The OverAchiever: Guide to Winter Veil
Before anyone asks, Winter Veil runs from Tuesday, December 15th to Saturday, January 2nd in 2009/2010, and this is article is about what you'll need to do in that period to complete the meta (and earn the title) Merrymaker. Unlike November's holiday, Pilgrim's Bounty, Merrymaker is required for the yearlong meta What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been, so don't slack on this one if you want that violet protodrake!
On Metzen!
Saving Metzen for the achievement On Metzen! is a short but fun questline that starts with an NPC in front of the Ironforge bank (if you're Alliance) with Metzen the Reindeer, or an NPC in front of the Orgrimmar AH (if you're Horde) with Metzen the Reindeer. The quest ends in either Searing Gorge or Tanaris, whichever is more convenient to you.
Either zone you hit, try to do the Metzen quest first, as you'll need rewards from it for two of the following achievements.
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The OverAchiever: Guide to Winter Veil originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HDTV Listings for December 8, 2009
What we're watching tonight:
- CW (1080i) airs 90210 at 8 p.m. and Melrose Place at 9 p.m.
- Discovery (1080i) has Dirty Jobs at 9 p.m. and Ghost Lab at 10 p.m.
- ABC (720p) has Scrubs at 9 p.m. and the season premiere of Better Off Ted at 9:30 p.m.
- TLC (1080i) has Table for 12 at 8 p.m., 18 Kids & Counting at 9 p.m. and The Little Couple at 10 p.m.
- History (720p) has How the Earth was Made at 9 p.m.
- ESPN (720p) has Butler/Georgetown college basketball at 7 p.m. and Indiana/Pittsburgh at 9 p.m.
- Versus (1080i) has Islanders/Flyers hockey at 7 p.m.
HDTV Listings for December 8, 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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NintendoWare weekly: Bejeweled, Blaster Master, Earthworm Jim 2
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Wall Street Journal versus New York Times: It is so on!
Filed under: People, Media, New York Times Co., News Corp.
Tensions between The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are on the rise as the two papers increasingly compete for the same pool of general-interest and local-market readers. A column by Times media critic David Carr accusing the Journal of slanting its news coverage in the conservative direction favored by owner Rupert Murdoch has drawn a sharp response from the Journal's managing editor, Robert Thomson -- who offers a pretty stinging accusation of his own.Thomson says the article by "a Mr. David Carr" constitutes "yet more evidence that The New York Times is uncomfortable about the rise of an increasingly successful rival while its own circulation and credibility are in retreat." He criticizes Carr for relying on "a succession of anonymous quotes and unsubstantiated assertions" to make his case.
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Slash Talks Guitar Hero III, 'Slash' (the Book), and Gadget Gifts
Filed under: Computers, Video Games, Interviews, Celebrities, iPod, BlackBerry, Gamer, Music Hound, $50 and Under, $100 and Under, Holiday Gift Guide, Featured Stories
Slash is a busy guy. In fact, we're not sure he's had any down time since recording what may be the greatest debut album in the history of Rock 'n' Roll, the Guns n' Roses classic 'Appetite for Destruction.' After the disintegration of the band and the hijacking of the name by a corn-rowed Axl Rose and a band of impostors ( whose next album 'Chinese Democracy' should be out some time before Armageddon), Slash went on to form Slash's Snake Pit and play guitar on tracks for dozens of artists from Michael Jackson to Insane Clown Posse. And he just keeps adding to his repertoire. In addition to being the lead guitarist for Velvet Revolver, the top-hat-wearing axe slinger just co-authored a book (with Anthony Bozza) entitled 'Slash' and appeared as a boss character in 'Guitar Hero III.' The rock legend was kind enough to sit and talk with us a bit about the book, Guitar Hero, and of course whether he prefers PC or Mac.
Switched: So what made you decide to write a book now?
Slash: I put the book out to sort of set the record straight on a lot of the story having to do with why I quit Guns 'n' Roses, and the band reuniting, and a lot of other subjects having to do with that band. Basically that's what influenced my decision to write a book. Prior to that I had no interest in writing a book, even though people keep asking me. But after seeing all the attention that Guns 'n' Roses has garnered of late, all the misinformation that's available to people, and all of the other, you know, falsehoods that are going on about a lot of different things, I just figured probably the only way I'd be able to do myself and the story any justice is to write it myself.
So it was less a thing of nostalgia and more, almost cathartic?Well, you know, cathartic in a way. I don't know how cathartic it was really, for myself, personally, but I think it'll put some people's minds at rest, especially people who are huge Guns 'n' Roses fans or who are fascinated by the phenomena that is Guns 'n' Roses.
It's coming out just on the heels of the release of 'Guitar Hero III,' which you star in. Is the timing accidental?
(Laughs) It's all accidental. I was working on the Velvet Revolver 'Libertad' record, when both these things... well, I started writing the book during the making of the record, and actually did the Guitar Hero thing a little bit prior to that. But they were all sort of done at the same time and they're all coming out at the same time.
So how did you get involved with 'Guitar Hero III?'
Activision [the game's publisher] came up with the idea to have somebody in the rock world represent the game and they chose me to be their rock legend guy, which I thought was really flattering. And I was really overwhelmed and excited about the prospect of doing it because I'm a huge fan of the game. So I met with them and we shot some ideas back and forth and we rolled with it and it came out great. I got to write some music for it, I put some guitar solos on it, and I got a caricature of myself in the game. It's way left-field for what I normally do, but at the same time it's very relevant, and I'm really honored to be on the box, so to speak.
