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Monthly Archive July, 2012

Would Have Been Ten

July 12 was our anniversary. July 12, 2012 would have been our tenth. Unfortunately, it’s just the seventh that I observe alone, serving as a solitary commemoration of the only thing that I ever actually found worth living for, the only thing that ever truly made me think that there is a point and a […]

Let’s Hope It’ll Be Enough

It was obvious that my computer needed to be cleaned inside when I got a CPU temperature warning a couple of weeks ago. Of course, I have the warning set at what should be the upper limit of the “completely safe” range, so getting it didn’t mean that there were any immediate problems, but it […]

Tactics for Empires of Arkeia

I wanted to wait until this will be approved on MobyGames before posting it, but since it’s been two weeks and it’s still waiting in the approval queue, I guess I might as well post it now. It describes the strategy I used to quickly finish Empires of Arkeia, including in legendary mode, so it […]

Quick Review: The Eternity Artifact

Rather surprisingly for Modesitt, there’s practically no mention of the environment and ecology in this book. There’s also little put forward regarding how a future society should function. There is, however, plenty of talk about, or in fact against, religion, as well as much about certain other defining characteristics of humanity, so it’s certainly still […]

Wimbledon 2012: Surprises, Long Matches and Comebacks

After Rafael Nadal crashed out in the second round, this year’s Wimbledon was announcing itself as very interesting. And now that we also had the second longest match in the history of the tournament take place yesterday, you can say that another segment of that promise has been delivered as well. As a result, now […]