Ramblings

The $100,000NT Fatal1ty Shootout

Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel (pictured above) is the world’s number one computer gamer. He has won 12 Major Championships in five different games, a feat never before accomplished. Fatal1ty was in Computex Taipei to take part in the Fatal1ty Quake 4 shootout. The winner of the shootout would win some great prizes and a chance to take on Fatal1ty in a […]

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Videos

Computex 2007 – Dueling Booth Babes

One of the coolest/funniest thing that breaks out at Computex every year are the booth babe duels. For whatever reasons, many companies schedule their product demos at the same time as the next booth. This results in two or more demo teams trying to out talk each other. It’s really funny to watch. Many times the duels end up in […]

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Wordpress

Bringing Back The WordPress Preview Window

Before heading to Computex Taipei, I updated the blog to WordPress 2.2 (I actually did it right at the airport). As some may recall, I had problems the first time I upgraded to 2.2 and had to downgrade back to 2.1. The main problem was the Top Commentators and MyBlogLog box disappeared. This problem was caused by a flaw in […]

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Videos

How To Get Funny Looks In Taiwan

For whatever reason, people tend to give you strange looks when you walk down the streets of Taiwan drinking a 1L tall can of ASAHI beer. The beer, which only cost $105NT ($3.28US), is designed for group drinking – people in Taipei don’t drink 1L of beer out of the can. They pour in into four glasses and share among […]

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The Net

What I Have Learned As A Blogger

Since November of 2006, I have transitioned from an occasional blogger testing the waters to a part-time blogger focusing more time and energy into blogging. Don’t be fooled, being a “part-time” blogger doesn’t mean you work on your blog an hour or two a day. For me, being a part-time blogger means having two jobs. My day time job and […]

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The Net

How To Create A Home Run Post

There are many bloggers out there that are blogging as a hobby or to make money online. Regardless of your cause, every blogger wants to write a successful post. Writing a blog post is different than the writing you used to do in school. Obviously, there are things that you have to do so your post makes sense (introduction, message, […]

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Ramblings

Computex 2007 – Thanks For The Memory

Today is our last day at Computex Taipei. We will be flying home on Sunday night at 11:50PM and landing in Vancouver on Sunday night at 7:30PM. Yes, we will be landing at a time earlier than when we took off. Who said time travel was impossible? Today, we will be doing some site seeing before heading to the airport […]

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