Friday, January 23, 2009

Cheap publicity stunt

Michael Irvin will host a cable television reality show this spring during which 12 “football neophytes” will compete for a spot on the Dallas Cowboys’ opening 80-player training camp roster.

- Dallas Morning News (link here)

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Abandonia

http://www.abandonia.com/

Dedicated to classic DOS games.

Hazel Heald

http://authors.wizards.pro/authors/writers/hazel-heald

One of my favorite authors turns out to be a pseudonym.

I was confused by the discrepancy in the dates of death.

The Battle for Wesnoth

(Recommended by PCMech)

http://www.wesnoth.org/

Looks like an interesting game for several OSes.

Free turn-based fantasy strategy game.