It's snowing outside. There's at least an inch and a half of accumulation, and possibly two. I've missed the snow. I know a lot of people hate it, but I actually actively like winter and snowfall ( Read more... )

I encourage you all to read today's Irregular Webcomic!, if you haven't already.

Not only is the ur-lightbulb joke probably the funniest thing I've seen all week (YES I AM A GEEK WHY DO YOU ASK), but David Morgan-Mar is, I think, the undisputed grand-master of the beat panel, and this is an excellent example of his supremacy.

My social interaction parser is broken, perhaps fatally so. I know that there are non-standard social interaction patterns out there - and by "non-standard" I mean "anything other than generic friendly behavior"; the problem is that I don't see half of them, and when I do notice one, I throw an error, stop interacting, and don't start interacting ( Read more... )

It's really weird to have a breakthrough in a dream. Not just "I let my mind mull it over, and knew the answer when I woke up"; I specifically remember the part of the dream during which I had the breakthrough, and why I had the breakthrough, and - most importantly - what the breakthrough wasSee, I've had a project in my head since Christmas. ( Read more... )

So here's the thing: I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to put creative work on this journal.

The obvious goal of putting my work on this journal is to get feedback, and by and large, that doesn't happen. I get one or two people commenting at most, and usually it's not even that. (I do appreciate the comments I get, though!) The people who read ( Read more... )

So there's a meme going around Livejournal today: draw Batgirl, post the drawing. (Thanks to several of you for pointing it out ( Read more... )

Hat tip: followyourfish.

Remember, kids, use Paste responsibly. (Make sure you read the entire clipping to get the full effect.)

...to start a semester not feeling like I'm unwelcome and being an imposition everywhere I go.

• Today was enrollment confirmation at Earlham. (Discovered about half an hour before enrollment confirmation ended. Fastest shower I've ever taken.)
  
• My old roommate Dave will apparently be in town tomorrow afternoon.
  
• Video games are fun, but they're not work.
  
• I can spend a full hour tracking down a piece of trivia about a web browser if I'm in ( Read more... )

In the dark future of Hollywood parodies, there is only Shatner.

Warning: video file.