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

Game Review: Dragon Age - Origins
November 14, 2009

Game Review: Dragon Age - Origins

I ask you -- can Bioware do no wrong?  Every game of theirs that I have played, I have loved.  Neverwinter Nights was kinda "Feh"...

Xperia X10: My next phone?
November 7, 2009

Xperia X10: My next phone?

On June 27th, 2007 (shortly after I got married) the iPhone came out.. I sort of waffled back and forth as to whether or not...

Hardware Review:  Sony DR-BT21G Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset
November 2, 2009

Hardware Review: Sony DR-BT21G Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset

In 1994 Jaap Haartsen and Sven Mattisson has a stroke of genius when they invented the personal area networking (PAN) protocol known today as Bluetooth...

Happy Halloween 2009
November 1, 2009

Happy Halloween 2009

The annual Halloween bash that my friend and his wife put on was a success!   Every year my friend Calvin and his wife go NUTS...

Hardware Review: Razer Mamba -- What a piece of shit!
October 9, 2009

Hardware Review: Razer Mamba -- What a piece of shit!

Let me be clear here -- this mouse is the biggest piece of shit, I have ever.. and I mean.. EVER used..

Game Review: Aion Online
October 6, 2009

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...

Delphi like IDE/VCL for Javascript, written in javascript
October 3, 2009

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
October 1, 2009

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
September 28, 2009

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
September 25, 2009

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...

Back from Blizzcon 2009
August 24, 2009

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
August 20, 2009

God I hate planes

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