Get To The Greenways

This year, I’ve been doing a lot of rides with Cycling for Health, a Meetup group based out of Raleigh.  Most of our rides are on the greenways in Wake County.  I wanted to write this post to spread the word ever so slightly and get more people out walking, jogging, and cycling on these…

Baseball Has A Switch Pitcher

I love this.  I wish Pat Venditte the best of luck and hope he has a long and fruitful career (or at least as long and fruitful as a 30-year-old rookie can have), opening the door to more switch pitchers.

The Next Rails

You've heard of Ruby on Rails.  Now meet COBOL On Wheelchair.  It's Rapid Application Development at its finest.

Postwar Presidents, ranked

Inspired by the Quinnipiac Poll which found Barack Obama to be the worst president since World War II, I decided to make my own list ranking the Presidents of 'Murica since the war. I count peak, in Presidents, more heavily than career length, with one exception. Honorable mention: Gerald Ford. I can't really fault him as…

Theory of gaming: Twilight Struggle

When I originally set this up, I had this vision of taking you (virtually) through my games closet, introducing you to the various and sundry games within. It would culminate with Twilight Struggle. Then, I realized a virtual tour of a games closet is very difficult when you don't have the actual games closet. I…

Gaming news, featuring Qvadriga

A few days ago, I went on a mini-gaming binge. I picked up Hitman: Contracts for $6.99 (a friend bought me the "Hitman collection" as a gift a few months back, which included the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th games, but not the 3rd. Apparently, a music licensing issue?), the Testament of Sherlock Holmes for…

X-Wing Alliance On Modern Hardware

Since I started watching Clone Wars, I've felt the urge to go back and play one of the greatest space simulator lines ever:  the X-Wing series.  Folks growing up in the 1990s have fond memories of X-Wing and TIE Fighter as excellent single-player games (TIE Fighter tends to rank high in the hearts of gaming…

Thoughts on Wrestlemania

As a reminder, I haven't seen the show, just read recaps. Here are my back of the envelope thoughts: -- With one massive exception, the right person won in every match. I'm happy about that. They didn't go with my predicted Fatal Four Way, but I'm okay with that. Predictions I was right about: Cena,…

Like I could somehow not include this link on the blog

The burning question America has always asked: who would win, Mr. Burns' team, or Mr. Smithers' team?

Theory of gaming: Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage

Publisher: Valley Games, later Avalon Hill Type of game: War game Number of players: 2 Learning curve: Medium+ Estimated time to play (first time/subsequent times): 4 hours/3 hours Estimated setup time: 45 minutes   I've said this before, but the best way to kill a great game, be it board, computer, or video, is to…