This week on the Geek Top Three, is it an alien invasion, or did Dick Cheney drink all that water? Sleazy private firm wants to make ALL DVD copying illegal… again. And Manhunt 2 kicked, bashed, and banned… then delayed.
On Boston in Brief, MIT Swapfest, John Edward (aka Biggest Douch in the Universe) [...]

Smarthouse.com published an article recently, in which they claim that 30% of all XBoxs fail within the first year and have to be sent to repair centers. This number however has started to decline some, but is still ranked higher than either the Wii or the PS3 for hardware failures.
The reported converstations sounded vaguely [...]

Brewery: High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY
Brewery Description: “JW Dundee’s Honey Brown is the Original Honey Brown lager. First brewed in 1994, Honey Brown satisfies consumers looking for a fuller flavored but easy to drink beer with a crisp clean finish. In brewing Honey Brown, we use a dark pilsner style lager and add [...]

That “Transformers: The Movie” from 1986 is one of the greatest movies ever made. Micheal Bay can kiss my ass for the inevitable hack job he’s going to do on the live action movie.

OPTIMUS PRIME FOREVER!
(And yes, I own the soundtrack on CD still).

Looks like the featured article on the Wikipedia main page for June 21, 2007 is about our favorite city, Boston.
WikiPissah!

We’re back! From the abyss of asinine no-backupsville.
This week we discuss WWDC and all the goodies that came from the Jobs RDF, the Church of England is launching a new Crusade… against Sony. And the passing of Mr. Wizard (a.k.a. Don Herbert). There is no GameGeek Challenge (congrats, Greg!), but we fill in [...]

I bought my 360 at launch. Well, within a week of launch. I hooked it up and never had a problem with it. It’s never overheated, it’s never given me the dreaded ‘red ring of death’, nothing. I’ve considered myself pretty fortunate.
So, of course, I was due for a problem. [...]

Brewery: Harbin Beer Company (Anheuser-Busch), Harbin, China
Brewery Description: Yeah, the whole site is in Chinese which I sadly do not understand. This was all I could find: “Inspired by the Tradition and Culture of China’s Most Northern Province of Hellongjiang.”
Brew Style: Pale lager, 5.5% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager, Shaker, Stein
The Ugly [...]

Whenever I’m forced to exercise my authority as an IT manager, whenever I am provoked to yell at some idiot user for doing some fool thing, I am also forced to explain to them just how stupid they are.
I’ve tried using clean analogies. “You wouldn’t drive without seatbelts, would you?” or “You make sure [...]

Aside from the lack of shiny, new hardware displayed during the recent Jobs Keynote™, the most disappointing moment of the opening morning of WWDC (which stands for World Wide Developer’s Conference) had to be the announcement concernning 3rd party application development for the iPhone. Being an audience full of application developers, you could feel [...]

As I was doing some late night work last night, I threw in my copy of Samurai Jack: Season One on DVD. I hadn’t watched it in a while, and sometimes I forget how incredibly awesome this cartoon was. SJ was created by Genndy Tartakovsky, the same mind behind Dexter’s Lab, Star Wars: Clone [...]

This week anyway. Some claim technical difficulties. Episode 82 was great, too. I mean, really great.
Unfortunately, The actual IT person in the room (me) was asleep at the helm. And it didn’t occur to me what a horrific idea it was that the only backup recorder in the room to Colin’s [...]

With a name like Rocketfish, this company has a lot to live up to, just from its own hype. So, having recently come into posession of one of their mice, I’m going to take it for a spin (or is that a twist?) and find out. Here’s the package:

Ok, so it is about 2 hours or so until all those within the range of the RDF begin refreshing sites that liveblog Teh Steve during his keynote at WWDC.    Let’s hope the intartubes can hold up.
Of course, headlining the keynote is expected to be some talk of the iPhone with its release date just [...]

Look for it on my personal blog.

Brewery: Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Brewery Description: Our flagship brand, Miller Lite, is the great tasting, less filling beer that defined the American light beer category in 1975. With a clear, simple message — “We have more taste and half the carbs of Bud Light” — wrapped in an engaging able challenger personality, Miller Lite [...]

Hey all, if anyone is interested head over the the Stikipad page for my game design and see what’s new. I’ve gotten a decent chunk of things done, including deciding to call the game “Gate Seal”. As usual, all helpful comments are welcome.

Well folks, carlreyes.com is now registered and contains my personal piece of webspace. It’s my journal, soapbax, anecdotes, etc.
Anything about me that doesn’t appear here will appear there, as well as rants, raves, and non sequitur. The blog itself will always be Safe For Work (except for the occasional written profanity), but it [...]

We really hammer home the idea that this is Episode 81. Really.
A whole crapload of Apple stuff, followed by stem cell vaginas, and the capture of one of the world’s most notorious and wanted spammers. After a rousing GameGeek Challenge, on Boston in Brief, we discuss the Phantom Gourmet BBQ and the Boston [...]