The pair were announcing Lakers-Jazz Game 2 last night.  Reggie Miller is a smart guy, by ball-player standards, and had occasion to use the words "plethora" and "cordial ( Read more... )

Adam was driving me back from Vancouver last night after losing in the GNT semifinals.

We had just passed by one of the Indian reservation casinos, I think Tulalip.  I was slipping in and out of consciousness when a speed limit sign passed by.  I could swear it said:

Speed
Limit
70

Indians
60

Some friends of mine have just revived this site:
http://twiddlebang.org/fractal/

Come rate some fractals!

We just gave our friend Pete his belated Christmas gift.

From 2007.

Last thursday I was at a planning meeting at which a bunch of technology from different companies came through in a pinch.
We were meeting in a conference room, but were also meeting with two remote people, one from the eastern U.S. and one from out of the country.  We hadn't done much pre-arrangement, but needed to get the meeting going in a hurry.

( Read more... )

Puzzlehunt 12 was a weird mash-up of a Jeopardy-themed hunt and a Halloween/hell-based hunt.  What that meant was that it was the longest hunt ever, with a whopping 66 puzzles!

Team Liboncatipu rocked this hunt.  We came in second, finally breaking into the echelon of powerhouse teams.  There were a lot of great "ah ha" moments, and the whole team ( Read more... )

Jonobie and I went to a bluegrass festival in Tacoma called Wintergrass.  I was really impressed, so much so that it was almost worth the exhorbitant $65 price of admission.

We're not certain if there was a cheaper way to get in.  For example, we didn't do any workshops, so we're not sure if there was a cheaper non-workshop admittance.  But they ( Read more... )

Soundtrack - Gladiator -Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard - This dramatic instrumental album accompanies one of my favorite movies. It accompanies the movie perfectly, and I’ll freely admit that whether I like a movie often has as much to do with the music as it does the plot or characters. Perhaps I should say that the movie accompanies the music perfectly ( Read more... )

This was an excellent tour de force about the building of a cathedral in 12th century England.  It follows the journey of the Kingsbridge Cathedral's start-and-stop-and-start construction over many years.  The people building it change, and there are villains, intrigues, and memorable heroes ( Read more... )

My Week 12 pick to win the super bowl won!  Yay!  And what a classic game ( Read more... )