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Adam Sessler and OCmodshop

Alan McCloskeySep 4, 2009August 25, 20140

While walking around the PAX 09 show floor, I came upon Adam Sessler. He wasn’t surrounded by the G4 entourage or the usual body guards:

Getting Ready for PAX!

Alan McCloskeySep 3, 2009August 25, 20141

For those who don’t know, PAX (the Penny Arcade eXpo) starts tomorrow! We have lots of coverage planned, from interviews with software vendors, photos, booth

First OCMS Video Review

Alan McCloskeyAug 25, 2009August 25, 20140

Trisha took her camera on a camping trip to test out the Otterbox 8000 Series Waterproof Case. We’ve been meaning to do product review videos

YouTube Videos Experiment

Alan McCloskeyJul 31, 2009August 27, 20140

I’m toying with the idea of putting up mini-reviews of some products up on YouTube. These would accompany the thorough written article on OCModShop, and

Newsletter Subscriptions

Alan McCloskeyJul 30, 2009August 25, 20141

The other day I had someone accuse me of being a spammer. I asked for evidence, and they presented me with my newsletter… which just

Main site should be faster

Alan McCloskeyJul 17, 2009August 25, 20140

As mentioned in a previous post, I am working on OCModShop 3.0. One of the reasons for this is because the site just loads slow

OCMS 3.0 in the works

Alan McCloskeyJul 2, 2009August 25, 20141

I previously had written about my dilemma about upgrading the engine that OCModShop uses. The OCMS 2.0 CMS engine was written by a friend way

How Michael Jackson Affects OCMS

Alan McCloskeyJun 26, 2009August 25, 20141

I’m working on publishing some new articles, and to do that I have to go to other sites for resources… but some of them are

Quick Articles FTW!

Alan McCloskeyJun 25, 2009August 27, 20140

I tend to procrastinate… and I’ve accumulated quite a bit of hardware that has yet to be reviewed. One of the reasons these things pile

With my rice I like to have some cow cow cow

Alan McCloskeyJun 23, 2009August 27, 20140

A long time ago I heard this weird song on X-play and it has been stuck in my head ever since. Every time I make

Reason for the lack of updates

Alan McCloskeyJun 1, 2009August 25, 20141

Some of you may have noticed (ok, a LOT of you have noticed, based on the emails I get) that OCMS hasn’t really been updated

dot com Pho

Alan McCloskeyMay 18, 2009August 25, 20142

Last week I went to lunch with John Chow and several others in the Seattle area who run successful and profitable websites. Joining me for

Getting stats…

Alan McCloskeyApr 25, 2009August 25, 20140

Of course, one of the best things one can do when running a website is compile information about your website. This not only helps you

Mac Bloggers Bashing Laptop Hunter Commercials

Alan McCloskeyApr 17, 2009August 27, 20146

I’ve seen a few technology bloggers immediately start bashing the Microsoft “Laptop Hunter / it’s a PC ” commercial. They say that it’s like comparing

Finally imported banished IPs

Alan McCloskeyApr 10, 2009August 25, 20140

There is certain traffic that I don’t want to be able to see any of my websites. There are certain countries (which will remain nameless)