Jason Ellis
RandomStringOfWords.com
a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.
Most Recent Blog Posts
Mercedes-Benz CLK350
So I have been in a the market for a new car for a while now. I haven't really pushed for it with my wife...
jQuery and Browser based games
I have been playing with the jQuery animate functionality a bit today and it occurred to me that jQuery would likely be the perfect library...
jQuery Lightbox
I have been playing with the javascript library jQuery for a couple days now.. My intent is to learn the ins and out's of it...
Game Review: Empire: Total War
So I have long been a fan of the Total War franchise created by Creative Assembly.. Their games have always been pretty fun -- but...
Software Review: Windows 7 Beta
I'm generally slow to change operating systems.. When it comes to making one of those sweeping changes, traditionally I was the equivalent of an old...
Game Review: Dawn of War 2
I love Warhammer. I have played Warhammer table top war game both fantasy and 40k pretty much since they came out. I also have the...
World of Warcraft, #134 Error -- Fixed
It's fixed! The dreaded 134 Error is no more! And for the most part the Blizzard tech support people are completely worthless.. But I...
25man Malygos
So we have been playing a LOT of World of Warcraft of late. I must admit I'm very much enjoying it for the most part. ...
Game Review: Mirrors Edge
Mirrors Edge for the PC is a first person action-adventure puzzle game with an extremely compelling story line and quite possibly the most frustrating game...
Game Review: Left 4 Dead
I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of zombie thrillers, so I was hesitant about picking up the latest game from Valve;...
Game Review: Railroads!
I'm a bit of a Sid Meier's fan -- He will likely go down in history as the king of turn based strategy games with...
World of Warcraft and Error #134
The Blue Mods at the Blizzard World of Warcraft forums asked me to post about my problems so I did... again..