The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ website dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. November 17th: 50% off on All-Time MahJongg Tue. November 18th: 50% off on Loco Mogul Wed. November 19th: 50% off on Droid Assault Thu. November 20th: 50% off on Iceblast Fri. November 21st: 60% off on The Lost [...]
Hocus Focus: Expert advice on dealing with coworkers and managers with short attention spans. The Beginner’s Guide to Finding a Job with Twitter [Link: Ritu] Figure in today’s economy — job seekers need all the help they can get. The Top 5 Mistakes Internet Marketers [...]
This quirky problem has happened often enough that it warrants a post of its own. The problem doesn’t happen on my desktop running Microsoft Windows XP with Office 2003. It occurs only on the laptop running Microsoft Vista with Office 2007. I can’t tell you if it’s a Vista problem, an Office problem, or both. If [...]
Ever receive a link to a business web site where you can’t figure out what the company does? The home page sounds like something from the company’s fancy and non-sensical mission statement. Unfortunately, many companies rely on content from their business plan and other internal documents. I had a brief client who did this. The filler [...]
The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ website dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. November 10th: 65% off on Mini Chess Tue. November 11th: 50% off on Caveman Craig: Special Edition Wed. November 12th: 60% off on The Ferryman Thu. November 13th: 60% off on Morning’s Wrath Fri. November 14th: 50% off [...]
The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form Thank goodness, the election ended with no run-offs (at least not for my area). But a good lesson to be learned with political signs looking like bad PowerPoint slides. Just like writing for the web differs from other resources, signs have [...]
I believe I’m a resourceful person. I try to find answers on my own through support pages, FAQ, research, search engines, and other resources. But we can’t find everything we need. We may need to contact people who have the information or the knowledge stored in their brain cells or on the computer’s hard drive. A Story… [...]
Mushroom Age sounds like a quirky name for a game, doesn’t it? What images does it conjure for you? None of the thoughts I had about the game based on its title and logo accurately represent the hidden object game’s story. About the only thing you might figure out from the title it’s an eccentric [...]
The following games will be discounted next week on Game du Jour, the ‘one-deal-a-day’ website dedicated to indie and casual games: Mon. November 3rd: 75% off on Akkadia Tue. November 4th: 50% off on Crazy Minesweeper Wed. November 5th: 50% off on Puzzle Hero Thu. November 6th: 75% off on The Great International Word Search! Fri. November 7th: 60% off [...]
I enjoyed reading Great Writing from a Small Child. When I read the post, my 5-year-old had written a poem. The requirements were the poem had to be about you and the end of every line must rhyme with dog. Can you believe not many words qualify? His poem: I have a dog. I like to sing [...]

