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PC, Mac, Linux Sometimes I play a game that’s so good, and so interestingly good, that I get too afraid to write about it. I’ve spent at least twenty hours playing Emuurom, and I suspect it could be a lot more, but have been putting off...
Eight years back in Canada, and most of the reverse culture shock has faded. So have the memories — or at least the complicated ones. What remains is mostly romanticized: fruit stands on every corner, the food, more food, the general...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Beetle Bailey,...
I recently ran the 20k of Brussels, one of Belgium’s most iconic and popular running events. This year, more than 40k runners lined up at the start. The fact that it has become so popular also has its issues. There aren't enough spots...
Ben Nadel showcases the developer UI widget that he builds into his ColdFusion applications for application insights and quick links to mail and logs....
One of the signs of wisdom is when someone judges another’s actions with the same harshness or lightness with which they judge their own. The imbalance here is more common. We either judge others too harshly, or judging ourselves too...
Spree, Larry Hughes, and lots more!
I sat down at the table, coffee prepared, iPad open, white page waiting. I'd already written in my diary — which is like a warm-up before a marathon — and I was ready. But nothing came. Or more likely I didn't want anything to come, so I...
There is very little in Fredericton, New Brunswick to remind people that trains once roamed through the city. Despite both the CPR and the CNR serving the city until the mid 1990s, not much remains. The York Street train station, sure....
Buildings and reputations can change over time. The oldest building in Westchester County, New York, (immediately north of the city, abutting the Bronx) is Philipse Manor Hall in the city of Yonkers. The original house was constructed in...