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Joystik: A short-film maker by the name of Pes has put together a bloody brilliant stop-motion tribute to several arcade classics including Centipede, Frogger, Asteroids, Space Invaders and Pac-Man.

Cool... and just like I remember them. Check it out.  :)

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After all of my problems with Dell... it looks like they are going to take it back - without a restocking fee. That should save me about $750. It required an exception to their standard 21-day return policy, which appears to have been due to my Dell Hell Hole post.

We'll see how it plays out before I start believing that Dell support hasn't completely failed me. For starters, I'll wait for the refund... and update this blog when I know more.

Post #1 was to my Windows Live Spaces blog. I've moved all of my XBOX/XBLA posts over there.

Me on Windows Live Spaces:

So far I can see:

• Basic WYSIWYG HTML support (much like Google's Writely, or VS2005, or the Expression Designer)
• Spell checking - but not on the fly, in fact it's not even checked prior to publishing unless you turn it on (under Tools|Preferences)
• Multiple blog support
• Multiple Ping server support
• Map Insert support using Windows Live Local (although my house in Woodbridge, VA is unavailable - and it suggests some place in France as a possible alternative - hmm, what are they saying to me?)
• Images are automatically uploaded to Windows Live Spaces. Cool.

My biggest pet peeve so far? It doesn't use an MDI interface... it's only SDI as far as I can tell. So, basically after you publish an entry... you have to either a) close and restart, or b) open up a new windows by clicking on the New or Create a new post... links. That's moronic. So is Geekswithblogs still having that stupid “Specified cast is not valid.” - and yes, it prevents Windows Live Writer from posting as well. Sigh...