Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Yesterday, Bear was caught in a bind because he didn’t have a computer to run the Champions Online beta. He didn’t know that he was standing on a computer — the Monopoly board itself. Before World War II, computers weren’t machines, they were a profession. Rooms of people-computers, usually women, would perform calculation after calculation … Read more
A little list of people I don’t like as much as I used to. #1: GENJER for addicting me to this STUPID KOREAN SITCOM, GOONG. Gah it’s so addicting. Must be her revenge for me getting her into the IT Crowd…
I just get a kick out of my comment spammers. I just loves them to death, always right there for me, telling me what a great writer I am, abstracting my posts and linking back to me… your kids might not like you, your spouse might not like you, your dog might not like you, … Read more
I don’t care, but I just felt I should say something about it. Genj, comments? Edit: Actually, I guess I do have a observation: Aside from making shag rugs from hundred dollar bills, life at Blizzard must be pretty tough. What the heck do you do for a second act? Their next MMO has to … Read more
Researches in Surrey, England, have discovered how to slow light down and trap it in glass. I was immediately reminded of a story by one of the great Irish science fiction writers, Bob Shaw, in his “Light of Other Days”; Slow Glass was glass that took months or years to pass light from one side … Read more