Excursus Articles - Brought to you by JoeUserhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/rss/articles© 2006 - 2008 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.Where the doctor offers his skinning advice and frequently voices his rants and raves about our society.en-us2008-05-16T17:07:332008-05-16T17:07:33http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.htmlStardock Rss Generator v1.0, Andrew Powellinfo@stardock.comapowell@stardock.comDoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/305882It simply does. That is all.

Oh, you wanted to know why! Well, if you're still reading and not playing it, there's three reasons why Rock Band is an awesome investment (it's still $169.99) for your Xbox 360, PS3, or (soonly) your Wii. First off, the UI is a lot cleaner than Guitar Hero 3's. Let's look at the two side by side.

Rock Band
 Guitar Hero 3
]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/305882http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/305882Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Rock Band Rocks.DoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/305600I've become quite a twitterholic the past few days. In fact, let's check the stats. Yeah, I've been pretty much addicted the past few days. Why? Well, there's a few things I love about Twitter:

  1. Twitter is short, sweet, and easy to use.

    2. The concept is simple: 140 characters to tell the world what you're doing. I don't think you can get more simple than that. No complex forms, no huge commitments, just a simple request, and your simple answer. It has a wonderful web interface, and the settings allow you completely customize your page's background along with colors for fonts. It's just a breeze to use and easy to look at, which is a welcome change compared to Facebook or MySpace.]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/305600http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/305600Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Why I love TwitterDoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304960Lately I’ve noticed that a few of my friends have been able to understand or even be aware of the Windows command line. I have a hard time myself pulling myself away from Explorer, but sometimes the command line is just quicker. However, it's a bit drab by default. Today I'm going to show you just how you can pimp yours out a bit.]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304960http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304960Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Pimping the Windows Command LineDoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304686As always, I'm late to jump on the failboat, and this time I've decided to do some serious maintenance on my computer. I've had enough of having to rely on System Restore and worrying that I've lost all of my data, or that my computer is on the brink of death. So, I'm going to start maintaining my system more, and that's  starting with keeping my hard drive as tidy and speedy as possible. ]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304686http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304686Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Defraggle RockDoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304352I recently came across this post about a user who decided he had enough of the user-generated news community, Reddit. I've been a Reddit user for a quite some time now, and I've done my share of down voting Ron Paul stories as well submitting silly pictures that have made it onto the front page. Lately though, it's become more than a habit to check this site. ]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304352http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/304352Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Turning off the FirehoseDoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303983I'm sure that this list could be a lot longer, but I'm going to focus on six issues that really piss me off when I'm playing video games. If games happen to have more than 2 or 3 of these traits they tend to collect dust in my game cases very quickly, or they will do the same at your local game store. So, without further adieu:]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303983http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303983Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:335 Things That Video Games Do That Really Make Me AngryDoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303658Every few months I try to start up this routine, but this time I'm going to try and keep it. I'm going to post blogs on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It's a strange schedule since most bloggers and web comics seem to update on Monday, Wednesday, Fridays, but this works a little better for me with my classes this quarter.

    ]]>http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303658http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303658Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33New Blogging Schedule!DoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303633http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303633http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303633Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Polimon: Political Monsters!DoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303318
    For this instance, the WebBrowser control blows.
    M...]]>    http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303318http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303318Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33Flash and WPF: A pain in the ass.    DoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/303080
    This is hilarious.



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    ]]>    http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/300866http://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/300866Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:33 -04002008-05-16T17:07:33How to use Windows LiveWriter with JoeUser    DoctorNickhttp://doctornick.joeuser.com/article/300859
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