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Entries from March 31st, 2009

[Cheat Sheet] Getting Started with LittleSnapper

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Cheat Sheet

Want to get started with LittleSnapper, the app from the MacHeist bundle? Here’s a photo tour, created in LittleSnapper, to help highlight some of the basic functions of the program.

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[Review] LittleSnapper, from the Macheist Bundle

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Review

The MacHeist Bundle is a collection of 9 (and possibly up to 12) apps for Mac OS X, valued at over $900, available for purchase for only $39. During the period of time that the bundle is for sale (available here), I will be posting reviews of the programs in the bundle. Today, I’m looking [...]

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[Review] Introduction to Irrin, A Homebrew Campaign Setting Primer

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · RPG Bloggers Network, Review

When it comes to tabletop games, one of the most important parts of it is the setting – coming up with a world that your adventurers can travel in. But coming up with an entire world is quite a feat; it can take years to fully develop one. That’s where pre-built campaign settings come in. [...]

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[Announcement] Introducing Introduction to Irrin

March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Announcement, RPG Bloggers Network

This week, kicking off Allgeektout’s coverage of tabletop gaming, I will be bringing to you three articles about Introduction to Irrin, a “Homebrew Campaign Setting Primer”. Here is the schedule for this weeks stories:

On Monday, I’ll put up a review of Introduction to Irrin, and tell you if it’s worth the purchase.

On Wednesday, I’ll put [...]

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[Rumor] Virtual Console May Be Coming to DSi

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Rumors and Speculation

In an effort to capatitalize on the fact that they conveniently removed the GBA card slot from DSi, Nintendo is said to have announced that a Virtual Console will be available on the new iteration of the handheld. Currently only sorta-announced for Japan, it will supposedly support games for the original Gameboy and the Gameboy [...]

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[Review] Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac, Third Edition

March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Review

If you’ve been looking at a way to run Windows on your Intel Macintosh computer, then you’ve probably heard about the possible options – Parallels, VMWare, VirtualBox, and Boot Camp. But how are you suppose to pick one of these solutions out? Take Control of Running Windows on a Mac by Joe Kissel hopes to [...]

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[News] Geeks Aren't Humans, Says the New Syfy Channel

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · News

I recently twittered about the Sci-Fi Channel’s decision to change their name to SyFy, wondering why on earth they would do such a thing. Fortunately, they have a completely reasonable reason for changing the name: they don’t want to be associated with geeks.
We’ll get the heritage and the track record of success, and we’ll build [...]

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[News] I've Solved It! Exciting Professor Layton News!

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · News

Remember Professor Layton and the Curious Village, that cool puzzle-solving game for the DS? Remember how at the end, it had a “To Be Continued…” splash screen? Remember how eagerly you’ve been awaited the sequel? Well, guess what!
There is a whole new trilogy coming to Japan, with no news on the US sequel.

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[Rumor] New Version of Mac OS X to Launch in June

March 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Rumors and Speculation

If rumors be true, then Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard, will be launching much sooner than expected – June 8th to be precise.
It also will come with a number of new features (as any new OS should), including

Safari 4 beta as the default browser
New Quicktime Player
A redesigned Finder with “a new Cocoa Desktop, Info [...]

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[Picture] Best Buy Visits Circuit City One Last Time

March 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Pictures and Video

Gizmodo has these pictures of none other than the Geek Squad from Best Buy taking advantage of the great deals at Circuit City.

Apparently they were there in order to purchase some of the shelving units, going for an affordable $75-$225 (depending on size). I wonder, though, if there wasn’t just a tad of Schadenfreude intended [...]

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