Monthly Archives: March 2008

Turing vs. John Henry

For the record, I think Kevin Kelly is a genius and often am extremely gratified to find him exploring weird, wild areas of technology and the mind. Even when I disagree with him, it’s usually on small points or on … Continue reading

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Best Gary Gygax eulogy stuff

16 Gary Gygax Jokes we better not catch you making “Quick! Someone cast Raise Dead!” “Don’t worry – he’s just playtesting the Astral Plane for the next edition.” “He’s gone the way of Star Frontiers.” “Analysts warn of a free-fall … Continue reading

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Why I love teh intertubes (part 31,076)

This is good: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25t-PQDn5A[/youtube] And this is good, and makes the other one better: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoIEWpl9oc&watch_response[/youtube]

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Absolutely, totally random thought-of-the-day

Had a biz meeting in a local restaurant. Noticed that there was a painted-on window treatment above the big picture windows. You know… fake, painted valences. It occurred to me that “valence” and “painted” are words that do not get … Continue reading

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Postmodern cartoons

If you haven’t seen Garfield Minus Garfield, check it out. Pretty amusing. The number of things you have to know about culture, psychology, etc. in order to find this funny is creepy in and of itself. The deconstruction of a … Continue reading

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Google Sites: A front door into the Universal Library

After more than a year, JotSpot (bought by Google that long ago) has come out from behind the gCurtain and has reemerged as Google Sites. I blogged the Google purchase of JotSpot back in November of 2006; I called it … Continue reading

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