July 2008
49 posts
Jul 31st
The E3 Trailer Park →
Yahtzee gives a rundown on the biggest titles and announcements from E3 2008.
Jul 30th
Jul 29th
Is Cuil up to the challenge of competing with... →
“Cuil’s search index spans 120 billion Web pages… Cuil’s technology drills into the actual content of a page… Cuil is hoping to attract traffic by promising not to retain information about its users’ search histories or surfing patterns - something that Google does, much to the consternation of privacy watchdogs.” It seems Google’s search could be...
Jul 28th
Jul 28th
Rescue Your Old VHS Tapes: The USB VCR →
Jul 27th
WatchWatch
David Pogue: When it comes to tech, simplicity sells
Jul 27th
Jul 26th
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245 Words per minute… is that even possible?
Jul 24th
Jul 24th
Age of Conan →
This week, Yahtzee dons the loincloth and fuzzy, horned hat to review Age of Conan.
Jul 23rd
Is there a such thing as a perfect cookie? →
Or does every cookie crumble? Check out the recipe for chocolate cookies and let you be the decider.
Jul 23rd
Jul 22nd
Digital Copyright Problem? →
This Tool may help; I need to know whether it’s legal or not what I write sometimes. Thanks to Lifehacker for bringing this up.
Jul 21st
Can you save the earth? →
Someone needs to find a way to build a machine that will collect the CO2 in our atmosphere… and there’s a prize for the person who does so. But why approach it this way instead of entrusting our government to do so? (For obvious reasons, I suppose)
Jul 20th
'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4M →
I saw this movie on opening night, and it was spectacular. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definately worth paying that high priced movie ticket for, especially for IMAX. But you don’t have to take my word; look at the amount of people who have already seen this movie.
Jul 19th
Jul 19th
Big Guys are Asking the Little Guys
Jul 19th
Proposed George W. Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot  →
SAN FRANCISCO - A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush’s years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot…. …Local Republicans say the plan stinks and they will oppose it.
Jul 18th
Mandela celebrates 90th birthday  →
Jul 18th
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Picken’s Plan for Wind Power
Jul 17th
Alone in the Dark →
Yahtzee reviews Alone in the Dark while surprisingly neither alone nor in the dark.
Jul 16th
Jul 16th
Jul 16th
Jul 15th
103 notes
Jul 14th
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iPhone 3G - Tutorial on Costs
Jul 13th
Government shuts down mortgage lender IndyMac →
“IndyMac Bank’s assets were seized by federal regulators on Friday after the mortgage lender succumbed to the pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures. The bank is the largest regulated thrift to fail and the second largest financial institution to close in U.S. history, regulators said.” — From The Associated Press
Jul 12th
Jul 12th
“Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.”
– President George W. Bush leaving the G8 Summit.
Jul 11th
Jul 11th
LEGO Indy →
This week, Yahtzee plays with LEGOs and re-lives childhood horrors about Indiana Jones.
Jul 9th
Shutting Down This Blog →
Not this blog. A different one.
Jul 9th
Jul 9th
G8 summit again... →
Pricey oil, the food crisis and the credit crunch: the new challenges either have their roots beyond the G8, or have quickly raced across borders.
Jul 9th
Not here to make friends?! →
Jul 8th
Tomato - Salmonella Scare Over →
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Jul 8th
Jul 7th
'WALL*E' may be long on trash and short on... →
I went to see Wall-E this weekend, and I agree with most critics, for once. I recommend everyone should see it, just because it’s for all audiences, not just for kids or tots.
Jul 6th
Jul 4th
Jul 4th
Water Bottle Phenomena →
Jul 3rd
Jul 3rd
Fourth of July Mania →
Jul 2nd
Jul 2nd
54 notes
Jul 2nd
Webcomics →
This week, Yahtzee takea apart the making of a successful gaming webcomic, or: how to make millions of gamers happy with the minimum amount of effort.
Jul 2nd
Jul 2nd
Introducing the Family Boy! →
“It cost me $10 at Goodwill, and while I pride myself in avoiding the lies of advertising, I was admittedly suckered in by the packaging: “Take you back to FC / NES wonderful TV games dream world.” How could I resist wonderful TV games dream world? The Family Boy has so many features, as this word-for-word transcription of the box text explains: Built-in Games Ergonomic and...
Jul 2nd