I had the misfortune of falling sick today, my one day off this week. So I spent several hours finishing reading “Penny Arcade.”:http://www.penny-arcade.com Yes, all of it, from the first strip (“11 November 1998″:http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1998/11/18) to the most recent “10 February 2006.”:http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/02/10 I’m pleased to say that the strip has gotten better over time (as it [...]
A recent article on the commercial failure of the Xbox in Japan, to which I contributed some comments, has been syndicated from The Christian Science Monitor to USA Today. Read it again, if you like, or “refer to my earlier post”:http://benhourigan.com/archives/2006/01/10/no-clamor-for-xbox-in-japan/ about its first appearance in the Monitor. The article also contains some comments by [...]
Just a few minutes ago, Sasha posted this masterful comment, which made me, university trained geek that I am, laugh harder than I had in weeks. Kudos to you, Sasha. Thanks, too, to the mysterious Jess/Jessica, who made such a good butt for Sasha’s jokes. What are you waiting for? Read the comment!
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Ben Hourigan is an indie novelist, the author of Kiss Me, Genius Boy (2011). He is also the manager of digital operations at a Melbourne design publisher, a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of ebook label hourigan.co.
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WordPress 2.6 and Freshy
In the absence of genuine content updates, the long-overdue announcement that this site no longer uses WordPress 2.5 or K2, but is now on WordPress 2.6 and a new theme. I spent several weeks looking for a new base theme for my WordPress sites, and I finally settled on Freshy. Paired with the aptly named [...]