Monthly Archives: June 2007

Let the Halo 3 Build-Up Begin.

Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 – 11:50

Geeks who were around for the launch of Halo 2 and were paying close attention to the Internet around that time will have fond memories of ilovebees.com, which was far ahead of its time and a pioneering attempt at alternate reality gaming. Several groups have since tried to start up ARGs, only to have them [...]

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Make Sure You Play Along, Or You’re Not an Official Geek.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 – 08:32

John Siracusa’s annual WWDC bingo card for the year has been posted, and I’ve already got mine printed and ready to go while I keep up with the live feed at work on Monday.
In case you’re unfamiliar, this has become a tradition in the last few years with the Mac faithful. We dream about the [...]

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The Only Thing More Unnerving Is That No One Seems to Care About It Anymore.

Sunday, 10 June, 2007 – 06:51

In case you missed it, STS-117 launched launched successfully on Friday and appears to be going quite well. I’m quite upset at myself for not paying more attention to it and forgetting that it was going up this month, and more upset that I never saw anything about it on the news or anywhere else.
It’s [...]

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Because I’m Flattered That a Coworker Dedicated a Setting to Me.

Tuesday, 5 June, 2007 – 11:50

We hail Thee as our Savior, Lord,
Our refuge and our great reward;
Without Thy grace we waste away
Like flow’rs that wither and decay.
How oddly appropriate given that Hannah was recently baptized, and I think also that I needed to hear these words recently for some reason.
Thank you, Henry.

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