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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.)



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!



Fireworks for geeks

Friday, June 29, 2007, 9:18
Section: Geek

It may be too dangerous to use fireworks in the High Desert, but at least Astraware has a free fireworks program for the Palm. (Foralimitedtimeonly.) You can even set the fireworks to shoot off by the Statue of Liberty against the NYC skyline.

OK, no, it’s not the same thing as real fireworks at all. Stupid bark beetles.



The future isn’t an iPhone, it’s a big-ass table

Monday, June 25, 2007, 17:35
Section: Geek

What do you get when some smartasses slap new narration on Microsoft’s breathless video for their new Surface technology? Something like this:


http://view.break.com/317742 – Watch more free videos



Supernova imminent

Friday, June 22, 2007, 20:36
Section: Geek

Eta Carinae is getting set to blow.And allegedly, it’ll be bright enough to see during the day.

The bad news? The constellation it’s in, Carina the Keel, is only visible in the southern hemisphere.

Clearly, it’s time to move.


 








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