Features
Features on things wordy, geeky, and webby-
Four Tips to Quickly Apply KISS in Writing
October 3rd, 2007 |I have added a new word to my vocabulary. Logorrhea. We’ve all been touched by it. What is it? The Word Spy defines it, “excessive verbosity and long-windedness. Also know as verbal diarrhea.” Basically, you’ll find plenty of examples of logorrhea in online blogs and content. Do you read every online or email content word for [...]
-
Miss Management PC Game Review
October 2nd, 2007 |The name of the game can mean different things. One, you’re “Miss Manager” of the office formally known as Denise. Two, the office is full of mismanagement — not much of it is Denise’s fault. Miss Management is a hit not a miss as it doesn’t resemble your typical task management / diner style game [...]
-
Paradise Pet Salon PC Game Review
October 1st, 2007 |Don’t expect Paradise Pet Salon [download] to feel like a day at the spa as you’re doing all the work while Whiskers and Spot relax and enjoy the ride. The greedy Pet Corp. fires you for making the animals healthy, which is bad for business. You find a little rundown place and set up your [...]
-
Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse Review
September 26th, 2007 |I bought my first portable mouse when it was on sale for very cheap. At first, I thought it was a bad investment because I didn’t use it for a long time. However, I started using my laptop for all work for a specific client and needed to use a regular mouse instead of the [...]
-
Astraware Solitaire PDA Game Review
September 25th, 2007 |With so many solitaire games out there for computers and handhelds, you’d think, “Enough already!” Astraware didn’t let the thought of a crowded market stop them and it was a winning move as Astraware Solitaire hit a Blackjack. The company earned my respect years ago and continued to keep it with its releasing high quality games [...]
-
Cake Mania 2 PC Game Review
September 24th, 2007 |Jill Evans returns! Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since we’ve met Jill (no relation) in Cake Mania and helped her bakery. She comes back to help her friends who have problems with their bakeries. The game introduces a “choose your own adventure” style feature where you decide which friend of Jill’s to [...]
-
Lottso! Deluxe PC Game Review
September 21st, 2007 |Lottso! Deluxe rolls together bingo, lottery scratch cards, luck and competition. Because of its originality and combination of several games in one, I am rooting for this one to be a hit. Unfortunately, it fails to live up to expectations. I didn’t want to play the game anymore within an hour, but kept playing in [...]
-
The Hamster Revolution Book Review
September 19th, 2007 |Taking cue from The One Minute Manager, Zapp!, Fish! and Who Moved My Cheese?, The Hamster Revolution uses a parable to show how to better manage and organize e-mail and information. The hamster represents people endlessly running on the wheel of e-mail. Right away, I start using concepts from the 90-minute book. Considering I’m an [...]
-
Mystery P.I.: The Lottery Ticket PC Game Review
September 14th, 2007 |In Mystery P.I.: The Lottery Ticket, players aren’t the lucky lottery winner. In fact, the lottery winner runs into a little bad luck. Grandma Rose, owner of the winning lottery ticket, lost her ticket. I put on my P.I. fedora and take the case to help find the missing ticket. As an incentive, Grandma will pay [...]
-
Venice Mystery PC Game Review
September 10th, 2007 |Venice Mystery starts slow, but gains momentum the first time you explore the world beyond the solitaire mah jong game. Playing solitaire with power ups quickly bores, but that changes when maps, paintings, clocks and a mystery enter the picture. The game opens with a little information about the mystery that comes together a few [...]
Newsletter
Search and archives
-
Popular site tags
-
Categories
Other stops
Recommended
Sponsors
All Content © Copyright 2008 Meryl.net. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Privacy Policy | Thanks to Blue Flavor | Valid XHTML and CSS
