Monthly Archives: March 2007

16 Hours of Testing & 14 Weeks of Waiting

Posted on 03/31/2007 by Amy

Two days of testing for the National Council of Interio Design Qualification Exam complete. 275 multiple choice questions on everything I should know and usually look up. 8 hours of designing, drafting and noteing things I usually do in CAD. … Continue reading →

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Xbox Holiday – Finale

Posted on 03/21/2007 by Paul

Got my Xbox back today. They fixed what was wrong with my box, it’s the same one sitting on my desk now. They didnt’ explain what was fixed, but here’s hoping the repair center has good practices and I won’t … Continue reading →

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Pretexting your Xbox Live Account

Posted on 03/21/2007 by Paul

Securityfocus has an account of groups of game griefers acquiring access to Xbox Live accounts (and the associated credit cards) through a social attack called pretexting. Pretexting became more well known after HP hired aprivate security firm to pretext journalists’ … Continue reading →

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Bumper Sticker Sighting

Posted on 03/19/2007 by Paul

“My Gamer just fragged your Honor Student”

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Sword of the Stars – 1.2.2

Posted on 03/16/2007 by Paul

The third patch/update for SotS is now available at all the usual patch download places and the publisher’s site. All Game Night SotS players should install this one before our next game. Lots of good updates, here’s a summary:  Updates: … Continue reading →

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Xbox Holiday Week 1 – Part 2

Posted on 03/16/2007 by Paul

Xbox recieved on Wednesday. Fixed* on Thursday. Shipped back to SD on Friday. ETA on Wednesday. *Current rumor is broken Xbox are just put into a big pile for troubleshooting and repair which can take days. Repair orders are completed … Continue reading →

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Xbox Holiday Week 1

Posted on 03/15/2007 by Paul

Well I found out this morning that I’ve successfully shipped my ailing Xbox to the repair center. No-one stole the unmarked box as it went from CA to way south in TX. Now I wait a few days while they … Continue reading →

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Media Consumption

Posted on 03/14/2007 by Paul

I neglected to mention I saw 300 last week. In fact I gathered together a group of guys and we sent and saw it at midnight on Thursday. It’s a great movie, very action packed. It’s interesting to see the … Continue reading →

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NIN does ARG

Posted on 03/09/2007 by Paul

Nine Inch Nails’ next album Year Zero is a concept album about a time 15 years into the future where the Admininstration takes on Orwellian capacity. The concept behind the album is being found through an Alt Reality Game (remeber … Continue reading →

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Dead Xbox

Posted on 03/08/2007 by Paul

Bummer. My Xbox got the three red lights of death last night. After calling the support line this morning I found out I have to send it in for repairs so it’s probably 2 weeks I’ll be without an Xbox. … Continue reading →

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