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
Ubisoft and their DRM
When will companies learn that their draconian efforts to prevent piracy only serves to hurt their paying customers which directly affects their bottom line!!
I'm about to say fuck Starcraft 2
So I have been playing in the Starcraft 2 beta and to be honest, I'm not overly impressed. It's basically the same game brought forward...
I hate Apple fanboys
I understand brand loyalty, but Apple fanatics take it to extremes.. Buying something just because it has an Apple logo on the side is ludicrous.....
German Type VII Submarine
So I have always liked submarines, I think they are pretty neat. I have wanted to create a 3D sub for a while and finally...
Game Review: Star Trek Online
Here's my righteous opinion on the the first 15 levels of fed play and the first 12 or so of Klingon.. I only really have...
PVP and Star Trek Online
Firstly, I was really worried when I found out the end game for STO would be PVP-centric. That just doesn't really work normally for any...
Hardware Review: Nexus One
I was tired of my original iPhone and that would be getting the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 when it came out some time later this...
Buy gold!!! (Just not right now.. )
So there are a lot of people, some famous, trying to get you to buy gold.. While I was in the car dealership the other...
Star Trek Online please don't be another Champions Online
I have to admit that one of the games I am looking forward to in 2010 is Cryptic's, Star Trek Online.
Play the radio 2
So I had said previously that my musical talent ended pretty much at the ability to play the radio, and that I hated that.. I...
Hardware Review: Lightscribe CD/DVD Burners
Back in 2004 Hewlett-Packard engineer Daryl Anderson had the notion that if you can burn data on to a disc, why couldn't use use that...
Games Workshop -- Warhammer Fantasy: The new Skaven
I have been a Skaven player since the early 1990's. They were the second fantasy army I got into after Orcs & Goblins. Once I...