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Your tears, they are delicious!
Hello, dear readers! It’s been quite a long time since I’ve put anything here, and I have no excuse other than sheer laziness and possible writer’s block. I took a break from Eve Online awhile back to play Star Wars: The Old Republic, but then the tears of highsec pubbies called out to me. I…
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Clickable URLs in PuTTY
PuTTY is a SSH/Telnet client for windows. I’ve been using it on a daily basis for many years now as it’s stable, simple, and does everything I need. A few months ago I decided to hop into a few IRC channels I used to frequent many years back to catch up with old friends. Instead…
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Virtual Machine Showdown – VMWare vs VirtualBox
Let’s face it, not everyone wants to install a second operating system on their hard disk. Dual booting between Linux and Windows is a tremendous pain in the butt. This is why the great computing diety invented Virtual Machines.Virtual Machines are programs that emulate a computer, It allows you to run an operating system inside…
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Why I Use Windows 7 over Linux on my main PC
I’m going to start off my new series of articles about Linux with a post about Windows. Yes, that’s right, Windows. And it’s not going to be an article talking about how terrible Microsoft is, or how Bill Gates is the anti-Christ. It’s an article on why I use Windows as my main operating system.…
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Eve Online’s drama over Incarna, Arrum, and the NeX store.
I really haven’t kept up much on the whole CCP Arrum NeX store, but apparently it’s exploded in the last 24 hours. EveNews24 broke the news with a “leaked” internal newsletter from CCP titled “Greed is Good” where they discuss views on their NeX store (where you buy items for your character with real life…
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SageTV Acquired by Google.
I’m freakin’ The HTPC software I’ve poured thousands of dollars into and built my entire household’s media viewing experience around — SageTV — has just been bought out by Google. The software and hardware media extenders are no longer available for purchase on the SageTV website, and to top it off, you can’t get to…
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Eve Blog Banter 26: The Beauty of Eve
Welcome to the twenty-sixth installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux. The EVE Blog Banter involves an enthusiastic group of gaming bloggers, a common topic within the realm of EVE Online, and a week or so to post articles pertaining to the said topic. The resulting articles can…
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Struggling with Morality
I was chilling out last night, playing some Eve Online (a terrible spaceship game) when the news broke: The President of the United States was to make an announcement about national security. It was 10:35pm. This had to be big news, since it couldn’t wait until morning. I continued to talk to my fellow goons…
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How to continue to have fun as a bitter vet in Eve Online
I used to hate internet people. I abhorred the idea of an MMORPG, as I never wanted to depend on someone else for my gaming enjoyment. my first real MMORPG was Star Wars Galaxies. I played the shit out of that game, even after Sony screwed it up. Twice. What finally made me quit? People.…