Author Archives: Pace Arko

Working in a coal mine, going down, down–

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Pace Arko

So where have I been these last two months? I’ve been extremely busy: Building a website for a new customer. (Yes, I know the site concerns rather dull subject matter but it pays the bills.) Shipping out a lot of … Continue reading →

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Mine is a dying art.

Posted on December 4, 2006 by Pace Arko

Over the last 8 or so years, blog scripts, site content management systems, site hosting, and desktop web publishing clients have grown so sophisticated that authoring and administering a personal site is trivial these days. If you can deal with … Continue reading →

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A brief stay in a city of villains

Posted on November 23, 2006 by Pace Arko

So I’ve been playing City of Villains once every few months on my friend’s son’s account as I house sit for them. So why wasn’t I playing World of Warcraft, which was also on my friend’s machine? The irrational reasons … Continue reading →

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Sigh, standards support, yet again

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Pace Arko

There were images in my last post but, many of you probably didn’t see them because Internet Explorer 6 doesn’t support cascading stylesheets as well as it should. Now, you really shouldn’t worry about this because Microsoft Vista is coming … Continue reading →

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My friend, Wade, is dead.

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Pace Arko

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows anybody. Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) I apologize for the length of the following. I didn’t have time to make it concise. How do I … Continue reading →

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Build your own laptop

Posted on September 22, 2006 by Pace Arko

This is some news to me (Which only shows the limits of my expertise.) but you can actually build your own laptop. Things aren’t quite as modular as desktops. You don’t have the freedom to use one motherboard with another … Continue reading →

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Games on Linux and MSWindows

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Pace Arko

So if you don’t mind running the Wine emulator on occasion, if you don’t mind being careful with what hardware you install, if don’t mind native ports of older games or if you don’t mind games with older technology and … Continue reading →

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The Web equivalent of Reno, Nevada

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Pace Arko

So a friend of mine sent me an e-mail from an Internet connection near some sunny beach overseas telling me he has a MySpace page. This drove me into paroxysms of pointless, defensive snootiness where I told him that he … Continue reading →

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Udra: My RPG Campaign History in Several Parts

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Pace Arko

See part one. 1989 to 1994: Udra Becomes More Serious, If Schizophrenic. After a long hiatus, between ’84 and ’89, where I pretended I was normal person and denied my true nature, I met a new friend who revived my … Continue reading →

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Makin' the Big Bucks Now!

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Pace Arko

So I just recently learned that my domain name is worth $10, 400 but my actual site is only worth $564.54. I also learned that I can reasonably demand $30 for each and every text ad that appears on my … Continue reading →

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