September 29, 2015

My Next Phone

I've been looking at phones and waiting for Google to announce their 2015 Nexus line. Primarily, I've been focused on the Moto G, Nexus 5X, and the Xperia 5z.

November 28, 2014

Why I Won't Be Watching Star Wars Episode 7

You may be thinking that, based on the title of this post, I didn't like the teaser trailer to Star Wars Episode 7 that launched this week.  But surprise; that's not the reason why.

June 13, 2014

Most Interesting Games of E3 2014

E3 2014 has just begun, and so far here are the list of announced (newly and previously) games that are currently in my radar. What's on your radar?

June 21, 2013

Predicting the Future Console DRMs

What a crazy month in gaming! Not only has Sony stated that they will retain with their current DRM strategy, but Microsoft's required internet connection DRM is now gone. Both the PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One (XBO) are going to have similar disc DRMs. But how are their digital download DRMs going to play out? Let's look at their current systems and policies and try to predict what their new generation systems are going to do.

June 11, 2013

E3 2013: Conference Impressions

E3 2013 kicked off yesterday with some press conferences from some key publishers: Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Sony. But the important ones were the console manufacturers. Here are my impressions of their conferences. These are just my opinions based on the type of games I prefer.

E3 2013: Day 0 Games

The first day of E3 is always a day of press conferences and announces. This year is special, though. This year is the year when new consoles are announced along with information about them and the games being released for them. So, what games have me psyched?

May 22, 2013

XBox One: Initial Thoughts

Microsoft had their XBox event yesterday afternoon (EST). CNET and many others were doing the same as they did with the Sony event months back: live streaming. So, what has Microsoft brought to the table? Here are my initial impressions.

Switching from JBOD to LVM RAID5

Before getting into the nitty-gritty, I want to make sure we have some understanding of the tools in place. For the sake of argument, we...