Matthew Wegner
Matthew Wegner
Technology, unicycles, and the occasional rant.
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Let’s Talk Backups and Data Preservation

I’ve produced a lot of data over the years.  Some of this data is super crazy important (we’ve been working on Aztez for over 5 years now–the project must absolutely be immune to data failure).  I’ve refined and clarified my thinking on handling data over the last few years, so I thought I’d do a brain […]

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Building a Hackintosh

For the past 4 years, I’ve been using a Mac Pro as my primary desktop.  It’s been a fantastic machine:  Ultra stable, fast, and reasonably expandable.  It’s getting old, though.  The whole Mac Pro line is getting old; Apple’s last update was almost 500 days ago (as of this writing, check the MacRumors Buying Guide […]

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Windows 7 For Mac Users (Switching Back)

I recently switched my primary OS to Windows 7, after nearly two years of exclusively using OS X.  I really, really like OS X!  It’s a great dick-around-and-browse-the-web operating system, but it’s even better when it comes to “real” work.  We developed all of our Blurst games on a Mac.  So why switch back? It’s […]

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What to Do If: Bookworm Makes You Feel Stupid

PopCap’s Bookworm is a fantastic franchise. I’ve played a lot of Bookworm in my day, particularly because my company’s first game, years and years ago, was a spelling word game.  But I never became very good at word games, despite playing dozens of them while surveying the genre’s design landscape. Word Game Players Other people […]

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