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Darkside Dreamland
http://www.darkside-dreamland.com
Personal blog for Chris Schaffer. Stories about living in Japan, news, technology, and ramblings on just about everything else.
Recent Posts
Is Zune Marketplace Slow? Here is your Fix
To preface, I am indeed a Zune user and had been lamenting the horrible slowness of the Zune marketplace. So after a brief search, I managed to find a solution which seems a bit odd that it works, but it does… dear lord does it work! T...
The Gamer Life
There are many ways to tell that you play to many video games. My favorite ways are those that manifest in how we perceive reality. And by that I mean, wishing that or thinking of things in real life that would be more awesome if it were ...
The Joy of Citation
I don’t give a great deal of personal history here, so I will need to fill in some quick gaps. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology through Walden University. Right now I am in my first course, which is an introduction to graduate...
You Could Save!
Hello faithful user of [SERVICE]! Did you know that people who switched from [COMPANY A] saved an average of [DOLLARS] by switching their [SERVICE] to [COMPANY B]? It’s true! And there’s more! We will treat you like family. Sure it wi...
The Wholeness Question
Spinsterella, at Don’t Catch It Up, asked an interesting question in her latest post. That question, specifically, is: what is wholeness or what does it mean to be whole? A more intrinsic part of this question is how do we be whole and broken at th...
Uncle Chris – Reading is Fun
Sometimes the fact that reading is fun comes naturally. That is how it is for me in most cases. I like reading, hell, I love reading! However, I have recently rediscovered it as a full time occupation due to an extraordinary set of ...

