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The continuing adventures of Beau Yarbrough

Pirates of the Caribbean Online delayed

Friday, July 6, 2007, 21:22
Section: Geek

Arrr, it’s a powerful shame, but Pirates of the Caribbean Online has been delayed until fall:

As many of you know we have been in Phase 1 of Beta testing for a few months, and have received some great feedback and data to assist us as we continue the process of developing Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

Our end goal is simple – make a great game! In order to achieve this we believe we need some additional development time and have therefore decided to move the launch of the game to this Fall. This gives us some extra time to further enhance the game, respond to additional data we’ve collected during Beta testing and incorporate more of the input we have received from our players.

But right enough, me hearties, it’s a rare MMORPG developer that recognizes that they need more time, and take it, so it’s powerful good news, even as it might be disappointing.

(The sting would be less if they’d let me into the beta.)



Wait for it, wait for it …

Thursday, July 5, 2007, 10:55
Section: Life

No, not yet.



The Simpsons Movie avatar maker

Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 11:15
Section: Arts & Entertainment

I have no idea if I’m ever going to see The Simpsons Movie, but the avatar maker on the site sure is nifty.

Beau as a Simpsons character

It’s like looking in a mirror.



iPhone? No, it’s Google Maps for the Treo

Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 9:22
Section: Geek

I had no idea this even existed!

Take the power of Google Maps with you on your Treo.

Wow, a phone that lets you zoom all over Google Maps as a native application and shoots video and has an actual keyboard you can use at high speed to type in lots of text? Amazing!



Bad, bad baby names

Monday, July 2, 2007, 19:27
Section: Miscellany

When I was temping at a certain major health insurance firm, we used to call out terrible children’s’ names, in violation of HIPAA laws. My worst was a family with three children: Neo, Morpheus and Trinity. They didn’t even wait to find out the second and third Matrix movies were dogs before saddling their kids with those.

Such sport has its place on the Internet, as does everything, it seems: Baby’s Named a Bad, Bad Thing. (Bonus points for the Chris Isaak reference.)

Some winning entries, if that’s the right word:

I love the Lord, am a LDS woman, and would like to name my baby baby Jesus.

My husband says this is ridiculous because we are not latino and he does not even go to church anymore. I looked and it is a popular name in the US so it must be that others like me are out there spreading His love. His full name would be “Jesus Joseph Dewey”. Can any one tell me if when you are at the hospital can you refuse to let your husband have a say in what the birth certificate says? I 18 years old and am a first time mom.

I am having this baby boy on Aug 6. Dad and I love Alexander Scott but our last name is Smith. Will the initals be a huge problem? We don’t want him to be teased.

I like the name Jayden for a girl and Jaden for a boy. I’m also thinking of other bisexual names.

(And no, Jenn hasn’t had the baby yet, and no, I’m not getting Twitter to keep you updated 24/7. I am prepared to announce we’re naming him Rockstar Danger Yarbrough, though.)


 








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