Author Archives: Dan

Another game to boycott

I loved Assassin’s Creed.  It was entertaining in its own way, the graphics were stunning, and though the storyline was slightly bland it was not boring.  I bought it on sale on Steam early last year. I have been quite excited about the sequel.  It’s supposed to come out on the PC next month (it… Read More »

Global Warming revisited

Last time I wrote about global warming, I said this: I won’t claim the climate isn’t changing.  That much is obvious.  But I have yet to see anyone show that we’re causing it.  What’s more, I have yet to see anyone show that the climate would stop changing if we (magically) completely eliminated pollution tomorrow… Read More »

The iPad

There has been a lot of nerd rage and fanboyism on both sides of the “is the iPad actually interesting” debate.  Of course, that means I’m going to subject you to my opinions on it. So, without further ado… I have always had a love-hate relationship with Apple’s products.  They’re generally shiny and easy-ish to… Read More »

Mobile content fraud – part 2

I just called AT&T about these charges.  He refunded the $10.67 I was charged, and cancelled the subscription. He told me that the charge was added by Verisign – confirming my googled knowledge that Jamster is at least partially owned by Verisign.  So… yet another reason to dislike Verisign. He also added a purchase control… Read More »