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This Is What My Brain Is Like
I recently stumbled across a puzzle game named SpaceChem. You are given a small workspace and have to lay out paths and instructions for little worker units to pick things up from one side, disassemble and reassemble them, and drop them off on the other side. The path also has to be a closed, repeating loop, since you generally don't "win" the ( Read more... ) -
Captain Jake Wyler
Captain America was an enjoyable movie, but certainly not spectacular. I suspect most people who dislike it would probably call it lacking because there was no character development at all and it was really nothing more than a back-story for an upcoming Avengers movie. And while I enjoyed the movie, I had one particular problem that was not that ( Read more... ) -
They Can't Freeze a Bitcoin Account!
While I think I'd heard the name in passing before, I hadn't paid much attention to Bitcoin until this week when news articles came up about malware trying to steal Bitcoins. I figured if it's successful enough for malware to target it, I should read up ( Read more... ) -
Turning security holes into purchases
- Sony gets hacked and loses lots of customer data
- Sony apologizes by giving away free games
- I notice my 1GB memory card in my PSP doesn't have enough space to hold free games
- I buy a bigger proprietary Sony memory card which they presumably make a nice profit on, based on comparison prices of similarly sized non-proprietary memory cards
- Sony gets hacked and loses lots of customer data
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Loan sharks steal voices?
You often hear about musicians getting into crappy contracts with record labels, etc. I think this is the first time I got to read a court document and resolution, especially for an artist I cared so much about.
If you care, you too can slog your way through a long but surprisingly readable document about Poe's troubles in 2001-2003Based on the ( Read more... ) -
Monsters ... but not Little Ones ...
I just finished watching Monsters on Netflix. I had never heard of it and was hoping for some random sci-fi that wasn't too dumb. It was totally not what I expected and was kind of awesome.
If you're in the mood for a character-driven sci-fi movie with giant monsters but almost no action or battle scenes, I highly recommend this.
( A more detailed explanation of why it was good, with possible thematic spoilers... ) -
Today's Lesson in Home Ownership
If you leave the grease traps attached to your gas grill while you have it stored in the shed over the winter, and mice happen to nest up in the grill, the traps also function excellently as urine traps ( Read more... ) -
So advanced it'll never work again!
Our 2001 Saab was having alarm troubles. I decided I wanted to look up in the service manual to get more info in case I needed to know how to gut it in the middle of the night so our neighborhood can sleep. (We have an appointment with an actual mechanic next week ( Read more... ) -
Beardyman
How much or what part of a Youtube video do you have to watch before it adds one to the view count?
I just stumbled on this video put up in Jan 2010 of Beardyman doing a gig at the Edinborough Comedy Festival in 2009. It's an hour long, but still has 2 million views. It's actually also a very enthralling video and I found myself watching the ( Read more... ) -
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This has to be one of the most interesting Lady Gaga covers I've ever come across ( Read more... )