Haunted And Hunted By The Wumpus; Or, My Emulated Christmas Memory

January 3, 2008

The Wumpus

The first computer I ever used hooked up to what was then — around 1986 or so — a 20-year-old TV that we kept in my brother’s room. It was a TI99 my mother bought on clearance at Zayre in Worcester. And it was awesome.

It came with a bunch of games that I really loved and over Christmas, in a fit of auld lang syne, I decided that I just had to play them again. Of course, by now, the ancient hardware was lost to antiquity (read: “parents’ attic”).

Hope was lost. Until, that is, I discovered what is quite possibly my new favorite software. Read the rest of this entry »


Blogroll Items Added

January 3, 2008

I put in a few links to some blogs that I like, admire or in some cases just know the authors of. In several cases all three. I’ll add more soon.


New Stories (1/3/08 Edition)

January 3, 2008

You might have noticed that my blogging has been scarce the last few weeks. It’s been a real kooky time for me, not least of which was because of the writing I have been doing.

In the last few weeks, I have wrapped up a few columns for the Hartford Business Journal, as well as a few economic forecast pieces for its sister publication, the Worcester Business Journal.

Here’s a wrap up of the forecast pieces: Read the rest of this entry »