Thought

Gamers – The last acceptable stereotype

Oct 8th, 2008 | By | Category: Games, Thought

Hi, my nick is Leimrod and I’m a gamer. There I said it. I’ve been wanting to blog about gaming and my love of it for a while now (probably why this blog has gone so long without an update) but I haven’t due to the stereotype that comes along with it. You know, the [...]



Why social networking and Web 2.0 is Awesome!

Jul 7th, 2008 | By | Category: Tech and the Net, Thought

With a capital “A”. Seriously, since Web 2.0 started to really roll out and more and more sites started to adopt its philosophy I’ve noticed a complete paradigm shift in what the Internet means to me. I literally love the internet now whereas maybe 2 years ago I was becoming increasingly disillusioned as to its [...]



Sad but true: – The world of IT

Jul 1st, 2008 | By | Category: Tech and the Net, Thought

Thought I’d just post these links stumbleupon churned out for me. I work as a sysadmin for a dot-com and, more often than not, have to deal with customers and clients who are having PC issues. The issues are usually always minor and their description of them is always exaggerated. Sometimes I have to bite [...]



Earthlings

May 16th, 2008 | By | Category: Media, Thought

Do you eat meat? Do you wear Leather or Fur? Do you use products that have been tested on animals? Have you ever been to a Zoo or Park that has trained animals to perform? Do you have a Pet? If so you must watch the documentary Earthlings (linked below) I came across it by [...]



How the Open Source & Freeware community is twisting my arm

May 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Tech and the Net, Thought

I’m writing this in w.bloggar, posting this to my WordPress blog and viewing it in Firefox. I edit my pictures in Paint.NET, write my documents in Open Office and upload files to my site with Filezilla. How much did I pay for this? Nothing! (well technically not nothing, electricity and bandwidth was involved which I [...]



Why bother?

Apr 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Thought

Dang! My first post. I’ve sat on this for a few days thinking that the first post will define my website, the same way an impression of a person will be made the first time you meet them. But screw it, I need to just start writing. I remember having these same feelings when I [...]