The Muzzy's Blog

Duke Nukem For Never

nospam@example.com (Alec) — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:54:27 -0400

Cementing it's place in history as the ultimate example of vaporware, Duke Nukem Forever will never be completed because 3D Realms just went belly up.

This game has been in development since 1996. Personally I felt that all 3D Realms was doing for the past 13 years was inventing screen shots to impress venture capitalists with. They probably blew all the money on wild parties, sports cars and drug addictions.

I would not be surprised to see many lawsuits and investigations as a result of this. Hundreds of millions were pumped into this project, with nothing to show. I also think this will have far reaching effects with the whole video game industry. You may see an end to the irresponsible spending sprees that infest these companies like a plague.

Mac's Never Crash

nospam@example.com (Alec) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:44:53 -0400

They say that Mac's never crash. Yet I get this error every time I connect my iPod Shuffle to my Mac. It started with the latest mandatory iTunes update. My iPod works fine with iTunes on my work computer... a Windows Vista machine. Unfortunately that machine doesn't have my music library on it.

So now I'm stuck with a shuffle full of 90's house music. What can I say, I had a desire to listen to artists like Jesus Jones and The Prodigy for a couple days. Now I'd like to listen to something else, but I can't.

First Tooth

nospam@example.com (Alec) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:46:36 -0400

Patrick cut his first tooth. As a pleasant surprise he hardly fussed at all. I figured since he was so fussy about everything else, that teething would be a real challenge. So far it's been one of the easiest phases we've experienced. There's still quite a few more teeth to go however.

In other baby news, we let him "cry it out" last weekend, and it worked out pretty well. The first night Patrick screamed for almost 3 hours before settling down and falling asleep. The second night, it only took 15 minutes. Now it takes less than 5 minutes before he falls asleep. And as an added bonus, he's actually sleeping through the whole night too!

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

nospam@example.com (Alec) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:47:54 -0500

Hurrah! Patrick slept through the night! Outside of a small whimper at 8:30, he didn't stir once until 5:30am this morning. The universe needed some amount of balance though, because I didn't sleep at all after 2am.