That sort of answers our next question, which is how much involvement was there really in making the game? It sounds as though it was more than just "walk in to the studio, get some pictures taken for the model, and go home."
No, there were plenty t of hours spent outside my comfort zone to get this done properly. But, you know, it was an experience and it was fun as well.
Obviously, you've played the game, you said you enjoyed it. Did you find it tough to transition from playing the real guitar to playing Guitar Hero?
I'm not very good at it. I played it a little while ago this afternoon. And I played 'Guitar Hero 2' and I had a lot of time to sit with it and learn how to do it and I got pretty good at it until I beat the game. But I didn't beat it on expert -- I beat it on hard. And that took a lot of work. I think there's something innately awkward about being a guitar player trying to playing 'Guitar Hero.' I think you play it by ear more than you do so by sight, which is the way that normal people play it. There really is that correlation between your fingers and what you're looking at on screen, and I think for guitar players the way that you relate to it is really by ear and feel, which somehow doesn't make your fingers land at the right place at the right time.
So what are you planning on getting the wife and kids for the holidays, gadget- or tech-wise this year?
I've been so busy, and everybody on my side of the fence has been so busy, what with touring and all the other stuff that's going on right now. We haven't really gotten into Christmas. We just escaped Halloween with me traveling all over the place and what not. So we haven't really focused on Christmas yet.
Don't even bring that up, you're scaring the shit out of me.
(Laughs)
Is there any gadget that's got you excited that you really want to get your hands on?
I'm not a huge gadget guy. I just got a new BlackBerry, you know, and I'm happy with that. And I just got a new Xbox 360 not too long ago and we were looking at some new games the other day just to see what's out there. I got my new 'Guitar Hero' finally... I can't think of anything off the top of my head, outside of some recording gear that I'm really looking out for getting.
Does the aversion to technology and gadgets extend to the music? Are you a Pro Tools guy?
NO, no, I'm really simple, and I don't... I'm one of those people that if it's something you don't need, I can pretty much stay away from it. But as far as just toying around with technology for toying around's sake, I'm not like that. I'm basically all about the simplest approach possible. The fewer manuals I have to read, the better and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. So I use a lot of pretty much old gear and what not. The only thing I do need for recording is something simple that's efficient, sounds good, can be taken on the road -- that's what I'm starting to shop for at this point. And something small that I can carry.
Is there anything that you carry with you, on tour or every day, like a BlackBerry or an iPod, that's just attached to you 24/7?
Well the BlackBerry, as much as I hate to admit it, is an appendage for sure. And as far as the iPod goes... you know...I have an iPod and its got 1000 some-odd, if not more, songs on it. But I find that I like to just have, like, a handful of good CDs and use those. I haven't really graduated to the iPod school of thinking (laughs). I think it's too much of a song selection for me to figure out what I want to listen to.
We often find that's true. You spend 15 minutes trying to decide what to listen to, and only five actually listening to anything.
Exactly... that's my take on that.
One last simple question. Mac or PC?
Um.. I have both.
I feel comfortable with both, I carry my Mac around and have a PC at home.
OK, so Mac Book? Mac Pro?
Mac Pro.... Oh wait, wait, wait. No, you know what, I take that back. It's a Mac Book. I almost got a Mac Pro, but I knew I wasn't gonna use it to its full potential. so...
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Freeview HD on the air, OTA & IPTV combo boxes prepare to flood the UK market
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Franchitti, Hildebrand named to All-America Team - Autochannel (press release)
Franchitti, Hildebrand named to All-America Team Autochannel (press release) Franchitti, who won five races and the IndyCar Series championship in his return to the series after a year in NASCAR, earned his second first-team honor by ... |
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Addington joins Penske, will work with Kurt Busch | www.thatsracin.com
LOUDON, NH - SEPTEMBER 19: Steve Addington, crew chief for the #18 M&M's Toyota driven by Kyle Busch, waits in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 19, ...
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Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor on sale at Direct2Drive
Yep, Relic Entertainment's latest stand alone expansion pack for their hit WWII strategy game is next on the Direct2Drive hit list. The one day price is just $7.50 for the game. That's compared to its normal price of $29.95. If you want it you better act soon as another game takes its place tomorrow.
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor on sale at Direct2Drive originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Online Encyclopedia Will Include Every Living Organism
Filed under: Computers, Breaking News
About 20 years ago, the encyclopedia was undoubtedly the go-to place for information. It had plenty of drawbacks, though, among them size, cost, and lack of options. These days, there are dozens of encyclopedias, with the online and free Wikipedia getting much of the attention. However, despite each of them having a ridiculous number of entries, you wouldn't say that they cover everything there is to know about a given topic. That is exactly what a new encyclopedia lead by Massachusetts' famous Woods Hole Laboratory plans to offer: a comprehensive Encyclopedia of Life that will cover every living organism on our planet.
The EOL has gone live, and, with 30,000 entries completed thus-far, barely scratches the surface of what's out there. But with an impressive amount of funding, and support coming from diverse places like the Missouri Botanical Garden and Harvard University, it certainly has friends in the right places. It is anticipated that the encyclopedia will be complete with 1.8 million pages of information by 2017. The comes out to a page for every species that has thus-far been identified.
Again, the site is live now, but only a handful of those 30,000 entries are currently available. Look for more to go online in the coming months -- and years.
From TG Daily
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