The Chronicles of Noivad

Category: Life

  • Why I Don’t Recommend Clan Lord

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    Clan Lord is a veritable Methuselah among online role-playing games, the graphics—2D hand drawn sprites—are crude compared to todays 32-bit texture laden 3D graphics. The reason is that this game is on its second decade of existence having come out of beta after about a year of testing in 1998. Since then development efforts have…

  • Too S or Not to S

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    When I was in college I seriously considered pursuing double BCA and CS degrees. I had already gotten into the impacted Broadcasting program and adding Computer Science would have been easy. I took a few CS classes and was going to apply for double major status, but then cold hard reality hit. My father, who…

  • How to Talk to Customer Service Reps

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    The following was posted on a special interest web forum and I thought I would share it here since it relates to things I often touch on. This article briefly explains my approach to talking to and getting my issue resolved or at least something back from them. When I have to call any support…

  • Meeting Jef

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    In the beginning there was nothing but undifferentiated ether that took form when something decided it was time for the infinite void of indifference to chose what to be. Some things spun off into matter and some to energy, and everything changed in the longest  instantaneous blink of an eye. As things cooled down, patterns…

  • Being BIG ≠ Jerk & Countering The Jerk Attitude

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    I went to a development talk the other day and it was not what I was expecting. While it certainly was enlightening, it was enlightening in all the ways that have nothing to do with technology except that’s the context of the people involved. So, in any business you have people with attitudes that they…

  • Inaccuracy in Media or “Teh Wurd Processor Et my Post” (Again)

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    I had planned to have article 2 and a few others out by now. But technology is a cruel mistress. While fact checking my draft, I stumbled upon a media watch group that claims to be a grass roots group that tells the truth about what the media reports. They are so impartial that they…

  • Communication is Key: Part 1

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    Over the course of the next few weeks or months, I will be rolling out articles about the use of Computers, Interface Design, How People Function, And Setting Product Goals During Design. However, I am not going to use the standard perspective of someone that knows so much about technology that they forget what the…

  • Perspective PSA

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    Perspective is the ability to step back from one’s self. And evaluate what you have from an outsider’s point of view and really see where you are. Quite literally one of the dictionary definitions of the word perspective is: “true understanding of the relative importance of things.” It’s the fact that realizing that everything is relative, that helps one see…

  • LongTimeNoBlog (life update)

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    Hey all, I’d like to apologize for not updating in the past few months. Events were set in motion that changed everything because of the ramifications of my previous entry. Things have changed, most likely permanently. Those who know me personally, know I like my privacy. So, I won’t go into details. Suffice it to…

  • That’s3

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    A friend of mine committed suicide yesterday. And I am still in shock. I didn’t know him long, but we spent hours and hours together talking and getting to know each other. I saw no signs of depression, no outward feeling or signs that he was headed to where he went. He was young, seemed…