Archive for August, 2007

Domain Name Research Tool

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Building a website involves a lot of preliminary work. Before you begin, you need a goal, a strategy for how the website will achieve that goal, and an understanding of the hurtles it will need to jump to get there. Choosing the right domain name is important to each of these steps. Will the site [...]

In Defense of Blogging

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Let’s face it; blogging is a new medium. There are people out there who’ve never even heard the term and many more who don’t understand how it works. Most of the time, the best we bloggers can do is try to educate and wait until blogging achieves a modicum of respect with the general public. [...]

Harry Potter Games

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

If you’re considering renting any Harry Potter games, especially the newly released Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I would like the person nearest you to slap you across the face. Go ahead; ask them to do it. You’ll appreciate it when you come back to your senses. I say this because I [...]

Project Paradox, Now in Five New Flavors

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

I’m a multi-faceted guy. Professionally, I do SEO and web development, but I also have a personal life. In my free time, I like to play RPGs. I also enjoy talking about movies and music that I like. Until now, Project Paradox has featured all of these interests in the same lump. And, even though [...]

Pan’s Labyrinth

Monday, August 6th, 2007

I’m a big fan of fantasy, so I couldn’t help but be intrigued when I saw the trailer for Pan’s Labyrinth. Satyrs and faeries and weird-looking monsters with eyes in their hands? Sounds great! I’m in. Unfortunately, the movie trailers and even the box itself make one glaring omission that would almost certainly turn most [...]

Cubefield

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

As it turns out, downloading Linux for the first time takes awhile, especially when your internet connection keeps crapping out on you. So I’ve been playing a Flash game called Cubefield to pass the time while the progress bar fills up. Basically, you just dodge cubes as they come flying at you. That’s it. It’s [...]