http://tleaves.com Creativity x Technology Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pity the poor PC gamer. There he sits at his computer desk waiting for those AAA titles to come to his "platform of choice" a few months after they ship on the crippled consoles. Then, when the object of his desire is finally made available, the publisher encumbers it with ... http://tleaves.com/2010/03/12/nerdicious-furiosi/ This one is easy. Basically we're going to do this recipe for pork stew except with lamb shoulder instead of pork, a bit of extra potatoes and parsnips, and just a plain set of herbs instead of chili peppers. That's all you really need to know, but here's the rest ... http://tleaves.com/2010/03/10/dinner-in-half-an-hour-lamb-stew/ In my lifetime I have spent my time using three software platforms that actually mattered in the outside world. The first was Berkeley Unix on a Vax in college (yeah yeah, you might not think this matters, but without BSD there is no Linux and more importantly, no Mach and ... http://tleaves.com/2010/03/08/an-emulation-rumination/ While peterb wallows in his extended winter-induced MMO haze, I've been stuck on the console. I have the following four thoughts on my recent experiences. PS3 Slim I caved and bought a slim PS3 a few months earlier than I wanted to. But it's OK because I had a gift card for ... http://tleaves.com/2010/03/05/four-mini-reviews/ As I mentioned in my last post, I have also tried out the now aged and decrepit MMO Lord of The Rings Online (simply "LOTRO", for short). LOTRO is probably the most popular MMO today after World of Warcraft, which is to say that it probably has only three orders of ... http://tleaves.com/2010/03/02/seasonal-affective-mmo-playing-part-deux/ Today a soup that I discovered accidentally. It's influenced by a lot of Chinese and Japanese style soups that I have consumed over the years, but I can't claim that it actually has any real authentic connection to those cuisines. I threw this together one night in a miracle after ... http://tleaves.com/2010/02/17/dinner-in-half-an-hour-mushroom-soup/ Fear not, gentle readers. Although the curséd groundhog has predicted six more weeks of winter, and although the frightful weather seems to bear him out, I can promise you that Spring is just around the corner. How do I know this? Because this was the week that ... http://tleaves.com/2010/02/16/biowary/ Today, a good all purpose side dish that's stupidly easy. This is my lame version of roasted brussels sprouts, in which I have tried and failed to duplicate what they do at Legume. Mine are good, but not quite that good. I'll even do a vegetarian version in addition ... http://tleaves.com/2010/02/12/side-dish-in-20-minutes/ Those of you who are regular readers know that I despise (and, in fact, frequently make fun of) gaming web sites that update a thousand times a day by, more or less, just republishing game company press releases. But today something happened that I think warrants doing essentially that. Telltale ... http://tleaves.com/2010/02/11/mac-gaming-tales-of-monkey-island-released/ I feel I have to come clean about this. The recent incredible snowfall in Pittsburgh is my fault. I present the following facts in evidence. Fact: The last storm like this to hit Pittsburgh happened in 1994. Fact: That year I had rented a condo that had inside parking. I ... http://tleaves.com/2010/02/09/let-it-snow/