Darkest of Days demo, reviewed…

First, I’ll have to try this demo… Darkest Days sounds like an interesting game….. Second, Destructoid has reviewed the demo of Darkest of Days demo: “ Darkest of Days has been on my radar for quite some time now, albeit with some reservations. Any game that could reasonably be described as ‘Quantum Leap with assault […]

Fix apparently-corrupted PDF attachments in Mail

If you are having odd issues with a mail message attachments, before you start tearing the system apart, try rebuilding the mailbox.  Occassionally, I will receive a call complaining that the user can not open a particular PDF with Preview, Acrobat Reader, or quick look.  Yet, the message when forwarded somewhere else opens fine, the […]

Keeping violent media away from boys could be a bad idea

Ars Technica examines “The Trouble with Boys” by Peg Tyre.  The book postulates: “Boys get expelled from preschool at four times the rates of girls,” she writes. “They are prescribed the lion’s share of ADHD medication, they get most of the C’s and D’s in middle school, and they drop out of high school more […]