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Nifty bit about basic copyright
Patent Arcade has an excellent little post about copyright, using a recent example of Conan O'Brien and the world of Super Mario. No case has been filed (and I doubt one will), but it makes for a handy illustration of what exactly is at question when someone claims copyright infringement, and the some of the possible defenses for that claim ( Read more... ) -
Games and dating, which are sort of the same thing to some people
We had our Street Fighter IV mini-tournament at work last night. Five people, best 2-out-of-3, double-elimination. Took us about 15 minutes, and man, did we have fun. Not surprisingly, Philly J, the best player in the office by far, won, with me coming in second. I didn’t win a match against him, but, through some luck of the draw, it was actually ( Read more... ) -
A couple more things
Penny Arcade has always been very much a hit or miss deal with me. Sometimes, they nail it, other times, they whiff, and the rest of the time they are just, well, loitering ( Read more... ) -
Once Around
First and foremost: birthday plans ( Read more... ) -
Well, that sucks
About 6 weeks ago, when leaving basketball, I misplaced my sweatpants, which happened to be carrying my wallet, keys, and cell phone. I managed to find them, but only later did I realize that someone swiped about $50 from my wallet, and the act prompted me to cancel my credit cards and get new ones to be safe ( Read more... ) -
Coincidence?
Last week, I made a comment on Facebook about the awesomeness of Mathnet.
Earlier this week, xkcd had this comic:
http://xkcd.com/587/
I'd like to think I was somehow part of this, even if only tangentially. -
Bipartisanship Watch?
You know, with all the back and forth over the ever-wacky world of politics, it occurs to me that there actually might be more bipartisanship then we are aware of, largely because a House united isn't as interesting a news item as chairs being thrown across the aisle; maybe this stuff happens more often than we think, but it's just never reported ( Read more... ) -
Good friends, bad friends
My good friend and fellow game man, Dare, has had the company he works for make the former announcement of their upcoming game ( Read more... ) -
About Last Night....
Basketball last night was very fun. Sure, yet again we lost all our games, but as I’ve stated many times before, for me the fun is just in running around and playing. Also, I tend to have some nice plays each game, regardless, that make me feel good - last night the best was making a basket while I was falling down. Woo ( Read more... )