Archive for January, 2006

Triple Booting OS’s

January 27, 2006

I see there’s now a $6000 bounty for the first person to run Windows XP on an Intel Mac. Once the bugs are worked out, you’ll be able to triple-boot an Intel Mac (or a PC) with Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Linux. How cool will that be? Cool, but not THE coolest, at [...]

Giant Blimps On Their Way Back – Again

January 24, 2006

Every year there seems to be a news story about how ‘the blimp is coming back’. Well, this is that story for 2006. The Impact Lab blog says the Pentagon (which always seems to be the source of these stories) will be putting out a contract for a new cargo and troop moving airship. Two [...]

The Game of the Century

January 5, 2006

I’m a football fan, but not a football fanatic. I watch most of the University of Iowa games on TV, and tune into the occasional Bears (yea!) or Packers (boo!) game when I can. If my alma mater, Iowa State, makes it to a bowl game, I’ll probably watch. It’s rare for me to watch [...]

Make Your Own Games

January 2, 2006

Over at Board Game Central, they’ve got a page of links to companies that have kits which let you make your own games. Shown at left is the Make-A-Game set, which sells for $15.95 and includes a blank quad-fold board, 2 dice, 16 tokens, play money, 24 blank cards, and instructions. If you don’t need [...]