SparkChess is a chess game perfect for the coffee break and for showing off the capabilities of Flash. You can play against the computer at different levels of difficulty while SparkChess looks impressive, including a simple animated slide of the pieces in its isometric 3-d view. You can choose a difficulty ranging from beginner on up to casual and then to advanced. A higher … [Read more...]
ComicRack – An eComic Reader
To commemorate tomorrow being Free Comic Book Day I've reviewed ComicRack, software that manages your library of and lets you read eComics. eComics are digitial forms of traditional comics, typically scanned in by dedicated groups of fans or offered by creators who believe the Internet is the future of comic delivery, maybe even Marvel and DC will jump on-board someday. eComics … [Read more...]
Exploring the AT&T U-Verse
At my current apartment I was able to get AT&T's U-Verse service with a fiber-to-the-premise connection. Before I signed up for the service, I did a quick search on the web and couldn't find much information out there about user's experiences, reviews, or anything beyond AT&T's domain. Here to amend that, I wrote this article to shed some details about the AT&T … [Read more...]
Sleep Is Death – A New Game That’s Always Different
Sleep Is Death (Geisterfahrer) is a new game that came out to pre-orders last Friday and comes out today to the public that is just packed with potential. Sleep Is Death is strictly a two-player game that provides the medium for visual story-telling over the Internet or a local network. I've had the chance to play Sleep Is Death where I just kind of jumped in and learned as I … [Read more...]
Making a High Quality Slideshow with Animoto
A little while after I arrived home from work the other day, my wife asked me if I had ever heard of 'Animoto'. I gave her an odd look in response because on my commute home I repeatedly found myself behind a black car with the license plate 'ANIMATO' Fortunately, Animoto is a website that allows you to easily create dynamic slideshows from your pictures and video files and … [Read more...]