Author: rihahn
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Falling off the wagon…
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Hi, my name is Rihahn and I’ve been WoW free for six months… I’ve played a lot of MMOs… A *lot* of MMOs. I’d say they are my favorite form of…
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Where I work…
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People often ask me, “What’s it like working in the games industry?” Well, it’s kinda crazy some times, kinda silly some times, and kinda frustrating sometimes… Hmm… Let’s start at…
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WarWagon expenditures to date
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Cost Table Initial Purchase $2000 Taxes and Title $150 Fan Clutch $75 Battery $75 Initial JeePerformance Check $75 First Emissions Check $15 AIR System (JeePerformance) $300 Valve Seals and Misc…
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WarWagon – The Emissions Saga, the final chapter…
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I got over to the DMV at precisely 7am this morning, went inside, got ticket number 101, and commenced waiting for a few minutes while they got things together. Eventually…
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WarWagon – The Emissions Saga, part three
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Charlie down at JeePerformance got the valve seals installed into the WarWagon today and I went down there at about 3:30 to pick it up and have another go at…
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WarWagon, the continuing saga…
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As previously posted I had to put a “Thermactor” (smog pump) into the WarWagon to pass the emissions test… Wednesday that was accomplished by the great guys at JeePerformance but due…
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Congratulations on another trip around the sun…
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2008… Seems amazingly like 2007 don’t you think? I spent the night at home, watching old Twilight Zone episodes ’til about 1am before calling it. Only 1806 days left till…
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Another year down…
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As I’m unable to sleep due to the flu I seem to have contracted I guess I should post a bit… This holiday season I got myself a new laptop to…
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The obligatory update…
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I’ve been working on more electronic voting testing… The place where I work is one of the four NIST accredited testing labs in the U.S. that can certify voting software/equipment,…
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Giving thanks…
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Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Zeze and I had roast turkey, honey baked ham, mashed potatoes, and corn on the cob. All in all it was a damn fine…
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Beep Beep, I’m a Jeep…
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As of this morning I am the proud owner of a 1976 Jeep Cherokee Chief which I have affectionately named the “WarWagon” due to it’s appearance – which is something…
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Still breathing…
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I’ve been nose-to-grindstone working on some electronic voting stuff… Please stay tuned.
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Horizons…
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Well, little Kaeliss was reborn today. He was far to common looking in all red and I decided that he should be part of the warrior caste of the Dragons…
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On the Horizon…
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Some of you may recall from years ago an MMO I was into called “Horizons”… Horizons was a benchmark in the MMO genera for several reasons, most of which are…
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wow!
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Well, all in all, my little trip to SoCal went pretty well. Blizzard puts on a helluva show really – of course when your company makes like $3000 a minute…
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Blizzcon…
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I made it back from SoCal in one relatively large piece… Plane landed at noon, will be at work till 9… I’ll write more when I get home from work.
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Update…
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It’s been a month… For those of you who’ve been wondering where I disappeared to, I’ll dispense with the low-down… About six months ago, the company I work for decided…
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My two weeks with Vista…
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Well, a great many things have happened since I last posted and I’ve been very busy keeping the world safe for game software – so the postings have been few…
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What a simple little thing; a 128 bit integer – nothing more than a string of letters and numbers. It could be anything, from the output of my cat on…