipment has sold so far. That’s a bloody shame, but not unexpected, really.
You might ask why the Japanese seem to shun the console we’re adoring. One of the answers is, of course, loyalty. Just [...]

A day late and a dollar short… In this week’s Tech Top Three, Carl and I discuss Yahoo gobbling up Del.icio.us, Apple and NBC’s deal to serve up a whole bunch of TV shows on iTunes, and Wikipedia is coming under lots of fire. On The Gaming Table, we take a look at [...]

You go to hell and you die, New England. You and your f****** blizzards with thunder and motherf****** lightning and 8-inch snowfalls in 3 goddam hours.
Oh, and remember kids, put something other than summer ‘touring’ tires on your car if you expect to do anything other than burn rubber for a gods-bedamned hour [...]

The Xbox 360 Dashboard could be the thing that I like most about the new Xbox 360 gaming console. For those of you that do not know, the dashboard is a menu that is accessible by pushing the Xbox 360 Guide button on your game controller or media remote. Upon depressing the button, [...]

Occasionally, I receive links that have been dumped in my del.icio.us for bucket. There are relatively few people who dump anything in there… actually, only Dave ever leaves me anything. Nonetheless, I subscribe to the RSS feed for it, just in case Dave sends me an interesting link.
Just a couple days ago, I [...]

Okay… I can’t begin to describe how I feel about this:
Why This Brain Flies on Rat Cunning
A whole bunch of Doomsday movies about this sort of stuff come to mind.

We’ve seen a lot of announcements in the past couple months of different TV studios making some of their material available in a number of formats, through some decidedly non-traditional channels. The big one, of course, was Apple announcing video downloads through their iTunes Music Store. That was followed in relatively rapid succession [...]

So, MS has provided a nice and neat way to incude your Gamercard on your website:
Edit: Figured I would throw Carl’s up here as well… Don your tinfoil hat, Carl!
Edit: And, now Dave has a Gamercard… although, he doesn’t yet have an Xbox 360.
BostonGeek
CarltheUnholy
GoalieFight
Cool.

Episode 9 turned out to be epic… In the Tech Top Three, Colin and I tackled stories about Adam Curry’s Wikipedia antics, Gmail’s new antivirus feature, and RIM’s patent problems. During the Gaming Table, we discuss nothing but the Xbox 360.
Episode 9 (37.9 MB , 1:21:57)
Show Notes: Coming Soon
Any comments or suggestions?
Email: [...]

An interesting article over at 1UP. Sigil is developing an MMO with Marvel.
Marvel MMO To Be Developed By Sigil
The coolest aspect? It will be released for both PC and XBOX 360. And be cross-platform. This means that people playing on the 360 will be able to play with people playing on [...]

Looks like GMail has virus scanning ability. Not much else to say. Does it work well? I don’t know. If someone wants to send me a virus: colinregoATgmailDOTcom.

Apparently thumbing their nose at the entertainment industry, Neuros has delivered a low-cost way to move your recordings from a DVD player, VCR, DVR, or other device to flash memory or memory sticks.
Neuros MPEG4 Recorder 2
Bravo, I say. At only $149, it’s hard to resist.
via BoinBoing

Image title: Spartan Total WarriorFrom: colinrego’s Flickr album.

Yes, I have been neglecting you, my loyal readers. But, once again, my free time is under siege. I guess that is to be expected this time of year.
Fortunately, I will soon be able to take a break from the craziness [...]