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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Dr. Bartle goes off (with my slight addition)
I love Richard Bartle. Not in the way that a man loves a woman, or another, less-hairy man. Or a really, really good steak. But he’s very well spoken, writes very well, is a major figure in the gaming universe, … Continue reading
Birtannica gets over and gets clever
I used to really like the Encyclopedia Britannica. By “used to,” I mean of course, “before Wikipedia.” It’s a fine reference work, and I never had anything against it until they, and others, started getting smarmissimus about how Wikipedia sucks … Continue reading
MyPyramid
At work, I get to do some research about the information industry and related technology because, well, libraries are deeply involved in the mediasphere. So that’s cool. And last week I was reading up on teens (god, I hate the … Continue reading
24 x 6: Now I can stop
I never watched the TV show “24″ when it was on. I’d heard the name “Jack Bauer” of course. Upon looking him up in the Wikipedia just now I was a bit surprised at the length of the entry (around … Continue reading
Trends: neither heads nor tails
Fascinating post titled, “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” at Fast Company. In it, author Clive Thompson focuses on work done by Duncan Watts (a Columbia U. network-theory scientist on sabbatical to do work for Yahoo!) that shows how trends move … Continue reading
Wiirmwood
Revelations 8:11 (KJV) — And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. I’m not a scholar of Revelations. … Continue reading