Internet vacation

Heidi MacDonald - 05/13/2009 10:00 am 0

We're taking a little R&R for the next few days, and maybe even taking a much needed internet/Twitter-cation. Check back daily for special features...

Twitter can’t destroy civilization fast enough

Heidi MacDonald - 04/27/2009 1:56 pm 0

We meant to comment on this piece by Lucas Siegel from Blog@Newsarama for days, but never got around to it; the title was "My...

Climb every mountain

Heidi MacDonald - 04/21/2009 8:00 am 0

Sigh. Every once in a while, the image uploader on The Beat just takes a holiday. It's like a play by Alberto Casella. ...

Up and at ’em!

Heidi MacDonald - 04/14/2009 12:17 pm 0

We're back online, and back at work, but rather than try to play catch up, we're taking this outage as the great "Wipe the...

Return to the Database

Heidi MacDonald - 04/13/2009 5:23 pm 0

Or...thank you Time Warner Cable. Well, that was annoying. Ironically, we didn't even know the Beat was down because our home home internet has...

The Dawn of the Daffodils

Heidi MacDonald - 04/06/2009 8:00 am 0

We enjoyed a much needed internet vacation this weekend, which happily coincided with the arrival of some uplifting spring weather. We definitely needed a...

Onerous possessions

Heidi MacDonald - 03/27/2009 8:00 am 32

A tweet yesterday about "packing up my office" prompted some concerned private messages, and I am always touched by concern, but I am just...

Catching up

Heidi MacDonald - 03/23/2009 7:00 am 3

We're trying, but it's hard, because Battle for Wesnoth 1.6 came out this weekend. You know, this is why we won't have a gaming...

When danger looms

Heidi MacDonald - 03/20/2009 7:00 am 3

Sadly, we're still out of commission, catapulted into a savage world where witch doctors resurrect hideous zuvembies wearing polka dot boxer shorts. We'll straggle...