As part of the 7 Things Meme, sandmantv asked me to write about Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism. But I really can't do any better than link to today's Slate article by Steven Pinker, which is an excellent debunking of common misunderstandings of these two viewpoints. It's long, but I highly recommend reading the whole first section (approximately the first ( Read more... )

As those who talk to me on gchat will know, my status messages for the last year have listed fake themes for this year's Mystery Hunt. Since I haven't gotten around to writing a proper review of the Hunt (and may not ever), I'll instead attempt to amuse you with my list of fake themes. (All gchat statuses were preceded by "MH2012:", except the ones ( Read more... )

Rather than posting a LARP list, I'll give you two others ( Read more... )

I've just made all my previous journal entries friends-only (with a couple exceptions), and intend to post primarily friends-only entries in the future. So if you want to read my journal, make sure you're on my friends list! This change comes about because I'm approaching that time where I have to think about having a career, and what it's okay for ( Read more... )

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If you read things on the internet, you should be using RSS feeds. Given that you're currently reading my livejournal, I think it's safe to say that you read things on the internet. Therefore you (yes, you) should be using RSS feeds ( Read more... )

Thoughts on this year's Mystery Hunt from a member of Codex Magliabechiano ( Read more... )

I have a blog! Well, not just me. But HRSFANS. It links to Awesome Stuff on the internet of the variety that anyone who reads my livejournal will likely find interesting. So go read it!

http://www.hrsfans.org

Background: The meta puzzles in this year's Mystery Hunt all involved some information besides just the puzzle answers from a given round. Other information generally came in the form of videos, which gave pictures of movie stars, lists of states, and such that ended up being relevant to solve each round's meta. Some people have taken to calling ( Read more... )