Adam Pash over at Lifehacker just shared an amazing amount of things you can do with your webcam which range from useful to entertaining and just amusing. My favorite has to be software which lets you unlock your computer using only your face! The software doesn’t work for Vista right now but I may have [...]
Unlock your laptop with a webcam and more fun apps!
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Tech
Xbox Live Hits 10 Million 6 mo. Ahead of Schedule
January 6th, 2008 · No Comments
image via Major Nelson’s Flickr stream
Robbie Bach just announced that the Xbox Live service hit over 10 Million users connected! He noted that this was 6 months ahead of the scheduled time! I wonder if this success had/has anything to do with the continuing Xbox Live service issues. Thankfully all Gold members will be getting [...]
Tags: Games
Christmas Killed Xbox Live
December 29th, 2007 · No Comments
I figure in 3 weeks Microsoft will announce a press release extolling the number of 360s sold over the holidays and the number of new Xbox Live members who signed up within the last week of December. Right now however I am disappointed that it takes 15 minutes for my home page on the [...]
Tags: Games
Featured in Electronic Gaming Monthly
April 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment
The Halo 2 Profanity Study that I completed in January of 2006 was published in the May issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly on Page 24.
Check out a scan:
More on the Halo 2 Profanity Study
If you need anyone to rant about violence in videogames being the scapegoat for violence in society contact me smithj AT gmail.com
Hilarious Comic RE: Profanity Study
February 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment
While checking out some incoming links from my Halo 2 Profanty Study I found Dimitri Tcaciuc’s weblog and comic drawings.
He has a great comic up for which the study was an inspiration.
GO check it out here
Hold up Profanity Update
February 10th, 2006 · 13 Comments
Reading through various linking sites regarding my Halo 2 Profanity Study, coming in from Fark.com, joystiq.com amongst others, it seems many people think I am uptight or want the government to crack down on the gaming industry.
You couldn’t be more wrong
If you re read the article please notice I do not want the government to [...]
Frequency of Profanity in Halo 2
February 8th, 2006 · 218 Comments
Thanks for visiting, please realize that I’m not writing this to advocate censoring or that I’m surprised by swearing or don’t like it, I was just curious to see what the frequency was.
When you logon to Xbox live more often then not you will be greeted by a 14 year old that learned a new [...]
