Viva Pinata Sequel Takes Shape
- May
- 15
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Once again, NeoGaf plays host to the idle gossip, word being that the new VP will include drop-in co-op play, not to mention some rather flashy support for the Live Vision Cam. The camera will apparently be used to enable players to scan cards, unlocking unique in-game content.
The cards will reportedly usher new animals, new [...]
Written Britain: A landscape etched with language
- April
- 8
I would guess that the British Isles are the most scrawled over, word-worked scribbled and scripted on the planet. Layer on layer from century on century, lines have been laid down, built on, buried, resurrected; fields, streams, cities, villages - few if any are without words to describe, decry, celebrate or analyse them. We are [...]
Ansel Adams: rocky road to unforgettable images
- April
- 8
Ansel Adams’s lifelong love affair with the natural world got off to a rocky start. In April 1906, when he was four years old and excitedly grubbing about in the garden, an aftershock of the San Francisco earthquake sent the future photographer crashing face-first into a brick wall. The impact shattered his septum, leaving him [...]
A little maintenance goes a long way to get offers from buyers
- April
- 8
Today we talked with Allison Kloster of Jenny Pruitt %26 Associates, celebrating seven years as a Realtor.
Q: Is it true you think 2008 will be a seller’s market?
A: Absolutely. But you have to present your home in the best possible light. There are a lot of houses on the market, more now than in the [...]
EXPERT ADVICEExchanging Real Money in Virtual Worlds
- March
- 18
Creating a Payment Environment
The concept of a virtual currency has to be created to allow for trading within the virtual world. Second Life has introduced Linden Dollars; Cyworld trades in Acorns; and World of Warcraft users pay for their transaction with virtual gold. In addition, an efficient payment mechanism has to be installed within the [...]
Stumped for travel ideas? Let music guide you
- March
- 14
Staring at a World Map with a bank-balance festively plumped by a student
loan, you’d think making plans for the summer would be easy. But I didn’t
want to fork out for a holiday and dig down into the gloomy depths of an
overdraft without real inspiration. Shelling out for over priced guide-books
seemed likely, but for me another [...]
Art gallery to join Winter Park landscape
- March
- 11
“Given the current %26#091;real estate%26#093; environment, we are doing quite well,” Hoeksema said last week, noting that he had two more residential closings scheduled within the next 10 days. The commercial units have been marketed for less than a month, Hoeksema said, yet five of the most-expensive spaces sold at [...]
HOMEFRONT A time for every purpose under heaven
- February
- 15
I feel that it has fallen to me to defend winter because, as I look around, I don%26rsquo;t see or hear anyone else taking up the challenge.I also sense that the odds are stacked against me.Friends, family, co-workers, husband %26hellip; they all agree that this past week was too much.And I%26rsquo;ll agree that the list [...]
HOMEFRONT A time for every purpose under heaven
- February
- 12
I feel that it has fallen to me to defend winter because, as I look around, I don%26rsquo;t see or hear anyone else taking up the challenge.I also sense that the odds are stacked against me.Friends, family, co-workers, husband %26hellip; they all agree that this past week was too much.And I%26rsquo;ll agree that the list [...]
HOMEFRONT A time for every purpose under heaven
- February
- 8
I feel that it has fallen to me to defend winter because, as I look around, I don%26rsquo;t see or hear anyone else taking up the challenge.I also sense that the odds are stacked against me.Friends, family, co-workers, husband %26hellip; they all agree that this past week was too much.And I%26rsquo;ll agree that the list [...]
