Amazon MP3 Downloader Now Available for Linux (Saturday, March 1, 2008)
Linux users are now first-class customers in Amazon's groundbreaking DRM-free music store
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum for Europa Universalis 3 (Sunday, January 20, 2008)
Mod rescues an epic strategy game by fixing its biggest flaw: its ugly graphics
"Why Would There Be A Penguin in a Wheat Field? EVER?" (Monday, August 27, 2007)
Good question!
MST3K: It's Baaaaaack! Well, Close Enough (Friday, July 6, 2007)
The driver is either missing, or he's dead
War Nerd (Monday, June 4, 2007)
Gonzo defense journalism
Beyond the Red Line (Sunday, April 29, 2007)
A cool 100% free space sim. Enjoy!
New Releases: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn and Thunderbird 2.0 (Thursday, April 19, 2007)
Start your downloaders!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters (Saturday, April 14, 2007)
Thumbs up... sort of
TaxACT (Monday, April 9, 2007)
Tax software that doesn't suck
Have You Checked Out the JWM Linkblog? (Thursday, April 5, 2007)
It occurs to me that it's been a while since I reminded readers about the Just Well Mixed linkblog. The...
Das Leben Des Anderen (The Lives of Others) (Monday, April 2, 2007)
A great movie from Germany
"12 Byzantine Rulers" (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
If you're looking for something to listen to during your commute, and you like history, I highly recommend Lars Brownworth's...
The Radar Report on XMU (Monday, October 30, 2006)
Find new music
Give the Gift of a Truckload of Great Movies (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)
For a low, low price. OK, maybe not. But it's still cool
Books I Love: "A New World" (Sunday, October 8, 2006)
The conquest of America, from a perspective both sweeping and intimate
Books I Love: "Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles" (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)
A look at a unique story of success and failure
The Best of Just Well Mixed (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)
"Best" being a relative term :-)
How To Find New Movies You Will Love (Sunday, May 21, 2006)
Some of you may be wondering why I took the time to write a post beating up on screenwriter Akiva...
Tango Project (Sunday, March 12, 2006)
Snazzy new icons for your Linux desktop
Finally, EU3 (Friday, February 17, 2006)
Yay!
Conspiracy of Fools (Thursday, January 19, 2006)
A Texas morality tale
Thunderbird 1.5 (Thursday, January 12, 2006)
Another step forward for Mozilla's great free e-mail program
Cloud (Friday, December 2, 2005)
A fun free game in the spirit of Katamari Damacy. What's not to like?
"Downfall" (Sunday, September 18, 2005)
I highly recommend this portrayal of Hitler's last days
Prepare To Waste Prodigious Amounts of Time (Sunday, July 31, 2005)
... with this maddeningly addictive web game
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Saturday, April 30, 2005)
A worthy production of a classic book
Darwinia (Sunday, April 24, 2005)
Another great game from the UK's Introversion Software
All the Strategy You Can Handle (Tuesday, February 1, 2005)
For less money than you think
Fafblog (Thursday, January 13, 2005)
I've only recently discovered Fafblog and it has been consistenly cracking me up. For example, see their take on Howard...
The Aviator (Tuesday, December 28, 2004)
Martin Scorsese delivers a terrific life of Howard Hughes
La Tasca (Tuesday, October 19, 2004)
Good tapas, reasonably priced
President Forever Scenarios (Saturday, October 9, 2004)
Our cup runneth over
New PuTTY Version Fixes Major Security Hole (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)
Run, don't walk, and get PuTTY version 0.55
Prime Minister Forever (Sunday, June 20, 2004)
The latest political game from Eighty Dimensional takes political gaming up north
The True Meaning of Life (Wednesday, April 28, 2004)
Return of the snark
Forgotten Hope 0.61 (Sunday, March 7, 2004)
FH just keeps getting better
Paranoia Returns! (Thursday, February 19, 2004)
The Computer says your favorite RPG is back. Trust the Computer!
President Forever: 2004 (Friday, January 30, 2004)
When it comes to the presidency, play to win
Forgotten Hope (Sunday, January 25, 2004)
Making a great game (Battlefield 1942) even better
Steel Panthers: World at War 8.0 (Monday, December 29, 2003)
Our favorite old-school PC wargame just got better
Call of Duty (Monday, December 22, 2003)
A WW2 shooter sets a new mark of excellence
Aqua Teens Hit DVD (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)
The horror!
Filzip (Sunday, November 9, 2003)
... is a great ZIP utility, for free!
Sexie (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)
Cake or death?
