Monthly Archives: August 2009

At this point, Fragapalooza 2009 has been finished for well over a week. I wanted to get this post out earlier, however business travel for the week after the event prevented me from uploading all of the pictures and photos that I took, and I wanted to make sure they were all up on the Read more...

This is the conclusion of the three part series about Windows Vista, for parts 1 and 2, click here and here. In 2001, Windows XP was released to the world. At the time, it was Microsoft’s best operating system release. Windows Vista improved on it in nearly every way. Let me say that again. Windows Read more...

Day 4 of Fragapalooza. It may not seem like a long time, but after 3 straight days of playing games on a computer, fooling around with the various contests, and getting significantly less sleep than normal, everyone is pretty wiped out. As a result, the 4th and final day of Fragapalooza is a pretty toned Read more...

Day 3 of Fragapalooza is always the one with the most “stuff” going on. It is the Saturday, so everyone for sure is there, all the Tournaments run into high gear, most of the prizes are given away, and some of the whacky contests are held. This year was no exception.I actually don’t game as Read more...

Day 2 of Fragapalooza has come and gone. I already spoke of tent city here. I didn’t think day 2 would be a good day after such a restless day, but here I am at the end of the night and the day was fine. Today was dominated by gaming(what else). The games of the Read more...

I have already posted pictures of what Tent City this year looks like, and I must say that compared to the spacious experience last year the sleeping experience this year kind of sucks. Perhaps it would be better if I had a tent, but since I don’t, I am sleeping out in the open. When Read more...

Well, Day 1 at fragapalooza 2009 is nearly complete. Actually, day 1 is complete, since it’s about 2:45am on day 2 as I type this out. Day 1 is always mostly a setup day. The really heavy gaming doesn’t start until later in the evening, after the opening ceremonies. Thursday is also a day to Read more...

I’m all set up at Fragapalooza 2009. The venue is pretty small this year, but not as small as tent city. I actually had to forgo the tent and just set up my air mattress open air. Although the venue is smaller, I am impressed with it. The PA system is quite good, the best Read more...

Packing for Fragapalooza, even for someone local like myself, it actually a lot of work. This is my third year, so I’m much better than I was, but it’s still a lot of work. Like many, I plan to spend the majority of my time at the venue. So I feel like I’m packing for Read more...

I’m going to be attending Fragapalooza again this year(my 3rd year at the event), and this year, since I have a blog, I’ve decided that I’m going to blog from the event.  I will be posting updates in an as of yet undetermined frequency on the blog.  I will be posting updates about the goings Read more...