Scott Elkin

Author: Scott

  • My life is nothing like video games

    In the wake of Hillary Clinton calling for a $90-million study on the effects of video games on children, I thought I would take a good hard look at my life: I have never rounded a corner and found a rocket launcher. A zombie has never eaten my girlfriend. If I told someone I smashed…

  • Microsoft Codenames

    After reading the session synopsis’ for the PDC, I realized how many codenames Microsoft uses for their upcoming technology. So I made a list: indigo atlas longhorn yukon whidbey avalon orcas blackcomb I realize some of these are no longer used by MS, but I still see them referenced. Update: Found this Codename Lookup Chart…

  • Forgive me father…

    …for I have pirated. I have a confession. I have never used a legitimate copy of Photoshop. I have justified this many ways: I am not a designer, I use it just for fun, It is too expensive, I’ll buy it someday. Well, I finally bought it. I noticed that you could purchase CS2 for…

  • Puerto Vallarta Vacation

    No excuse, I know, for not posting in so long, but I went on vacation for a week, then got sick, and had work coming out of my ears. Puerto Vallarta was great, stayed at a bitchen Villa up on a hill, and had a nice day golfing and losing 38 balls at the Jack…

  • PDC 2005

    I was looking at the sessions, and well, I mean, they kinda suck. Seems A LOT of WinFX and Longhorn…which are years away…am I missing something? I have been planning to go for a long time, but if they don’t change something, I can’t justify it. Microsoft, please understand that in order for me to…

  • Chicago Pics

    Some food… Some shopping… Some art… Some architecture.

  • Loss of a Friend

    A really close friend and Chiropracter of my wife‘s family passed away today. He had been battling cancer about 6 months ago, and we were told it was in remission. But how he died, and the suddenness of it all isn’t the subject of this post. I didn’t know him that well, and only heard…

  • Disneyland

    I went to Disneyland on Sunday for a friends birthday. I hadn’t been there for many years and was excited. My parents used to take my sister and I every couple of years. Sometimes they would tell us the night before where we were going, which would prevent me from sleeping with the anxiety of…

  • Chicago Thoughts

    Chicago was AWESOME! All four of us were blown away by how great it was there. I definately will be going back. My quicky thoughts: Chicago Dogs rule. I had one every day I was there. It was tough finding it in the airport, but after 30 minutes of walking they were mine. Next time,…

  • Off to Chicago

    Going to Chicago tomorrow for Memorial Day with my wife, her sister and my bro-in-law. Staying at Le Meridien, so it should be pretty nifty. I think the plan so far has to do with shopping, museums, walking around, nightclubs and food. The specifics elude me. The women know all the specifics, which I am…