The Big List O' Quality Software (Sunday, October 26, 2003)
Some general recommendations for things you should check out
EasyGestures Makes Browsing As Easy As Pie (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)
Yum!
Steal This Game (Monday, September 1, 2003)
A great deal on a great game
Lewis Black Uncut on XM Friday (Thursday, July 10, 2003)
XM Presents... Lewis Black! Sweet!
Desert Combat: Lost Village (Monday, May 26, 2003)
The latest update (version .35) to the outstanding Battlefield 1942 mod "Desert Combat" adds a sweetener that's practically addictive: a...
TypePad Launches (Thursday, May 22, 2003)
SixApart, the folks behind the terrific Movable Type weblog software (the package that runs this site), have just made their...
Don't Believe Everything You Read (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)
I saw The Matrix Reloaded this weekend -- and, despite what you may have heard from some misguided people, it...
Clevercactus Hits Public Beta (Friday, May 16, 2003)
Looks like Diego Doval has finally taken the wraps off the public beta of his Java-based PIM client, clevercactus. It's...
Look Who's Blogging (Friday, May 2, 2003)
Hey, my colleague Ginger Ammon has a blog :-)...
Rock Concert Movement Number Two... Ready, GO. (Sunday, April 20, 2003)
The new album from the Blue Man Group, "The Complex", kicks some MAJOR ass. Consider yourself warned!...
A Good Read (Friday, April 4, 2003)
Interesting stuff: Metaphor and War, Again....
Stumble Upon StumbleUpon (Thursday, March 13, 2003)
Now here's an interesting idea -- StumbleUpon is a "Web site discovery tool" that lets you rate sites you like...
Dynamic Magnetic Poetry Generator (Wednesday, February 19, 2003)
Jeez, Mark Pilgrim is a smart guy... He's come up with a nifty script that can take any site on...
AdAware 6 Released (Friday, February 7, 2003)
The leading program to protect your PC from spyware, adware, and other nasties, AdAware, has just been updated to version...
Wildgrape NewsDesk (Thursday, February 6, 2003)
If you're a Windows user looking for a terrific news aggregator, you can't go wrong with Wildgrape NewsDesk. It's got...
Charango (Friday, January 17, 2003)
Been listening to the newest album from Morcheeba lately. It's called "Charango" and it's fantastic; each track has its own...
"Two Towers" Blows Me Away (Sunday, January 5, 2003)
So I finally got around to seeing The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers today. (I was supposed to...
Share A Memory With the World (Friday, January 3, 2003)
Have you ever been to a concert, or movie, or show, or any other event, and had something happen there...
The Aqua Teens: Fighting for You! (Monday, December 16, 2002)
What could be funnier than the continuing adventures of an extra-large milkshake, a flying sack of French fries, and a...
Keeping An Eye on the Hill (Thursday, December 5, 2002)
Over on her blog, Jen Klyse is working out an interesting idea -- a way to pipe all official information...
"Personal Knowledge Publishing" (Thursday, October 10, 2002)
If you've ever wondered what the Big Deal about blogging is, check out this excellent overview of the subject by...
That Voice! (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)
In the pantheon of Great Voices, before James Earl Jones, before Barry White, before them all was the first Great...
Another Great Idea That Unfortunately Will Never Happen (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)
Man. Oh, MAN! You have no idea how much I want this!!! What a great idea. What a KILLER idea....
Uncertainty and the Bomb (Friday, August 9, 2002)
I've just finished reading Michael Frayn's outstanding play Copenhagen, and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's the story of...
No Mystery about "Enigma" (Sunday, July 14, 2002)
OK, this entry is a little behind schedule -- I've been buried under work the last week, which has kept...
Check Out the Glass Engine (Monday, June 24, 2002)
Check this out -- some developers at IBM have developed The Glass Engine, an interactive browser that lets you go...
Don't Miss These Films (Tuesday, April 2, 2002)
Over the last week or so, I saw two movies that seem destined to become prime examples of the dreaded...
Movable Type 2.0 Released (Monday, March 25, 2002)
If you are looking for an excellent Weblogging tool that is highly customizable and requires minimal maintenance, this should make...
"I, Claudius" on DVD (Saturday, February 23, 2002)
So I'm halfway through the DVD set of the BBC's 1976 miniseries adaptation of "I, Claudius", and boy, is it...
Day of Defeat 2.0 is Here! (Sunday, February 10, 2002)
Do you own a copy of Half-Life? Do you have a fast Internet connection? Are you ready to surrender most...
Bruno Rocks! (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)
Here's a little something to suck up your time: the Bruno Daily Times, one of the most insightful comic strips...
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