Archive for October, 2006

21
Oct

World of Warcraft - Burning Crusade Expansion - Collector’s Edition

By justisengard 0 Comments
Categories: Gaming

wow-bc_logo.gifIf you currently play WoW (World of Warcraft), then you probably already know that the expansion set release date has been announced. November 28th, 2006. There is a Collector’s Edition on sale for a limited time. I just pre-ordered mine from EBGames last night. The Collector’s edition will include the following extras:

  • Behind the Scenes DVD (games are starting adopt some of the same features as movies now.)
  • The Art of WoW: The Burning Crusade (Hardcover Art Book) - a must for any gamer’s coffee table. Well that is games out of college with coffee tables. ;-)
  • 2 WoW Trading Card Starter Packs (Yep, they have gotten in the card game thingy too now.)
  • Map of Outland Mouse Pad (Outland is the new expansion continent.)
  • WoW: The Burning Crusade Soundtrack CD
  • …and the most important thing of all — Exclusice In Game Pet Netherwelp (Sweet!)

WoW was release back right before Thanksgiving 2004. The expansion is being release the week afterwards. Looks like WoW is potentially becoming a Thanksgiving tradition for me. For more info on the expansion, checkout the details here (WoW: The Burning Crusade.)

19
Oct

Must Read for married men

By justisengard 0 Comments
Categories: Humor

I just saw this on digg.com. That little Yahoo Widget for digg stories is starting to come in very handy. It is one of the must reads, especially if you are married or living with your female significiant other. Sexual urges of men and women Let me know if any of you actually do this. ;-)

18
Oct

How many people in the US have my name?

By justisengard 0 Comments
Categories: Misc
HowManyOfMe.com
Logo There are:
213
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?
Out of 300 million…that makes me fairly unique.
16
Oct

World of Warcraft (WoW Dominates all MMO Gaming

By justisengard 0 Comments
Categories: Gaming

I saw a post on Slashdot stating: “WoW - the Game That Seized the Globe“. World of Warcraft LogoFor those that do not game online and have been living under a rock, WoW (World of Warcraft), release in November 2004, has almost 7 million subscribers. That is almost 7 million people paying approimately $15/month. Now that is a damn profitable business. The ariticle references a New York Time article as well. I did not read it due to the NY Times website requiring me to give them an email address and sign up. Not that I am morally opposed it this, I am just lazy. ;-)
Jinx Warcrack TShirtWhat I did find interesting is that the article stated that MMOs are huge in Asia and that most Asian players are paying by the hour. WoW is typically played hours on end, typically four being a minimum. In the comments below the post, some posted a link to a graphic showing just how WoW has dominated all other MMOs. (MMO Active Subscriptions) Linage is a distant, and I mean distant second. WoW having around 6.5 million and Lineage peaking at 2.5 million back in January. 4million is a bit of a difference. As you will discover as this blog develops, I am a huge fan of WoW, having played since it was released. I will agree it is rather addictive. However, I do not miss any meals due to it and I have a life - but I do have a t-shirt that reads - “Warcrack - my anti-job”. ;-) If you want one, check out Jinx.com.

15
Oct

The Blog

By justisengard 0 Comments
Categories: Blogging

As some of you know, I have gone back and forth for some time now, over a year with where and how to develop my blog. The choices range from Blogger logo Blogger, LiveJournal Logo Livejournal, WordPress.com LogoWordPress.com, and Vox LogoVox (a new comer from Typepad - the folks that have not screwed up LJ, yet.). These were the choices for the simply just have it done and move on part of me. The part of me that repeatedly says, “printing should just work”, although after 20+ years, how surprisingly it does not. Because there is this other side, the geek side that will tinker with three seemingly cool plugin for half a day, only to discover that two never work from the start, and the third, once installed and working, is not as cool as it sounded over a day ago when you first saw it. Yeah, it is a problem…I am working on it. ;-) However, that is just it, I love doing that. I love tinkering with WordPress and all the option, plugin, etc. …and what was my last post about….

WordPress Logo

So that being said, going with the WordPress from scratch solution, with all it various options glory and frustrations. Which means if you are browsing this site over the course of a week or maybe even a day, or if it is late a night, maybe even a hour, you just might see the theme change, new features appear and others disappear only to reappear minutes ot days later. That is just me, tinkering.

14
Oct

Starting anew…

By justisengard 0 Comments
Categories: Blogging and Life

Some times you just have to start over from the beginning and come at things from a completely different perspective. I have been away from my blog as well as reading others for several months now. For many reasons, some seemingly justified and others not so much, I simply did not find the time. Just one of those things that you mean to do, you actually want to do, but somehow, the time never really materializes. It is funny that the older you get, time seems to become shorter and short. An hour use to be a long time…

Well, about a month ago, my perspective on some of this changed while I was up in Canada. Up there for a good friend of mine’s wedding. A little over a year ago, he and his girlfriend decided that they wanted to take six months off, and travel literally around the world. It was important to them and they made it happen. They traveled the world and had experiences that will stay with them a life time. Now you ask, how can you take six months off from work - well depending on the company, it is referred to as a leave of absence. If you work in the US, it pretty much means you roll the dice on if you have a job when you come back. Whose life it is though? What is important to you? Too many times, in fact most everyone I know, lets others dictate the priorities in their lives. Not so for my friend. He returned, and the company he worked for said, sorry. Oh well, looks like I will have to find another job…and he did.

It seems over-simplistic, but there was living proof of how to take control of your life and do the things you wanted to. Set your mind to it and make it happen, and deal with things as they come. It was just that simple. Rather than fear the unknown, take control. Rather than let others, work, etc. control the direction and priorities in your life, take them back. You only get one life and it is infinite. Live it while you have the time…”seize the day”.

Soo, as a result, acting upon one of the little things I have enjoyed in the past, I have started this blog. It is not something I have to do, it is not something I need to find time to do; it is something I enjoy and will do. ;-)