http://www.extrasonic.com :: a dozen categories of geeky goodness :: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:52:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We’re here… For a lot of reasons we got distracted from the blog thing for a bit. Posts will still be sparse for a while but we’re working on a massive overhaul of the site, both in terms of “look and feel” as well as content. We’re excited about the new ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/10/24/alive-ish/ Either my interest level in the web as a source of interesting recreational reading and interactivity has dropped dramatically, or the web has become a somewhat more boring place. (Sorry for the lack of posts over the past 3 weeks.) Gaming still provides some news worth posting about, though (if ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/05/17/is-it-just-me/ The official Batman Begins trailer. http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/04/28/because-i-have-to/ Despite getting to my “daily reads” more or less daily, there hasn’t been a lot to post about recently. However, the Brothers in Arms demo should be worth a peek for those of you who don’t have the full version. http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/04/27/brothers-in-arms-demo/ Between the unseasonably pleasant weather here in the Chicago suburbs (70-ish° F) and, of course, World of Warcraft, my desire to try out new games is at a pretty low point. However, I’ll provide links to a couple of demos which popped up while we were gone in ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/04/05/613/ Well, Desiree and I are back from a well-deserved break… our first “real” vacation since our honeymoon. Almost all of our travel between then and our recent trip has been either for work or to visit relatives. As much as we love our families, travelling to see them ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/04/05/a-long-hiatus/ The Japanese retail bank Sumitomo Mitsui has disclosed that it has succesfully thwarted an attempt to steal US$424m through an unidentified “hacking” method that somehow involved the use of keystroke loggers on computers at its European sites. (No specific information has been disclosed due to the ongoing investigation.) There are ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/03/18/airing-your-dirty-laundry/ Come on, cryptoarchaeology is fun! The tomb of St. Paul has been unearthed (possibly), and it’s right where everyone thought it would be. Australian researchers, however, found a hidden tomb by accident, discovering the best 26th Dynasty find to date off of the main chamber of another well-known ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/03/04/snakes-why-did-it-have-to-be-snakes/ Alright party people… here are some demos to check out this weekend: The Empire Earth 2 single player-demo should be fun if you like RTS games - the original EE was a great game and the computer opponent difficulty went up to 11 (if you know what I mean). Speaking of single-player ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/03/04/friday-grab-bag/ If you use Firefox as your web browser - and you should - or you’d like to, then head on over to the official site and download Firefox v1.0.1, which adds some additional anti-phishing security. If you’re a current Firefox user, then you can install v1.0.1 right on top ... http://www.extrasonic.com/archives/2005/02/25/firefox-101/