Even though I know that diamonds are common and that the value of diamonds is based on false-scarcity and multi-billion-dollar global marketing campaigns, I still want to buy my future wife a big-ass Tiffany solitaire.  However, diamonds are losing value like a lead brick, so even the biggest profi...

A friend told me that he plans to teach his parents how to use computers during this vacation. A worthy gift. I taught a few laypersons how to use computers over the last couple of years and it was tougher than expected. While I’m proud that my mom is my best pupil — she can use the word...

Look, we know that everything you own - your computer, your phone, your iPod, your kettle, your first-born child - all comes with a version of Solitaire on it. We know that. But this isn’t Solitaire. It’s Fashion Solitaire. How does Fashion Solitaire compare to regular Solitaire? Well, i...

You know, I can't really argue with the claim that Wes Cherry created the most-played video game ever: Solitaire for Windows (PC) which came out in the early 1990s and was installed on millions of machines worldwide. I think IGN gave it a 10/10 at the time. I kid! I kid! But the Web site B3TA tracke...

Macgamestore, in partnership with Encore Software, today announced the release of Hoyle Casino 2008 as a digital download. The game was previously available in a boxed format only. Hoyle Casino, the best-selling casino game of all time, offers excitement and challenge with over 600 variations of 16 ...

MushroomHead won last years MTV video of the year in the Metal Category with their Video for 12 Hundred from the most recent release Savior Sorrow. Back when I first got into this band I had never heard of them before until after I heard Slipknot and later heard that some band from Cleveland Ohio wa...

Valentine’s Day has come a little early this year. My good friend Solitaire has stopped by today to announce the winner’s of our Valentine’s Day Massacre Photo Contest she was running on her Deviant art account. Congratulations Alan Valcarcel! Your lovely animated gif where Fausto ...

I'm working on my journal for professor Haight-Ashbury's class.  Why is this taking longer than I thought?  Perhaps I should start next weeks assignments tomorrow.  Geez! I refuse to stay up to 4:00 AM doing this assignment!   I still have to call FAFSA and ask them where they he...

I have no life.   No, really.  I know a lot of people say this, but I kinda mean it.   Let me tell you what my typical day is like.  I get up and get ready to go to work.  If I have time, I'll grab a bite to eat and check my email before leaving.  I spend my day doing w...