Windows 7

Hey, I'm OK with it. I now have Win 7 on all three of my home platforms. And even on Larry it runs quite well. It's much less of a pain than Vista was. The 3 weeks I had Vista on my tablet were excruciating. It's much better than Vista.

I'm not convinced it's better than XP. I used XP for a long time, and was very comfortable with the admin side of it. Some of this is new and moved and changed on 7, but so far not in show stopping ways.

I recommend Windows 7, even for XP users who are thinking about Macs. Come on? You really want to be forced to live with a guy who wears a black turtle neck?

Shortest

Hey it's the shortest day of the year (in the northern hemisphere). With any luck it won't also be the coldest.

JP's Birthday Season Day

Happy Birthday me! You're not old your just aged.

Borderlands - it's OK but Hank is starting to get a bit long in the tooth. the 8800 gts isn't holding up as well as I would have liked. I think I may have laid hands on an 8600 that I can SLI with it to give a small boost, but overall it may be time to start thinking about upgrades.

Windows 7 - I recommend. It's much better than Vista, and it may even be better than XP. It certainly runs OK on Larry, which is saying something for a machine whose architecture is over 5 years old.

Take yer lumps

Well, it's out there now. My game. In other peoples houses. And they're playing it. And surprise, not everybody thinks its better than Monopoly. Well, except me, but I'm not a fan of Monopoly.

This is part of being a designer and a publisher. I'm sure there are people who won't play Agricola. Though apparently, they're all unstable, sociopath mutants.

One complaint that has surfaced - you don't do much when it's not your turn. I'm not sure how to take that either. It is a turn based board game. Everything from Backgammon to Yahtzee has them, and when it's not your turn you watch the other player(s) take theirs. I see it as a design challenge.