Author Archives: Kip

Dying Light debuts on PC with a myriad of faults; my fixes

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Kip

Well, Dying Light is here, and from what I’ve been seeing around the Internet, this game suffers from the usual “meant for console, ported to PC” problems. The first thing I noticed was that in SLI mode I would get a … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, reviews, tips and tricks, videogames | Leave a comment

Civilization: Beyond Earth patch finally releases, fixes 1920×1080 issue

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Kip

After quite a long wait, Civilization: Beyond Earth has got its first patch out. It fixes several issues, but most notably, it takes care of the 1920×1080 “only windowed” 1080p prolbem. You can now play fullscreen in 1920×1080 (1080p). Here’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, tips and tricks, videogames | Leave a comment

Fix for Assassin’s Creed Unity framerate stuttering and low framerate problems

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Kip

It’s pretty simple. Play the game in offline mode and it all goes away and you’re playing with no framerate hiccups, even in large crowd. I first found the thread about it on reddit here, then immediately tested it tonight … Continue reading →

Posted in tips and tricks, videogames | Leave a comment

Civilization: Beyond Earth Fullscreen 1920×1080 (1080p) not working

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Kip

Well, I was waiting with bated breath for the new Civilization: Beyond Earth; I downloaded it at midnight, and I can’t play it (except in Windowed mode, which is distracting as all hell and which I will not do on principle) … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, videogames | 4 Comments

“Pawn Stars” — Olivia Black’s nude SuicideGirls photoshoot

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Kip

If any of you people out there follow the enormously popular reality show “Pawn Stars”, you may know that at one point, somewhat recently, they hired an attractive female night clerk to help them out named Olivia Black. She was fairly … Continue reading →

Posted in bizarre, current events, NSFW, television | 33 Comments

Review of some Velvet Cloud Vapor e-liquids

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Kip

Alright, some quick juice reviews for you. I recently found out about Velvet Cloud Vapor, @SFVapor on Twitter, located in, of course, San Francisco. They make high quality VG (vegetable glycerin)-only juices. So far I’ve ordered six and tried five. … Continue reading →

Posted in recommendations, reviews, vaping | Leave a comment

Why Samsung Tech Support is worthless (and LG and Apple aren’t)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Kip

What an Orwellian few days I have had dealing with Samsung. Let me bring you up to speed — I have a TV that’s less than two months old, and it has a dead pixel smack dab in the middle … Continue reading →

Posted in reviews, television, tips and tricks | Leave a comment

Update: Caleb Jacoby FOUND

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Kip

Sorry I didn’t get to this earlier, but Caleb Jacoby was found safe and sound in Times Sq., NYC last week. *massive sigh of relief*

Posted in current events, personal | Leave a comment

Caleb Jacoby, possible sightings in Providence, RI area.

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Kip

ABC is reporting that there may have been sightings of the missing child Caleb Jacoby, son of Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe, in the Providence, RI area. Story here: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.567688 Am reposting “Missing” poster containing physical details and contact … Continue reading →

Posted in current events, personal | Leave a comment

Caleb Jacoby, missing child, please help find him NOW.

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Kip

Caleb Jacoby, son of the Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby, has been missing since Monday. Detailed description and contact information in the attached photo. Please, let’s bring Caleb home as quickly and safely as possible, and PLEASE continue to circulate … Continue reading →

Posted in current events, personal | Leave a comment