In response/acknowledgement/commemoration of Mike’s recent entry, do I submit my own admission to geekery on the RPG scale… Though it has faded into implosion, I once maintained a site dedicated to Shadowrun. These articles are all that survive. Detailed there: obsession to detail, attempts at scientific plausibility, and a focus on how the mundane can […]
This Salon.com Technology article goes well beyond “It’s funny because it’s true”… thank fucking god my team isn’t like that… Mr. Davis is threatening to shoot his computer. What this will accomplish is unclear, but he seems convinced it will make him feel better. Looking over his call log, I’m sympathetic. A run of givers […]
Of course… X-E is involved with this one, too … so, how could I resist the Worst Breakfast Ever? Don’t need to get far into it for my favorite part: 64 grams of fat, 2,090 milligrams of sodium, and enough cholesterol to kill anything that’s ever lived. The ‘justification’ is that you’re supposed to eat […]
In brief: Overloaded at work again (so soon) is roughly equivalent to being unavailable for comment on much of anything. It felt great this weekend to blog a little about assorted things but guilt overwhelms when I think about what’s waiting for me 1st thing Monday a.m. *le sigh* HOWEVER (comma) renewed efforts on the […]
My quiz score? “70% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!” What’s most interesting about this quiz is that it fills you in as you go — let’s you know what nomenclature “belongs” where, that sort of thing. It’s interesting to see the memetic pollution in your brain. How much of what you say comes from where […]
Sitting here listening to Chocolate & Cheese for the n^nth time in my life, it’s probably only now (after having been listening to it for almost 7? 8? years … that I’m only just now beginning to appreciate much of it’s whimsical brilliance. Now, Mr. won’t you please help my pony?
Um… I can see my house from here… Pretty sure that’s it anyway.
There it is… A notch more evidence to go along with what I was saying the other day (not here) about Bluetooth not being secure enough yet. Dread! Bluetooth keyboard… Passwords getting sniffed out of literally thin air. *ahem* Pardon the paranoia.
For Sarah: The Russian Nesting Doll of Games — SimCity for the Sims!? The recursion hurts.
Old(ish) music round-up (Top 5 edition): PWEI – “Everything’s Cool” (Dos Dedos Mis Amigos – Nothing, 1994) Nine Inch Nails – “Closer” (The Downward Spiral – Nothing, 1994) Pig vs. KMFDM – “Fuck Me Hoghunter” (Sin, Sex, & Salvation EP – Wax Trax!, 1994) The Prodigy – “Break And Enter” (Music for the Jilted Generation […]