It was bound to happen before very long, I suppose. I found a supremely addictive space trading game for my Palm. If you want to lose several hours of your life and you own a Palm Pilot, check out Space Trader.
Think “Trade Wars” for the Palm OS, just without the multi-player aspect and without having to wait a whole day to get another few turns.
Once again A List Apart provides well-written material cogent to the online writer. Dennis A. Mahoney’s “Write A Better Weblog” article should be required reading for anyone who thinks that the fine art of blogging can be reduced to some software and a hosting account.
I’m reading it right now, in fact. I’m probably going to read it again every day or so until the concept is burned into my brain that it’s all about the writing, stupid! Or perhaps, it’s about not writing stupid. Something like that.
Via the LaDonnaBlog I stumbled across a fun comic strip that I’ll probably read thoroughly in one sitting and rarely visit again. That, or I’ll have the website email me the strip daily. Yeah. Good idea.
And to work in the birthday angle, check out the edition of Helen, Sweetheart Of The Internet for my birthday. There’s even an anime angle, baby! Does it get any better?
Verily I say unto you, it does not.
From the blog not known as Machete but instead called Something New Every Day, I have both the link to that absurd kitten-masturbation photo and now a really weird follow-up image.
If you understand what’s going on here, you’re a smarter person than I am. Maybe. Or maybe you’re just weird. Or both.
For all the effort game makers expend to create new and interesting game concepts, it’s often the simple and time-honored forms that make for the most enjoyable gaming experiences.
It is this concept that makes Progress Quest such an outstandingly fun game. I can’t really describe it adequately. At least, I can’t do so without detracting from most of the fun of playing PQ. I recommend that you visit the website, read the documentation provided, and then download and play the game.
Satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back.
(Props to meshuga of #KNRK for introducing me to PQ!)
GreyDuck’s PQ Ranking
Falling firmly into the category labelled “More Useless Things To Do With My Site,” I’ve made a link to my chat channel on the Entercom Portland IRC server. Maybe I won’t use it much, but it’s there in case I ever want to.
If you follow the #Grey Javachat link, you’ll be taken to a Java-based web chat page. If you’re not into Java, or would rather use a real IRC client, here’s the info you need:
server: mihoshi.kgon.com
port: 6667
channel: #Grey
Or you can just use the #Grey IRC link, as that will launch ChatZilla or mIRC or whatever IRC client you have on your PC, assuming you have one and your browser supports doing so.
Have fun. Don’t trash the place. Let me know if you actually use the thing.
#Grey Javachat
#Grey IRC
