I grew up near one of the Great Lakes in the northeastern U.S. and learned to swim at a very early age. I took lessons at a neighbor's pool, though. My wife grew up in a harbor town right on the lake where all the kids actually took boating lessons as well! This is an interesting topic; I've never t...

Congratulations! My wife and I just had our first child five weeks ago, and it's been an adjustment, and a challenge, but it's also wonderful. Sleep- We're very lucky: my wife took a generous maternity leave, and I'm self-employed, so neither of us has ever had to get up early for work. What this me...

I'd like to speak up for the much-maligned PSP Go, if I may As someone who has no ethical problem with running backups of games I actually own , the PSP Go is awesome. Though it hasn't always been the case, as of about a year ago it's become super-easy to install custom firmware on a Go, meaning you...

Hands down this is the one to get m It's fantastic. And for like an extra 10-15 bucks you can get a pop filter. Add in something like garage band for audio filters and you are off an running. I'll second this. Love my Blue Snowball. I usually use it to record spec (test) spots, but many of those tu...

I received a Nook (B&W) for Christmas this year, and after a week of frustration (clunky interface, stupid file type limitations), I returned it to the store and used the money to buy a Kindle. You wouldn't think there'd be much of a difference between screens that are only black and white, but,...

As a theatre major in college, they started our formal acting training with Shakespeare. It seemed intimidating at the time because the language is archaic and difficult to parse, but once you nail down exactly what it is you're saying, it's quite simple. Characters in Shakespeare are pretty much em...

I had heard that Speed Racer: The Movie was pretty good, so I picked it up cheap at Target and really enjoyed it. It's a bit on the easy side, but unlike most DS racers, it actually controls well, and has a fast framerate. It's been described in reviews as the closest thing to F-Zero you can get on ...

My original GBA flash cart, an EZ Flash II, totally changed the way I played portable games. Having all my favorite games on me at all times, like an iPod for games, was a revelation. Now I rock a DSTT partnered with an EZ Flash 3-in-1 in my DS Lite. The DSTT lets me take advantage of more powerful ...

noiseredux wrote:DS is no solution mang -- no GB or GBC support!!

Ha, I almost forgot who I was talking to here! Love your blog, btw, and good luck finding an Afterburner.

Yeah man, not to try to talk you out of it, but, well... as great as it was at the time, the screen quality of my Afterburned GBA is vastly inferior to the systems that replaced it. I understand if you prefer the form factor of the original GBA to the SP, though. I prefer mushy buttons myself, and f...