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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.

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Game Review: Aion Online

Games

By Jason Ellis

Game Review: Aion Online

I have played a lot of MMO's in my time.. I feel I have a pretty good handle on the genre and have a very good idea of what makes a game good...

Delphi like IDE/VCL for Javascript, written in javascript

Software

By Jason Ellis

Delphi like IDE/VCL for Javascript, written in javascript

So something that I have been pondering is the creation of a rapid application framework/IDE similar to Delphi for javascript, in javascript..  Bear with me.. ...

Hardware Review: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard

Technology

By Jason Ellis

Hardware Review: Logitech Illuminated Keyboard

I have to admit I like Logitech.  Their hardware is always good.  I find their software is a little bloated and doesn't always deliver but...

Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn

Science

By Jason Ellis

Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn

The following is a wonderful and fitting tribute to Carl Sagan created by John Boswell over at ColorPulse Music.

1055 Miles, on two wheels

About Me

By Jason Ellis

1055 Miles, on two wheels

So my father turned 68 this year.  I thought it would be a nice gift to give him my tractor lawn mower and a few...

In Brief

Back from Blizzcon 2009

Games

By Jason Ellis

Back from Blizzcon 2009

Well the wife and I are back from Blizzcon..  I have to admit she had a pretty good idea of going and now that we...

God I hate planes

Aviation

By Jason Ellis

God I hate planes

Dear god but I hate flying on major airlines. It's just not happy fun time for me.

Movie Review: District 9

Media

By Jason Ellis

Movie Review: District 9

My initial reaction to District 9, upon the movie ending was to say -- and I quote; "What the fuck was that?!"  I sort of...

28" HDMI Monitor

Technology

By Jason Ellis

28" HDMI Monitor

So Tigerdirect was having a hell of a deal on something I have sorta wanted for  a while...   I have been playing games, programming, and...

Game Review: Champions Online

Games

By Jason Ellis

Game Review: Champions Online

Okay I know I'm not supposed to talk about this yet, but it's near enough to open beta that I feel I can safely talk...

Offensive footwear!

Society

By Jason Ellis

Offensive footwear!

So a co-worker of mine showed up wearing what, at the time, I could only describe as "glove shoes".  They are sort of like water...

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