| Did I mention I live in San Francisco?
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| Well, here's a conundrum.
After months of hearing positive things about The Witcher, I broke down and bought it. I …
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| Many thanks to Gug for being an extremely gracious host* during a long weekend in Ohio (where "extremely gracious" == …
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| Tomorrow I go to visit a fellow BYONDer in the great state of Ohio.
I have checked, and it appears that not only is …
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| Which we were, weren't we? Actually, this started as a reply in the comment thread to Mike's latest post, but since it …
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| Spoilers are here if you haven't seen the movie, but then again, who cares since nothing about this movie is worth …
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| At this time I don't feel like advocating for any particular candidate or party. You can make all the assumptions you …
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Did I mention I live in San Francisco?
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| Saturday I got to see the first showing to a regular audience of Wall-E, the upcoming Pixar film, at the Pixar campus. …
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Now I feel good about my morning constitutional!
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| When will the discrimination stop?
Money quote:
In response to a female questioner, al Qaeda No. 2 leader Ayman …
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| To preface this discussion, I want to make it clear that I'm not bemoaning the state of television. There is no …
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| What I'm enjoying most at the moment:
Podcasts
MMM Commentaries -- Australians providing commentary tracks for Dr …
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| The always interesting and startlingly accurate Colby Cosh (whereby "startlingly accurate" means "often agrees with …
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| 1. Create an awful gaming handheld that is a worse phone.
2. Claim you sold 400,000 copies in two weeks when you …
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It's more scared of you than you are of it...
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| You may know him (though you almost certainly don't) as "Miracleman", but I tell you his name is Marvelman. Once upon a …
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| An interesting aspect of the legacy of Einstein and the view of him as an important and trustable person is that people …
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| I am your Mentor...
I found this in a collectibles store near where I'm staying, and if it weren't for space …
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| This was to be the logo for the UK's Office of Government Commerce. Can you see what makes it one of the most …
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| In my first post on the biofuels question I was accused of "truthiness" (truthiness is the new Nazi of arguments -- …
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| I have been defeated.
Back in the day I could deal with manually deleting a few dozen spam messages a day. When …
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| I mentioned in a comment on Guy's So It's Earth Day post the recent trend I perceive in "Human extinction porn".
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| If you check out my environmentalism posts (I'm going to tag them right after this), you'll notice a …
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| Recently some big unexpected changes happened in my life, in a very short period of time. I'm not at liberty to get …
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| *bzz* *crackle*
It's time for the old wireless to fire up again. I haven't been posting much recently, and it's …
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| Recycle them!
Courtesy of a stop coming back from vacation...
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| See you at http://twitter.com/ RonaldHayden...
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| Yesterday I got an interesting phone call. It was from the car wash service that provides convenient car washes at …
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| This BYONDscape Classic is a fun change of pace. It's a story, which normally we don't publish on developer-oriented …
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| Okay, yes, Blade Runner has had more final cuts than I've had hair cuts. But, you know what, I've seen every damn one, …
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| Jp asked:
What do you think about 'socialised' healthcare/education?
I tried to answer in a comment, but it got …
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| SuperAntx asked:
You don't believe in ghosts/souls/the force? Nothing in other planes of existence effect our own? …
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| This is probably not very common, but I frequently find myself worrying that I don't change my mind often enough. …
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| So tonight we went to the theater to see Things We Lost in the Fire, an intriguing American remix of the superior …
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| Robert Krulwich has long been one of my favorite media figures. He does quirky and interesting stories on technical …
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| This BYONDscape Classic is a real mind-expander. A failing test is progress?! Read on and find out how. -- Gughunter
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| It's about time that James Watson had his true nature revealed.
Mr. Watson played a critical role in the history of …
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| I just got back from a vacation in the rather liberal haven of Ashland Oregon (and I say that as one residing in San …
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| A BYONDscape Classic!
Ever heard of Klaus Teuber?
He's one of the most famous game designers on the planet …
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| I don't know about you, but all the unregulated free market reincarnations were getting on my nerves. China is the …
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| And other bizarre experiments you may want to try at home...
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| For a while now I've been listening to some old science fiction radio shows, which is a lot of fun. Recently I got an …
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| The EconTalk podcast is on the seemingly dreary subject of Economics, but after having listened to several I'm quite …
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| I know nothing but what's in the trailer, but The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters looks like it should sweep the …
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| To keep from having too many posts on the subject, I'll post news items I get to the comments of this item, so …
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| A BYONDscape Classic! This one comes from Deadron, and it's all about why you should be using libraries in your games …
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| I'm old for these parts. And being so old, I can tell you that the first computer game I recall being widely known …
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