You know what, science fiction needs to go open-source and online god dammit. Here I am thinking about a science fiction short story that I read when I was like 13 that contained an important insight that I'm thinking about, I've remembered it for 27 years and I can even recall some snippets of dialog and wording from the story... but I can't ( Read more... )

Ha ha! This might explain both me and my brother in one fell swoop! Very interesting, if true:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

This would explain my persistent feelings that everything is futile because everyone else can do it

Meditate upon the lasting value of Courage Wolf. Not just a meme: A valued and welcome friend.

Yes, it is obtuse and annoying, but old age is when you refuse to embrace it anyway. That's when you lose the flexibility of mind. It's not that you can't, it's that you won't any longer.

Reading difficult books; Learning new interface systems.

Wow, that was a while ago. For the curious, I also attended Blizzcon 2009, and through a series of improbable coincidences, Blizzcon 2010.

There is an age related trend that I can't help but notice ( Read more... )

Blizzcon, Wheee! Just finished, didn't take a camera because I forgot (idiot!) so all I have is a bunch of blurry god-awful cellphone pics. Most notable is Will, but suffice to say I was there and it was a crazy-awesome blast. It had more than twice as much to do as last year, all three Blizzard games were playable there, and had about three ( Read more... )

The big four zero. Me. Today. The graphics guy says I look 20 ( Read more... )

Well, we were pretty disappointed earlier this month when the Blizzcon tickets sold out before we could buy them despite taking shifts on the computers to watch for the site opening up. Unfortunately we completely missed the random eight minute window in which Blizzard sold all 12,000 tickets... in eight minutes. Sometime between 12:40 and 12:48 ( Read more... )

Spent all weekend working on the sailboat, repainting the keel, working on the outboard motor, washing the underside to get rid of all the grit and dirt down there. I wanted to go sailing, but there was just no way I was going to make it this weekend ( Read more... )