James Chamberlin

Instead of my typical walking on a treadmill at the local gym, I decided to walk along a bicycle path the city has in the park. Since the path goes over a small lake, it’s impossible to see how far it goes on for until you actually walk it. I would estimate the [...]

A while back I mentioned trying to choose which forum software to install on one of my fan sites. Well, I decided to go with MyBB for the time being. The interface is simple but it appears to have everything I need in a forum.
Installation went nicely. I didn’t find one hiccup [...]

It seems things are going to be slowing down for me at IGN TV for the month of March. I had kept pretty busy because I had several shows to review (Monk, MythBusters, and House) over the past couple of months, but they’re all on a break right now.
For March, the only show I’m [...]

Just under a year ago I installed the original RollerCoaster Tycoon on my PC. I hadn’t had it installed since I closed down RCT Station a few years ago. When you go a long time without playing a favorite game, it’s only natural to go back to it at some point. Well, [...]

Exactly one year ago I began working on another fan site. I hadn’t worked on one since RCT Station. I don’t know why, but I miss that sort of work. I seem to get some sort of sick, twisted sense of pleasure hand-coding pages, especially once the design is done and it [...]

It’s been a bit cold here in the MidWest recently. But that was before the snow hit. Cold on its own isn’t so bad, but snow seems to make things seem colder, especially when it’s accompanied by a stiff wind. Going outside can really be miserable. Cold snowflakes hitting you in [...]

This year’s Super Bowl was a great game. I didn’t really cheer for either the Giants or the Patriots, but I did enjoy the game. I usually only watch the game for the commercials since my team is never in the big game anymore, but I walked away depressed about the ads this [...]

Today was my last day on the medication I was on for that infection. I can’t say that I’ll miss it, as it kept me more “regular” than ever. I was on AMOX/CLAV. Even though it’s a generic, it was still over $100 for 30 pills. Next time I’ll have to [...]

I left my new Dell PC running last night when I went to bed since I had uTorrent downloading something. When I woke up this morning, my PC was off. WTF?! And like an idiot, I hit the power button to turn the machine on and walked away. If there were [...]

I’m glad to see that the weekend is coming up. Fridays are always hectic. It’s rush, rush, rush at IGN. But I got all of my work in for the day and managed to get assigned to another show to review. You’ll see links to those reviews here next week…
Ogre, you asked [...]