OK, the results of the last entry (the poll on what LARP we should run this spring) were interesting. I had no idea there was actually interest in us running Snaf University at Brandeis again, considering how recent the last one was. I'm still a little bit dubious that there would be enough people who hadn't played before to actually fill a run, ( Read more... )

Poll AE Spring 2008 GameHello, LARPers!  I'm taking a poll to see what Alleged Entertainment should do this spring at Brandeis.  Here's a list of all our current LARPs that are in runnable condition.  Which one would you like us to do?

You can find more information about all these games at our web site.

Please note - if you've already played in one or more of these games ( Read more... )

Found via a Slashdot comment: these guys claim to have discovered a way to upgrade your audio system remotely, using a specially-crafted set of sounds.

Let me repeat that:

1. You call them up.
2. You pay them SIXTY BUCKS.
3. They beep at you.
4. And magically, your stereo sounds better!

Words fail me.

Oy vey. So, for some reason, I was convinced that Johnny D's doesn't accept reservations until a couple weeks before. 
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I've been setting up Asterisk at home.  It's a free, open-source PBX system that uses Voice over IP technology (VoIP).  I've set it up to support SIP, and it also interfaces to the PSTN through a Linksys SPA-3102.

"OK, Nat, what the FUCK does all that mean?"

It means that when you call my land line number (which I will post in a separate, friends- ( Read more... )

Well, I missed the last couple of 'em, but I plan to make it to this one.  Anyone else want to go?

Jonathan Coulton w/ Paul & Storm
Johnny D's Uptown
Somerville, MA
Friday, Oct. 5, 7:30

I was just talking to
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Note: this question is not so much directed at those of you who make web sites for a living, but at people who make web sites for personal projects outside of work (even if you also make web sites for a living ( Read more... )

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