I really feel for my wife Amanda, she is a patient, understanding lady who has suffered my recent immersion into the World of Warcraft with only a few ‘discussions’ as to how long I should spend “playing *&%@#ing computer games” .

For those of you fortunate enough to not have been exposed to what has been described as ‘online crack’ – World of Warcraft (WoW) is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMPOG / MMOG) which has over 5 million subscribers all paying Blizzard Entertainment USD$14.99/mth to play on their servers. As part of my role at work, I’ve created a character and am currently addicted to the game and the fascinating social networking which goes on within it. (more…)

While catching up on my RSS feeds, I came across the following post which, to summarise, is about a guys crusade to pull all the Microsoft Windows XP drivers into a single CD.

BRILLIANT! (and I’m glad it’s not me keeping this updated), as someone who rebuilds PCs on an all too regular basis, often for friends who’ve lost their original CDs/Manuals/Drivers, this will prove to be a very very handy disc for my toolkit. (more…)