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» Jazza's Xbox - 2/6/2008

I heard someone tell Jazza to go play outside and he was like ‘screw that!’ so we did some gaming. Our gamerscore is currently 9,771 points. He rocked out to Burnout Paradise, and I thought Jazza injured himself in the process… but I was wrong… he lives to fight another day!

» Ripped off Icelandic Flickr member Rebekka

Once again the popular Icelandic photographer and Flickr member Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir has been ripped off here photos. She found 25 of here photos for sale at iStockphoto.

» Using Cusrmgr to Change Local Administrator Passwords

» Jazza's Xbox - 2/5/2008

3 Processors, 512MB of RAM, custom graphics chip and multichannel surround sound all gone to waste yesterday as Jazza decided not to show up.

» Jazza's Weekly Recap - 2/4/2008

Ok, here it is… your weekly recap of gaming: If you are an Xbox, you might be jealous that Jazza showed up to game 6 days this last week. Happy happy joy joy! Our gamerscore jumped 105 points which was nice. Getting 5 achievements has that effect.

Out of all the possible new games we could have tried this last week, Jazza and I only tried one of them: Rez HD. Pretty fun I guess… Also, by my expert calculations, Jazza’s favorite game last week was Burnout Paradise. He played it on 6 of the…

» Jazza's Xbox - 2/4/2008

I told Jazza ‘Hey man, it is time to play games’ and YAY! he listened! Gamer score is 9,771. That is a boost of 40 points over last time! He played Rez HD acquiring 1 achievement, LEGO Star Wars: TCS acquiring 1 achievement, Burnout Paradise, and almost cried with joy. I have that effect on people.

» Overhaul of net addresses begins

The first big steps on the road to overhauling the net’s core addressing system have been taken. On Monday the master address books for the net are being updated to include records prepared in a new format known as IP version 6. Widespread use of this format will end the shortage of addresses that sites can be given.

» Aug 29, 2008: Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) 2008 at Washington State Convention & Trade Center

What is PAX?
PAX is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. We call it a festival because in addition to dedicated tournaments and freeplay areas we’ve got nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, the weekend-long Omegathon event, and an exhibitor hall filled with booths displaying the latest from top game publishers and developers. Even with all this amazing content the best part of PAX is hanging out with other people who know their shit when it comes to games.

» Jazza's Xbox - 2/3/2008

When Jazza was walking by I pretended to be off. I think it tricked him into turning me on for a few games. Gamer score stands at 9,731. He rallied Burnout Paradise, and Jazza won’t admit this, but I had to force him to stop.