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Entries from July 2007

Why do some cafes charge extra for sauce?

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

This really confuses me.
Assuming commodity products, the only differentiator for small businesses is the service(s) they can provide - So why do some places charge extra for a bit of tomato sauce to put on my chips? (Or french fries, or freedom fries or whatever you Americans call chips…) Better yet, why don’t they just […]

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Tags: Business of Software · marketing

Must Have Freeware - Paint.Net

July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

In what might become a series of posts, I would like to let everyone know about some really good freeware applications that could just make your life easier/better/more productive/land you more chicks.
The first application I would like to introduce is the image editing software Paint.Net
Paint.Net is very simple to use, if you’ve used any other […]

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Tags: Must Have Freeware

Lessons Learnt from Starcars - A Post-Mortem

July 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m a big fan of reading post-mortems on game development. If that sounds somewhat morbid to you, a post-mortem is basically a post-production overview of what went right and what went wrong. And any insights gained after the product has shipped out the door. Whether your product was an amazing success or an absolute bomb, […]

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Tags: Business of Software · Game Design · Game Programming

Logitech Z-4 Speakers Review

July 13th, 2007 · No Comments

I finally got sick of listening to music on the crappy computer speakers I used to have and decided to purchase a new set. After reading a few reviews and wanting something that was decent but wouldn’t break the bank, I decided on the logitech Z-4. Avalible from Amazon for $69.99 USD.
Full Disclosure : […]

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Tags: Product Reviews · music

Wordpress Test

July 10th, 2007 · No Comments

This is just a test from the newly setup wordpress. I’ve just transfered my blog away from blogger, everything seems to be in order. I’m going to resetup all my links and play with the templates, but its past midnight. At least I know I’ve got it working, I can finish the rest tomorrow.
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Tags: blogging

Amperzahn EP

July 7th, 2007 · No Comments

As I previously mentioned in how to sell physical goods online my band has released an EP.

We produced the entire thing ourselves, including the recording, mixing and mastering - Many thanks to our keyboard player. We even printed, labeled and burnt the CDs ourselves. And now I’ve setup a paypal merchant account so we can […]

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Tags: music

4 Days Without the Internet

July 5th, 2007 · No Comments

I spent a long weekend visiting my family and it was an interesting experience to see how people manage to live without internet access. Neither of my parents are technologicaly inclined and it was a sweet reminder of just how many chores are solved almost in their entirety using the internet. For instance, I can’t […]

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