This may be of more interest to me than to you, but I enjoyed reading Shawn Blanc’s interview of John Gruber, the writer of Daring Fireball. They talk a lot about writing on blogs, the evolution of Daring Fireball and Mr. Gruber’s writing style, etc. I found this interesting as a blogger, less so as [...]
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Inside the U.S. Navy’s Armed Robot Labs
Wired has a small article about the U.S. Navy’s armed robot labs. Even though on some level it makes no sense to say this: This is good inspiration for sci-fi settings. The Navy’s MDARS-E is an armed robot that can track anything that moves. Told that I was the target, the unmanned vehicle trained its [...]
Frozen Grand Central
Improv Everywhere, a New York based group that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places involving thousands of undercover agents, recently organized an amazing prank in Grand Central Station. The idea is simple, but the effect is stunning. (Via Boing Boing.)
Pre-registration for PAX 2008 has started
It is unlikely I will ever be in the US at the same time as PAX is held, and even more unlikely I will ever fly over just for PAX. So why am I blogging about it? Gabe wrote a particularly nice post about PAX 2007, and it reminded me how large and positive an [...]
How Goldman Sachs made money from the sub-prime mortgage crisis
Last year, as I am sure you have heard, there was some trouble in the U.S. sub-prime mortage market. Lots of financial companies on Wall Street lost billions, except Goldman Sachs (WSJ article, Guardian article). Bloomberg.com columnist Michael Lewis draws an interesting conclusion from this: I can’t think of another example of a big Wall [...]
Steven Poole’s “Trigger Happy” free for download
You can download Steven Poole’s book “Trigger Happy” for free from his website, as a CC-licensed no-DRM PDF. Yay! [...] I thought I’d try an experiment, and give away for free an “ebook” version of my first book, Trigger Happy, with no “digital rights management” whatsoever. It’ll work on anything that can read a PDF. [...]
Creative meetings
Teller – he is really called just ‘Teller’ – of magician duo Penn & Teller is working on a production of Macbeth. A Macbeth with stage magic, and Grand Guignol effects, and the intended aim of scaring the audience witless. I haven’t been this excited about a play since I heard about the theater version [...]
A little story about Animal Crossing
Here is a little story about Animal Crossing. Only read this when you feel emotionally stable. You may need a tissue. (Thanks, Tobe!)
ADHD patients play video games as part of treatment
A reader asked me if I knew of any games that can be used to treat ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – it is called TDA/H in some other countries). A quick Google turned up this USA Today article that discusses the issue (and amusingly mentions players ‘slaying Spyro the Dragon’). It seems far from clear that [...]
Christian Coders Network
There are many sites about game development out there, but I bet there’s not a lot with a list of recent articles like this: Watching Sunsets Bubble Sort and Merge Sort Seeking for God’s will and guidance Basic XOR Encryption(c++) Romans and Computer Games Fun-factor In fact, it is quite likely that the Christian Coders [...]
