Archive for July, 2008



BostonGeek #117

One ‘cast to rule them all,
One cast to find them.
One cast to bring them all,
and in the darkness… bind them.
Any comments or suggestions?
Email: Colin, Carl, Captain Damage
Skype: bostongeek
Voice: 1.617.418.4113
Production Engineer: Carl “Crazylegs” Reyes
Post-production/Editing: Colin “Rock N’ Roll” Rego
All music composed and recorded by Karl “Captain Damage” Kornfeld.

Brewery: Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: “A beer that would make the English jealous! This true English Pale Ale is rich and fruity, yet finishes crisp. You’ll love the copper amber color and medium body.”
Brew Style: English Pale Ale, 5.50% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English pint
The Ugly Truth: Alright, four beers down and two more to [...]

A new post on Big Remy’s Board Game Reviews, the game board alt blog for BostonGeek.
My first experience with owning Descent: Journeys in the Dark
How’s that site upgrade coming?

Internet Rule #34

Internet Rule #34 states that pornography or sexually related material exists for any conceivable subject. (Source)
This is also known as the Greater Internet Fetish Theory, and was made hilarious by an XKCD comic.
In simplest terms, if you can think of it, the internet has it. Not sure I buy that, but it got me [...]

Hammond of Texas 1942 – 2008

(This may not be new news to some of you. I just found out about it today because my friends were sheltering me.)
Don S. Davis who portrayed General George Hammond on Stargate SG1, died June 29th of a heart attack.
There are many “geeky” titles among his extensive list of film and TV credits, including The X Files, Twin [...]

The Red Dragon Inn

I’ve put up a new game review at Big Remy’s Board Game Blog, a review of the card game The Red Dragon Inn.  Here’s a piece of it, so head on over to read the whole thing.
The Premise: The Red Dragon Inn, published by Slugfest Games, can best be described this way: Imagine you were [...]

Brewery: Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: “A beer lover’s dream! This classic irish stout and amber lager blend is malty, yet pleasantly bitter with many complex flavor notes. Look for a deep brown-black color and full-body”
Brew Style: Black and Tan (in this case, a stout and an amber), 5.40% ABV
Recommended Glassware: English Pint, Tumbler, [...]

One a da Geekiest Excuses I Ever Hoid

We were supposed to get together today to record podcast #117. Supposed to but didn’t. Why? Because one of the -not-me- members of the BostonGeek podcasting team decided he’d rather jump out of an airplane and fight the wildfires in California… no wait, it wasn’t firejumping… it was that other thing… umm… oh yeah, I [...]

As a side project that will hopefully become mainstream once the new site goes online (…Colin…), I’m going to start doing reviews of board games.  I’m doing this for two reasons.
1) I’ve been playing a lot of new board games since joining a gaming group at a local gaming store down here.
2) We actually appear [...]

Another firmware update, another brick?

So, not only were PS3 owners subjected to a firmware update disaster, but early Dash Express adopters who recently downloaded and installed the JUN08 system update might experience constant rebooting after applying the update.  The kicker:  the only way to fix it is to have your device replaced.  Thankfully, the folks at Dash have consistently [...]

Alright, my stimulus check is coming in finally and I’ve been granted $100 to go play with.  For a married guy with 2 kids, this is a gold mine.  However, I’m facing a problem in that I don’t know what to buy.  My options are:
1) Descent: Journey into the Dark and possibly the Road to [...]

Transcript of an IM Conversation between my friend Dave and me. It’s funny. Really.
(2:23:19 PM) Carl Reyes: saw ‘Wanted’… good flick
(2:23:28 PM) Carl Reyes: very loosely based on the comic (which I have yet to read)
(2:25:14 PM) Dave @ GTalk: yeah, apparently the only thing that they brought over was the name
(2:25:27 PM) [...]

BostonGeek #116

America! FUCK YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah!
America, FUCK YEAH!
Freedom is the only way yeah!
Terrorists, your game is through,
cause now you have to answer to
America! FUCK YEAH!
So lick my butt and suck on my balls!
America! FUCK YEAH!
What you going to do when we come for you now!
It’s the dream that [...]

Brewery: The Matt Brewing Company, Utica, NY
Brewery Description: (from site) “A Bavarian black beer with distinctive carmel malt sweetness and rich creamy trademark head. Flavorful, yet smooth; it is very drinkable!”
Brew Style:Schwarzbier, 5.3% ABV
Recommended Glassware: Flute, pilsner glass
The Ugly Truth: Alright, slowly getting back on track with writing reviews.  Saranac Black Forest.  Not an awesome [...]

In (just) two short/long weeks, we will get our first taste of the latest Joss Whedon Joint.  I am not really sure what to make of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog.  But, I will certainly have my computer all gassed up and ready to go on July 15th when the first episode of this mini-mini-web-only-series is [...]

When the people talk, Netflix listens

Well, you sure did make a fuss over Netflix dropping the Profiles feature about two weeks ago.  So much so that Netflix has admitted it was a tad hasty in that decision and has brought the feature back.  From the email that Netflix sent to subscribers yesterday:
“You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. [...]




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