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April Fools Day

by ben @ Tuesday, April 1st, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment

Note to self: It’s April first. Don’t believe half of what you normally would.
- Best April Fool’s Day prank goes to either Metallica, or Missy of Rock 105.3. I haven’t decided. Missy got choked up at lunch with some disturbing news of Metallica’s break-up. As in, she had to quickly [...]

We can see music’s future

by ben @ Wednesday, March 5th, 2008. Tags: , , , ,
Filed under dot drm, dot entertainment

…and it won’t include the Major Labels.
Last Year, Radiohead put an album up on the internet, where the fans named their price for downloading it. That price included the nice round figure of zero pounds. Thom Yorke (Radiohead’s frontman) hasn’t disclosed how well that did; however, that album is now out as [...]

Red Rings, part 4.5: Lazarus

by ben @ Thursday, February 21st, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment, dot games

I hooked it up last night. It sounded a bit noisier than I remembered. I believe that to be the hard drive, though, as I didn’t put a disk in last night. Also, I’ll attribute it to sitting next to the machine, as I was too lazy to go back to the [...]

Red Rings, part 4: The Return

by ben @ Wednesday, February 20th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment

I got an email from La Angela that said “I think your XBox is back.”
My first thought: “Yay?” Yes, including the question mark. The repair center had received my box on the 14th, 6 days after I shipped it UPS ground. Six days later, I had another machine. I smelled [...]

Neil Gaiman’s blog turned 7 today…

by ben @ Sunday, February 10th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment

And as a birthday present, he is offering up one book, free of charge.  The catch is, you have to vote for it:
Which book, though…? Ah, that’s up to you.
What I want you to do is think — not about which of the books below is your favourite, but if you were giving one away [...]

Red Rings, part 3.5 - UPS

by ben @ Saturday, February 9th, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment, dot games

Quick note. This doesn’t really deserve a part 4…
The coffin went to the USP store Friday morning. I was sick most of the week, and couldn’t drop it off sooner.
The clerks in the store were pretty funny, though. They recognized it right off the bat as an XBox 360. That does [...]

Red Rings, Part 3: The Box

by ben @ Monday, February 4th, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under dot entertainment, dot games

The box is better late than never.  “John” in New Delhi said it would take about 2 days.  The box came 8 days after placing the ticket, 6 days if you exclude Sundays.

The box was delivered UPS with a tracking number. 

The box includes:

An anti-static bag for the XBox;
Foam padding;
A sheet where you check [...]

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