Graphics/animation researcher Ken Perlin has posted a nice little satire about marriage laws. Go read it.

Waited about 40 minutes in line at 7 this morning. I don't know if this is usual, but our polling station is for three precincts. Once we got near the front of the line, they split us up by precinct. I voted for president and on the three ballot questions. E and I were numbers 68 and 69 in the machine for our precinct (there were probably a couple ( Read more... )

We had a Halloween party at work today. I made apple bread pudding (a nice crusty bread from Whole Foods, skinned and thinly sliced apples, soy milk, apple cider, eggs, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and a bit of ginger) and caramel to go on it (sugar, butter, heavy cream). This was my first time in a while making bread pudding, but I winged it just ( Read more... )

I'd been hearing a lot about World of Goo recently. When I saw that a demo of the first chapter was available for download on the PC, I tried it out. Amazingly fun. I had heard elsewhere that the WiiWare version was better (pretty much equivalent, but the Wiimote is a very intuitive controller for the game) and cheaper, so I bought the game and ( Read more... )

Returning some books today, and I thought I'd take a few notes.

• Orcs by Stan Nichols - Omnibus trilogy. Started out a bit meh, but then it got good. Finished the first book of the trilogy, and I don't think I'll have time to finish it before it's due on Friday (and can't renew it since it's new and so other people want it), so I'll get it out ( Read more... )

OK, so we're officially changing the Zendo party to 6:00 on Saturday. Hope to see you there.

Sunday seems to not work for a number of people. Anyone feel better about 6:00 on Saturday, October 18? Not definitely changing it yet, but it might make more sense. Let me know ASAP if you can.

[Same time, same channel, so I'll just repost my last announcement. Maybe I'll make this a monthly thing?]

OK, so I'm going to have the Zendo party at 2:00 next Sunday. Please let me know if you plan to attend, but please also do feel free to show up if you haven't RSVP'd. Ping me if you need my address in Brighton.

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My dad was in town to see his granddaughter for the first time, and my mom has been staying with my sister all week, so we had a rare occasion where my whole immediate family was together. My dad asked me about my job, and I was talking about it, and I said that the one thing missing from my job is a creative outlet. And then my dad told me ( Read more... )

As a reminder, I'm having a Zendo party at 2:00 on Sunday at my place in Brighton. Please let me know if you're planning to be there, if you can. Also don't forget that you can brush up on the rules and some tips on the Zendo page.