Jason Ellis

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

Web based games
June 30, 2008

Web based games

So I find I have been playing quite a few web based games of late. And just about all of them has brought to the...

Javascript Obfuscation
June 25, 2008

Javascript Obfuscation

Code obfuscators will strip out the unnecessary characters like white space, tabs, newlines and comments.. but that's not all.

Which format to use; Gif, Jpeg, Png
June 23, 2008

Which format to use; Gif, Jpeg, Png

I was asked today what my professional opinion was with regards to which graphical format to use in web design. I pondered it a bit...

OH dear god.. EW!
June 19, 2008

OH dear god.. EW!

I go on a lot of walks here in my neighborhood in order to unwind for the day.  I also like to delude myself and...

Spore Porn *sigh*
June 18, 2008

Spore Porn *sigh*

Spore is a multi-genre massively single-player online game designed by Will Wright and has drawn quite a lot of attention due to its massive scope...

Super Heroes is st00pid
June 17, 2008

Super Heroes is st00pid

City of Heroes (and thus City of Villains) is one of those sleeper games that has a lot of hidden depth. I played CoH for...

Age of Conan is beginning to annoy me
June 15, 2008

Age of Conan is beginning to annoy me

I'm starting to get upset / annoyed with Age of Conan.  Probably it's more fair to say, disappointed -- but you can only scream at...

Assassins Creed
June 14, 2008

Assassins Creed

Another console to PC port that's been out since April, Assassins Creed is a third person sneaker created by Ubisoft in which the player repeatedly...

Mass Effect
June 13, 2008

Mass Effect

This game looked awesome! Everyone that played it said it was awesome and that I should rush out and get a console to play it...

3G iPhone
June 12, 2008

3G iPhone

There is no two ways about it, Steve Jobs is a pretty smart fellow, and the latest iPhone hotness just proves it.

It's been a year already?!
June 2, 2008

It's been a year already?!

So I can't believe I have been married for a year already! A whole year has gone by in the blink of an eye! It...

By Crom, it's Age of Conan!
May 18, 2008

By Crom, it's Age of Conan!

It's interesting.. I pride myself on beta testing just about every MMO that has ever been.. So I was a little sad when for whatever...