April 2007 Entries

Tech support stories - lefties vs righties

Now this did happen a few years ago but for some reason today it popped back into my mind. I was having connection problems with my broadband connection. Nothing was working so I called the ISP to see if there was an issue on their end. They walk me through their usual routine, "is the router plugged in, .... are the lights flashing, .... is the router connected to the computer, .... etc" And I know they are just making sure everything is hooked up correctly and this is what I do when I'm on the...

Watching what games our kids play ....

Scott Johnson over at the ExtraLife web site linked to this article in Wired, You Grew Up Playing Shoot'em-Up Games. Why Can't Your Kids? I'm a dad of two young boys now, ages 4.5 years and 19 months. I know I've been pretty cautious about letting them watch me play any games on my XBox 360 or on my PC. I normally play once they go to bed because I really don't want them to see me playing Gears of War, Lost Planet, or GRAW. And the one time that my oldest woke up he snuck downstairs and found me...