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GameRanger Arrives for PC

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Anyone who loves old PC games knows what a pain in the ass it is to play them online. Or even at LAN parties. But my friend Scott Kevill in Australia has a solution. He’s ported the GameRanger player matching service to PC, and it is fabulous. It supports 500 games, including Baldur’s Gate and [...]

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Vintage Computer Festival Down for Maintanance

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

This weekend would normally mark the beginning of the Vintage Computer Festival down in the valley. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you’re Sallem, ther won’t be a VCF this year. Sallem told me he’s basically wanted to quit because it’s too much work for one person. That, compounded by the economy being in the toilet led [...]

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Memories of A Computer Tech Monkey

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I was just reminded now of a story from my past. The story of B&J Computers. I have to change the name of the place, because the fellow in this story is armed. To the teeth. I worked as a PC monkey at two tech shops in my home town. The first fellow was an [...]

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